Joseph
Veleno
C · NYR · Defensive · Very poor
- PAL
- 13
- WAR
- -0.9
- Value
- 13
- PTS
- 5
2025-26№ 599 / 615
Joseph Veleno (New York Rangers) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Joseph Veleno
#90CPlays: Centre · 52% of faceoffs
New York Rangers
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 94 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : January 12, 2000 · Montréal, Canada
Drafted : 2018 · DET · round 1, pick #30
Contract : $1,200,000 · 2026-27 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract · UFA · Signing bonus $200,000
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | New York Rangers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Montréal Canadiens | 61 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 2024-25 | Chicago Blackhawks | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024-25 | Detroit Red Wings | 56 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023-24 | Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 25 |
| 2022-23 | Detroit Red Wings | 81 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 30 |
| 2021-22 | Detroit Red Wings | 66 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2020-21 | Detroit Red Wings | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| NHL totals | 371 | 40 | 46 | 86 | 119 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Montréal Canadiens | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Joseph Veleno: our analysis
2025-26 season: 61 GP, 2 G, 3 A, 5 PTS, -12 +/-, 12:05 TOI. WAR -0.9 (599th of 615) · PAL 13, very poor.
In 2025-26, Joseph Veleno, 26, posts a PAL Rating of 13 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of -0.9 ranks 599th among 615 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: defense (77, well above average). On the other hand, offense (0, among the weakest in the league) and shooting (2, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+0.5); his biggest cost: finishing (-3.8).
An improvement on 2024-25, when his PAL was 9; his WAR, though, went from -0.0 to -0.9.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 13 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Joseph Veleno's story
At 15 Joseph Veleno received exceptional player status, a rare designation that allowed him to play major junior immediately and led to his selection first overall by the Saint John Sea Dogs in the 2015 QMJHL draft. Born in Kirkland, Quebec, he grew up playing hockey alongside soccer and lacrosse and became fluent in English, French and Italian.
Veleno’s junior years moved quickly. After more than 138 games with Saint John he was traded to the Drummondville Voltigeurs in December 2017 for multiple draft picks, and he took another step forward offensively. Drafted 30th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in 2018, he followed with a 104-point season in 2018–19 and helped Drummondville reach the QMJHL semi-finals while adding strong production in the playoffs.
His professional debut came after signing a three-year entry-level deal with Detroit on May 1, 2019. Initially assigned to the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins, the pandemic prompted a loan to Malmö Redhawks in the SHL for 2020–21; he returned to Grand Rapids in April 2021 and made his NHL debut later that month, scoring his first NHL goal on the power play ten days after his first game.
The following seasons brought a series of moves: steady development with Detroit, a contract extension in July 2024, then a trade to Chicago in March 2025 and another move to Seattle in June 2025, followed by a buyout that made him an unrestricted free agent. He signed with the Montreal Canadiens for 2025–26, appeared in 61 games and recorded his first Stanley Cup playoff point in May, and then agreed to a one-year, $1.2 million contract with the New York Rangers on July 1, 2026.
Internationally Veleno represented Canada from U17 through junior levels, earning gold at the 2017 Ivan Hlinka tournament and at the 2020 World Junior Championship. He debuted with Canada’s senior team at the 2023 IIHF World Championship but received a five-game suspension after an on-ice incident. On the ice he plays centre and is known for his offensive sense: playmaking ability and goal-scoring instincts that trace back to his standout junior seasons.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 11:37
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 2:41
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 7
- Blocks
- 5
- Takeaways
- 2
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 45.4 %
- Off. zone starts
- 21.2 %
- Faceoffs
- 53.8 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
5between 0 and 17 (80% range)
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 3
- Games
- 53
So far: 0 pts in 4 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.10 pts per game (last season: 0.08).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slight decline
- Points per game: 0.35 in 23-24, 0.08 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 9 → 13
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 26: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 78 %
56
Replacement or prospect
- SK
- Skating
- 83
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 82
- Confidence 82 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 65
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 77
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 87
- Confidence 82 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 80
- Confidence 65 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 75
- Confidence 82 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 73
- Confidence 83 %
- PA
- Passing
- 45
- Confidence 78 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 56
- Confidence 78 %
- DF
- Defense
- 79
- Confidence 75 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 72
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating83
- Top speed (35 %)36.7 · 83
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)8.539 · 83
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.3 · 75
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.8 · 80
ST — Strength82
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.591 · 79
- Body mass (50 %)0.256 · 80
EN — Endurance65
- Ice time per game (45 %)12.9 · 63
- Total ice time (20 %)716 · 65
- Shift length (15 %)45.2 · 75
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)12.2 · 67
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.55 · 61
DU — Durability77
- Share of games played (100 %)0.828 · 77
CK — Checking87
- Hits /60 (70 %)8.955 · 88
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)5.63 · 84
- Season volume (10 %)5.118 · 88
FG — Fighting80
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.983 · 80
DI — Discipline75
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.014 · 73
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.573 · 77
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.654 · 70
FO — Faceoffs73
- Faceoff % (85 %)49.2 · 73
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)32 · 69
PA — Passing45
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.333 · 37
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.375 · 67
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.173 · 42
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.714 · 79
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.101 · 40
SC — Scoring56
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.536 · 57
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.594 · 59
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.429 · 70
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.847 · 52
- xG per shot (10 %)0.081 · 68
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)9.907 · 58
DF — Defense79
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.031 · 77
