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Defence · #55

Jake Middleton

Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
99 kg
Born
Wainwright, CAN
Draft
2014, round 7, #210 (LAK)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
322
Goals
21
Points
82
TOI per game
19:23
xGF% (5v5)
48.5%
Goals above expected
+1.6

Season by season

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

2018–19SJS3011−19:560–00.053.2%
2019–20SJS10022−210:4690.0%00.351.1%
2020–21SJS1000−28:4410.0%00.0–
2021–22SJS45369+319:03515.9%12.549.1%
2021–22MIN21145+717:55224.5%01.451.3%
2021–22All teams6641014+1018:41735.5%13.949.7%
2022–23MIN7931215+1519:02793.8%04.550.0%
2023–24MIN8071825−1519:49858.2%05.347.8%
2024–25MIN6781321+1121:52978.2%04.845.7%
2025–26MIN7521416+217:30623.2%03.450.1%
2026–27CGY3000−318:2740.0%00.252.3%
Total3 teams384247094+1519:014105.9%122.548.7%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300
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Player card

How 2018–19 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

45th 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.2057th pct
  • Assists /600.5839th pct
  • ixG /600.1953rd pct
  • Shots /603.3728th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.7%48th pct
  • CF% (5v5)46.6%21st pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.835th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4464th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game19:0170th pct
  • PP time share1.7%30th pct
  • PK time share40.9%76th pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%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).

Finishing

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.

+1.6 goals above expected

0510152050100150200250300Game

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 speed33.4 km/h64th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph257th pct
  • Hardest shot137.6 km/h67th pct
  • Distance skated13 km47th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.0%73rd 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

35.0 km/h40th pct

▼ −1.4 km/h since 2024–25

3435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.4 km/h, 59th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 34.5 km/h, 27th percentile (79 games)2023–24: 35.6 km/h, 63rd percentile (80 games)2024–25: 36.4 km/h, 82nd percentile (67 games)2025–26: 35.0 km/h, 40th percentile (75 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.755th pct

▲ +0.6 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.1, 37th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 0.8, 18th percentile (79 games)2023–24: 1.2, 37th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 1.1, 34th percentile (67 games)2025–26: 1.7, 55th percentile (75 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.3 km29th pct

▲ +0.3 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.5 km, 44th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 13.3 km, 37th percentile (79 games)2023–24: 13.0 km, 13th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 13.0 km, 9th percentile (67 games)2025–26: 13.3 km, 29th percentile (75 games)

Hardest shot

136.6 km/h8th pct

▼ −15.2 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 146.9 km/h, 28th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 153.4 km/h, 63rd percentile (79 games)2023–24: 150.8 km/h, 56th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 151.9 km/h, 68th percentile (67 games)2025–26: 136.6 km/h, 8th percentile (75 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.0%11th pct

▲ +0.3 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.0%, 23rd percentile (66 games)2022–23: 41.0%, 38th percentile (79 games)2023–24: 39.8%, 26th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 38.7%, 8th percentile (67 games)2025–26: 39.0%, 11th percentile (75 games)