Career profile Last roster: 2025-26 MTL
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Erik Johnson

D · USA
+ 8 other teams
Status
Retired this year
Career
2007–2026 (19 yrs)
Age
38 (38 in 2026)
Vitals
6'4" · 225 lb
Drafted
2006 Rd 1 (#1) NYI

Trophy Case

Masterton Masterton
as Perseverance and Dedication
2016-17 OTT

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 CLB 73 7 26 33 0.45 -23 57 2 1 0 113 6.2% 117
2008-09 CLB / DET 85 13 21 34 0.40 -33 112 2 11 0 92 14.1% 114
2009-10 DET 23 6 10 16 0.70 -4 14 2 4 0 44 13.6% 15
2010-11 DET 75 10 29 39 0.52 -6 75 4 9 0 129 7.8% 82
2011-12 DET / CHI 68 3 12 15 0.22 -1 94 0 3 0 71 4.2% 88
2012-13 PIT 79 4 19 23 0.29 +15 75 1 2 0 49 8.2% 96
2013-14 PIT 78 5 17 22 0.28 -27 81 2 0 0 72 6.9% 153
2014-15 PIT 56 6 21 27 0.48 -3 65 0 3 0 53 11.3% 95
2015-16 PIT 43 7 8 15 0.35 -7 47 1 2 0 47 14.9% 99
2016-17 PIT / OTT 70 16 35 51 0.73 -3 93 6 6 0 184 8.7% 178
2017-18 OTT 71 4 28 32 0.45 +9 103 0 2 0 62 6.5% 119
2018-19 OTT 74 15 32 47 0.64 +23 100 1 5 0 152 9.9% 139
2019-20 OTT 82 9 32 41 0.50 -21 127 2 2 0 113 8.0% 175
2020-21 OTT / FLA / CLB 79 14 26 40 0.51 -6 69 2 6 0 106 13.2% 160
2021-22 CLB 62 6 25 31 0.50 +25 39 2 2 0 74 8.1% 123
2022-23 CLB 80 9 34 43 0.54 +10 66 2 4 0 88 10.2% 124
2023-24 CLB / BUF 81 7 20 27 0.33 -4 51 2 3 0 88 8.0% 142
2024-25 SJS 82 5 15 20 0.24 -3 79 0 1 0 54 9.3% 148
2025-26 MTL 82 9 20 29 0.35 -18 93 1 2 0 75 12.0% 152
CAREER 19 yrs 1343 155 430 585 0.44 -77 1440 32 68 0 -- 9.3% 2319
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2010-11 DET 21 5 8 13 0.62 -4 18 3 5 0 32 15.6% 23
2011-12 CHI 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.0% 5
2015-16 PIT 18 0 4 4 0.22 -7 38 0 0 0 18 0.0% 41
2016-17 OTT 12 2 12 14 1.17 +6 15 0 1 0 26 7.7% 26
2017-18 OTT 7 0 3 3 0.43 -5 10 0 0 0 3 0.0% 8
2018-19 OTT 10 1 3 4 0.40 0 16 0 1 0 16 6.3% 16
2020-21 CLB 6 0 1 1 0.17 -2 8 0 0 0 8 0.0% 7
2021-22 CLB 7 1 2 3 0.43 -1 7 1 0 0 7 14.3% 12
2022-23 CLB 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0% 6
2023-24 BUF 22 1 8 9 0.41 +3 13 0 0 0 16 6.3% 26
CAREER 10 app. 114 10 42 52 0.46 -10 127 4 7 0 -- 7.6% 170
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2007-08 STL 69 5 28 33 0.48 -9 28 3 4 18 4.8% 18:11
