Josh Norris
Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 196 lb · Born Oxford, Michigan, USA
Drafted 2017, #19 overall by San Jose
2025-262025-26: 44 games, 13-21-34, 0.77 points per game Season detail →
Josh Norris has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 34 points in 44 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 14th-placed Buffalo
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
7 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 44 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 89th percentile of forwards: 10
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.36vs
CHI3 Oct · 2nd 18:16 - 21.04@
CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 09:21 - 20.72vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 01:16
- 20.60vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 07:04
- 20.55vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 00:33
- 20.41vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 08:52
- 20.19@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 12:38
- 19.92@CBJ1 Oct · 1st 13:42
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 73.99@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 12:41
- 65.93vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 17:23
- 51.49vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 14:29
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.79vs
MIN6 Oct · 16:44 TOI - 2.74vsCHI3 Oct · 16:32 TOI
- 2.63@CBJ1 Oct · 16:19 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.72 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 Dallas, a point in one of two
DALOTL 3-4 SO1012+116:55DALW 4-10000013:07MINW 3-2 OT0000016:44CHIW 4-30111016:32CBJW 6-30001+116:1934 points in 44 games on a team that finished 4th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo'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 13 goals and 21 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 13 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Buffalo trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
141 attempts across the 45 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 44 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 leadersTop speed in the 79th percentile of forwards: 23.04 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in three games out of five (27 of 44)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Dallas, a point in one of two
DALOTL 3-4 SO1012+116:55DALW 4-10000013:07DALOTL 3-4 SO1012+116:55CHIW 5-11012+112:35CBJW 5-00221+314:36
NYRW 5-30112+214:46
TBLW 4-21012+117:10
WSHL 2-60114015:48
OTTL 1-40001−216:10
NYIW 4-30221+115:04
SEAW 3-2 SO0001+115:08
DETL 2-50002−116:38MINW 3-2 OT0000016:44CHIW 4-30111016:32CBJW 6-30001+116:19Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$7.95M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 4.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 345th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Contract terms from public reports. 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 Buffalo
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26128th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct