GRIT & GF
Josh Mahura

Seattle Kraken, Defence

Josh Mahura

  • Physical
  • Steady
Points, 2026–27
2
0 G, 2 A in 6 GP
Individual xG
0.3
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
14:27
4 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
47.1
share of chances while he's on

Josh Mahura has 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) in 6 games for the Seattle Kraken in 2026–27, with 4 shots on goal and 14:27 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 4.2 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

6 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

4.2050100
Rated above 12% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.2
Wins
−0.04
Physicality16thGF54thIntimidation5thChemistry51thClutch74th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.95, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 11.7% of 223 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Clutch

+0.47 SD · 74th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

  • Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0374th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.1319th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 80 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 TOR

    Saturday, October 18

    Drought over

    Josh Mahura scored for the first time in at least 98 games. He also scored the overtime winner. It finished 4-3 for the Kraken in overtime.

Player card

Percentile among 194 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game14:27
    10
  • Points per 601.38
    76
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.23
    57
  • Shots per 602.8
    38

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice3.23
    87
  • xG against per 60, on ice3.63
    1
  • xGF%47.1%
    37

Physical

  • Hits per 605.5
    84
  • Blocks per 604.2
    47
  • Penalty minutes per 601.4
    54

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

  • Top speed21.7 mph
    85
  • Bursts over 20 mph4
    54
  • Distance skated12 mi
    27

Shooting

  • Hardest shot81.7 mph
    33
  • Shots on goal4
    33
  • Shooting %0.0%
    43

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time39.4%
    28
  • Offensive zone time, even strength39.5%
    18

Who he plays with

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

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Ville Ottavainen546:3239–452.8–2.44–353%
Ryan Lindgren111:448–170.6–1.02–037%
Ryker Evans56:525–40.3–0.20–062%
Adam Larsson55:217–90.5–0.51–152%
Brandon Montour44:172–60.0–0.40–14%
Vince Dunn53:230–90.0–0.30–10%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 6 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
0.000.100.200.30
10-2810-17

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27602240.314:278647.1
2025–2623123151.015:40263644.6
2024–2564099582.913:45895447.5
2023–2430099251.212:36402750.5

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1718:340010.09200
2026-10-1516:270010.02200
2026-10-1311:450110.01100
2026-10-1113:000010.12120
2026-10-0912:260100.06100
2026-10-0114:280000.03142
2026-04-1520:430010.03220
2026-04-0916:040010.03200
2026-02-2615:210010.03020
2025-12-2317:330100.00020
2025-12-2215:570000.01000
2025-12-2017:360000.00210
2025-12-1815:270020.20120
2025-12-1213:470000.00120
2025-12-0817:500010.05240
2025-12-0612:400000.00300
2025-11-0514:080000.00120
2025-11-0314:180010.09010
2025-11-0112:150000.00112
2025-10-2815:310000.00120