D · COL · NHL id 8476312
Josh Manson has played 1 game for the Colorado Avalanche in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 1 shots while averaging 14:31 a night (11:36 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 2:49 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 69% of his 5v5 minutes with Brent Burns and 45% with Jaden Schwartz in his only game so far, and the Avalanche have controlled 29% of shot attempts with Manson on the ice (2-1 in goals, 0% offensive-zone starts). In the Avalanche's most recent game against LAK he was on D2 with Brent Burns and off the power play.
Right now
From the Sep 30 game vs LAK, detected from shift data
- −2:57 5v5 TOI
- 9% of 5v5 TOI with top players (was 46%)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 14:25 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 1 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at COL: 1 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.03 expected goals; best chance Josh Manson at 0.03 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 79 GP · 31 points vs 26.8 expected
Last 20 games: -47. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 3.9%
- 101.4
- 36.0%
- G vs xG
- 5 / 6.2
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- 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.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played79
- Goals5443rd of 715
- Assists26174th of 715
- Points31278th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal128216th of 715
- Hits17443rd of 715
- Blocked shots9984th of 715
- Plus/minus+425th of 715
- Penalty minutes9118th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)57.3%36th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)57.4%29th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)56.9%44th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)56.6%48th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)57.4%52nd of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)57.4%33rd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.59475th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.058473rd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.37110th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game17:47245th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:04540th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %41.1%560th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.81654th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1014202nd of 719
- Goals above expected−1.2481st of 715
- Luck Meter+19256th of 828
- Ascension score49200th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.1443rd of 715
- 20+ mph bursts60359th of 715
- Hardest shot95.478th of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.5%286th 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 · 79 of 79 games through the sequence engine
- −0.065
- Season net
- −1.31xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.59
- Attempts
- 12
- 0.004
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D2 from D3Nov 10, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Oct 28, 2021 alerts →
How his goals happened
17 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 vs SJS | Point shot | — | 3 | 82.2 | one-timer | |
| Jan 8, 2026 vs OTT | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 79.8 | one-timer | |
| Jan 8, 2026 vs OTT | Off the faceoff | — | 1 | 49.3 | — | |
| Nov 26, 2025 vs SJS | Forecheck turnover | carry | 1* | 71.6 | 3-on-2 | |
| Oct 18, 2025 vs BOS | Off the faceoff | — | 1 | 74.0 | — | |
| May 3, 2025 @ DAL | Odd-man rush | loose | 1 | 13.4 | 1-on-0 | |
| May 1, 2025 vs DAL | Off the faceoff | loose | 0 | 15.6 | 6-on-0 | |
| Oct 27, 2024 vs OTT | Forecheck turnover | carry | 0 | 5.1 | — | |
| Apr 30, 2024 @ WPG | Cycle | — | 0 | 3.2 | — | |
| Apr 23, 2024 @ WPG | Odd-man rush | pass | 1 | 44.8 | 1-on-0 | |
| Apr 18, 2024 vs EDM | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 52.8 | — | |
| Mar 12, 2024 @ CGY | Deflection | — | 2* | 26.7 | deflection | |
| Jan 26, 2024 vs LAK | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 45.9 | 4-on-2 | |
| Jan 6, 2024 vs FLA | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 13.3 | one-timer | |
| Dec 23, 2023 vs ARI | Odd-man rush | carry | 3* | 66.4 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 9, 2023 vs PHI | Off the faceoff | — | 1 | 66.5 | — | |
