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Josh Norris
Center #9 Sabres
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Josh Norris has 16 points (6 goals, 10 assists) in 17 games for the Buffalo Sabres this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 19) of the 2017 NHL Draft by the San Jose Sharks, he has 174 points (97 goals, 77 assists) in 256 regular-season games for the Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres.

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  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 26.7 yrs (05.05.1999)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 89 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 19th in 2017
    Draft Team: Team logoSan Jose Sharks
    Awards: -
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The 26-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Sabres controlling 63% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Josh Norris is off the ice, the Sabres control 49% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 43% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 27% in the defensive zone.

  • 83

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 13th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 70th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.14
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.63
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    16.39
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.14
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.91
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    1.37
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.02
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.91
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    5.26
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.46
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.43
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    2.37
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.90
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.20
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.46
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1.60
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.46
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    1.83
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.27
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $7.950M
Player Contract Value: $10.000M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 32.2 yrs (05.05.1999)
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Josh Norris
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
31.12.2025 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 0 13:37 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 1 1 -2 17:37 2 0.0% 2
06.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 0 1 1 1 14:28 1 0.0% 2
08.01.2026 Team Logo Rangers 1 0 1 1 2 13:26 1 0.0% 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Ducks 1 1 0 1 0 15:11 4 25.0% 2
Total 5 1 3 4 1 8 12.5% 6
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2019-20 Team Logo Senators 3 0 0 0 2 17:55 9 0.0% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Senators 56 17 18 35 -12 16:28 96 17.7% 13
2021-22 Team Logo Senators 66 35 20 55 -7 18:34 172 20.3% 16
2022-23 Team Logo Senators 8 2 1 3 -1 17:58 15 13.3% 6
2023-24 Team Logo Senators 50 16 14 30 -6 17:37 115 13.9% 22
2024-25 Team Logo Senators 53 20 13 33 -5 18:19 94 21.3% 34
2024-25 Team Logo Sabres 3 1 1 2 -1 18:36 2 50.0% 10
2025-26 Team Logo Sabres 17 6 10 16 1 16:19 27 22.2% 6
Season Projection 56 20 33 53 3 16:19 89 22.5% 20
Total 256 97 77 174 -29 530 18.3% 107
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Josh Norris Team Logo C 26.7 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.94 0.68 86 78 $7.950M
83% Drake Batherson Team Logo RW 27.7 yrs 191 cm / 94 kg 0.98 0.77 83 79 $4.975M
83% Kirill Marchenko Team Logo RW 25.5 yrs 191 cm / 91 kg 0.88 0.69 81 76 $3.850M
83% Roope Hintz Team Logo C 29.2 yrs 191 cm / 98 kg 0.85 0.81 86 79 $8.450M
81% Wyatt Johnston Team Logo C 22.7 yrs 185 cm / 84 kg 1.11 0.78 89 77 $8.400M
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