Nashville Predators · #59 · Defence

Roman Josi

Age 36 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 201 lb · Born Bern, CHE

Drafted 2008, #38 overall by Nashville

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals13rd on NSH
Assists2T-2nd on NSH
Points3T-2nd on NSH
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots425.0% shooting
TOI / GP25:321st on NSH

2025-262025-26: 68 games, 13-42-55, 0.81 points per game Season detail →

Roman Josi has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 55 points in 68 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

3 points in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

PP points298th
Ice time25:3294th
Points / GP1.0091st
Shooting %25.0%91st
Penalty differential+186th
Goals / 600.7886th
Assists / 601.5780th
Shots / GP1.3366th
Hits361st
Blocked shots452nd
Takeaways021st

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

1.01.01–3

Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points3T-2nd on NSH
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists2T-2nd on NSH
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time25:321st on NSH
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Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Nashville's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength20:01
Power play3:27
Shorthanded2:05
Total25:32

26.0 shifts a game, averaging 59 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on NSH
PP assists21st on NSH
PP points2T-1st on NSH · T-17th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6011.594th on NSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in2goals or assists
Share66.7%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share69.9%of NSH PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

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.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on NSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on NSH
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading0
Trailing1

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Nashville trailing.

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary2 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.35
Goals / 600.78
Shots / 603.1
ES points / 601.001 ES points
PP points / 6011.592 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 1 G
Point3 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.2400th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.8
Unblocked attempts6
xG per attempt.035
ixG per 600.17

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 75th percentile of defencemen: 87.82 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Distance skated, mi11.179th
Hardest shot, mph87.8275th
Average shot, mph72.874th
Top speed, mph20.8164th
Distance / 60, mi8.7163rd
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Defensive-zone time42.3%34th
Offensive-zone time38.4%23rd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.81Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph87.82Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated11.1 mi4.00 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts40.0%36.0% defensive · 24.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

36.9%All situations45.1%
36.4%Even strength46.6%
44.8%Power play32.3%
21.4%Shorthanded60.4%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.81vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 15:28
  2. 19.76vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 05:05
  3. 19.50vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 02:41
  4. 19.32vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 11:25
  5. 18.98vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 16:20
  6. 18.88vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 18:52
  7. 18.77vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 00:12
  8. 18.74vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 10:02

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph17 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 87.82vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 03:23
  2. 78.60vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 09:23
  3. 75.39vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 19:21
  4. 74.29vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 00:13
  5. 69.02vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 10:14
  6. 62.12vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 13:43

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph3 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 4.00@TOR6 Oct · 27:06 TOI
  2. 3.46vsDAL3 Oct · 24:38 TOI
  3. 3.66vsMIN1 Oct · 24:53 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.71 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-11th on NSH
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits3T-6th on NSH
Blocked shots44th on NSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Montréal, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsMTLL 1-40001−123:30
16 Oct 2025@MTLOTL 2-3 OT0112−128:13

Prediction markets

3.5% for the Norris Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Norris TrophyBest defenceman3.5%—Best2¢4¢Not listed

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Contract

$9.06M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 6.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 85th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$9.06M8.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 7 of 8
Expires2027-28UFA at 38
Cap value$72.5MCap hit × 8 years

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 2 Oct 2026.


With Nashville

Fifteen seasons · 2011-12 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Filip Forsberg 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

Filip Forsberg1
Steven Stamkos1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points7821st for Nashville
Goals2043rd
Assists5781st
Games played1 0331st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fifteen seasons, all with the Predators

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2011-12NSH52511160.317.8%
2012-13NSH48513180.385.2%
2013-14NSH721327400.567.7%
2014-15NSH811540550.687.5%
2015-16NSH811447610.757.1%
2016-17NSH721237490.685.5%
2017-18NSH751439530.715.5%
2018-19NSH821541560.685.5%
2019-20NSH691649650.946.2%
2020-21NSH48825330.695.7%
2021-22NSH802373961.208.2%
2022-23NSH671841590.886.7%
2023-24NSH822362851.048.6%
2024-25NSH53929380.726.0%
2025-26NSH681342550.817.2%
Career10302035767790.766.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2008Nashville · round 2#38

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NSH points

Games91
Goals12
Points450.49 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct