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Joseph Veleno

#90 · Centre · New York Rangers

Born Jan 13, 2000 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN (age 26) · 6'1", 207 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 30th overall in 2018 by DET (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Darren Helm COL · 15 P in 68 GP Jimmy Vesey NJD · 15 P in 68 GP Zachary Aston-Reese ANA · 15 P in 69 GP Cal Clutterbuck NYI · 15 P in 59 GP Jordan Martinook CAR · 15 P in 59 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.

010202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 15 points1521-222022-23: 20 points2022-232023-24: 28 points2823-242024-25: 17 points1724-252025-26: 5 points525-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 DET 5 1 0 1 0 4 8 7 0.20 $894K
2021-22 DET 66 8 7 15 -14 22 73 123 0.23 $894K
2022-23 DET 81 9 11 20 -12 30 85 152 0.25 $894K
2023-24 DET 80 12 16 28 -16 25 86 108 0.35 $825K
2024-25 DET 56 5 5 10 -14 13 50 93 0.18 $2.275M
2024-25 CHI 18 3 4 7 -9 4 25 46 0.39
2025-26 MTL 61 2 3 5 -12 19 52 166 0.08 $900K
2026-27 NYR 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0.00 $1.2M
7 seasons Career 371 40 46 86 -77 119 381 702 0.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 MTL 9 0 1 1 -3 0 4 20 0.11
1 season Playoffs 9 0 1 1 -3 0 4 20 0.11

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 8 7 15 -14 22 73 123 0.23 11.0 13:13

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2023, then RFA
$60KCap dollars per point15 points in 66 games
-$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.7MValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on May 1, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.731M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2022-23, with 1 season 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
2020-21 $894K $833K $93K $213K $925K
2021-22 $894K $833K $93K $319K $925K
2022-23 $894K $833K $0 $425K $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
Jul 1, 2026 New York Rangers New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $1.2M $1.2M
2025-26 to 2025-26 $900K
Jul 19, 2024 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $4.55M $2.275M
Aug 22, 2023 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $825K $825K
May 1, 2019 Detroit Red Wings Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 signed for 2019-20, slid 3 $3.731M $894K

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

-3.5Goals above replacement693rd of 723 skaters, 468th of 481 forwards
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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-5.0 4th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 39th percentilePower play-0.4 27th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 74th percentilePenalties-0.4 23rd 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. 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.

-4-3-2-1012020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

44.1Corsi for %597 attempts for, 757 against
-2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.3Expected goals for %23.8 expected for, 38.2 against
-6.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
39.0Goals for %23 for, 36 against
98.5PDO6.9% shooting + 91.6% saves
116Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sam Gagner · Givani Smith · Joseph Veleno1989:5349.736.63-4
Sam Gagner · Jakub Vrana · Joseph Veleno1072:4339.934.51-6
Tyler Bertuzzi · Joseph Veleno · Lucas Raymond1365:1051.452.42-4
Sam Gagner · Carter Rowney · Joseph Veleno837:1138.845.21-2

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.0Expected goalsfrom 97 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.48 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt21st
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 8Expected 7.0

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
Apr 29, 2022 @ NJD W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 18:14
Apr 26, 2022 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:17
Apr 24, 2022 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:28
Apr 23, 2022 vs PIT L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 18:10
Apr 21, 2022 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 19:36
Apr 19, 2022 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 17:04
Apr 17, 2022 vs FLA L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:48
Apr 16, 2022 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14:00
Apr 14, 2022 @ CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12:54
Apr 12, 2022 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13:30
Apr 9, 2022 vs CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:10
Apr 6, 2022 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:36
Apr 5, 2022 vs BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:42
Apr 3, 2022 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13:32
Apr 1, 2022 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 12:30
Mar 30, 2022 vs NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:49
Mar 27, 2022 @ PIT L 2-11 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:49
Mar 26, 2022 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:03
Mar 24, 2022 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:28
Mar 22, 2022 vs PHI W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:52
Mar 19, 2022 @ SEA L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 11:24
Mar 17, 2022 @ VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:26
Mar 15, 2022 @ EDM L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 14:23
Mar 12, 2022 @ CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:32
Mar 10, 2022 vs MIN L 5-6 (SO) 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 14:55
Mar 8, 2022 vs ARI L 2-9 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:31
Mar 5, 2022 @ FLA L 2-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15:26
Mar 4, 2022 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:26
Mar 1, 2022 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:32
Feb 26, 2022 vs TOR L 7-10 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 13:18
Feb 23, 2022 vs COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:45
Feb 17, 2022 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 13:53
Feb 14, 2022 @ MIN L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:27
Feb 12, 2022 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:10
Feb 9, 2022 @ PHI W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 12:00
Feb 2, 2022 vs LAK L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:28
Jan 31, 2022 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:36
Jan 29, 2022 vs TOR L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:11
Jan 28, 2022 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:06
Jan 26, 2022 vs CHI L 5-8 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:36
Jan 22, 2022 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:22
Jan 21, 2022 vs DAL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 10:45
Jan 17, 2022 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 10:26
Jan 15, 2022 vs BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:03
Jan 13, 2022 vs WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:37
Jan 11, 2022 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 12:04
Jan 9, 2022 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:33
Jan 8, 2022 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 10:39
Jan 4, 2022 vs SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:16
Jan 2, 2022 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:04
Dec 31, 2021 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:31
Dec 18, 2021 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:03
Dec 16, 2021 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:47
Dec 10, 2021 @ COL L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 13:15
Dec 9, 2021 @ STL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 14:42
Dec 7, 2021 vs NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 10:59
Dec 4, 2021 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:52
Nov 24, 2021 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:13
Nov 20, 2021 @ ARI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:36
Nov 18, 2021 @ VGK L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 14:59
Nov 16, 2021 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:47
Nov 15, 2021 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:47
Nov 6, 2021 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:55
Nov 4, 2021 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 14:46
Nov 2, 2021 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:03
Oct 30, 2021 @ TOR L 4-5 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 12:28