Josh Doan

Steady
Depth

Points, 2026–27: 2; 1 G, 1 A in 9 GP
Individual xG: 1.6; 1 goals from it
Ice time per game: 16:15; 13 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5: 49.2; share of chances while he's on

Josh Doan has 1 goal and 1 assist (2 points) in 9 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2026–27, with 13 shots on goal and 16:15 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 78.6 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

9 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

Rated above 68% of forwards

Goals above average: −0.4
Wins: −0.07

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +0.37, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 68.4% of 402 rated players

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

Physicality38%GF38%Intimidation11%Chemistry13%Clutch0%

Clutch

+1.70 SD · 97th 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.0.1197th pct
Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.2478th pct

Percentiles are against 402 rated forwards in 2026-27, on 127 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.

vs MTL
Thursday, May 14
Streak
Josh Doan has a point in 6 straight games. He played 21:32, about 6 minutes over his average. The Sabres lost 6-3 to the Canadiens.
at MTL
Tuesday, May 12
Streak
Josh Doan has a point in 5 straight games. He has 61 points in 92 games this season. He played 15:30 and had no shots on goal. The Sabres beat the Canadiens 3-2.
vs CBJ
Thursday, April 9
Two goals
Josh Doan scored twice. He has 25 goals this season. He played 14:42 and had four shots on goal. It finished 5-0 for the Sabres.
at PIT
Thursday, March 5
Volume
Josh Doan had 9 shot attempts. Three got through to the goalie, and none went in. He came in averaging 3.9 attempts a game. It finished 5-1 for the Sabres.
vs ANA
Saturday, January 10
Streak
Josh Doan has a point in 5 straight games. He has 30 points in 43 games this season. He played 15:09 and had no shots on goal. It finished 5-3 for the Sabres.
at NYR
Thursday, January 8
Streak
Josh Doan has scored in 4 straight games. That was his 14th goal of the season. He played 16:09 and had two shots on goal. The Sabres beat the Rangers 5-2.
vs VAN
Tuesday, January 6
Streak
Josh Doan has scored in 3 straight games. That was his 13th goal of the season. He played 18:11 and had two shots on goal. It finished 5-3 for the Sabres.
at EDM
Tuesday, December 9
Two goals
Josh Doan scored twice. He also had 9 shot attempts against an average of 4.0. He has 10 goals this season. The Sabres beat the Oilers 4-3 in overtime.

Player card

Percentile among 378 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

Ice time per game16:15
60
Points per 600.82
15
Goals per 600.41
28
Individual xG per 600.66
30
Shots per 605.3
37

5-on-5 play

xG for per 60, on ice2.69
62
xG against per 60, on ice2.77
31
xGF%49.2%
46

Physical

Hits per 605.7
62
Blocks per 603.3
74
Penalty minutes per 601.6
45

Skating and shooting

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

Skating

Top speed22.6 mph
85
Bursts over 20 mph23
89
Distance skated24 mi
80

Shooting

Hardest shot80.8 mph
54
Shots on goal13
62
Shooting %7.7%
27

Zone time

Offensive zone time40.4%
33
Offensive zone time, even strength39.0%
22

Who he plays with

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

Linemates	Games	TOI	Shot attempts	xG	Goals	xG share
Tage Thompson, Peyton Krebs	9	38:51	37–35	1.4–1.3	2–1	51%
Tage Thompson, Josh Norris	6	30:37	37–26	1.7–0.8	1–0	67%
Tage Thompson, Ryan McLeod	3	16:51	18–19	0.5–1.2	1–1	29%
Noah Ostlund, Zach Benson	7	10:34	12–11	0.4–0.5	0–1	44%
Tage Thompson, Jiri Kulich	3	7:42	6–9	0.7–0.4	1–0	62%
Beck Malenstyn, Justin Danforth	3	3:32	2–5	0.1–0.5	0–0	12%
Peyton Krebs, Noah Ostlund	7	2:40	4–3	0.2–0.0	0–0	84%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 1 goals from 20 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

0.000.250.500.75

04-2310-17

By season

Season	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG	TOI/GP	Hits	Blk	xGF% 5v5
2026–27	9	1	1	2	13	1.6	16:15	14	8	49.2
2025–26	82	25	27	52	170	26.6	15:52	78	39	54.1
2024–25	51	7	12	19	88	10.3	13:31	45	19	59.5
2023–24	11	5	4	9	23	3.1	12:19	7	7	56.9

Last 20 games

Date	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	Hits	Blk	PIM
2026-10-17	15:14	0	1	1	0.15	0	0	0
2026-10-15	17:22	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0
2026-10-13	17:23	0	0	2	0.28	1	2	0
2026-10-12	16:15	1	0	3	0.26	0	2	0
2026-10-10	14:16	0	0	2	0.09	4	1	2
2026-10-08	16:26	0	0	1	0.32	3	0	0
2026-10-06	12:05	0	0	0	0.07	1	1	0
2026-10-03	18:06	0	0	1	0.11	2	2	2
2026-10-01	19:06	0	0	3	0.32	2	0	0
2026-05-18	18:38	0	0	3	0.52	1	1	0
2026-05-16	16:31	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0
2026-05-14	21:32	1	0	3	0.30	3	0	0
2026-05-12	15:30	0	2	0	0.00	0	1	0
2026-05-10	15:32	0	1	4	0.33	2	0	4
2026-05-08	16:28	0	1	4	0.36	2	0	2
2026-05-06	17:26	1	1	3	0.42	2	0	0
2026-05-01	15:51	0	1	5	0.70	3	0	0
2026-04-28	15:40	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	0
2026-04-26	12:51	1	1	1	0.42	2	0	0
2026-04-23	14:49	0	0	2	0.22	3	0	0