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Ross Johnston

LW · #49 · STL · 32 · Physical enforcer · Average steadiness (69th pct)

Average career stats over an 84-game season

-5

+/−

158

PIM

8:52

TOI/GP

0:01

PP TOI/GP

0:00

SH TOI/GP

Regular seasonPlayoffsSeasonCareer to dateRawRegressed

Season	Team	Type	GP	Box score					Net goals per 84 games											Elo	Playoffs	On-ice context						Contract
Season	Team	Type	GP	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	EV off	EV def	PP	PK	Fin	Play	Supp	Pen	FO	SO	Overall	Elo	Playoffs	Comp	Mates	Top linemates				Cap hit	% of cap	NG/84 per $M
2017-18			24	3	3	6	+0	62	-2.39:16	+0.7	-0.00:02	-0.00:01	+1.6	-0.7	+0.3	-1.7	-0.1	-0.0	-2.1	-15		-0.2	-2.1	Clutterbuck 58%	Cizikas 48%	Pelech 34%	Leddy 32%	$0.67M	0.9%	-3.22
2018-19			17	1	3	4	+3	23	-0.17:52	+0.0	-0.20:00	+0.10:02	-5.0	-0.8	+0.3	-2.2	-0.1	+0.0	-8.0	-5		-1.7	-0.9	Cizikas 46%	Komarov 46%	Mayfield 36%	Pulock 35%	$1.00M	1.3%	-8.01
2019-20			32	3	1	4	+1	78	-1.57:59	+0.1	-0.10:00	+0.1	+1.1	-0.8	+0.5	-2.2	+0.0	-0.0	-2.9	+13	+1.35 GP	+0.2	-0.5	Bailey 40%	Boychuk 38%	Toews 33%	Mayfield 33%	$1.00M	1.2%	-2.86
2020-21			12	0	1	1	-3	35	-1.38:44	+0.7	-0.0	-0.00:00	-3.7	-0.8	+0.4	-6.8	-0.1	-0.0	-11.6	-4		+0.2	+1.5	Pageau 64%	Dobson 37%	Greene 32%	Leddy 32%	$1.00M	1.2%	-11.63
2021-22			32	2	5	7	-3	44	-2.710:14	+0.5	-0.10:02	+0.0	+1.4	-0.9	+0.4	-1.4	-0.0	-0.0	-2.8	-17		+0.2	-1.6	Cizikas 61%	Martin 46%	Dobson 35%	Greene 33%	$1.00M	1.2%	-2.83
2022-23			16	0	2	2	-1	37	-2.97:46	+1.3	-0.00:01	+0.1	-0.9	-0.7	+0.4	-3.4	+0.1	-0.0	-6.2	-12		+0.1	+0.2	Martin 46%	Pulock 39%	Mayfield 34%	Romanov 31%	$1.10M	1.3%	-5.62
2023-24			68	1	3	4	-12	117	-2.28:08	+0.2	-0.40:03	+0.00:00	-3.6	-1.0	+0.4	-1.8	-0.0	+0.0	-8.4	-44		-0.5	-4.7	Carrick 55%	Leason 42%	Fowler 32%	Vaakanainen 32%	$1.10M	1.3%	-7.60
