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Anaheim Ducks

Ross Johnston

#44Left Wing6'5"234 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
62
GP
3
G
11
A
14
P
33
SOG
9.1% SH
9:45
TOI/GP

LW · ANA · NHL id 8477527

Ross Johnston has played 62 games for the Anaheim Ducks in 2025-26, scoring 3 goals and 11 assists (14 points) on 33 shots while averaging 9:45 a night (9:37 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 72% of his 5v5 minutes with Tim Washe and 49% with Jeffrey Viel over the last 10 games, and the Ducks have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Johnston on the ice (27-25 in goals, 44% offensive-zone starts). In the Ducks' most recent game against VGK he was on L4 with Jansen Harkins and Tim Washe and off the power play. He is shooting 9.1% this season against 9.2% across the 311 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 14 game vs VGK, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Jansen HarkinsTim Washe
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L3 · L2 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 5 games, 10:25 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.

PPLine43▲2▲4▼40m3m7m10m13mApr 1Apr 4Apr 9Apr 14Apr 20Apr 24Apr 28May 4May 8May 12
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
5 games shown, 10:25 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 speed24th2421.6 mph
Bursts 20+ mph37th3737
Hardest shot37th3783.0 mph
Offensive-zone time67th6743.3%
Distance skated40th4099.5 mi
High-danger SOG32nd3314
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 · 77 attempts, 37 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at ANA: 77 attempts, 37 on goal, 3 goals, 4.93 expected goals; best chance Ross Johnston at 0.37 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).

Luck

2025-26 · 62 GP · 14 points vs 11.2 expected

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Hold

Last 20 games: -11. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

9.1%
102.8
51.9%
G vs xG
3 / 4.2
Goals against expected goals
0246-1.2goals below expected-0.6σ10/93/10
  • 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played62
  • Goals3525th
  • Assists11444th
  • Points14501st
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal33629th
  • Hits19229th
  • Blocked shots16630th
  • Plus/minus0307th
  • Penalty minutes10710th
  • Faceoffs won5363rd

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 56 of 62 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.046
Season net
−0.45xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.40
Attempts
4
0.025

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−5.70G
Per 60
−0.566
Drawn / taken
25.5 / 53.5minors

MethodLeaders
44.6%
44.3%
44.2%
Transition CF/60
2.8
Turnovers won/60
20.2
Turnovers lost/60
19.6

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
33 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot42%23%2
L Net Side12%3%1
Center Point0%9%0
R Point0%6%0
L Point0%5%0
R Circle9%12%0
R Net Side0%3%0

Role changes

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

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How his goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Feb 3, 2026 vs SEADump and chasedump035.43-on-2
Dec 5, 2025 vs WSHDeflection—048.9deflection
Oct 21, 2025 @ NSHRebound—013.7rebound
Nov 15, 2024 vs DETDeflectionloose033.1deflection
Mar 24, 2024 vs TBLDeflectioncarry1*28.0—

* 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 Johnston

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Johnston apartCF% mate apart
Jacob TroubaD65251:0639%48.1%50% (11-11)48.3% 384:3452.9% 937:58
Jackson LaCombeD66220:2634%50.6%38% (8-13)46.5% 418:4353.6% 963:42
Ian MooreD46212:5333%49.2%36% (5-9)48.6% 240:3552.0% 393:17
Ryan PoehlingC31206:2132%48.4%50% (12-12)50.0% 92:5147.2% 134:42
Tim WasheC26199:4731%47.4%44% (4-5)47.8% 66:2050.4% 63:07
Olen ZellwegerD58194:4030%48.7%63% (12-7)48.0% 378:2653.7% 696:13
Jansen HarkinsC29191:4530%47.3%47% (8-9)41.3% 83:3142.0% 85:38
Pavel MintyukovD60189:2529%44.1%58% (7-5)49.2% 396:2150.1% 707:12
Radko GudasD50158:4024%56.0%64% (9-5)45.2% 330:0951.9% 583:55
Drew HellesonD46136:4121%36.2%42% (5-7)49.7% 307:5350.7% 574:31
Frank VatranoC1384:2013%45.7%57% (4-3)60.3% 45:1243.1% 52:36
Alex KillornC1578:4212%50.0%57% (4-3)48.3% 58:4262.6% 95:10
Nikita NesterenkoC1276:5312%47.7%20% (1-4)54.8% 24:3642.1% 29:50
Ryan StromeC1054:088%56.6%29% (2-5)46.8% 53:1854.5% 51:07

Game log

67 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 14POvs VGKL 1-5000-11060—8:468:46——
May 12PO@ VGKOTL 2-3000-10020—10:5010:460:04—
May 10POvs VGKW 4-300000221—12:5912:17——
May 8POvs VGKL 2-6000-11050—11:2811:28——
May 6PO@ VGKW 3-1000+12231—8:508:42——
Mar 10@ WPGW 4-1000+11030—8:498:49——
Mar 8vs STLL 0-4000001410—9:019:000:01—
Mar 6vs MTLW 6-500000060—10:4310:43——
Mar 4vs NYIW 5-1000+10070—11:109:22——
Mar 3vs COLL 1-500001020—11:1011:04——
Mar 1vs CGYW 3-200001030—9:539:53——
Feb 27vs WPGW 5-400000531—10:5110:16——
Feb 25vs EDMW 6-5011+20041—9:559:55——
Feb 3vs SEAW 4-2101+13010—9:249:24——
Feb 1vs VGKW 4-300000031—10:5210:52——
Jan 29@ VANL 0-200000050—8:108:10——
Jan 26@ EDML 4-7000-10031100%9:399:31——
Jan 25@ CGYW 4-3000-100600%11:2111:100:11—
Jan 23@ SEAW 4-2000000000%12:4712:250:01—
Jan 21@ COLW 2-100000230—11:4011:340:06—

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations62604:079:4553357947.9%47.7%223268272750%20.125.444%
Even strength62596:439:3752956948.2%47.9%221264272552%19.825.044%
5v562596:439:3752956948.2%47.9%221264272552%19.825.044%
Power play112:100:1220100.0%100.0%1000—0.10.0100%
5v4112:100:1220100.0%100.0%1000—0.10.0100%
5v6, opponent net empty114:110:230100.0%0.0%04020%0.00.50%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsANA5000-2440.0%18210:35
2025-26ANA62311140107339.1%192169:45
2024-25ANA43134-272911.1%134208:41
2023-24ANA68134-12117442.3%139278:12
2022-23NYI16022-13720.0%3457:48
2021-22NYI32257-344922.2%901610:16
2020-21NYI12011-33550.0%4368:44
2019-20NYI32314+1781618.8%93147:59
2018-19NYI17134+323128.3%4317:55
2017-18NYI243360621915.8%46119:20

Ross Johnston 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.