GRIT & GF
Dakota Joshua

Toronto Maple Leafs, Centre

Dakota Joshua

  • Heavy
  • Shot-eater
  • Edgy
Points, 2025–26
18
10 G, 8 A in 55 GP
Individual xG
8.4
10 goals from it
Ice time per game
12:15
52 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
45.4
share of chances while he's on

Dakota Joshua has 10 goals and 8 assists (18 points) in 55 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2025–26, with 52 shots on goal and 12:15 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 96.8 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

96.8050100
Rated above 96% of forwards
Goals above average
−0.4
Wins
−0.06
Physicality98thGF52thIntimidation72thChemistry38thClutch95th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +1.09, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 95.7% of 531 rated players

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Physicality

+2.21 SD · 98th percentile · weight 38% · +0.1 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.15.396th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.3.486th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.0.8239th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.1.3291th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.1.3111th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.8332th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 618 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. at NYR

    Thursday, March 5

    Physical

    Dakota Joshua finished 8 checks. He has 12 points in 41 games this season. He played 13:27 and had one shot on goal. The Maple Leafs fell 6-2 to the Rangers.

  2. at PIT

    Saturday, November 29

    Physical

    Dakota Joshua finished 7 checks. That was his third goal of the season. He played 12:51 and had two shots on goal. The Maple Leafs beat the Penguins 7-2.

  3. vs SEA

    Saturday, October 18

    Physical

    Dakota Joshua threw 7 hits. He has 1 point in 6 games this season. He played 13:49 and had one shot on goal. The Maple Leafs fell 4-3 to the Kraken in overtime.

Player card

Percentile among 476 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game12:15
    27
  • Points per 601.60
    41
  • Goals per 600.89
    63
  • Individual xG per 600.75
    39
  • Shots per 604.6
    16

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.16
    24
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.60
    40
  • xGF%45.4%
    19

Physical

  • Hits per 6017.4
    95
  • Blocks per 603.6
    86
  • Penalty minutes per 604.4
    9

Who he plays with

His most-used linemates at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

LinematesGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Nicolas Roy, Bobby McMann2077:3976–952.9–3.36–046%
Nicolas Roy, Matias Maccelli1576:5363–732.4–2.74–247%
Max Domi, Nick Robertson1852:4948–551.6–2.51–538%
Bo Groulx, Nick Robertson738:5833–451.5–2.43–138%
Nicolas Roy, Easton Cowan1837:0540–291.3–1.32–252%
Scott Laughton, Steven Lorentz1232:1922–291.2–0.91–158%
Bo Groulx, Matias Maccelli529:3321–360.9–2.02–231%
Calle Jarnkrok, Nicolas Roy1626:2315–270.7–1.50–432%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 10 goals from 80 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.501.00
12-2804-08

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–265510818528.412:151954045.4
2024–25577714527.712:581933548.0
2023–24631814328414.414:232445056.1

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-088:300010.40200
2026-04-0410:380100.00102
2026-04-0214:290020.13404
2026-03-3014:200000.20500
2026-03-2815:030110.36310
2026-03-2514:311110.09612
2026-03-2412:580050.82207
2026-03-2110:470000.07300
2026-03-2011:251020.22100
2026-03-1711:260000.00602
2026-03-1511:510020.17400
2026-03-1411:581010.18615
2026-03-108:560010.18110
2026-03-0714:060000.00400
2026-03-0513:270010.13820
2026-03-0411:190110.08312
2026-03-0211:211010.09310
2026-02-2812:000010.01300
2026-02-2611:010000.05300
2025-12-2812:230020.22230