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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Filip Hronek DET · 31 P in 65 GP Damon Severson NJD · 31 P in 69 GP Mark Giordano CGY · 31 P in 60 GP Nate Schmidt VGK · 31 P in 59 GP Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI · 30 P in 66 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 5 26 31 1 24 120 34 0.48 4.2 22:46

Contract

$3.15MCap hitends in 2020, then extended to 2028
$102KCap dollars per point31 points in 65 games
-$2.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.6MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Sep 16, 2018, as a new contract: 2 years and $6.3M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Winnipeg Jets on Sep 12, 2019, 8 years and $50M at $6.25M a season, beginning in 2020-21.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2018-19 $3.15M $3.15M $0 $3.15M
2019-20 $3.15M $3.15M $0 $3.15M

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 not begun 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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-3.7Goals above replacement654th of 670 skaters, 221st of 231 defencemen
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-8.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-1.2 50th percentileEven-strength defence-5.5 1st percentilePower play-0.2 32nd percentilePenalty kill-0.9 3rd percentilePenalties-0.9 33rd percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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

48.4Corsi for %1102 attempts for, 1174 against
+0.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.1Expected goals for %44.8 expected for, 59.3 against
-1.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.0Goals for %48 for, 52 against
100.1PDO8.2% shooting + 91.9% saves
194Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tucker Poolman · Josh Morrissey47674:2646.740.430-32
Josh Morrissey · Neal Pionk51229:0550.146.85-4
Dmitry Kulikov · Josh Morrissey37140:0452.450.05-10
Dylan DeMelo · Josh Morrissey566:1953.239.72-0

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.7Expected goalsfrom 171 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes65th
Shot quality 3.4% chance per attempt65th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected34thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 5.7Goals 5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 11, 2020 @ EDM W 4-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 22:59
Mar 9, 2020 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 21:31
Mar 6, 2020 vs VGK W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:45
Mar 3, 2020 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:02
Feb 22, 2020 @ PHI L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 17:19
Feb 20, 2020 @ OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 18:42
Feb 18, 2020 vs LAK W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:59
Feb 16, 2020 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 24:38
Feb 14, 2020 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 20:57
Feb 11, 2020 vs NYR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:12
Feb 9, 2020 vs CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 23:40
Feb 8, 2020 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:59
Feb 6, 2020 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26:00
Feb 4, 2020 vs NSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:58
Feb 1, 2020 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 23:50
Jan 31, 2020 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 22:27
Jan 22, 2020 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:28
Jan 21, 2020 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:24
Jan 19, 2020 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:10
Jan 17, 2020 vs TBL L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 24:08
Jan 14, 2020 vs VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24:52
Jan 12, 2020 vs NSH L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 25:15
Jan 9, 2020 @ BOS L 4-5 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 19:48
Jan 8, 2020 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 23:31
Jan 6, 2020 @ MTL W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 21:26
Jan 4, 2020 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:19
Jan 2, 2020 vs TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 22:50
Dec 31, 2019 @ COL W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22:35
Dec 29, 2019 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:02
Dec 27, 2019 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26:36
Dec 23, 2019 vs MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:27
Dec 21, 2019 @ MIN W 6-0 0 3 3 2 0 4 0 24:53
Dec 19, 2019 vs CHI L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 2 2 3 19:03
Dec 17, 2019 vs CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 20:14
Dec 15, 2019 vs PHI W 7-3 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 20:52
Dec 12, 2019 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:21
Dec 10, 2019 vs DET W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:30
Dec 8, 2019 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:34
Dec 5, 2019 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 22:40
Dec 3, 2019 vs DAL W 5-1 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 22:53
Nov 30, 2019 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 23:57
Nov 29, 2019 @ ANA W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 25:51
Nov 27, 2019 @ SJS W 5-1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 20:35
Nov 23, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:45
Nov 21, 2019 @ DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 22:12
Nov 19, 2019 @ NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 24:33
Nov 16, 2019 @ TBL W 4-3 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 23:59
Nov 14, 2019 @ FLA W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 20:48
Nov 12, 2019 vs COL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:12
Nov 10, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 25:50
Nov 8, 2019 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 21:25
Nov 5, 2019 vs NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 24:55
Nov 2, 2019 @ VGK W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 25:43
Nov 1, 2019 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 25:08
Oct 29, 2019 @ ANA L 4-7 0 1 1 -4 0 5 3 24:49
Oct 26, 2019 vs CGY W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 29:00
Oct 22, 2019 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 24:06
Oct 20, 2019 vs EDM W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26:24
Oct 17, 2019 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 21:30
Oct 15, 2019 vs ARI L 2-4 0 2 2 -1 0 5 2 26:41
Oct 13, 2019 vs PIT L 2-7 0 1 1 -4 0 2 0 22:37
Oct 12, 2019 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 24:21
Oct 10, 2019 vs MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 5 0 4 0 22:52
Oct 4, 2019 @ NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27:41
Oct 3, 2019 @ NYR L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 24:21