Dakota Joshua
Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 218 lb · Born Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Drafted 2014, #128 overall by Toronto
at Vegas · 10:00 PM ETDakota Joshua scored 18 points (10 goals, 8 assists) in 55 games in 2025-26, T-15th on Toronto.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesToronto have played 4 games and Dakota Joshua has not dressed yet (ir, abdomen). Next game on Thursday 8 October at Vegas. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 55 games18 points in 55 games on a team that finished 28th
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Toronto'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 10 goals and 8 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 10 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Toronto trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
90 attempts across the 41 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 55 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 21.23 mph, hardest shot 80.04 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
Points come in bunches, not every night (16 of 55)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
WSHL 0-4000108:30
LAKOTL 6-7 OT0110+110:38
SJSL 1-40002−214:29
ANAW 5-4 OT0000014:20
STLL 1-50111015:03
NYRW 4-31121+114:31
BOSW 4-20005012:58
OTTL 2-50000−210:47
CAROTL 3-4 OT1012+111:25
NYIL 1-30000011:26Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.25M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 5.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 311th 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 Toronto
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26Jake McCabe 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 10 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 8 assists.
By opponent
Buffalo3 P in 31.00 P/GP
Philadelphia2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Florida2 P in 21.00 P/GPNY Rangers2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Nashville1 P in 20.50 P/GP
New Jersey1 P in 20.50 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSix seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct