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Josh Doan

#91 · Right wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born Feb 1, 2002 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA (age 24) · 6'2", 198 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 37th overall in 2021 by ARI (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Arttu Hyry DAL · 0 P in 4 GP Barclay Goodrow SJS · 0 P in 4 GP Beck Malenstyn BUF · 0 P in 4 GP Bo Groulx TOR · 0 P in 4 GP Bokondji Imama FLA · 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.

020402023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 19 points1924-252025-26: 52 points5225-262026-27: 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
2023-24 ARI 11 5 4 9 6 0 23 7 0.82 $925K
2024-25 UTA 51 7 12 19 -2 8 88 45 0.37 $925K
2025-26 BUF 82 25 27 52 -4 25 170 78 0.63 $925K
2026-27 BUF 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 8 0.00 $6.95M
4 seasons Career 148 37 43 80 0 35 286 138 0.54

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 BUF 13 3 7 10 6 8 32 25 0.77
1 season Playoffs 13 3 7 10 6 8 32 25 0.77

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 0 0 0 2 5 8 0.00 0.0 16:26

Contract

$6.95MCap hitends in 2033, then UFA
$1.079MCap dollars per goal above replacement6.4 goals above replacement, projected
$7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4KValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 648 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on Jan 21, 2026, as an extension of the contract he was on: 7 years and $48.65M, beginning in 2026-27. It runs through 2032-33, with 6 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2026-27 $6.95M
2027-28 $6.95M
2028-29 $6.95M
2029-30 $6.95M
2030-31 $6.95M
2031-32 $6.95M
2032-33 $6.95M

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
Jan 21, 2026 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2026-27 to 2032-33 7 $48.65M $6.95M
Mar 16, 2023 Arizona Coyotes Entry-level 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $2.775M $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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (-0.2 goals above replacement), plus the 60 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+6.4Goals above replacement151st of 648 skaters, 109th of 423 forwards
+1.1Wins 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 423 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+2.4 74th percentileEven-strength defence+1.2 74th percentilePower play+0.0 67th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 57th percentilePenalties+0.5 58th 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.

0510152023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

58.7Corsi for %61 attempts for, 43 against
-1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
63.6Expected goals for %3.2 expected for, 1.8 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
97.3PDO3.6% shooting + 93.8% saves
14Attempts 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
Tage Thompson · Josh Norris · Josh Doan330:2158.769.11-0
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan412:2166.781.20-0
Beck Malenstyn · Justin Danforth · Josh Doan23:3028.611.90-0
Josh Norris · Ryan McLeod · Josh Doan21:220.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.82 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.9Goals 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
Oct 8, 2026 vs DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:26
Oct 6, 2026 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:05
Oct 3, 2026 vs CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 18:06
Oct 1, 2026 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:06