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Josh Anderson has 13 points (9 goals, 4 assists) in 40 games for the Montreal Canadiens this season.

Selected in the 4th round (No. 95) of the 2012 NHL Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, he has 263 points (155 goals, 108 assists) in 656 regular-season games for the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Montréal Canadiens.

He also has 15 points (8 goals, 7 assists) in 48 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 31.7 yrs (07.05.1994)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 102 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 95th in 2012
    Draft Team: Team logoColumbus Blue Jackets
    Awards: -
    Injury: Day to Day with Upper Body Injury
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The 31-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Canadiens controlling 35% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Josh Anderson is off the ice, the Canadiens control 54% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 10% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 53% in the defensive zone.

  • 58

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 186th of 250 Wings
    Defense:Def: 245th of 250 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    82.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.02
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    17.02
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.16
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.43
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.43
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.09
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.00
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.48
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.77
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.30
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    0.93
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    6.54
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.75
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.41
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.16
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.72
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.98
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    0.82
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.32
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    4.63
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    6.27
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Actual AAV: $5.500M
Player Contract Value: $0.800M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 34.2 yrs (07.05.1994)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
21.12.2025 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 0 18:16 1 0.0% 0
23.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 0 0 0 14:03 3 0.0% 7
28.12.2025 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 -2 16:16 2 0.0% 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 0 14:52 1 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 1 0 1 0 9:35 1 100.0% 0
Total 5 1 0 1 -2 8 12.5% 7
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2014-15 Team Logo Blue Jackets 6 0 1 1 -1 13:26 10 0.0% 2
2015-16 Team Logo Blue Jackets 12 1 3 4 0 10:41 11 9.1% 2
2016-17 Team Logo Blue Jackets 78 17 12 29 12 12:01 119 14.3% 89
2017-18 Team Logo Blue Jackets 63 19 11 30 -1 18:01 188 10.1% 42
2018-19 Team Logo Blue Jackets 82 27 20 47 25 17:01 230 11.7% 60
2019-20 Team Logo Blue Jackets 26 1 3 4 -8 16:04 63 1.6% 17
2020-21 Montréal Canadiens 52 17 7 24 -10 16:25 125 13.6% 38
2021-22 Montréal Canadiens 69 19 13 32 -25 17:13 151 12.6% 65
2022-23 Montréal Canadiens 69 21 11 32 -8 16:58 164 12.8% 72
2023-24 Montréal Canadiens 78 9 11 20 -18 15:28 141 6.4% 74
2024-25 Montréal Canadiens 81 15 12 27 -2 14:19 109 13.8% 90
2025-26 Montréal Canadiens 40 9 4 13 -8 14:46 52 17.3% 38
Season Projection 80 18 8 26 -16 14:47 104 17.3% 76
Total 656 155 108 263 -44 1363 11.4% 589
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Blue Jackets 5 1 1 2 2 13:43 11 9.1% 2
2017-18 Team Logo Blue Jackets 6 1 2 3 3 15:46 9 11.1% 21
2018-19 Team Logo Blue Jackets 10 1 2 3 -5 16:58 23 4.3% 22
2020-21 Montréal Canadiens 22 5 1 6 -1 14:30 50 10.0% 12
2024-25 Montréal Canadiens 5 0 1 1 -2 13:52 11 0.0% 20
Total 48 8 7 15 -3 104 7.7% 77
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Josh Anderson Team Logo RW 31.7 yrs 191 cm / 102 kg 0.32 0.40 62 52 $5.500M
85% Miles Wood Team Logo LW 30.3 yrs 188 cm / 94 kg 0.38 0.36 67 51 $2.500M
83% Drew O'Connor Team Logo LW 27.6 yrs 193 cm / 94 kg 0.39 0.32 66 53 $2.500M
82% Jack McBain Team Logo C 26 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.23 0.32 64 58 $4.250M
79% Jesperi Kotkaniemi Team Logo C 25.5 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.24 0.40 63 60 $4.820M
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