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Josh Norris #9
Player Information

Josh Norris has 14 points (5 goals, 9 assists) in 15 games for the Buffalo Sabres this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 19) of the 2017 NHL Draft by the San Jose Sharks, he has 172 points (96 goals, 76 assists) in 254 regular-season games for the Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 26.7 yrs (05.05.1999)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 88 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 19th in 2017
    Draft Team: Team logoSan Jose Sharks
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 26-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Sabres controlling 62% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Josh Norris is off the ice, the Sabres control 49% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 43% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 28% in the defensive zone.

  • 79

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 24th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 184th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    15.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.13
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    16.59
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.21
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.96
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    1.21
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.06
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    4.89
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.82
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.48
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.43
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.46
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    6.89
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.97
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.38
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.48
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.45
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.48
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.93
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.28
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $7.950M
Player Contract Value: $7.100M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 32.2 yrs (05.05.1999)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 1 0 1 1 16:21 2 50.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 1 1 1 16:25 0 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 0 13:37 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 1 1 -2 17:37 2 0.0% 2
06.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 0 1 1 1 14:28 1 0.0% 2
Total 5 1 3 4 1 5 20.0% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2019-20 Team Logo Senators 3 0 0 0 2 17:55 9 0.0% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Senators 56 17 18 35 -12 16:28 96 17.7% 13
2021-22 Team Logo Senators 66 35 20 55 -7 18:34 172 20.3% 16
2022-23 Team Logo Senators 8 2 1 3 -1 17:58 15 13.3% 6
2023-24 Team Logo Senators 50 16 14 30 -6 17:37 115 13.9% 22
2024-25 Team Logo Senators 53 20 13 33 -5 18:19 94 21.3% 34
2024-25 Team Logo Sabres 3 1 1 2 -1 18:36 2 50.0% 10
2025-26 Team Logo Sabres 15 5 9 14 -1 16:34 22 22.7% 4
Season Projection 56 19 34 53 -4 16:35 82 23.2% 15
Total 254 96 76 172 -31 525 18.3% 105
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match
Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G
Career
P/G
Offense
Rating
Defense
Rating
Actual AAV
Josh Norris Team Logo C 26.7 yrs 188 cm / 88 kg 0.93 0.68 87 63 $7.950M
83% Kirill Marchenko Team Logo RW 25.5 yrs 191 cm / 90 kg 0.89 0.69 85 68 $3.850M
83% Gabriel Vilardi Team Logo C 26.4 yrs 191 cm / 97 kg 0.90 0.68 88 59 $7.500M
82% Leo Carlsson Team Logo C 21 yrs 191 cm / 94 kg 1.00 0.67 83 58 $0.950M
82% Troy Terry Team Logo RW 28.3 yrs 183 cm / 87 kg 0.98 0.70 84 66 $7.000M
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