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Josh Doan

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Buffalo Sabres
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	198	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	24
Age	23 (Feb 1, 2002)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2021, Round 2, Overall 37 (ARI)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 26, 2025	Buffalo Sabres	Acquired from Utah Hockey Club
Jun 26, 2025	Utah Mammoth	Traded to Buffalo Sabres
Feb 18, 2025	Utah Hockey Club	Recalled from AHL
Feb 9, 2025	Utah Hockey Club	Assigned to AHL
Jan 10, 2025	Utah Hockey Club	Recalled from AHL
Oct 28, 2024	Utah Hockey Club	Assigned to AHL
Mar 16, 2023	Arizona Coyotes	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2023-24	ARI	11	133:16	2.25	0.90	3.15	1.71	0.54	21.74	16.51	5.23	12.90	19.35
2024-25	UTA	51	591:57	0.41	1.12	1.52	0.80	-0.39	5.56	10.91	-5.35	3.39	0.85
2025-26	BUF	20	248:54	0.72	1.45	2.17	1.07	-0.35	7.32	10.87	-3.55	3.92	11.76

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2023-24	ARI	11	133:16	45.02	4.05	3.07	44.12	2.25	2.33	64.29	56.85	0.61	-0.53	10.64
2024-25	UTA	51	591:57	46.42	2.23	2.73	34.36	1.93	1.70	53.66	61.56	0.14	-0.58	8.42
2025-26	BUF	20	248:54	52.31	3.62	3.26	43.15	3.62	2.27	50.00	58.97	1.13	-0.30	13.60

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Buffalo Gets “Tired”, Then Wakes Up to Win at Die by the Blade (Sun Nov 16, 2025)
Red Wings-Sabres Tweetcap: Thompson, resilient Sabres help Wings blow a 4-1 lead, lose 5-4 in OT. at The Malik Report (Sat Nov 15, 2025)
‘I’ll Always Be Thankful’: Josh Doan and Michael Kesselring Make Emotional Return to Utah at The Hockey Writers (Sat Nov 15, 2025)
Buffalo Sabres emerging stud named one of NHL's 'shockingly good' players at Sabres Noise (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
Josh Doan set to face potentially impossible Buffalo Sabres challenge at Sabres Noise (Wed Nov 5, 2025)
It’s a big night as Josh Doan, Michael Kesselring prep for Sabres’ first game with Utah since trade at Sabres Space (Tue Nov 4, 2025)
After trade from Mammoth, Josh Doan, Michael Kesselring happy with Sabres at Sabres Space (Tue Nov 4, 2025)
After trade from Mammoth, Josh Doan, Michael Kesselring happy with Sabres at Buffalo Hockey Beat (Mon Nov 3, 2025)
Red Wings-Sabres Tweetcap: Tough go for Detroit in Buffalo as Sabres double up Wings, 4-2 at The Malik Report (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
Sabres newcomer Josh Doan displaying offensive growth: ‘Just seen a glimpse’ at Sabres Space (Tue Oct 21, 2025)
Sabres newcomer Josh Doan displaying offensive growth: ‘Just seen a glimpse’ at Buffalo Hockey Beat (Mon Oct 20, 2025)
Sabres News & Rumors: Doan, Lyon, Power, Danforth & Bryson at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 19, 2025)
3 Takeaways From the Sabres’ 3-0 Win Over the Panthers at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 19, 2025)
Josh Doan, 4 other Buffalo Sabres who have stood out to begin the 2025-26 season at Sabres Noise (Sun Oct 19, 2025)
Josh Doan Nets 2 as Sabres Blank Panthers 3-0 at The Hockey Writers (Sat Oct 18, 2025)
Zach Benson and Josh Doan Are the Sparkplugs the Sabres Need at The Hockey Writers (Sat Oct 18, 2025)
The Next Big Thing? Josh Doan is already turning heads for the Buffalo Sabres at Sabres Noise (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
New Sabres left wing Josh Doan is about more than numbers, and he’s more than just his father’s son at Sabres Space (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Meet new Sabres left wing Josh Doan, who’s more than just Shane Doan’s son. Here’s his own story at Sabres Space (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Inside the NHL: Josh Doan’s mother taking leadership role to get a team back to Arizona at Sabres Space (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
Is Josh Doan the secret solution to a massive Buffalo Sabres problem? at Sabres Noise (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
Red Wings-Sabres preseason game #1 Tweetcap: Detroit cruises past the Sabres 5-2 thanks to vets & youngsters at The Malik Report (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Buffalo Sabres preseason opener raises concerns about key forward line at Sabres Noise (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #8 Josh Doan at Die by the Blade (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Sabres’ Josh Doan and Michael Kesselring Could Be Surprise Game-Changers This Season at The Hockey Writers (Fri Jul 25, 2025)
Sabres winger could be sleeping giant who helps end playoff drought at Sabres Noise (Tue Jul 22, 2025)
Buffalo Sabres projected lineup after trades, NHL draft and free agency at Sabres Noise (Mon Jul 21, 2025)
Jedi Council at Die by the Blade (Tue Jul 8, 2025)
NY Rangers forward plans take major hit after missing out on top target at Blue Line Station (Thu Jun 26, 2025)

Current Contract

Josh Doan signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes and General Manager Bill Armstrong on March 16, 2023 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.11% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	21	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
2024-25	22	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
2025-26	23	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
Total				-	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$240,000

Signed: Mar 16, 2023

Team: Arizona Coyotes

GM: Bill Armstrong

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2011-12	Brick Invitational	Western Selects	6	2	1	3
2014-15	QC Int PW	Phoenix Jr. Coyotes	2	0	1	1		2
2015-16	T1EHL 13U	Phoenix Jr. Coyotes 13U AAA	14	4	6	10		23
2015-16	WSI U14	West Coast Selects U14	9	1	6	7		2
2016-17	WSI U15	TPH Selects U15	4	2	6	8
2016-17	T1EHL 14U	Phoenix Jr. Coyotes 14U AAA	8	3	7	10		2				6	3	1	4
2017-18	T1EHL 15U	Phoenix Jr. Coyotes 15U AAA	24	17	14	31		8
2018-19	T1EHL 16U	Phoenix Jr. Coyotes 16U AAA	30	17	19	36		2
2019-20	USHL	Chicago Steel	45	5	9	14	+8	8
2019-20	USA-S17	Team Red	5	0	2	2		4
2020-21	USHL	Chicago Steel	53	31	39	70	+22	45				8	2	3	5	+1	4
2021-22	NCAA	Arizona State Univ.	35	12	25	37	+9	54
2022-23	NCAA	Arizona State Univ.	39	16	22	38	-2	18
2022-23	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	14	3	3	6	+2					3		1	1	-1	4
2023-24	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	11	5	4	9	+6		23	21.7	12:19
2023-24	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	62	26	20	46	-1	32				2				-2
2024-25	NHL	Utah Hockey Club	51	7	12	19	-2	8	88	8.0	13:31
2024-25	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	28	11	15	26	+2	22
2024-25	WC	USA	9	1	0	1	+2
2024-25	International	Team USA	1	0	1	1
2025-26	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	20	5	7	12	-5	6	53	9.4	15:36
NHL Career			82	17	23	40	-1	14	164	10.4	13:52