2024-25			43	1	3	4	-2	72	-2.48:40	+0.2	+0.10:00	+0.1	-0.0	-0.8	+0.4	-4.2	-0.0	-0.0	-6.6	-18		-0.2	-3.7	Harkins 62%	Lundestrom 43%	Dumoulin 35%	Gudas 32%	$1.10M	1.2%	-6.03
2025-26			62	3	11	14	+0	107	-1.49:42	+0.1	-0.40:02	+0.0	-1.7	-0.7	+0.4	-3.0	-0.0	-0.0	-6.7	+4	-17.65 GP	-0.1	-1.1	Trouba 37%	Moore 36%	Poehling 35%	LaCombe 33%	$1.10M	1.2%	-6.14
2017-18			24	3	3	6	+0	62	-0.59:16	+0.1	-0.00:02	-0.00:01	+0.1	-0.7	+0.2	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0	-1.2	-15		-0.2	-2.1	Clutterbuck 58%	Cizikas 48%	Pelech 34%	Leddy 32%	$0.67M	0.9%	-1.83
2018-19			17	1	3	4	+3	23	-0.57:52	+0.1	-0.00:00	+0.00:02	-0.1	-0.8	+0.4	-0.7	-0.0	+0.0	-1.6	-5		-1.7	-0.9	Cizikas 46%	Komarov 46%	Mayfield 36%	Pulock 35%	$1.00M	1.3%	-1.60
2019-20			32	3	1	4	+1	78	-0.87:59	+0.1	-0.00:00	+0.0	-0.0	-0.8	+0.4	-1.1	-0.0	-0.0	-2.2	+13	+1.35 GP	+0.2	-0.5	Bailey 40%	Boychuk 38%	Toews 33%	Mayfield 33%	$1.00M	1.2%	-2.20
2020-21			12	0	1	1	-3	35	-0.88:44	+0.1	-0.0	+0.00:00	-0.0	-0.7	+0.3	-1.7	-0.0	-0.0	-2.9	-4		+0.2	+1.5	Pageau 64%	Dobson 37%	Greene 32%	Leddy 32%	$1.00M	1.2%	-2.86
2021-22			32	2	5	7	-3	44	-1.310:14	+0.1	-0.00:02	+0.0	-0.0	-0.9	+0.4	-1.4	-0.0	-0.0	-3.1	-17		+0.2	-1.6	Cizikas 61%	Martin 46%	Dobson 35%	Greene 33%	$1.00M	1.2%	-3.06
2022-23			16	0	2	2	-1	37	-1.47:46	+0.2	-0.00:01	+0.0	-0.0	-0.7	+0.3	-1.7	-0.0	-0.0	-3.3	-12		+0.1	+0.2	Martin 46%	Pulock 39%	Mayfield 34%	Romanov 31%	$1.10M	1.3%	-2.97
2023-24			68	1	3	4	-12	117	-1.78:08	+0.2	-0.20:03	+0.00:00	-0.3	-1.0	+0.4	-1.6	-0.0	+0.0	-4.2	-44		-0.5	-4.7	Carrick 55%	Leason 42%	Fowler 32%	Vaakanainen 32%	$1.10M	1.3%	-3.78
2024-25			43	1	3	4	-2	72	-1.78:40	+0.2	-0.00:00	+0.0	-0.2	-0.8	+0.4	-2.5	-0.0	-0.0	-4.7	-18		-0.2	-3.7	Harkins 62%	Lundestrom 43%	Dumoulin 35%	Gudas 32%	$1.10M	1.2%	-4.24