2009-10 STL 79 10 29 39 0.49 1 79 2 6 15 5.4% 21:27
2010-11 STL 55 5 14 19 0.35 -8 37 2 1 5 4.6% 22:08
2010-11 COL 22 3 7 10 0.45 -5 19 0 2 5 5.7% 24:33
2011-12 COL 73 4 22 26 0.36 -7 26 1 1 12 2.6% 20:50
2012-13 COL 31 0 4 4 0.13 -3 18 0 0 0 0.0% 20:45
2013-14 COL 80 9 30 39 0.49 5 61 2 2 14 5.7% 23:00
2014-15 COL 47 12 11 23 0.49 2 33 2 3 6 10.4% 24:25
2015-16 COL 73 11 16 27 0.37 -19 50 0 3 6 6.3% 23:27
2016-17 COL 46 2 15 17 0.37 -6 9 1 0 6 2.1% 22:05
2017-18 COL 62 9 16 25 0.40 3 58 3 0 3 5.4% 25:26
2018-19 COL 80 7 18 25 0.31 8 38 1 0 0 4.9% 21:49
2019-20 COL 59 3 13 16 0.27 9 20 1 0 0 3.0% 21:03
2020-21 COL 4 0 1 1 0.25 2 2 0 0 0 0.0% 13:26
2021-22 COL 77 8 17 25 0.32 22 24 1 0 1 5.8% 17:17
2022-23 COL 63 0 8 8 0.13 8 12 0 0 0 0.0% 17:15
2023-24 BUF 50 3 0 3 0.06 -5 24 1 0 0 7.5% 13:48
2023-24 PHL 17 2 1 3 0.18 -9 2 0 0 0 10.0% 16:26
2024-25 PHL 22 1 2 3 0.14 -3 11 0 0 0 7.1% 13:18
2024-25 COL 14 1 1 2 0.14 4 4 0 0 0 4.3% 16:36
Career NHL 1023 95 253 348 0.34 -10 555 20 22 91 4.8% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2007-08 19 D CLB - - 72 69 67 82 79 - - 66 51 67 - 25 25 70
2008-09 20 D DET 75 50 81 74 84 - 81 69 25 81 64 69 - 59 66 -
2009-10 21 D DET 66 40 84 78 85 - 86 77 40 80 70 68 - 61 68 70
2010-11 22 D DET 64 53 73 81 85 - 86 77 40 80 70 71 - 65 72 72
2011-12 23 D CHI 74 53 76 79 92 88 95 74 40 75 68 70 63 61 61 73
2012-13 24 D PIT 67 47 83 66 86 80 87 59 30 62 55 73 59 60 66 68
2013-14 25 D PIT 68 42 74 68 86 76 74 53 30 56 52 75 51 62 66 66
2014-15 26 D PIT 68 44 78 72 86 82 85 59 30 63 57 74 56 64 66 69
2015-16 27 D PIT 72 48 83 68 86 87 64 59 30 53 67 82 57 66 66 69
2016-17 28 D OTT 82 60 80 85 86 84 77 78 25 60 61 95 25 72 73 77
2017-18 29 D OTT 84 46 93 86 86 85 77 78 25 66 48 91 25 74 75 76
2018-19 30 D OTT 83 67 74 86 87 93 71 74 25 61 58 98 25 75 76 77
2019-20 31 D OTT 81 59 85 83 85 85 88 60 25 58 50 89 25 78 79 74
2020-21 32 D CLB 81 46 89 83 84 82 87 60 25 56 48 89 25 79 80 74
2021-22 33 D CLB 77 44 85 83 84 78 55 57 24 53 46 85 25 79 81 70
2022-23 34 D CLB 86 46 90 79 84 72 66 59 25 56 50 93 25 82 82 73
2023-24 35 D BUF 84 46 93 79 84 72 87 56 25 50 47 87 25 83 84 72
2024-25 36 D SJS 86 66 88 77 84 64 82 60 25 40 49 86 25 85 87 71
2025-26 37 D MTL 81 60 87 73 85 65 57 61 25 47 48 81 25 86 89 68
