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Defence · #96

Jake Walman

St. Louis Blues Detroit Red Wings San Jose Sharks Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Toronto, CAN
Draft
2014, round 3, #82 (STL)

Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27

Games
324
Goals
40
Points
111
TOI per game
18:49
xGF% (5v5)
47.6%
Goals above expected
+6.6
ShowAll teamsSt. Louis BluesDetroit Red WingsSan Jose SharksEdmonton Oilers

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2019–20STL1000+111:0410.0%00.084.7%
2020–21STL24112−714:28472.1%02.147.6%
2021–22STL32336+311:59486.3%02.956.1%
2021–22DET19044−617:28390.0%12.143.2%
2021–22All teams513710−314:01873.4%15.049.8%
2022–23DET639918+1019:431406.4%27.052.2%
2023–24DET6312921−219:4610811.1%45.442.2%
2024–25SJS5062632−123:111254.8%77.246.4%
2024–25EDM15178+521:26392.6%11.757.1%
2024–25All teams6573340+422:461644.3%88.949.0%
2025–26EDM5381220−1718:45968.3%24.945.1%
2026–27EDM4000−314:4750.0%00.144.8%
Total4 teams3244071111−1718:496486.2%1733.447.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.811.250100150200250300
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Player card

Model-based

How 2019–20 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

70th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.3993rd pct
  • Assists /600.7059th pct
  • ixG /600.3394th pct
  • Shots /606.3896th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.6%37th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.0%49th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.160th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.7222nd pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game18:4966th pct
  • PP time share21.0%73rd pct
  • PK time share36.1%66th pct
  • Quality of competition24.9%87th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Jakob ChychrunARI/OTT/WSH0.79
  2. Alex PietrangeloSTL/VGK0.76
  3. Mike MathesonPIT/MTL0.73
  4. Roman JosiNSH0.73
  5. Noah DobsonNYI/MTL0.72
  6. Zach WerenskiCBJ0.72

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+6.6 goals above expected

01020304050100150200250300Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−20−100+10+20+30+40

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed32.6 km/h38th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph376th pct
  • Hardest shot141.0 km/h75th pct
  • Distance skated10 km31st pct
  • Offensive-zone time46.1%84th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

37.9 km/h98th pct

▲ +2.3 km/h since 2024–25

323436384021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.2 km/h, 83rd percentile (51 games)2022–23: 36.5 km/h, 84th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 35.9 km/h, 70th percentile (63 games)2024–25: 35.5 km/h, 54th percentile (65 games)2025–26: 37.9 km/h, 98th percentile (53 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.753rd pct

▼ −0.3 since 2024–25

01234521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 4.5, 96th percentile (51 games)2022–23: 3.0, 87th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 1.9, 63rd percentile (63 games)2024–25: 1.9, 66th percentile (65 games)2025–26: 1.7, 53rd percentile (53 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km54th pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.6 km, 98th percentile (51 games)2022–23: 13.4 km, 38th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 12.8 km, 5th percentile (63 games)2024–25: 13.3 km, 26th percentile (65 games)2025–26: 13.8 km, 54th percentile (53 games)

Hardest shot

164.1 km/h99th pct

▲ +4.9 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 163.4 km/h, 98th percentile (51 games)2022–23: 163.6 km/h, 99th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 163.5 km/h, 97th percentile (63 games)2024–25: 159.2 km/h, 93rd percentile (65 games)2025–26: 164.1 km/h, 99th percentile (53 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.3%48th pct

▼ −1.1 points since 2024–25

39%40%41%42%43%44%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.3%, 59th percentile (51 games)2022–23: 40.9%, 36th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 39.8%, 27th percentile (63 games)2024–25: 42.4%, 60th percentile (65 games)2025–26: 41.3%, 48th percentile (53 games)