Josh
Archibald
R · Defensive · Elite
- PAL
- 92
- WAR
- 0.9
- PTS
- 12
2022-23№ 151 / 617
Josh Archibald stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Josh Archibald
Retired 2023#15R
HEIGHT : 178 cm · WEIGHT : 80 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : October 5, 1992 · Regina, Canada
Drafted : 2011 · PIT · round 6, pick #174
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 62 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 43 |
| 2021-22 | Edmonton Oilers | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020-21 | Edmonton Oilers | 52 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 37 |
| 2019-20 | Edmonton Oilers | 62 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 12 |
| 2018-19 | Arizona Coyotes | 68 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 15 |
| 2017-18 | Arizona Coyotes | 39 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 2017-18 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015-16 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 305 | 45 | 38 | 83 | 143 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Edmonton Oilers | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020-21 | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016-17 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
Honours
- 🏆 Stanley Cuponce · 2016-17
Josh Archibald: our analysis
2022-23 season: 62 GP, 6 G, 6 A, 12 PTS, +6 +/-, 9:59 TOI. WAR 0.9 (151st of 617) · PAL 92, elite.
In 2022-23, Josh Archibald, 34, posts a PAL Rating of 92 out of 100 (elite), and his WAR of 0.9 ranks 151st among 617 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: defense (99, among the best in the league), discipline (96, among the best in the league) and possession (91, among the best in the league). On the other hand, offense (11, among the weakest in the league) and shooting (22, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+2.4); his biggest cost: finishing (-0.9).
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 9:59
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:03
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:43
- Pts/GP
- 0.19
- EV points
- 12
- Hits
- 195
- Blocks
- 28
- Takeaways
- 14
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 50.2 %
- Off. zone starts
- 17.8 %
- Faceoffs
- 25.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
Player ratings, 2022-23
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 38 %
80
Very good
- SK
- Skating
- 89
- Confidence 57 %
- ST
- Strength
- 71
- Confidence 43 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 48
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 57
- Confidence 57 %
- CK
- Checking
- 93
- Confidence 43 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 81
- Confidence 28 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 87
- Confidence 43 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 65
- Confidence 38 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 69
- Confidence 38 %
- DF
- Defense
- 97
- Confidence 34 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 75
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating89
- Top speed (35 %)36.5 · 84
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)9.36 · 93
- Distance /60 (20 %)15.8 · 81
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.4 · 72
ST — Strength71
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.815 · 86
- Body mass (50 %)-1.716 · 54
EN — Endurance48
- Ice time per game (45 %)11.9 · 53
- Total ice time (20 %)613 · 63
- Shift length (15 %)40.3 · 48
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)12.3 · 51
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.009 · 70
DU — Durability57
- Share of games played (100 %)0.681 · 57
CK — Checking93
- Hits /60 (70 %)12.2 · 93
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)12.5 · 93
- Season volume (10 %)5.278 · 89
FG — Fighting81
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.154 · 81
DI — Discipline87
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.083 · 90
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)1.054 · 61
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)1.55 · 97
PA — Passing65
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.468 · 59
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.455 · 74
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.03 · 73
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.627 · 77
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.437 · 56
SC — Scoring69
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.782 · 68
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.791 · 69
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.044 · 73
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.339 · 76
- xG per shot (10 %)0.08 · 71
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)12.7 · 69
DF — Defense97
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.136 · 95
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.41 · 95
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.446 · 94
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.085 · 90
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)0.48 · 83
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)54.2 · 88
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.285 · 84
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)34.2 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)25.9 · 75
EX — Experience75
- Career regular-season games (65 %)81
- Career playoff games (25 %)61
- NHL seasons (10 %)75
OV — Overall80
- SC · Scoring (28 %)69
- PA · Passing (22 %)65
- DF · Defense (18 %)97
- SK · Skating (12 %)89
- EN · Endurance (8 %)48
- DI · Discipline (5 %)87
- ST · Strength (4 %)71
- CK · Checking (3 %)93
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2022-23
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.9
wins above replacement
151 of 617
PAL Rating
92/ 100
Performance · Elite
35 of 461 at the position
Value Rating
—/ 100
Season cap hit unknown
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 34
- Defense
- 99
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- Offense
- 11
- Creation
- 52
- Shooting
- 22
- Possession
- 91
- Defense
- 99
- Discipline
- 96
- Power play
- 37
- Penalty kill
- 90
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2022-23
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
17/ 100
Low
better than 17% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
70/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
6/ 100
Low
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 350 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 12
- Shot selection
- 29
- Penalties drawn
- 91
- Puck management
- 92
Defense
- Takeaways
- 8
- Discipline
- 4
- Safe zone exits
- 69
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
WAR, 2022-23
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.9
wins above replacement
0.3 to 1.5 — 90% interval
151 of 617 forwards
+4.9 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.0
- EV defense
- +2.4
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.4
- Shooting
- -0.9
- Penalties
- +1.5
- Average → replacement
- +1.6
In goals.
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 153.0 km/h93rd percentileleague avg. 136.6 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 38.0 km/h98th percentileleague avg. 35.5 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 14887th percentileleague avg. 70
- Offensive zone time
- 41.1 %39th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 164.2 km41st percentileleague avg. 196.0 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.53 km17th percentileleague avg. 4.71 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 42.6 %76th percentileleague avg. 41.3 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.3 %19th percentileleague avg. 17.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 41.6 %31st percentileleague avg. 39.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 7145th percentile | 639th percentile | 8.5 %11th percentile |
| High danger | 2340th percentile | 547th percentile | 21.7 %72nd percentile |
| Mid range | 1334th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 1170th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2022-2023 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Last 5 games
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 11, 2023 | vs CHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8:30 |
| April 8, 2023 | @ DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| April 6, 2023 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 |
| April 4, 2023 | @ NJD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:09 |
| April 2, 2023 | vs PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:20 |
Josh Archibald: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Josh Archibald have in 2022-23?
Josh Archibald has 6 goals and 12 points (6 assists) in 62 games in 2022-23.
How old is Josh Archibald?
Josh Archibald is 34 years old: he was born on October 6, 1992.
How tall is Josh Archibald, and how much does he weigh?
Josh Archibald is 5'10" (178 cm) and weighs 176 lb (80 kg).
Where is Josh Archibald from?
Canada: Josh Archibald was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
How good is Josh Archibald?
Josh Archibald produced 0.9 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2022-23, 151st of 617 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 92 out of 100: elite for his position.
Is Josh Archibald a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 151st of 617 players at his position in the NHL in 2022-23. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
What are Josh Archibald's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Josh Archibald has 305 games, 45 goals, 38 assists and 83 points. His best season: 2018-19, with 22 points in 68 games.
Where was Josh Archibald drafted?
Josh Archibald was drafted 174th overall (round 6) by Pittsburgh Penguins in 2011.
How does Josh Archibald perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Josh Archibald has 24 games and 2 points in his career. His pace (0.08 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.27).
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