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Josh Morrissey

#44 · Defence · Winnipeg Jets

Born Mar 28, 1995 in Calgary, Alberta, CAN (age 31) · 6'0", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 13th overall in 2013 by WPG (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brett Lernout MTL · 0 P in 1 GP Chad Ruhwedel BUF · 0 P in 1 GP Corey Potter NSH · 0 P in 1 GP James Wisniewski CAR · 0 P in 1 GP Jeff Schultz LAK · 0 P in 1 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 20 points2016-172017-18: 26 points2617-182018-19: 31 points3118-192019-20: 31 points3119-202020-21: 21 points2120-212021-22: 37 points3721-222022-23: 76 points7622-232023-24: 69 points6923-242024-25: 62 points6224-252025-26: 55 points5525-262026-27: 3 points326-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 WPG 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 $863K
2016-17 WPG 82 6 14 20 6 38 99 145 0.24 $863K
2017-18 WPG 81 7 19 26 15 47 102 139 0.32 $863K
2018-19 WPG 59 6 25 31 9 14 95 55 0.53 $3.15M
2019-20 WPG 65 5 26 31 1 24 120 34 0.48 $3.15M
2020-21 WPG 56 4 17 21 -1 25 116 78 0.38 $6.25M
2021-22 WPG 79 12 25 37 -3 66 173 150 0.47 $6.25M
2022-23 WPG 78 16 60 76 2 41 172 89 0.97 $6.25M
2023-24 WPG 81 10 59 69 34 44 196 90 0.85 $6.25M
2024-25 WPG 80 14 48 62 17 22 172 49 0.78 $6.25M
2025-26 WPG 77 14 41 55 6 30 146 36 0.71 $6.25M
2026-27 WPG 4 0 3 3 -1 2 12 1 0.75 $6.25M
12 seasons Career 743 94 337 431 85 353 1404 867 0.58

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 WPG 16 1 1 2 2 6 26 27 0.13
2018-19 WPG 6 0 1 1 -1 0 8 4 0.17
2019-20 WPG 4 0 1 1 -4 4 3 4 0.25
2020-21 WPG 8 1 4 5 -4 6 12 23 0.63
2022-23 WPG 3 0 1 1 1 0 5 8 0.33
2023-24 WPG 5 3 1 4 -3 2 12 4 0.80
2024-25 WPG 12 0 6 6 0 8 19 21 0.50
7 seasons Playoffs 54 5 15 20 -9 26 85 91 0.37

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.0 15:54

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Oct 9, 2013, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.275M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $863K $833K $93K $500K $925K
2016-17 $863K $833K $0 $500K $833K
2017-18 $863K $833K $0 $500K $833K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 12, 2019 Winnipeg Jets Extension 2020-21 to 2027-28 8 $50M $6.25M
Sep 16, 2018 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $6.3M $3.15M
Oct 9, 2013 Winnipeg Jets Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $4.275M $863K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2015-16 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence-0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-10-50510152015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

42.9Corsi for %9 attempts for, 12 against
-9.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
12.0Expected goals for %0.2 expected for, 1.4 against
-29.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
1Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Myers · Josh Morrissey113:2436.87.90-0
Dustin Byfuglien · Josh Morrissey12:08100.0100.00-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.0Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.03 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 0.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected58thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 5, 2016 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:54