Josh Anderson
Montréal Canadiens · #17 · Right wing · age 32 · 6'3" · 226 lb · shoots RBorn 🇨🇦 Burlington, Ontario · Drafted 2012 · Rd 4 #4
SNIPER67% of points are goals, shooting 20.0%
9 points in 14 games — 108th of 424 forwards. The average forward has 6.7.
33HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 64% of forwards · average forward 27
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage forward 95 · last game 2 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
The read on his form isn’t written yet — check back after his next game.
FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 33 lately — hotter than 64% of forwards, against an average forward at 27.
Now 33 · +10 over these 14 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average forward (27)┈ top 5% of forwards (65)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
3 points and 2 goals in 5 games — right on his usual pace, 1.2× what an average forward scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE FORWARD | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.1 | 1.1 | ≈ 0.9× his usual |
| Assists | 1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | ≈ 0.9× his usual |
| Points | 3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | ≈ 0.9× his usual |
| Shots | 11 | 11 | 8 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Shooting % | 18.2% | 20.0% | 13.6% | ≈ 0.9× his usual |
| Plus/minus | +6 | +2.1 | −0.2 | +4 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 15:07 | 14:22 | 14:51 | ≈ 1.1× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | vs PIT | W | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +3 | 14:58 | 33 |
| Oct 29 | @ DAL | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 15:42 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | @ STL | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:06 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | @ WPG | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14:32 | 23 |
| Oct 23 | @ CHI | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 13:19 | 0 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 424 FORWARDS
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best forward; the white tick is the average forward.
Points108th of 424 forwards9leader 
McDavid 39
McDavid 39Goals45th of 424 forwards6leader 
Kaprizov 15
Kaprizov 15Assists188th of 424 forwards3leader McDavid 30
McDavid 30Shots88th of 424 forwards30leader Boldy 68
Boldy 68Power-play points222nd of 424 forwards0leader McDavid 15
McDavid 15Plus/minus33rd of 424 forwards+6leader McDavid +20
McDavid +20Ice time a game231st of 424 forwards14:22leader McDavid 23:28
McDavid 23:28PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS FORWARDS
Shape of his game.
Separates in: plus/minus (89th), goals (86th), shots (75th). Below the middle: power-play points (0th), assists (43rd).
■ Anderson this season╍ the average forward┈ top 5% of forwards
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 53 points over 82 games, which would beat his best season so far: 47 in 2018–19.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | MTL | 14 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.64 | +6 |
| 2025–26 | MTL | 72 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 0.32 | −4 |
| 2024–25 | MTL | 81 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 0.33 | −2 |
| 2023–24 | MTL | 78 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0.26 | −18 |
| 2022–23 | MTL | 69 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 0.46 | −8 |
| 2021–22 | MTL | 69 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 0.46 | −25 |
| 2020–21 | MTL | 52 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 0.46 | −10 |
| 2019–20 |  CBJ | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.15 | −8 |
| 2018–19 · best | CBJ | 82 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 0.57 | +25 |
| 2017–18 | CBJ | 63 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 0.48 | −1 |
| 2016–17 | CBJ | 78 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 0.37 | +12 |
| 2015–16 | CBJ | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.33 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | CBJ | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | −1 |