Pierre-Olivier Joseph

23.0

#7Defenseman6'2"183 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

4.5% SH

13:18

TOI/GP

D · VAN · NHL id 8480058

Pierre-Olivier Joseph has played 31 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 5 assists (6 points) on 22 shots while averaging 13:18 a night (12:43 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 0:28 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 34% of his 5v5 minutes with Zeev Buium and 33% with Brock Boeser over the last 10 games, and the Canucks have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Joseph on the ice (12-27 in goals, 57% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against LAK he was on D3 with Elias Pettersson and off the power play. He is shooting 4.5% this season against 3.6% across the 225 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 9 game vs LAK, detected from shift data

Pair

Elias Pettersson

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

9 games shown, 12:51 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed92nd9223.0 mph

Bursts 20+ mph44th4416

Hardest shot23rd2384.9 mph

Offensive-zone time67th6742.8%

Distance skated32nd3261.6 mi

High-danger SOG29th301

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

2025-26 · 55 attempts, 22 on goal, 1 goal

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).

Luck

2025-26 · 31 GP · 6 points vs 4.7 expected

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Luck meter-6

Last 20 games: +19. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−0.1 G

On-ice SH%−2.0 G

On-ice SV%−9.2 G

IPP+2.0 G

Points vs expected+1.3 P

: 4.5%
: 92.8
: 50.0%
G vs xG: 1 / 1.1

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played31
Goals1634th of 715
Assists5603rd of 715
Points6639th of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal22681st of 715
Hits18640th of 715
Blocked shots28480th of 715
Plus/minus−16642nd of 715
Penalty minutes8640th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)49.2%362nd of 719
Fenwick (FF%)50.4%289th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)46.4%533rd of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)46.6%524th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)51.4%283rd of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)50.0%332nd of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.15686th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.059485th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.27412th of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game13:18528th of 715
Power-play time per game0:03579th of 715
Power-play share5.2%554th of 713
Ice-time share21.9%528th of 715
Offensive-zone start %57.3%212th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.44544th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO928714th of 719
Goals above expected−0.1333rd of 715
Luck Meter−6437th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed23.0125th of 715
20+ mph bursts16625th of 715
Hardest shot84.9506th of 715
Offensive-zone time42.8%259th of 715

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 28 of 31 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.062
Season net: −0.40xG

Offensive TK/600.46 (3)

Offensive GV/600.31 (2)

Neutral TK/600.15 (1)

Neutral GV/600.15 (1)

Defensive TK/600.77 (5)

Defensive GV/603.07 (20)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.15
Attempts: 1
: 0.019

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.61G
Per 60: −0.089
Drawn / taken: 1 / 4minors

Method Leaders

: 46.6%
: 51.4%
: 46.4%
Transition CF/60: 3.1
Turnovers won/60: 24.4
Turnovers lost/60: 22.7

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

22 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
L Point	32%	5%	1
Low Slot	0%	23%	0
R Circle	5%	12%	0
High Slot	14%	7%	0
L Net Side	9%	3%	0
Outside L	9%	4%	0
L Circle	9%	13%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to D1 from D3Nov 5, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to D2 from D3Mar 24, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to D2 from D3Mar 22, 2024 alerts →
Moved down to D3 from D1Apr 2, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D3Jan 13, 2023 alerts →

How his goals happened

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

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Feb 4, 2026 @ VGK	Deflection	dump	2	58.5	3-on-2, deflection
Apr 4, 2024 @ WSH	Forecheck turnover	—	3*	59.2	—
Mar 24, 2024 @ COL	Cycle	—	0	11.7	—

