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Josh Norris

#9 · Center · Buffalo Sabres

Shoots left · 27 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4011515:58
Last season441321346915:50

Role

Where he fits on Buffalo right now.

Line

L3 with R. McLeod and K. Helenius · 4:53 a game together

Power play

PP2

Penalty kill

Second wave 9 of 10 kills · 0:40 a kill · starts only 3

Ice time

15:58 a game, 6th-most among Buffalo forwards · 12:18 5-on-5 · 1:55 PP · 1:31 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 63% of forwards · home 77%, road tougher than 69%

Easier opponents than 74% of forwards · home 94%

What’s changed

  • J. Norris has started killing penalties: on the ice for 41% of the team’s shorthanded time in 4 games, up from 1% last season.

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Fast bursts

    10.9 bursts /60more often than 90% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Power-play chances

    1.70 expected goals /60behind 84% of forwards

  • Shooting volume

    9.3 shot attempts /60behind 82% of centers

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

  • Fast bursts

    13.2 bursts /60more often than 90% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Josh NorrisAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 44, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.11 expected goals /60top 30%

    +0.04 expected goals /60average

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.08 expected goals against /60top 29%

    −0.01 expected goals against /60average

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    9.3 shot attempts /60bottom 18%

    10.5 shot attempts /60bottom 38%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.64 expected goals /60bottom 35%

    0.68 expected goals /60average

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

    −0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 42%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.66 first assists /60top 17%

    0.54 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.70 expected goals /60bottom 16%

    1.80 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.95 expected goals for /60too few games

    0.96 expected goals for /60top 27%

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 66average2.29 hits /60bottom 28%

    hitting score 77average4.69 hits /60top 43%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 84bottom 37%2.45 blocks /60average

    blocking score 84bottom 37%0.94 blocks /60bottom 1%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 77bottom 20%0.71 takeaways /60bottom 24%

    takeaway score 88bottom 35%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.80 penalties drawn /60average

    0.82 penalties drawn /60average

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.64 penalties taken /60average

    0.60 penalties taken /60top 39%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    50.1% wonaverage

    50.4% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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111 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

122121

9 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left14
  • Wide right14
  • Over the net6
  • Off the post or crossbar2
  • Short or other4

40 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left0
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar1
  • Short or other1

4 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

  • Top speed
    SlowerBurner

    23.0 mphtop 21%

    22.1 mphtop 18%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    10.9 bursts /60top 10%

    13.2 bursts /60top 10%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    87.4 mphtop 39%

    74.0 mphbottom 27%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    9.55 miles /60bottom 35%

    9.79 miles /60top 44%

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    41.5% of his timetop 42%

    40.6% of his timeaverage

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.