#81 · Center

Dakota Joshua

Toronto Maple Leafs

Age: 30
Height: 6′3″
Weight: 218 lb
Shoots: L
Born: Dearborn, Michigan, USA

GP: 55
G: 10
A: 8
P: 18
+/-: -2
SOG: 52

Drafted 2014 · Round 5, #128 overall (TOR)

Advanced · 2025–26

CF%: 46.0; Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
xGF%: 45.5; Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
Rel CF%: -2.1; vs. team with the player off ice
PDO: 1.029; On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
ixG: 8.3; Individual expected goals
G − xG: +1.7; Finishing above expectation
OZS%: 31.9; Offensive-zone start share
5v5 TOI/GP: 11:22; Even-strength minutes per game

Shot attempts

93 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.

How Joshua is used

#81 · C · Toronto Maple Leafs

Dakota Joshua

How he’s used · 2025–26 · 55 games with shift charts

Line 3
PP · rarely
PK · rarely

Ice time / game: 12:15; 11:22 at 5v5
Offensive-zone starts: 31.9%; of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
Expected goals share: 45.5%; at 5v5 with him on
Shot attempt share: 46.0%; at 5v5 with him on

Shift profile · against NHL forwards

Average shift

Joshua42.4s

NHL average47.6s

Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer

Joshua13%

NHL average24%

Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.

Most-used linemates · 5v5

Nicolas Roy283.3 min together48%shot attempts

Simon Benoit227.2 min together42%shot attempts

Jake McCabe216.9 min together50%shot attempts

daily.hockeyUpdated after every game

	Team										TOI
2025–26	Toronto Maple Leafs	55	10	8	18	-2	49	0	52	19.2	12:15
2024–25	Vancouver Canucks	57	7	7	14	-13	38	1	52	13.5	12:58
2023–24	Vancouver Canucks	63	18	14	32	+19	60	1	84	21.4	14:23
2023–24 (P)	Vancouver Canucks	13	4	4	8	+1	10	0	9	44.4	15:49
2022–23	Vancouver Canucks	79	11	12	23	-16	60	1	71	15.5	11:31
2021–22	St. Louis Blues	30	3	5	8	+6	16	0	31	9.7	8:30
2021–22 (P)	St. Louis Blues	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8:36
2020–21	St. Louis Blues	12	1	0	1	-3	7	0	9	11.1	8:58