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

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Joseph

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Joseph apart	CF% mate apart
Tyler Myers	D	21	149:13	38%	50.7%	20% (3-12)	45.6% 118:15	45.3% 223:33
Drew O'Connor	LW	30	109:12	28%	51.0%	25% (3-9)	48.1% 268:57	47.2% 289:35
Linus Karlsson	C	29	92:08	24%	52.1%	27% (3-8)	48.4% 283:46	49.1% 248:07
Brock Boeser	RW	23	88:02	23%	45.8%	18% (2-9)	51.8% 201:13	47.1% 241:32
Evander Kane	LW	27	87:08	22%	46.4%	25% (2-6)	51.4% 255:47	45.9% 306:24
Aatu Räty	C	25	82:29	21%	51.3%	40% (2-3)	48.9% 228:46	50.3% 199:10
Max Sasson	C	25	78:52	20%	42.9%	38% (3-5)	50.4% 234:52	48.0% 201:11
Elias Pettersson	C	29	78:40	20%	58.2%	29% (2-5)	46.3% 289:51	41.1% 320:24
Jake DeBrusk	LW	25	74:26	19%	45.0%	14% (1-6)	51.2% 250:57	45.0% 251:45
Liam Ohgren	LW	20	70:19	18%	53.9%	83% (5-1)	45.9% 198:57	43.1% 192:56
Teddy Blueger	C	15	53:59	14%	49.5%	63% (5-3)	46.8% 144:11	44.3% 159:55
Zeev Buium	D	9	48:26	12%	48.8%	20% (1-4)	43.2% 64:31	52.7% 103:31
Conor Garland	RW	16	47:58	12%	49.5%	40% (2-3)	46.1% 159:31	43.2% 169:33
Kiefer Sherwood	LW	13	46:36	12%	59.6%	50% (2-2)	50.7% 108:38	53.4% 125:03

Game log

31 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 9	@ LAK	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	—	15:04	15:04	—	—
Apr 4	vs UTA	L 4-7	0	1	1	+1	0	2	3	1	—	13:00	12:04	—	0:56
Apr 2	@ MIN	L 2-5	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	1	—	10:52	10:52	—	—
Apr 1	@ COL	W 8-6	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	—	11:01	11:01	—	—
Mar 28	@ CGY	L 3-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	—	15:02	13:33	0:05	1:24
Mar 26	vs LAK	L 0-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	15:21	13:42	—	0:23
Mar 24	vs ANA	L 3-5	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	—	12:48	12:27	—	—
Mar 2	vs DAL	L 1-6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	—	10:38	10:38	—	—
Feb 28	@ SEA	L 1-5	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	—	13:26	13:26	—	—
Feb 25	vs WPG	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	13:53	11:50	—	1:52
Feb 4	@ VGK	L 2-5	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	—	15:06	15:06	—	—
Feb 2	@ UTA	L 2-6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	—	16:18	16:03	0:15	—
Jan 31	vs TOR	OTL 2-3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	—	17:22	17:22	—	—
Jan 29	vs ANA	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	—	13:01	12:24	—	0:37
Jan 25	vs PIT	L 2-3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	—	15:05	15:05	—	—
Jan 13	@ OTT	L 1-2	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	3	—	13:31	12:29	—	1:02
Jan 12	@ MTL	L 3-6	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	—	17:15	17:15	—	—
Jan 6	@ BUF	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	—	15:34	15:01	0:33	—
Jan 2	vs SEA	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	—	13:52	13:03	—	0:28
Dec 30	vs PHI	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	—	14:09	13:51	0:18	—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	31	412:27	13:18	375	409	47.8%	48.5%	165	210	12	33	27%	15.5	21.1	54%
Even strength	31	394:08	12:43	368	381	49.1%	50.2%	164	187	12	27	31%	15.4	17.8	57%
5v5	31	390:30	12:36	366	378	49.2%	50.4%	163	185	12	27	31%	15.3	17.7	57%
Power play	6	1:24	0:14	1	0	100.0%	100.0%	0	0	0	0	—	0.1	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	13	14:14	1:06	5	23	17.9%	12.5%	1	21	0	5	0%	0.0	1.9	0%
4v4	4	2:46	0:42	0	2	0.0%	0.0%	0	2	0	0	—	0.0	0.1	50%
4v5	13	14:14	1:06	5	23	17.9%	12.5%	1	21	0	5	0%	0.0	1.9	0%

Career by season

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26	VAN	31	1	5	6	-16	8	22	4.5%	18	28	13:18
2024-25	PIT, STL	47	0	3	3	-22	45	42	0.0%	36	36	15:16
2023-24	PIT	52	2	9	11	-3	14	42	4.8%	47	44	15:05
2022-23	PIT	75	5	16	21	+8	44	108	4.6%	88	36	15:15
2021-22	PIT	4	0	0	0	-2	2	7	0.0%	6	4	18:14
2020-21	PIT	16	1	4	5	+1	6	27	3.7%	22	7	16:47