| Dec 3, 2023 @ LAK | Odd-man rush | carry | 2* | 50.2 | 3-on-2 |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Manson
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Manson apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Burns | D | 1 | 8:02 | 69% | 33.3% | 67% (2-1) | 16.7% 3:34 | 50.0% 2:32 |
| Jaden Schwartz | C | 1 | 5:11 | 45% | 44.4% | 50% (1-1) | 16.7% 6:25 | 66.7% 4:57 |
| Nicolas Roy | C | 1 | 4:45 | 41% | 62.5% | 100% (1-0) | 7.7% 6:51 | 55.6% 4:59 |
| T.J. Hughes | RW | 1 | 4:26 | 38% | 0.0% | 0% (0-1) | 42.9% 7:10 | 45.5% 5:19 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | LW | 1 | 3:50 | 33% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 54.5% 7:46 | 75.0% 9:54 |
| Fedor Svechkov | C | 1 | 3:50 | 33% | 0.0% | 0% (0-1) | 40.0% 7:46 | 52.0% 9:43 |
| Nazem Kadri | C | 1 | 3:48 | 33% | 14.3% | — (0-0) | 35.7% 7:48 | 66.7% 10:49 |
| Brock Nelson | C | 1 | 3:19 | 29% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 42.9% 8:17 | 70.0% 8:49 |
| Parker Kelly | LW | 1 | 2:31 | 22% | 80.0% | 100% (1-0) | 12.5% 9:05 | 40.0% 6:52 |
| Sam Malinski | D | 1 | 1:23 | 12% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 25.0% 10:13 | 64.0% 12:14 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW | 1 | 1:14 | 11% | 100.0% | 100% (1-0) | 25.0% 10:22 | 47.8% 11:45 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | 1 | 1:03 | 9% | 100.0% | 100% (1-0) | 25.0% 10:33 | 44.4% 12:19 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vs LAK | W 8-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 14:31 | 11:36 | — | 2:49 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 14:31 | 14:31 | 6 | 21 | 22.2% | 27.8% | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0% |
| Even strength | 1 | 11:36 | 11:36 | 6 | 15 | 28.6% | 33.3% | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 11:36 | 11:36 | 6 | 15 | 28.6% | 33.3% | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 2:49 | 2:49 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 1 | 2:49 | 2:49 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | COL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | COL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 10 | 12 | 0.0% | 28 | 6 | 15:21 |
| 2025-26 | COL | 79 | 5 | 26 | 31 | +42 | 91 | 128 | 3.9% | 174 | 99 | 17:47 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | COL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 8 | 18 | 11.1% | 24 | 10 | 18:50 |
| 2024-25 | COL | 48 | 1 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 28 | 65 | 1.5% | 105 | 59 | 18:02 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | COL | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +7 | 12 | 25 | 8.0% | 39 | 22 | 20:23 |
| 2023-24 | COL | 76 | 8 | 17 | 25 | +11 | 87 | 123 | 6.5% | 211 | 109 | 17:47 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | COL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 8 | 4 | 0.0% | 15 | 7 | 11:47 |
| 2022-23 | COL | 27 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +13 | 42 | 41 | 4.9% | 64 | 41 | 17:41 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | COL | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | 12 | 39 | 7.7% | 50 | 25 | 17:11 |
| 2021-22 | COL, ANA | 67 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 65 | 92 | 6.5% | 179 | 70 | 18:59 |
| 2020-21 | ANA | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 30 | 19 | 5.3% | 61 | 31 | 17:59 |
| 2019-20 | ANA | 50 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 37 | 64 | 1.6% | 113 | 65 | 20:38 |
| 2018-19 | ANA | 74 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 62 | 96 | 3.1% | 184 | 90 | 22:18 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | ANA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 12 | 7 | 21:02 |
| 2017-18 | ANA | 80 | 7 | 30 | 37 | +34 | 62 | 117 | 6.0% | 180 | 99 | 20:21 |
Josh Manson news
- Hulking Alex Gagne looking to become next Josh Manson for Avalanchedenvergazette.com
- Josh Manson HomeNHL.com
- Josh Manson StatsNHL.com
- Josh Manson Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Josh Manson Has Always Been More Than the Avalanche's Tough GuySports Illustrated
- Josh Manson quietly ranks high in one crucial metricmilehighsticking.com
- Josh Manson predicted to be stolen from Avalanche in expansion draftMile High Sticking
- NHL Rumors: Colorado Avalanche Have Major Questions This OffseasonNHLRumors.com
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.