Josh Morrissey

#44Defenseman6'0"194 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

146

SOG

9.6% SH

24:43

TOI/GP

D · WPG · NHL id 8477504

Josh Morrissey has played 77 games for the Winnipeg Jets in 2025-26, scoring 14 goals and 41 assists (55 points) on 146 shots while averaging 24:43 a night (20:05 at even strength, 3:03 on the power play and 0:42 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 73% of his 5v5 minutes with Dylan DeMelo and 44% with Mark Scheifele over the last 10 games, and the Jets have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Morrissey on the ice (75-58 in goals, 63% offensive-zone starts). In the Jets' most recent game against SJS he was on D1 with Dylan DeMelo and on PP1; dropped to D2 (from D1) in the last game. He is shooting 9.6% this season against 6.8% across the 706 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 16 game vs SJS, detected from shift data

Pair

Dylan DeMelo

Power play

PP1

Jonathan Toews Mark Scheifele Kyle Connor Gabriel Vilardi

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to D2 (from D1) in the last gameLast 5: D2/PP1 · D1/PP1 · D1/PP1 · D1/PP1 · D2/PP1

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

20 games shown, 24:15 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 speed57th5721.9 mph

Bursts 20+ mph80th8153

Hardest shot64th6592.8 mph

Offensive-zone time86th8644.3%

Distance skated96th97282.3 mi

High-danger SOG64th655

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 · 339 attempts, 146 on goal, 14 goals

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 · 77 GP · 55 points vs 44.1 expected

Luck Meter →

Sell high

Luck meter+73

Last 20 games: +3. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+4.9 G

On-ice SH%+16.4 G

On-ice SV%−3.9 G

IPP+2.3 G

Points vs expected+10.9 P

: 9.6%
: 102.6
: 46.6%
G vs xG: 14 / 9.1

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

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 played77
Goals14212th of 715
Assists4155th of 715
Points55103rd of 715
Power-play points16106th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal146166th of 715
Hits36493rd of 715
Blocked shots11853rd of 715
Plus/minus+6172nd of 715
Penalty minutes30294th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)49.6%339th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)50.2%305th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)51.0%270th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.2%256th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.7%361st of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)51.6%226th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.16683rd of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.113671st of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.22572nd of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game24:4310th of 715
Power-play time per game3:0393rd of 715
Power-play share65.4%105th of 713
Ice-time share40.7%9th of 715
Offensive-zone start %62.5%116th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.13373rd of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1026104th of 719
Goals above expected+4.930th of 715
Luck Meter+7320th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed21.9509th of 715
20+ mph bursts53391st of 715
Hardest shot92.8158th of 715
Offensive-zone time44.3%130th of 715

Compare head to head

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 · 77 of 77 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.059
Season net: −1.49xG

Offensive TK/600.04 (1)

Offensive GV/600.92 (23)

Neutral TK/600.04 (1)

Neutral GV/600.32 (8)

Defensive TK/600.56 (14)

Defensive GV/601.87 (47)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.16
Attempts: 4
: 0.005

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.81G
Per 60: −0.026
Drawn / taken: 11 / 15minors

Method Leaders

: 51.2%
: 49.7%
: 51.0%
Transition CF/60: 3.2
Turnovers won/60: 18.5
Turnovers lost/60: 20.6

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

146 shots on goal, 14 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	3%	23%	2
Center Point	25%	9%	4
L Point	22%	5%	3
R Circle	3%	12%	1
Outside L	14%	4%	0
Outside R	0%	4%	0
L Net Side	1%	3%	0

Role changes

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

All alerts →

Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 3, 2025 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Nov 18, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D2Nov 15, 2025 alerts →
Dropped off PP1May 4, 2025 alerts →
Played 5:16 more than his 5-game averageMar 16, 2025 alerts →
Moved down to D3 from D1Jan 7, 2025 alerts →
Played 12:35 less than his 5-game averageJan 7, 2025 alerts →
Moved down to D2 from D1Oct 22, 2024 alerts →