2025-26			62	3	11	14	+0	107	-1.59:42	+0.1	-0.20:02	+0.0	-0.3	-0.7	+0.4	-2.4	-0.0	-0.0	-4.5	+4	-17.65 GP	-0.1	-1.1	Trouba 37%	Moore 36%	Poehling 35%	LaCombe 33%	$1.10M	1.2%	-4.11
2017-18			24	3	3	6	+0	66	-0.59:16	+0.1	-0.00:02	-0.00:01	+0.1	-0.4	+0.5	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	1482		-0.2	-2.0	Clutterbuck 54%	Cizikas 45%	Pelech 34%	Leddy 30%	$0.67M	0.9%	-1.06
2018-19			41	4	6	10	+3	89	-0.57:52	+0.1	-0.00:00	+0.00:02	-0.1	-0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-0.0	-0.0	-1.4	1481		-0.7	-1.6	Cizikas 45%	Clutterbuck 34%	Pelech 22%	Leddy 19%	$0.75M	1.0%	-1.86
2019-20			73	7	7	14	+4	167	-0.77:59	+0.0	-0.00:00	+0.0	-0.0	-0.3	+0.3	-0.9	-0.0	-0.0	-1.7	1498	+1.35 GP	-0.4	-1.1	Cizikas 27%	Mayfield 22%	Clutterbuck 20%	Bailey 16%	$0.80M	1.0%	-2.13
2020-21			85	7	8	15	+1	202	-0.88:44	+0.1	-0.0	+0.00:00	-0.1	-0.4	+0.5	-1.3	-0.0	-0.0	-2.0	1494	+1.35 GP	-0.3	-0.8	Cizikas 23%	Mayfield 19%	Clutterbuck 18%	Leddy 14%	$0.83M	1.1%	-2.38
2021-22			117	9	13	22	-2	246	-1.110:14	+0.1	-0.00:02	+0.0	-0.0	-0.6	+0.2	-1.4	-0.0	-0.0	-2.8	1479	+1.35 GP	-0.1	-1.0	Cizikas 35%	Dobson 15%	Martin 14%	Greene 13%	$0.86M	1.1%	-3.21
2022-23			133	9	15	24	-3	283	-1.27:46	+0.1	-0.00:01	+0.0	-0.0	-0.6	+0.4	-1.5	-0.0	-0.0	-2.8	1471	+1.35 GP	-0.1	-0.9	Cizikas 31%	Martin 17%	Mayfield 15%	Dobson 13%	$0.89M	1.1%	-3.17
2023-24			201	10	18	28	-15	400	-1.48:08	+0.1	-0.10:03	+0.00:00	-0.2	-1.0	+0.3	-1.6	-0.0	-0.0	-3.8	1433	+1.35 GP	-0.2	-2.1	Cizikas 21%	Carrick 18%	Leason 13%	Martin 12%	$0.91M	1.1%	-4.21
2024-25			244	11	21	32	-17	472	-1.58:40	+0.1	-0.10:00	+0.0	-0.2	-1.0	+0.4	-1.9	-0.0	-0.0	-4.2	1428	+1.35 GP	-0.2	-2.4	Cizikas 17%	Carrick 15%	Leason 11%	Harkins 11%	$0.93M	1.2%	-4.48
2025-26			306	14	32	46	-17	579	-1.59:42	+0.2	-0.10:02	+0.0	-0.3	-0.9	+0.3	-2.1	-0.0	-0.0	-4.3	1446	-8.110 GP	-0.2	-2.1	Cizikas 13%	Carrick 11%	Leason 8%	Harkins 8%	$0.95M	1.2%	-4.58

