Josh Manson
Age 35 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 218 lb · Born Hinsdale, Illinois, USA
Drafted 2011, #160 overall by Anaheim
2025-262025-26: 79 games, 5-26-31, 0.39 points per game Season detail →
Josh Manson has 3 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 31 points in 79 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample3 points in 2 games for the 9th-placed Colorado
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Colorado's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Colorado trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
3 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 85th percentile of defencemen: 89.98 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.05vs
LAK30 Sep · 2nd 04:31 - 19.29vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 09:13
- 18.43vs
STL3 Oct · 1st 13:59 - 18.14vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 12:20
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 89.98vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 15:46
- 81.59vsSTL3 Oct · 2nd 05:38
- 74.97vsSTL3 Oct · 2nd 01:20
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.24vsSTL3 Oct · 16:36 TOI
- 2.06vsLAK30 Sep · 14:31 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.15 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Winnipeg, a point in two of four
WPGL 2-40111014:31WPGW 3-20001−114:05WPGL 1-30001−114:18WPGW 3-20220+315:35STLW 6-11122+416:36LAKW 8-40111014:3131 points in 79 games on a team that finished 1st
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Colorado's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
3 of 5 goals broke a tie
How the 5 goals and 26 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 5 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Colorado trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
256 attempts across the 79 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 74th percentile of defencemen: 95.44 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (25 of 79)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Winnipeg, a point in two of four
WPGL 2-40111014:31WPGW 3-20001−114:05WPGL 1-30001−114:18WPGW 3-20220+315:35
VGKOTL 2-3 OT0003011:46
CGYW 3-10003+119:45STLW 3-10003+121:15STLL 2-30002018:37
DALW 2-00111+121:07
VANL 6-80112−116:55CGYW 9-20004+118:56WPGL 2-40111014:31WPGW 3-20001−114:05
PITW 6-20003+118:29STLW 6-11122+416:36LAKW 8-40111014:31Better at home, and at his best against tonight's opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.95M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 7.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 58th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Colorado
Six seasons · 2021-22 to 2026-27Nicolas Roy sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 2 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThirteen seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct