Pierre-Olivier
Joseph
D · CAR · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 29
- WAR
- -0.0
- Value
- 45
- PTS
- 6
2025-26№ 215 / 325
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (Carolina Hurricanes) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Pierre-Olivier Joseph
HEIGHT : 188 cm · WEIGHT : 84 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : June 30, 1999 · Laval, Canada
Drafted : 2017 · ARI · round 1, pick #23
Contract : $850,000 · 2026-27 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Vancouver Canucks | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024-25 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 2024-25 | St. Louis Blues | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 2023-24 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 52 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| 2022-23 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 75 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 44 |
| 2021-22 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| NHL totals | 225 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 119 | |
Pierre-Olivier Joseph: our analysis
2025-26 season: 31 GP, 1 G, 5 A, 6 PTS, -16 +/-, 13:18 TOI. WAR -0.0 (215th of 325) · PAL 29, below average.
In 2025-26, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, 27, posts a PAL Rating of 29 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of -0.0 ranks 215th among 325 regulars, in the bottom half.
His strengths: power play (65, above average). On the other hand, discipline (26, below average) and penalty kill (30, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+0.3); his biggest cost: EV defense (-0.7).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 3 in 2024-25 to 29; his WAR went from -0.8 to -0.0.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 45 (fair value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Pierre-Olivier Joseph's story
On the international stage, Joseph was named to Canada’s roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship, where he scored one goal in ten games and earned a gold medal. His game is built on mobility, reach and puck-moving ability: he combines offensive instincts with the capacity to make outlet passes and join the rush while providing the reach and mobility needed to defend effectively.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 13:18
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:03
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:28
- Pts/GP
- 0.19
- EV points
- 6
- Hits
- 18
- Blocks
- 28
- Takeaways
- 9
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 50.6 %
- Off. zone starts
- 34.0 %
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2026-27 projection
Projected points
4between 0 and 12 (80% range)
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 3
- Games
- 28
So far: 0 pts in 0 games. The team has played 19 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.15 pts per game (last season: 0.19).
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
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.21 in 23-24, 0.19 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 3 → 29
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 27: 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 75 %
62
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 82
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 61
- Confidence 79 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 49
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 56
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 74
- Confidence 79 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 78
- Confidence 56 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 64
- Confidence 79 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 74
- Confidence 75 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 67
- Confidence 75 %
- DF
- Defense
- 68
- Confidence 72 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 56
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating82
- Top speed (35 %)36.2 · 84
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.658 · 83
- Distance /60 (20 %)14.1 · 73
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.2 · 83
ST — Strength61
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.417 · 69
- Body mass (50 %)-0.782 · 61
EN — Endurance49
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.9 · 55
- Total ice time (20 %)410 · 42
- Shift length (15 %)43.6 · 60
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)14.1 · 54
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.321 · 53
DU — Durability56
- Share of games played (100 %)0.657 · 56
CK — Checking74
- Hits /60 (70 %)3.365 · 76
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.721 · 76
- Season volume (10 %)2.944 · 61
FG — Fighting78
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.878 · 78
DI — Discipline64
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.072 · 64
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.784 · 67
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.364 · 73
PA — Passing74
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.346 · 73
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.355 · 68
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.024 · 77
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.11 · 74
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.189 · 69
SC — Scoring67
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.169 · 68
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.177 · 70
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.143 · 72
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.048 · 59
- xG per shot (10 %)0.034 · 69
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)9.791 · 76
DF — Defense68
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.102 · 58
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.054 · 78
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.722 · 68
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.023 · 70
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.659 · 82
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)59 · 70
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.687 · 62
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience56
- Career regular-season games (65 %)76
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)66
OV — Overall62
- DF · Defense (30 %)68
- PA · Passing (22 %)74
- SK · Skating (12 %)82
- SC · Scoring (12 %)67
- EN · Endurance (9 %)49
- ST · Strength (6 %)61
- DI · Discipline (5 %)64
- CK · Checking (4 %)74
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62 | 82 | 67 | 68 |
| 2024-25 | 57 | 80 | 64 | 61 |
| 2023-24 | 61 | 82 | 72 | 60 |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 84 | 77 | 62 |
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
-0.0
wins above replacement
215 of 325
PAL Rating
29/ 100
Performance · Below average
177 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
45/ 100
Fair value
0.78 M$ · expected PAL 36
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 44
- Defense
- 38
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- Offense
- 46
- Creation
- 30
- Shooting
- 46
- Possession
- 53
- Defense
- 42
- Discipline
- 26
- Power play
- 65
- Penalty kill
- 30
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 | VAN | -0.0 | 29 | 45 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2024-25 | PIT | -0.8 | 3 | 9 | 0.95 M$ |
| 2023-24 | PIT | -0.2 | 7 | 15 | 0.83 M$ |
| 2022-23 | PIT | 0.0 | 26 | 39 | 0.83 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
52/ 100
Average
better than 52% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
48/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
51/ 100
Average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Why 52, higher than both scores? Overall IQ isn't an average, it's a rank: 107 of 225 defensemen. Few players are good at both ends at once; being so puts Pierre-Olivier Joseph ahead of almost everyone else.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 53
- Shot selection
- 42
- Penalties drawn
- 23
- Puck management
- 96
Defense
- Takeaways
- 92
- Discipline
- 47
- Safe zone exits
- 9
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 | VAN | 52 | 48 | 51 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 23 | 29 | 32 |
| 2023-24 | PIT | 49 | 15 | 80 |
| 2022-23 | PIT | 52 | 71 | 34 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.0
wins above replacement
-0.3 to 0.4 — 90% interval
215 of 325 defensemen
-0.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.3
- EV defense
- -0.7
- Power play
- +0.0
- Penalty kill
- -0.0
- Shooting
- +0.0
- Penalties
- -0.5
- Average → replacement
- +0.9
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | VAN | 31 | -0.0 | -0.3 to 0.4 | 215/325 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 47 | -0.8 | -1.2 to -0.5 | 301/314 |
| 2023-24 | PIT | 52 | -0.2 | -0.5 to 0.4 | 241/316 |
| 2022-23 | PIT | 75 | 0.0 | -1.0 to 0.8 | 170/334 |
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
- 136.6 km/h23rd percentileleague avg. 143.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 37.0 km/h92nd percentileleague avg. 34.7 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1644th percentileleague avg. 31
- Offensive zone time
- 42.8 %67th percentileleague avg. 42.3 %
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- Total distance, season
- 99.1 km32nd percentileleague avg. 214.3 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.92 km15th percentileleague avg. 5.23 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 43.1 %75th percentileleague avg. 42.1 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.3 %15th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.8 %60th percentileleague avg. 40.9 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2231st percentile | 129th percentile | 4.6 %29th percentile |
| High danger | 130th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 638th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 1232nd percentile | 152nd percentile | 8.3 %95th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2025-2026 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2025-26
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NSHPierre-Olivier Joseph: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Pierre-Olivier Joseph have in 2025-26?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph has 1 goal and 6 points (5 assists) in 31 games in 2025-26.
How old is Pierre-Olivier Joseph?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph is 27 years old: he was born on July 1, 1999.
How tall is Pierre-Olivier Joseph, and how much does he weigh?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 185 lb (84 kg).
Where is Pierre-Olivier Joseph from?
Canada: Pierre-Olivier Joseph was born in Laval, Quebec, Canada.
What team does Pierre-Olivier Joseph play for?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph plays for the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL, at D, wearing number 7.
Is Pierre-Olivier Joseph injured?
No: Pierre-Olivier Joseph is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Pierre-Olivier Joseph?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph produced -0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 215th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 29 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Pierre-Olivier Joseph make?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph earns $775K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 45 out of 100 (fair value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Pierre-Olivier Joseph's contract end?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Pierre-Olivier Joseph overpaid?
Neither: he delivers about what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 45 out of 100 (fair value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Pierre-Olivier Joseph a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 215th of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Pierre-Olivier Joseph getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 3 in 2024-25 to 29 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Pierre-Olivier Joseph played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Pierre-Olivier Joseph has 2 points (0 goals, 2 assists).
What are Pierre-Olivier Joseph's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Pierre-Olivier Joseph has 225 games, 9 goals, 37 assists and 46 points. His best season: 2022-23, with 21 points in 75 games.
Where was Pierre-Olivier Joseph drafted?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph was drafted 23rd overall (round 1) by ARI in 2017.
Is Pierre-Olivier Joseph better at home or on the road?
No real difference: in 2025-26, he averages 0.21 points per game at home (3 in 14 games) and 0.18 on the road (3 in 17 games).
How does Pierre-Olivier Joseph perform in the playoffs?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Which player is most similar to Pierre-Olivier Joseph?
Jayden Struble: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Jayden Struble's page →Is Pierre-Olivier Joseph a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 4 points in 2026-27, or 0.14 points per game.
Does Pierre-Olivier Joseph have siblings?
Yes: his brother Mathieu Joseph (plays for the Edmonton Oilers).
What is Pierre-Olivier Joseph's nationality?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph is Haitian-Canadian. Internationally: Canada men's national team — 2023 IIHF World Championship, 1 goal in 10 games, gold medal.
What awards has Pierre-Olivier Joseph won?
Finalist for the Marcel Robert Trophy (end of 2016–17 season) ; Finalist for the Michael Bossy Trophy (end of 2016–17 season) ; Captain of Team QMJHL at the 2018 CIBC Canada-Russia Series.
How many championships has Pierre-Olivier Joseph won?
1: Gold medal with Team Canada at the 2023 IIHF World Championship.
Where did Pierre-Olivier Joseph play before turning pro?
Drafted 78th overall in the 2015 QMJHL entry draft by the Charlottetown Islanders; played for the Charlottetown Islanders before being traded to the Drummondville Voltigeurs.
How many points is Pierre-Olivier Joseph projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 4 points in 28 games in 2026-27 (0 to 12 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Carolina Hurricanes teammates
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