How his goals happened

40 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
Apr 9, 2026 @ STL	Rebound	—	0	36.1	rebound
Mar 31, 2026 @ CHI	Cycle	—	2*	8.0	—
Mar 17, 2026 vs NSH	Rush	pass	1	53.1	—
Mar 7, 2026 vs VAN	Odd-man rush	carry	2	63.8	3-on-2, one-timer
Jan 20, 2026 vs STL	Cycle	—	4	70.4	one-timer
Jan 15, 2026 @ MIN	Off the faceoff	—	0	69.2	one-timer
Jan 13, 2026 vs NYI	Rebound	pass	0	44.3	3-on-2, rebound
Jan 8, 2026 vs EDM	Forecheck turnover	—	0	4.9	—
Dec 27, 2025 vs MIN	Forecheck turnover	carry	1*	68.5	—
Nov 21, 2025 vs CAR	Odd-man rush	pass	3*	51.1	2-on-1
Nov 18, 2025 vs CBJ	Deflection	carry	1*	34.2	3-on-2, one-timer
Nov 11, 2025 @ VAN	Forecheck turnover	—	0	75.0	—
Nov 7, 2025 @ SJS	Deflection	—	2	78.8	deflection
Oct 30, 2025 vs CHI	Forecheck turnover	carry	2*	21.4	—
Apr 12, 2025 @ CHI	Cycle	—	4*	30.0	—
Apr 12, 2025 @ CHI	Point shot	—	3*	58.6	—
Mar 25, 2025 vs WSH	Odd-man rush	carry	3	59.1	3-on-2
Mar 20, 2025 @ EDM	Deflection	carry	0	26.9	3-on-1, one-timer
Mar 7, 2025 @ NJD	Rebound	—	0	44.6	rebound
Mar 4, 2025 @ NYI	Point shot	—	4*	32.0	one-timer
Feb 24, 2025 vs SJS	Rebound	carry	0	71.2	rebound
Feb 1, 2025 @ WSH	Rush	pass	0	43.6	one-timer
Feb 1, 2025 @ WSH	Forecheck turnover	—	1*	55.7	—
Jan 7, 2025 vs NSH	Forecheck turnover	—	3*	64.2	—
Jan 4, 2025 vs DET	Deflection	carry	0	27.7	4-on-2, deflection
Dec 12, 2024 vs VGK	Cycle	carry	2*	81.6	—
Nov 1, 2024 @ CBJ	Point shot	—	4*	80.2	one-timer
Oct 18, 2024 vs SJS	Point shot	loose	2*	57.8	2-on-0
Apr 30, 2024 vs COL	Point shot	—	4*	70.2	one-timer
Apr 26, 2024 @ COL	Point shot	—	4*	75.9	one-timer
Apr 21, 2024 vs COL	Deflection	—	3	54.8	deflection
Apr 13, 2024 @ COL	Off the faceoff	—	0	69.0	—
Apr 1, 2024 vs LAK	Odd-man rush	carry	1*	47.0	3-on-2, one-timer
Mar 3, 2024 @ BUF	Odd-man rush	carry	2	8.3	3-on-2
Jan 9, 2024 vs CBJ	Odd-man rush	carry	1*	72.1	3-on-2
Dec 22, 2023 vs BOS	Rebound	carry	0	16.0	2-on-1, rebound
Dec 7, 2023 @ COL	Point shot	—	3*	77.7	—
Nov 26, 2023 @ NSH	Odd-man rush	carry	0	18.6	2-on-1
Nov 22, 2023 @ TBL	Rebound	—	0	29.6	one-timer, rebound
Nov 18, 2023 vs ARI	Odd-man rush	carry	0	56.4	2-on-1

