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John Leonard

#43 · Left wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Aug 7, 1998 in Westwood, New Jersey, USA (age 28) · 5'11", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 182nd overall in 2018 by SJS (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Sykora NYR · 4 P in 11 GP Filip Hallander PIT · 4 P in 13 GP Konsta Helenius BUF · 4 P in 9 GP Mackenzie MacEachern VAN · 4 P in 8 GP Ilya Protas WSH · 4 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.

05102020-21: 13 points1320-212021-22: 2 points221-222022-23: 1 points122-232023-24: 1 points123-242025-26: 4 points425-26

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 SJS 44 3 10 13 -7 2 60 25 0.30 $925K
2021-22 SJS 14 1 1 2 -5 0 25 13 0.14
2022-23 NSH 6 1 0 1 0 2 4 4 0.17 $750K
2023-24 ARI 6 1 0 1 -1 0 5 1 0.17
2025-26 DET 11 2 2 4 -3 0 11 12 0.36 $775K
5 seasons Career 81 8 13 21 -16 4 105 55 0.26

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
11 2 2 4 -3 0 11 12 0.36 18.2 11:30

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026
$194KCap dollars per point4 points in 11 games
$881KCap 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

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $925K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.3Power play+0.3Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

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.

-101232020-212021-222022-232023-242025-26Goals 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

44.1Corsi for %100 attempts for, 127 against
-2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %4.5 expected for, 5.1 against
+1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
28.6Goals for %2 for, 5 against
94.1PDO4.5% shooting + 89.6% saves
25Attempts 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
Andrew Copp · Alex DeBrincat · John Leonard655:2352.556.72-4
Mason Appleton · Michael Rasmussen · John Leonard213:0420.815.10-0
James van Riemsdyk · John Leonard · Marco Kasper29:4918.831.60-0
John Leonard · Marco Kasper · Nate Danielson16:1563.254.10-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.6Expected goalsfrom 24 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes47th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt10th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected64thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.6

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
Mar 16, 2026 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:10
Mar 14, 2026 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:10
Jan 8, 2026 vs VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:17
Jan 5, 2026 @ OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:03
Dec 28, 2025 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:31
Dec 27, 2025 @ CAR L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 3 12:40
Dec 23, 2025 vs DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:33
Dec 21, 2025 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 14:00
Dec 20, 2025 @ WSH W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:57
Dec 17, 2025 vs UTA L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12:08
Dec 16, 2025 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:02