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Reese Johnson

#52 · Centre · Free agent, last with the Minnesota Wild

Born Jul 10, 1998 in Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'1", 193 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jake Lucchini MIN · 5 P in 40 GP Nick Bonino NYR · 5 P in 45 GP Brendan Lemieux CAR · 5 P in 32 GP Matthew Phillips WSH · 5 P in 31 GP Axel Jonsson-Fjallby WPG · 5 P in 26 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.

02462020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 6 points621-222022-23: 6 points622-232023-24: 5 points523-242024-25: 0 points024-25

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 CHI 5 0 0 0 -2 9 4 22 0.00 $881K
2021-22 CHI 37 1 5 6 -13 16 24 141 0.16 $881K
2022-23 CHI 57 4 2 6 -15 38 54 178 0.11 $800K
2023-24 CHI 42 2 3 5 -20 40 51 109 0.12 $800K
2024-25 MIN 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.00 $775K
5 seasons Career 144 7 10 17 -50 103 134 456 0.12

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 2 3 5 -20 40 51 109 0.12 3.9 10:56

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2024
$160KCap dollars per point5 points in 42 games
$1.258MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$433KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Apr 13, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.6M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $800K $750K $0 $750K
2023-24 $800K $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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 1, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Apr 13, 2022 Chicago Blackhawks Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.6M $800K
Mar 6, 2019 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $2.775M $881K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacement463rd of 721 skaters, 318th of 469 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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-1.8 30th percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 35th percentilePower play0.0 61st percentilePenalty kill+0.1 75th percentilePenalties+1.6 86th 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.

-2-1012020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

46.4Corsi for %363 attempts for, 419 against
+1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.1Expected goals for %14.8 expected for, 19.5 against
+1.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %10 for, 30 against
91.3PDO5.4% shooting + 85.9% saves
81Attempts 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
Ryan Donato · MacKenzie Entwistle · Reese Johnson1779:3653.242.83-7
Ryan Donato · Boris Katchouk · Reese Johnson1054:2848.851.22-2
Zachary Sanford · Boris Katchouk · Reese Johnson649:2939.645.21-2
Boris Katchouk · MacKenzie Entwistle · Reese Johnson924:4150.041.50-0

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
4.0Expected goalsfrom 68 unblocked attempts
-2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt4th
Finishing -2.0 goals above expected29thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Expected 4.0Goals 2

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 12, 2024 vs ANA W 7-2 0 0 0 1 12 0 4 07:50
Mar 10, 2024 vs ARI W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 09:06
Mar 9, 2024 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:11
Mar 2, 2024 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:40
Feb 29, 2024 vs COL L 0-5 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 08:02
Feb 25, 2024 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 09:25
Feb 23, 2024 vs WPG L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:44
Feb 21, 2024 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 05:59
Feb 13, 2024 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 09:43
Jan 27, 2024 @ CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:24
Jan 25, 2024 @ EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 11:48
Jan 24, 2024 @ SEA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:11
Jan 22, 2024 @ VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 5 11:36
Jan 19, 2024 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11:15
Jan 18, 2024 @ BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 12:12
Jan 7, 2024 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:45
Jan 5, 2024 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 13:16
Jan 4, 2024 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:24
Dec 31, 2023 @ DAL L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 10:37
Dec 27, 2023 vs WPG W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 09:33
Dec 23, 2023 @ STL L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 10:57
Dec 22, 2023 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 12:52
Dec 19, 2023 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:52
Dec 17, 2023 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 5 1 4 08:44
Dec 14, 2023 @ SEA L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 11:26
Dec 10, 2023 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 08:43
Dec 9, 2023 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 5 2 2 10:11
Dec 3, 2023 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 12:38
Nov 30, 2023 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:46
Nov 28, 2023 vs SEA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:36
Nov 26, 2023 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:39
Nov 24, 2023 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 10:54
Nov 22, 2023 @ CBJ L 3-7 1 0 1 -2 0 6 1 11:45
Nov 19, 2023 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:22
Nov 18, 2023 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 10:42
Nov 16, 2023 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:21
Nov 12, 2023 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:18
Oct 30, 2023 @ ARI L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:39
Oct 27, 2023 @ VGK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:08
Oct 24, 2023 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 11:19
Oct 21, 2023 vs VGK L 3-5 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 12:09
Oct 14, 2023 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 09:29