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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Travis Hamonic OTT · 21 P in 75 GP Colin Miller DAL · 21 P in 79 GP Jonas Siegenthaler NJD · 21 P in 80 GP Nikita Zadorov CGY · 21 P in 82 GP Adam Pelech NYI · 21 P in 61 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

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 5 16 21 8 44 108 88 0.28 4.6 15:15

Contract

$825KCap hitends in 2024
$39KCap dollars per point21 points in 75 games
$567KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$258KValueworth 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 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jul 12, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.65M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $825K $800K $0 $800K
2023-24 $825K $850K $0 $850K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacement530th of 696 skaters, 167th of 235 defencemen
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 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-0.3 66th percentileEven-strength defence-2.1 20th percentilePower play+0.0 82nd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 55th percentilePenalties-1.7 15th 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.

-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

53.3Corsi for %1108 attempts for, 970 against
+1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.9Expected goals for %52.2 expected for, 48.4 against
-1.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.4Goals for %53 for, 41 against
101.2PDO8.6% shooting + 92.6% saves
194Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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
Chad Ruhwedel · Pierre-Olivier Joseph36303:0056.354.215-13
Jeff Petry · Pierre-Olivier Joseph41211:5751.352.916-11
Pierre-Olivier Joseph · Jan Rutta32194:5451.248.08-3
Kris Letang · Pierre-Olivier Joseph51171:1650.147.76-6

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
4.1Expected goalsfrom 138 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes59th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt30th
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected71stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012345Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 5Expected 4.1

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
Apr 13, 2023 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:34
Apr 11, 2023 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 15:14
Apr 8, 2023 @ DET W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:10
Apr 6, 2023 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:31
Apr 4, 2023 @ NJD L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 14:20
Apr 2, 2023 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:47
Apr 1, 2023 vs BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:45
Mar 30, 2023 vs NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 18:00
Mar 28, 2023 @ DET L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:31
Mar 25, 2023 vs WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:11
Mar 23, 2023 @ DAL L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 21:56
Mar 22, 2023 @ COL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21:23
Mar 20, 2023 vs OTT L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:56
Mar 18, 2023 @ NYR L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:21
Mar 16, 2023 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 20:32
Mar 14, 2023 vs MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 17:39
Mar 7, 2023 vs CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:22
Mar 4, 2023 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:54
Mar 2, 2023 @ TBL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 17:29
Feb 28, 2023 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:44
Feb 26, 2023 vs TBL W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:56
Feb 25, 2023 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:32
Feb 23, 2023 vs EDM L 2-7 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:33
Feb 20, 2023 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:56
Feb 18, 2023 vs NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:23
Feb 17, 2023 @ NYI L 4-5 0 2 2 2 4 1 1 14:36
Feb 14, 2023 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:23
Feb 11, 2023 @ LAK L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 4 3 1 14:16
Feb 10, 2023 @ ANA W 6-3 2 1 3 3 0 4 0 19:31
Feb 7, 2023 vs COL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:04
Jan 28, 2023 vs SJS L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:26
Jan 26, 2023 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:30
Jan 24, 2023 vs FLA W 7-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:44
Jan 22, 2023 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:10
Jan 20, 2023 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 13:51
Jan 18, 2023 @ OTT L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 12:16
Jan 16, 2023 vs ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:59
Jan 14, 2023 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:50
Jan 13, 2023 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:43
Jan 10, 2023 vs VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 4 1 3 10:10
Jan 8, 2023 @ ARI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:51
Jan 5, 2023 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:35
Jan 2, 2023 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:25
Dec 30, 2022 vs NJD L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 17:08
Dec 28, 2022 vs DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 14:12
Dec 27, 2022 @ NYI L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 19:05
Dec 22, 2022 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:15
Dec 20, 2022 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 13:12
Dec 18, 2022 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 17:00
Dec 15, 2022 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:14
Dec 12, 2022 vs DAL W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:37
Dec 10, 2022 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:35
Dec 9, 2022 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 14:04
Dec 6, 2022 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:33
Dec 3, 2022 vs STL W 6-2 0 1 1 2 2 2 5 17:53
Dec 1, 2022 vs VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 14:23
Nov 29, 2022 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 16:25
Nov 26, 2022 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:59
Nov 25, 2022 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:54
Nov 23, 2022 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:19
Nov 20, 2022 @ CHI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:36
Nov 19, 2022 @ WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:30
Nov 17, 2022 @ MIN W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:04
Nov 9, 2022 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:41
Nov 5, 2022 vs SEA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:29
Nov 2, 2022 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:15
Nov 1, 2022 vs BOS L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 15:51
Oct 29, 2022 @ SEA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 14:35
Oct 28, 2022 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 13:33
Oct 24, 2022 @ EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 16:49
Oct 22, 2022 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:34
Oct 20, 2022 vs LAK W 6-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 17:14
Oct 17, 2022 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:56
Oct 15, 2022 vs TBL W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 15:47
Oct 13, 2022 vs ARI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 15:00