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Pierre-Olivier Joseph

#7 · Defence · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Jul 1, 1999 in Laval, Quebec, CAN (age 27) · 6'2", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 23rd overall in 2017 by ARI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chase Priskie FLA · 0 P in 4 GP Dan Renouf DET · 0 P in 4 GP Darren Raddysh TBL · 0 P in 4 GP Isaak Phillips CHI · 0 P in 4 GP Johnathan Kovacevic WPG · 0 P in 4 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.

051015202020-21: 5 points520-212021-22: 0 points021-222022-23: 21 points2122-232023-24: 11 points1123-242024-25: 3 points324-252025-26: 6 points625-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 PIT 16 1 4 5 1 6 27 22 0.31 $863K
2021-22 PIT 4 0 0 0 -2 2 7 6 0.00 $863K
2022-23 PIT 75 5 16 21 8 44 108 88 0.28 $825K
2023-24 PIT 52 2 9 11 -3 14 42 47 0.21 $825K
2024-25 STL 23 0 2 2 -7 23 22 13 0.09 $950K
2024-25 PIT 24 0 1 1 -15 22 20 23 0.04
2025-26 VAN 31 1 5 6 -16 8 22 18 0.19 $775K
6 seasons Career 225 9 37 46 -34 119 248 217 0.20

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 0 0 -2 2 7 6 0.00 0.0 18:14

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2022, then RFA
$1.012MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Arizona Coyotes on Dec 4, 2017, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.413M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $863K $833K $93K $213K $925K
2020-21 $863K $833K $0 $213K $833K
2021-22 $863K $833K $0 $213K $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 8, 2026 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 3, 2024 St. Louis Blues New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $950K $950K
Jul 12, 2022 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.65M $825K
Dec 4, 2017 Arizona Coyotes Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $3.413M $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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals 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-0.3Even-strength defence+0.8Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

-2-10122020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

57.0Corsi for %73 attempts for, 55 against
+2.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.9Expected goals for %3.6 expected for, 2.2 against
+8.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
94.8PDO4.4% shooting + 90.3% saves
13Attempts 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
John Marino · Pierre-Olivier Joseph461:4661.566.92-3
Mark Friedman · Pierre-Olivier Joseph32:4425.029.60-0
Mike Matheson · Pierre-Olivier Joseph21:3633.360.50-0
Kris Letang · Pierre-Olivier Joseph11:200.00.00-0

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
0.3Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes71st
Shot quality 3.3% chance per attempt53rd
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected46thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 241 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 0

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
Nov 13, 2021 @ OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:33
Nov 9, 2021 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:47
Nov 6, 2021 vs MIN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:32
Nov 4, 2021 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 17:02