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.179 · 83
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.597 · 76
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.092 · 66
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.922 · 85
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)55.8 · 85
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.832 · 78
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience72
- Career regular-season games (65 %)83
- Career playoff games (25 %)43
- NHL seasons (10 %)66
OV — Overall56
- SC · Scoring (20 %)56
- PA · Passing (20 %)45
- DF · Defense (20 %)79
- SK · Skating (12 %)83
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)73
- EN · Endurance (8 %)65
- DI · Discipline (5 %)75
- ST · Strength (3 %)82
- CK · Checking (2 %)87
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56 | 83 | 56 | 79 |
| 2024-25 | 63 | 80 | 68 | 76 |
| 2023-24 | 69 | 83 | 67 | 77 |
| 2022-23 | 67 | 83 | 61 | 86 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
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
599 of 615
PAL Rating
13/ 100
Performance · Very poor
409 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
13/ 100
Very poor return
2.28 M$ · expected PAL 51
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 1
- Defense
- 60
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- Offense
- 0
- Creation
- 8
- Shooting
- 2
- Possession
- 24
- Defense
- 77
- Discipline
- 35
- Power play
- 31
- Penalty kill
- 34
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | -0.9 | 13 | 13 | 2.28 M$ |
| 2024-25 | CHI | -0.0 | 9 | 7 | 2.28 M$ |
| 2023-24 | DET | 0.3 | 19 | 32 | 0.83 M$ |
| 2022-23 | DET | 0.3 | 30 | 42 | 0.89 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
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
14/ 100
Low
better than 14% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
4/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
51/ 100
Average
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, 363 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 0
- Shot selection
- 27
- Penalties drawn
- 29
- Puck management
- 32
Defense
- Takeaways
- 25
- Discipline
- 36
- Safe zone exits
- 92
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.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 14 | 4 | 51 |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 7 | 3 | 33 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 61 | 71 | 45 |
| 2022-23 | DET | 39 | 19 | 67 |
WAR, 2025-26
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
-1.4 to -0.4 — 90% interval
599 of 615 forwards
-4.6 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -2.9
- EV defense
- +0.5
- Power play
- +0.0
- Penalty kill
- -0.2
- Shooting
- -3.8
- Penalties
- 0.0
- Average → replacement
- +1.9
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 61 | -0.9 | -1.4 to -0.4 | 599/615 |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 70 | -0.0 | -0.7 to 0.7 | 379/596 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 80 | 0.3 | -0.7 to 1.5 | 266/608 |
| 2022-23 | DET | 81 | 0.3 | -1.0 to 1.2 | 240/617 |
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
- 118.2 km/h12th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.8 km/h69th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 310th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 43.4 %65th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 12.1 km13th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.20 km38th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 44.7 %96th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.1 %51st percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 38.5 %64th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 29th percentile | 024th percentile | 0.0 %3rd percentile |
| High danger | 08th percentile | 034th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 119th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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BOSJoseph Veleno: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Joseph Veleno have in 2026-27?
Joseph Veleno has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 4 games in 2026-27.
How old is Joseph Veleno?
Joseph Veleno is 26 years old: he was born on January 13, 2000.
How tall is Joseph Veleno, and how much does he weigh?
Joseph Veleno is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 207 lb (94 kg).
Where is Joseph Veleno from?
Canada: Joseph Veleno was born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
What team does Joseph Veleno play for?
Joseph Veleno plays for the New York Rangers in the NHL, at C, wearing number 90.
Is Joseph Veleno injured?
No: Joseph Veleno is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Joseph Veleno?
Joseph Veleno produced -0.9 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 599th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 13 out of 100: very poor for his position.
How much does Joseph Veleno make?
Joseph Veleno earns $2.3M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 13 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Joseph Veleno's contract end?
Joseph Veleno's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Joseph Veleno overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 13 out of 100 (very poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Joseph Veleno a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 599th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Joseph Veleno getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 9 in 2024-25 to 13 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Joseph Veleno played lately?
Over his last 4 games, Joseph Veleno has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Joseph Veleno's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Joseph Veleno has 371 games, 40 goals, 46 assists and 86 points. His best season: 2023-24, with 28 points in 80 games.
Where was Joseph Veleno drafted?
Joseph Veleno was drafted 30th overall (round 1) by Detroit Red Wings in 2018.
How does Joseph Veleno perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Joseph Veleno has 9 games and 1 point in his career. His pace (0.11 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.23).
Which player is most similar to Joseph Veleno?
Kyle MacLean: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Kyle MacLean's page →Is Joseph Veleno a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 5 points in 2026-27, or 0.09 points per game.
What is Joseph Veleno's nationality?
Joseph Veleno is Canadian. Internationally: Represented Canada: Team Canada Black at the 2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge (finished last); gold at the 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament with Canada U18; alternate captain for Canada U18 at the IIHF World U18 Championship in April 2018; no podium with the World Junior team in 2019; gold with Canada at the 2020 World Junior Championship; senior national team debut at the 2023 IIHF World Championship (received a five-game suspension after a disciplinary hearing).
How many championships has Joseph Veleno won?
2: Gold medal with Canada's U18 national team at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, 2017; Gold medal with Canada's World Junior team at the IIHF World Junior Championship, 2020.
Where did Joseph Veleno play before turning pro?
Selected first overall in the QMJHL draft in June 2015; played for the Saint John Sea Dogs (selected 2015; traded December 2017) and for the Drummondville Voltigeurs (traded December 8, 2017; played the 2018–19 season with Drummondville)..
How many points is Joseph Veleno projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 5 points in 53 games in 2026-27 (0 to 17 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his New York Rangers teammates
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