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Joseph Veleno has 3 points (2 goals, 1 assists) in 37 games for the Montreal Canadiens this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 30) of the 2018 NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, he has 84 points (40 goals, 44 assists) in 343 regular-season games for the Detroit Red Wings, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Montréal Canadiens.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 26 yrs (13.01.2000)
    Height / Weight: 185 cm / 90 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 30th in 2018
    Draft Team: Team logoDetroit Red Wings
    Awards: -
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The 26-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Canadiens controlling 44% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Joseph Veleno is off the ice, the Canadiens control 50% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 33% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 35% in the defensive zone.

  • 64

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 223rd of 244 Centers
    Defense:Def: 36th of 244 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    80.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    -0.02
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    13.96
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.64
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.43
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.43
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.64
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.51
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.63
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.81
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.29
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.45
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    9.63
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.03
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.12
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.54
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.88
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.24
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    0.70
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.30
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $0.900M
Player Contract Value: $1.500M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 RFA
Age at the end: 27.5 yrs (13.01.2000)
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Joseph Veleno
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.12.2025 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 -1 9:43 1 0.0% 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 0 10:07 3 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 1 14:10 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 0 9:13 0 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 -2 14:40 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 -2 4 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2020-21 Team Logo Red Wings 5 1 0 1 0 15:05 8 12.5% 4
2021-22 Team Logo Red Wings 66 8 7 15 -14 13:13 73 11.0% 22
2022-23 Team Logo Red Wings 81 9 11 20 -12 12:46 85 10.6% 30
2023-24 Team Logo Red Wings 80 12 16 28 -16 13:56 86 14.0% 25
2024-25 Team Logo Red Wings 56 5 5 10 -14 11:56 50 10.0% 13
2024-25 Team Logo Blackhawks 18 3 4 7 -9 12:37 25 12.0% 4
2025-26 Montréal Canadiens 37 2 1 3 -9 12:13 36 5.6% 13
Season Projection 77 4 2 6 -19 12:12 75 5.3% 27
Total 343 40 44 84 -74 363 11.0% 111
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Joseph Veleno Team Logo C 26 yrs 185 cm / 90 kg 0.08 0.24 55 80 $0.900M
89% Colton Sissons Team Logo C 32.2 yrs 185 cm / 91 kg 0.16 0.31 56 77 $1.429M
87% Juho Lammikko Team Logo C 29.9 yrs 188 cm / 87 kg 0.09 0.15 57 78 $0.800M
85% Cole Koepke Team Logo LW 27.6 yrs 185 cm / 94 kg 0.23 0.21 56 76 $1.000M
85% Adam Erne Team Logo LW 30.7 yrs 185 cm / 95 kg 0.22 0.24 59 78 $0.775M
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