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Joshua Ho-Sang

#26 · Right wing · New York Islanders

Born Jan 22, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 190 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 28th overall in 2014 by NYI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Josh Leivo TOR · 10 P in 13 GP Jacob Josefson NJD · 10 P in 38 GP Reid Boucher VAN · 10 P in 39 GP Anton Slepyshev EDM · 10 P in 41 GP Stefan Noesen NJD · 10 P in 44 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.

05102016-17: 10 points1016-172017-18: 12 points1217-182018-19: 2 points218-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 NYI 21 4 6 10 1 12 22 4 0.48 $863K
2017-18 NYI 22 2 10 12 -7 2 18 3 0.55 $863K
2018-19 NYI 10 1 1 2 2 6 10 0 0.20
3 seasons Career 53 7 17 24 -4 20 50 7 0.45

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
21 4 6 10 1 12 22 4 0.48 18.2 16:27

Contract

$863KCap hit2016-17
$86KCap dollars per point10 points in 21 games
$2.983MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$759KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$104KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2017-18 $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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement475th of 664 skaters, 325th of 435 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 ranked forwards: 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+0.7 63rd percentileEven-strength defence-1.0 26th percentilePower play-0.4 22nd percentilePenalty kill0.0 42nd percentilePenalties+0.0 42nd 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 forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

00.20.40.60.812016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

52.5Corsi for %293 attempts for, 265 against
+5.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Expected goals for %13.1 expected for, 12.9 against
+4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.2Goals for %13 for, 11 against
101.4PDO9.0% shooting + 92.4% saves
35Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Anders Lee · Joshua Ho-Sang · Anthony Beauvillier1051:5542.949.45-0
Andrew Ladd · Brock Nelson · Joshua Ho-Sang733:5543.633.90-2
Nikolay Kulemin · Brock Nelson · Joshua Ho-Sang622:2943.829.41-1
Andrew Ladd · Joshua Ho-Sang · Anthony Beauvillier921:3351.051.30-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.8Expected goalsfrom 32 unblocked attempts
+2.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.31 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.5% chance per attempt4th
Finishing +2.2 goals above expected76thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 1.8

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. 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
Apr 9, 2017 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:14
Apr 8, 2017 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 16:11
Apr 6, 2017 @ CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:09
Apr 4, 2017 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:07
Apr 2, 2017 @ BUF W 4-2 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 14:59
Mar 31, 2017 vs NJD W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:35
Mar 30, 2017 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 16:06
Mar 27, 2017 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:56
Mar 25, 2017 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:51
Mar 24, 2017 @ PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:21
Mar 22, 2017 @ NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 13:23
Mar 18, 2017 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:41
Mar 16, 2017 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:00
Mar 14, 2017 @ CAR W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 15:46
Mar 13, 2017 vs CAR L 4-8 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 15:23
Mar 11, 2017 @ STL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:55
Mar 9, 2017 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:26
Mar 7, 2017 @ EDM W 4-1 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 13:54
Mar 5, 2017 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 15:04
Mar 3, 2017 @ CHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:33
Mar 2, 2017 @ DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:01