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Colorado Avalanche

Erik Johnson

#6Defenseman

2024-25 regular season
36
GP
2
G
3
A
5
P
37
SOG
5.4% SH
14:35
TOI/GP

D · COL · NHL id 8473446

Erik Johnson has played 36 games for the Colorado Avalanche in 2024-25, scoring 2 goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 37 shots while averaging 14:35 a night (12:47 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 1:42 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Avalanche have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Johnson on the ice (15-14 in goals, 41% offensive-zone starts). In the Avalanche's most recent game against DAL he was on D3 with Samuel Girard and off the power play. He is shooting 5.4% this season against 4.7% across the 489 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 21 game vs DAL, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Samuel Girard
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: D3 · D1 · D2 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 10 games, 16:51 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine33333312330m8m17m25mMar 27Mar 29Mar 31Apr 3Apr 5Apr 9Apr 12Apr 13Apr 15Apr 19
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
10 games shown, 16:51 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed21st2220.9 mph
Bursts 20+ mph39th4014
Hardest shot62nd6292.1 mph
Offensive-zone time20th2139.6%
Distance skated30th3173.0 mi
High-danger SOG25th251
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2024-25 · 87 attempts, 41 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at COL: 87 attempts, 41 on goal, 2 goals, 1.28 expected goals; best chance Erik Johnson at 0.18 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.511.52+0.8goals above expected0.8σOct 11Apr 13
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 35 of 36 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.038
Season net
−0.29xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.79
Attempts
6
0.009

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.75G
Per 60
−0.086
Drawn / taken
3.5 / 7.5minors

MethodLeaders
52.4%
53.7%
52.6%
Transition CF/60
5.5
Turnovers won/60
23.9
Turnovers lost/60
21.5

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
37 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point27%6%0
Low Slot3%21%0
L Circle5%13%0
L Point14%6%0
R Corner5%0%0
R Circle8%13%0
High Slot3%7%1

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

7 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 13, 2025 @ ANAOff the faceoff—033.8—
Nov 11, 2024 vs SJSOdd-man rushcarry349.93-on-1
Apr 16, 2024 vs WSHDeflection—4*25.3deflection
Apr 9, 2024 @ MTLForecheck turnovercarry044.2—
Dec 27, 2023 vs BOSOff the faceoff—2*74.8—
Nov 19, 2023 @ CHICyclecarry1*39.8—
Oct 19, 2023 vs CGYCycle—18.2—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Johnson

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

38 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 21PO@ DALOTL 3-4000-13022—15:3815:38——
Apr 19PO@ DALW 5-1000+11030—14:0011:55—2:05
Apr 13@ ANAW 4-2101+11221—19:0617:44—1:00
Apr 12@ LAKL 4-5000-13012—21:4717:33—4:14
Apr 10vs VANL 1-400003001—16:4514:20—2:25
Apr 8vs VGKW 3-2000+13001—17:4114:25—3:15
Apr 5@ STLL 4-5000+11011—15:0213:15—1:47
Apr 3@ CBJW 7-3011+10012—18:2315:35—2:48
Apr 2@ CHIW 3-200000031—15:1911:55—3:24
Mar 31vs CGYOTL 2-3000+13030—15:1514:42—0:33
Mar 22@ MTLW 5-400000020—16:4414:32—2:12
Mar 20@ OTTW 5-100003001—17:4716:17—1:30
Mar 19@ TORL 1-200004010—15:4815:48——
Mar 16vs DALW 4-3000-11010—13:3912:36—1:03
Mar 14@ CGYW 4-2000+11012—17:1115:39—0:46
Mar 10vs CHIW 3-000000230—12:0111:090:040:48
Feb 8vs PITW 3-200002010—12:1510:53—1:12
Feb 6vs WSHL 3-4000-10210—12:3812:10—0:28
Feb 4@ UTAOTL 2-300001030—15:0413:00—2:04
Feb 2@ COLL 0-200002052—10:049:00—1:04

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations36525:1014:3548455246.7%49.0%218237162143%19.721.932%
Even strength36459:5912:4746646849.9%51.9%206200151550%18.417.340%
5v536457:0312:4246546350.1%52.2%205196151452%18.316.541%
Power play30:110:0400——0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill3461:111:48167717.2%23.9%1135060%1.14.53%
4v442:560:441516.7%20.0%14010%0.10.80%
4v53457:571:42167018.6%25.8%1132050%1.13.73%
3v552:020:24040.0%0.0%02010%0.00.50%
5v6, opponent net empty103:380:222722.2%16.7%1210100%0.20.20%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2024-25PlayoffsCOL20000040.0%5214:49
2024-25COL, PHI36235+115375.4%592614:35
2023-24PHI, BUF67516-1426608.3%1439714:28
2022-23PlayoffsCOL710100812.5%341414:07
2022-23COL63088+812980.0%12110217:15
2021-22PlayoffsCOL20145+104303.3%792917:01
2021-22COL7781725+22241395.8%16513617:17
2020-21COL4011+2250.0%7513:26
2019-20COL5931316+920993.0%9711521:03
2018-19PlayoffsCOL12213-14258.0%332919:14
2018-19COL8071825+8381444.9%12414321:49
2017-18COL6291625+3581685.4%11413525:26

Erik Johnson news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.