* 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 Morrissey

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Morrissey apart	CF% mate apart
Dylan DeMelo	D	76	1034:28	69%	49.5%	52% (42-39)	51.0% 453:36	50.0% 364:03
Mark Scheifele	C	77	727:43	48%	51.7%	57% (47-35)	47.5% 777:57	46.2% 549:14
Kyle Connor	LW	77	704:18	47%	51.3%	58% (46-33)	48.0% 801:22	46.0% 524:43
Gabriel Vilardi	C	77	571:47	38%	51.3%	59% (41-28)	48.5% 933:53	46.3% 566:45
Alex Iafallo	LW	73	377:42	25%	52.2%	61% (19-12)	49.3% 1058:20	45.5% 563:21
Jonathan Toews	C	76	273:14	18%	47.1%	50% (11-11)	50.2% 1215:22	47.8% 628:02
Cole Perfetti	C	62	263:03	17%	50.6%	58% (11-8)	50.8% 974:19	51.9% 524:28
Adam Lowry	C	65	255:28	17%	52.6%	71% (10-4)	49.8% 1029:42	49.6% 558:42
Nino Niederreiter	RW	60	238:33	16%	50.5%	46% (6-7)	49.9% 918:04	50.9% 480:08
Vladislav Namestnikov	C	57	212:17	14%	49.7%	40% (6-9)	50.8% 890:26	50.0% 440:47
Morgan Barron	C	59	194:10	13%	45.5%	77% (10-3)	50.2% 972:16	48.6% 430:49
Neal Pionk	D	36	164:53	11%	47.5%	61% (11-7)	49.9% 553:04	47.3% 484:19
Cole Koepke	LW	57	163:24	11%	44.3%	57% (8-6)	50.3% 961:30	48.5% 343:39
Tanner Pearson	LW	47	146:05	10%	45.1%	71% (5-2)	50.0% 762:29	43.6% 301:19

Game log

77 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 16	vs SJS	L 1-6	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	1	—	21:36	16:59	4:10	0:27
Apr 14	@ UTA	L 3-5	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	—	25:50	18:02	3:47	2:56
Apr 13	@ VGK	L 2-6	0	0	0	-2	3	0	2	1	—	26:40	17:46	6:21	2:24
Apr 11	vs PHI	L 1-7	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	4	—	24:25	20:08	3:34	0:38
Apr 9	@ STL	W 3-2	1	0	1	+2	4	2	1	1	—	22:16	18:06	1:18	2:42
Apr 6	vs SEA	W 6-2	0	2	2	-1	1	0	1	0	—	22:13	19:38	2:22	—
Apr 4	@ CBJ	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	—	25:23	24:09	1:02	—
Apr 2	@ DAL	L 0-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	—	27:52	21:44	3:50	—
Mar 31	@ CHI	W 4-3	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	—	23:42	22:15	1:27	—
Mar 28	@ COL	W 4-2	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	—	22:25	20:30	1:55	—
Mar 26	vs COL	L 2-3	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	3	—	24:25	18:47	5:37	—
Mar 24	vs VGK	W 4-1	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	—	22:16	16:52	3:51	0:30
Mar 22	@ NYR	W 3-2	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	—	26:47	23:16	3:08	—
Mar 21	@ PIT	OTL 4-5	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	2	—	29:38	28:27	1:10	0:01
Mar 19	@ BOS	L 1-6	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	—	25:19	22:07	3:12	—
Mar 17	vs NSH	OTL 3-4	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	3	—	29:05	21:59	4:17	1:01
Mar 15	vs STL	W 3-2	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	1	—	24:54	18:39	3:46	0:37
Mar 14	vs COL	W 3-1	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	2	—	25:02	20:57	1:04	0:20
Mar 12	vs NYR	L 3-6	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	—	25:35	22:26	1:21	0:22
Mar 10	vs ANA	L 1-4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	—	24:54	20:57	2:10	—