Season	Team	GP	Box score					Net goals per 84 games
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	EV off	EV def	PP	PK	Fin	Play	Supp	Pen	FO	SO	Overall
2019-20		5	0	0	0	+1	12	-0.7	+3.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.9	+0.3	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0	+1.3
2025-26		5	0	0	0	-2	4	-2.3	-0.3	-0.0	+0.3	-7.7	-0.9	+0.3	-6.9	-0.0	-0.0	-17.6
2019-20		5	0	0	0	+1	12	-0.7	+3.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.9	+0.3	-0.4	+0.0	-0.0	+1.3
2025-26		10	0	0	0	-1	16	-1.5	+1.4	+0.0	+0.2	-4.0	-0.9	+0.3	-3.7	+0.0	-0.0	-8.1

NHL Edge — tracking, 2021-22 on

Season	22+ /GP	20–22 /GP	18–20 /GP	Miles /60
2021-22	0.00	0.6	3.8	9.4
2022-23	0.00	0.4	3.4	9.6
2023-24	0.01	0.6	3.2	9.7
2024-25	0.00	0.3	3.7	9.6
2025-26	0.00	0.6	3.9	9.9

Over time

84-game formtrailing net goals/84

Career net goalsrunning total vs a league-average player

84-game stretcheshis best and worst windows of the form line

	G	A	P	PPP	+/−	TOI/GP	Pen taken	Pen drawn	FO%	Team W-L-OTL
Best-4.1Mar 1 ’19 – Nov 17 ’22	6	8	14	0	-5	9:06	35	23	—	42-34-8
Worst-8.3Jan 19 ’23 – Nov 13 ’24	1	5	6	0	-12	8:09	34	26	—	28-49-7

Games and opponents

Single-game net goalsshare of his 307 games by that night’s total

Best game +1.02 net goals · Jan 25, 2018 at VGK (W 2–1) · Game recap →

Vs competition quartilescareer at 5v5, opposing fives ranked by average net goals/84

Shots

Shot mixhis shots on goal by type and location, 2010-11 on

	Share	Total shots	Avg dist (ft)	xG	G	G/xG	Net goals/84
Wrist	47%	70	27	7.8	7	0.90	–
Snap	9%	13	23	2.2	1	0.46	–
Slap	2%	3	31	0.2	0	–	–
Backhand	13%	20	23	2.7	0	0.00	–
Tip-in	21%	32	16	4.6	6	1.30	–
Deflection	3%	5	13	0.9	0	–	–
Other	4%	6	7	0.4	0	–	–
Total		149	22	18.6	14	0.75	-1.3

	Share	Total shots	Avg dist (ft)	xG	G	G/xG	Net goals/84
Wrist	47%	70	27	7.8	7	0.90	–
Snap	9%	13	23	2.2	1	0.46	–
Slap	2%	3	31	0.2	0	–	–
Backhand	14%	20	23	2.7	0	0.00	–
Tip-in	21%	31	16	4.4	6	1.36	–
Deflection	3%	5	13	0.9	0	–	–
Other	4%	6	7	0.4	0	–	–
Total		148	22	18.4	14	0.76	-1.2

	Share	Total shots	Avg dist (ft)	xG	G	G/xG	Net goals/84
Tip-in	100%	1	8	0.2	0	–	–
Total		1	8	0.2	0	–	–

The rink is drawn from his side: he attacks left to right, his left on top. Right half: where his own shots come from. Left half: where opponents shoot from while he is on the ice (shared with his linemates and the team system). Blue = a bigger share of those shots from that zone than the league average for forwards in the same situation (and shot type, when one is picked); red = a smaller share.

shots on goal against with him on vs forwards · n=1,264 · ±0.08pphis shots on goal vs forwards · n=149 · ±0.30pp

Best finishes on videohis lowest-xG goals with a highlight clip (2018-19 on)

	xG	Date	Opp	Sit	Shot
1	0.075	Dec 9, 2019	at TBL	EV	Wrist	Watch ▸
2	0.077	Dec 5, 2025	vs WSH	EV	Tip-in	Watch ▸
3	0.080	Nov 15, 2024	vs DET	EV	Tip-in	Watch ▸

2026-27 forecast

Projected GP

-2.1

Projected net goals

From the season simulation behind the projected standings: his per-84 value times the games he is expected to play.

Comparables at 31

The most similar players at the same age: level, trajectory, experience, ice time and style. Net goals per 84 then, and over their next three seasons.

Now: −5.4 (2025-26 and the season before, regressed)

Rosscomparables

Zenon Konopka 2012-13 MIN · 89% match
then −4.2→−3.5 out out
Tanner Glass 2015-16 NYR · 88% match
then −6.1→−5.1 −7.5 out
Nicolas Deslauriers 2022-23 PHI · 88% match
then −5.4→−9.9 −4.2 −9.0
David Clarkson 2015-16 CBJ · 87% match
then −5.6→out out out
Adam Mair 2010-11 NJD · 86% match
then −4.4→out out out

They averaged −6.2 the next season; 1 of 5 were still in the NHL three seasons later. In backtests, comparables add information about how long a career lasts; for next season, the forecast above is the better guide.