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2007-08 19 D CLB - - 72 69 67 82 79 - - 66 51 67 - 25 25 70
2008-09 20 D DET 75 50 +9 +5 +17 - +2 69 25 +15 +13 +2 - +34 +41 -
2009-10 21 D DET −9 −10 +3 +4 +1 - +5 +8 +15 −1 +6 −1 - +2 +2 70
2010-11 22 D DET −2 +13 −11 +3 · - · · · · · +3 - +4 +4 +2
2011-12 23 D CHI +10 · +3 −2 +7 88 +9 −3 · −5 −2 −1 63 −4 −11 +1
2012-13 24 D PIT −7 −6 +7 −13 −6 −8 −8 −15 −10 −13 −13 +3 −4 −1 +5 −5
2013-14 25 D PIT +1 −5 −9 +2 · −4 −13 −6 · −6 −3 +2 −8 +2 · −2
2014-15 26 D PIT · +2 +4 +4 · +6 +11 +6 · +7 +5 −1 +5 +2 · +3
2015-16 27 D PIT +4 +4 +5 −4 · +5 −21 · · −10 +10 +8 +1 +2 · ·
2016-17 28 D OTT +10 +12 −3 +17 · −3 +13 +19 −5 +7 −6 +13 −32 +6 +7 +8
2017-18 29 D OTT +2 −14 +13 +1 · +1 · · · +6 −13 −4 · +2 +2 −1
2018-19 30 D OTT −1 +21 −19 · +1 +8 −6 −4 · −5 +10 +7 · +1 +1 +1
2019-20 31 D OTT −2 −8 +11 −3 −2 −8 +17 −14 · −3 −8 −9 · +3 +3 −3
2020-21 32 D CLB · −13 +4 · −1 −3 −1 · · −2 −2 · · +1 +1 ·
2021-22 33 D CLB −4 −2 −4 · · −4 −32 −3 −1 −3 −2 −4 · · +1 −4
2022-23 34 D CLB +9 +2 +5 −4 · −6 +11 +2 +1 +3 +4 +8 · +3 +1 +3
2023-24 35 D BUF −2 · +3 · · · +21 −3 · −6 −3 −6 · +1 +2 −1
2024-25 36 D SJS +2 +20 −5 −2 · −8 −5 +4 · −10 +2 −1 · +2 +3 −1
2025-26 37 D MTL −5 −6 −1 −4 +1 +1 −25 +1 · +7 −1 −5 · +1 +2 −3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2007-08 CLB $850,000 3 yr 1.7% 19 ELC Rookie
2010-11 DET $4,500,000 5 yr 7.6% 22 RFA
2015-16 PIT $5,000,000 1 yr 7.0% 27 RFA
2016-17 PIT $6,750,000 5 yr 9.2% 28 RFA
2021-22 CLB $5,000,000 3 yr 6.1% 33 UFA
2024-25 SJS $3,000,000 1 yr 3.4% 36 UFA
2025-26 MTL $5,000,000 2 yr 5.2% 37 UFA
2007-08
Oct 14 2007
2007-08
to BLUE JACKETS
  • Erik Johnson 70
2008-09
Dec 27 2008
2008-09
to RED WINGS
2011-12
Jan 13 2012
2011-12
to BLACKHAWKS
  • Erik Johnson 73
to RED WINGS
2012-13
Mar 11 2013
2012-13
to FLAMES
  • Erik Johnson 68
to BLACKHAWKS
Apr 14 2013
2012-13
to PENGUINS
  • Erik Johnson 68
2016-17
Feb 8 2017
2016-17
to SENATORS
  • Erik Johnson 77
2020-21
Mar 2 2021
2020-21
to PANTHERS
  • Erik Johnson 74
to SENATORS
Mar 9 2021
2020-21
to BLUE JACKETS
to PANTHERS
2023-24
Mar 16 2024
2023-24
to SABRES
  • Erik Johnson 72
to BLUE JACKETS

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