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	77	1903:27	24:43	1833	1638	52.8%	53.2%	899	795	118	90	57%	107.1	92.0	66%
Even strength	77	1546:17	20:05	1364	1412	49.1%	49.7%	665	679	79	61	56%	67.3	66.0	63%
5v5	77	1505:40	19:33	1338	1361	49.6%	50.2%	650	647	75	58	56%	65.0	62.3	63%
Power play	77	235:08	3:03	340	49	87.4%	86.1%	184	38	32	4	89%	28.2	2.9	97%
Penalty kill	45	53:17	1:11	12	76	13.6%	15.5%	6	37	0	9	0%	0.8	6.0	4%
4v4	22	21:55	1:00	10	25	28.6%	22.7%	4	14	1	0	100%	0.2	0.8	77%
3v3 (OT)	14	18:42	1:20	16	26	38.1%	42.1%	11	18	3	3	50%	2.1	2.8	0%
5v4	77	233:31	3:02	336	49	87.3%	85.9%	181	38	31	4	89%	27.1	2.9	97%
4v5	45	51:23	1:09	12	72	14.3%	16.2%	6	35	0	9	0%	0.8	5.6	4%
6v5, own net empty	36	38:07	1:04	95	27	77.9%	75.0%	38	11	2	11	15%	4.8	10.7	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	28	22:13	0:48	13	61	17.6%	21.4%	5	25	5	3	63%	5.1	3.6	0%
4v6, opponent net empty	4	2:41	0:40	2	7	22.2%	28.6%	0	4	0	1	0%	0.7	0.7	0%
6v4, own net empty	6	4:22	0:44	5	6	45.5%	37.5%	1	1	0	1	0%	0.3	2.3	100%

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	WPG	77	14	41	55	+6	30	146	9.6%	36	118	24:43
2024-25Playoffs	WPG	12	0	6	6	0	8	19	0.0%	21	21	21:08
2024-25	WPG	80	14	48	62	+17	22	172	8.1%	49	113	24:23
2023-24Playoffs	WPG	5	3	1	4	-3	2	12	25.0%	4	12	24:35
2023-24	WPG	81	10	59	69	+34	44	196	5.1%	90	103	24:11
2022-23Playoffs	WPG	3	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0.0%	8	3	16:36
2022-23	WPG	78	16	60	76	+2	41	172	9.3%	89	119	24:14
2021-22	WPG	79	12	25	37	-3	66	173	6.9%	150	104	23:40
2020-21Playoffs	WPG	8	1	4	5	-4	6	12	8.3%	23	17	26:18
2020-21	WPG	56	4	17	21	-1	25	116	3.4%	78	86	23:33
2019-20	WPG	65	5	26	31	+1	24	120	4.2%	34	59	22:46
2018-19Playoffs	WPG	6	0	1	1	-1	0	8	0.0%	4	12	19:08
2018-19	WPG	59	6	25	31	+9	14	95	6.3%	55	107	22:24
2017-18Playoffs	WPG	16	1	1	2	+2	6	26	3.8%	27	41	20:23
2017-18	WPG	81	7	19	26	+15	47	102	6.9%	139	168	20:27

Josh Morrissey news

Day 8 of Winnipeg Jets training camp: Josh Morrissey media availability
Illegal Curve HockeySep 24, 2026
NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers, and the Winnipeg Jets
NHLRumors.comSep 18, 2026
Josh Morrissey Reveals True Thoughts On Connor Hellebuyck's Trade Request
Yahoo SportsSep 14, 2026
Josh Morrissey speaking from Winnipeg Jets golf tournament ahead of training camp
Illegal Curve HockeySep 14, 2026
Josh Morrissey News: Remains committed to Winnipeg
RotoWireSep 14, 2026
Jets' Josh Morrissey: Remains committed to Winnipeg
CBS SportsSep 14, 2026
Josh Morrissey Stats
NHL.comSep 11, 2026
Josh Morrissey Bio, Awards & Draft Info
NHL.comSep 11, 2026

Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Josh Morrissey news