	Opp							TOI
Wed, Apr 8	vsWSH	0	0	0	0	1	0	8:30
Sat, Apr 4	@LAK	0	1	1	+1	0	2	10:38
Thu, Apr 2	@SJS	0	0	0	-2	2	4	14:29
Mon, Mar 30	@ANA	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:20
Sat, Mar 28	@STL	0	1	1	0	1	0	15:03
Wed, Mar 25	vsNYR	1	1	2	+1	1	2	14:31
Tue, Mar 24	@BOS	0	0	0	0	5	7	12:58
Sat, Mar 21	@OTT	0	0	0	-2	0	0	10:47
Fri, Mar 20	vsCAR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	11:25
Tue, Mar 17	vsNYI	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:26
Sun, Mar 15	@MIN	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:51
Sat, Mar 14	@BUF	1	0	1	+1	1	5	11:58
Tue, Mar 10	@MTL	0	0	0	0	1	0	8:56
Sat, Mar 7	vsTBL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	14:06
Thu, Mar 5	@NYR	0	0	0	-3	1	0	13:27
Wed, Mar 4	@NJD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	11:19
Mon, Mar 2	vsPHI	1	0	1	+1	1	0	11:21
Sat, Feb 28	vsOTT	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:00
Thu, Feb 26	@FLA	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:01
Sun, Dec 28	@DET	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:23
Sat, Dec 27	vsOTT	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:09
Tue, Dec 23	vsPIT	0	0	0	+1	0	0	12:33
Sun, Dec 21	@DAL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	10:21
Sat, Dec 20	@NSH	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:35
Thu, Dec 18	@WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:30
Tue, Dec 16	vsCHI	1	0	1	+1	3	2	13:14
Thu, Dec 11	vsSJS	1	0	1	0	2	2	15:03
Mon, Dec 8	vsTBL	0	0	0	0	0	5	8:11
Sat, Dec 6	vsMTL	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:12
Thu, Dec 4	@CAR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	13:27
Tue, Dec 2	@FLA	1	1	2	+2	1	2	11:07
Sat, Nov 29	@PIT	1	0	1	+2	2	0	12:51
Fri, Nov 28	@WSH	0	0	0	+1	0	0	13:19
Sat, Nov 22	@MTL	0	0	0	-2	1	10	14:11
Thu, Nov 20	vsCBJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:25
Tue, Nov 18	vsSTL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	14:08
Sat, Nov 15	@CHI	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:55
Thu, Nov 13	vsLAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:56
Tue, Nov 11	@BOS	0	0	0	-1	0	2	11:26
Sun, Nov 9	vsCAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:13
Sat, Nov 8	vsBOS	0	0	0	-2	2	0	13:57
Wed, Nov 5	vsUTA	0	1	1	+1	0	0	13:51
Mon, Nov 3	vsPIT	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:11
Sat, Nov 1	@PHI	0	1	1	+2	0	0	14:28
Wed, Oct 29	@CBJ	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:46
Tue, Oct 28	vsCGY	0	0	0	-1	1	0	10:16
Sat, Oct 25	vsBUF	1	0	1	0	1	0	12:55
Fri, Oct 24	@BUF	1	0	1	0	2	0	12:36
Tue, Oct 21	vsNJD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	11:54
Sat, Oct 18	vsSEA	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:49
Thu, Oct 16	vsNYR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	9:15
Tue, Oct 14	vsNSH	0	1	1	-1	1	0	11:28
Mon, Oct 13	vsDET	0	0	0	0	1	0	9:18
Sat, Oct 11	@DET	0	0	0	-2	2	0	11:22
Wed, Oct 8	vsMTL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	12:18

	Team / League										TOI
2021–22	Springfield Thunderbirds · AHL	35	9	11	20	-3	23	–	–	–	–
2021–22 (P)	Springfield Thunderbirds · AHL	18	7	8	15	+8	58	–	–	–	–
2020–21	Utica Comets · AHL	6	2	1	3	+2	2	–	–	–	–
2019–20	San Antonio Rampage · AHL	30	3	4	7	+1	25	–	–	–	–
2019–20	Tulsa Oilers · ECHL	20	3	8	11	+5	4	–	–	–	–
2018–19	Ohio State Univ. · NCAA	32	9	13	22	+4	67	–	–	–	–
2017–18	Ohio State Univ. · NCAA	34	15	11	26	+3	32	–	–	–	–
2016–17	Ohio State Univ. · NCAA	33	12	23	35	+5	58	–	–	–	–
2015–16	Ohio State Univ. · NCAA	29	5	12	17	+1	50	–	–	–	–
2014–15	Sioux Falls · USHL	52	20	24	44	+4	74	8	137	1460.0	–
2014–15 (P)	Sioux Falls · USHL	11	4	9	13	+10	38	1	31	1290.0	–
2013–14	Sioux Falls · USHL	55	17	21	38	+6	58	6	99	1720.0	–
2013–14 (P)	Sioux Falls · USHL	3	0	0	0	-2	8	0	5	0.0	–
2012–13	Det. H-Baked U16 · HPHL	18	12	10	22	–	18	–	–	–	–
2012–13	Det. H-Baked U18 · HPHL	11	0	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	–
2012–13	USNTDP · USHL	6	2	0	2	-6	2	0	5	4000.0	–
2012–13	Sioux Falls · USHL	1	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0.0	–
2011–12	Honeybaked U16 · HPHL U16	29	13	8	21	0	16	–	–	–	–
2011–12 (P)	Honeybaked 16U AAA · T1EHL 16U	7	1	2	3	–	4	–	–	–	–
2010–11	Little Caesars Bantam Major AAA · T1EBHL	28	12	4	16	0	16	–	–	–	–
2009–10	Victory Honda Bantam Minor AAA · T1EMBHL	31	17	8	25	0	24	–	–	–	–
2008–09	Victory Honda Peewee · QC Int PW	3	2	1	3	–	2	–	–	–	–