Joe Veleno
01/Where he scores from
Veleno scored 2 regular season goals on 77 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 22 of his 77 attempts.
Slot. 2 of his 2 goals came from here, on 28 of his 77 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 22 of his 77 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 5 of his 77 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 77 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Veleno scored 22 regular season goals on 310 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 8 ft out: 7/22 · 32% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 20% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 9/22 · 41% of his goals came from here, on 87/310 · 28% of his attempts — 9/87 · 10% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 13/22 · 59% of his goals came from here, on 115/310 · 37% of his attempts — 13/115 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 0/22 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 84/310 · 27% of his attempts — 0/84 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/22 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 24/310 · 8% of his attempts — 0/24 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Veleno scored 40 regular season goals on 517 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2020-21 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right post, 9 ft out: 9/40 · 23% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 12% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 17/40 · 43% of his goals came from here, on 156/517 · 30% of his attempts — 17/156 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 22/40 · 55% of his goals came from here, on 190/517 · 37% of his attempts — 22/190 · 12% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 1/40 · 3% of his goals came from here, on 135/517 · 26% of his attempts — 1/135 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/40 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 36/517 · 7% of his attempts — 0/36 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2020-21 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
2 of his 2 goals came in the 2nd period, on 21 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | @PHI | L 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:16 |
| Apr 11 | CBJ | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 |
| Apr 9 | TBL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10:44 |
| Apr 5 | NJD | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 12:37 |
| Apr 4 | @NJD | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:06 |
| Apr 2 | @NYR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 10:38 |
| Mar 31 | @TBL | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13:03 |
| Mar 29 | @CAR | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 |
| Mar 28 | @NSH | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 13:44 |
| Mar 26 | CBJ | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 7:00 |
| Mar 21 | NYI | W 7-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:04 |
| Mar 19 | @DET | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 |
| Feb 5 | @WPG | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 |
| Feb 3 | @MIN | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 |
| Feb 1 | @BUF | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 10:33 |
| Jan 23 | BUF | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| Jan 21 | MIN | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| Jan 18 | @OTT | W 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 |
| Jan 16 | @BUF | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 |
| Jan 14 | @WSH | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12:58 |
| Jan 13 | VAN | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 |
| Jan 11 | DET | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 |
| Jan 9 | FLA | W 6-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 10:40 |
| Jan 8 | CGY | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 |
| Jan 4 | @DAL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 14:41 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 61 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | DET | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12.5 | 7 | 4 | 15:06 |
| 2021-22 | DET | 66 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 22 | 73 | 11.0 | 123 | 25 | 11:35 |
| 2022-23 | DET | 81 | 9 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 30 | 85 | 10.6 | 152 | 44 | 11:07 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 80 | 12 | 16 | 28 | -8 | 25 | 86 | 14.0 | 108 | 41 | 11:40 |
| 2024-25 | DET/CHI | 74 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 17 | 75 | 10.7 | 139 | 49 | 12:07 |
| 2025-26 | MTL | 61 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 19 | 52 | 3.8 | 166 | 37 | 9:52 |
| Career | 367 | 40 | 46 | 86 | -57 | 117 | 379 | 10.6 | 695 | 200 | 11:22 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 1 | 8:47 |
| Career | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 1 | 8:47 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- #90
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'1"
- Weight
- 201 lb
- Born
- Jan 13, 2000 (age 26)
- Birthplace
- Montréal, Quebec, CAN
- Drafted
- 2018 · Round 1 · Pick 30 · DET
- Club
- Montréal Canadiens
