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Defence · #82

Caleb Jones

Edmonton Oilers Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Los Angeles Kings Pittsburgh Penguins(traded during the season)
Age
29
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Arlington, USA
Draft
2015, round 4, #117 (EDM)

Career · 2018–19 to 2025–26

Games
6
Goals
0
Points
0
TOI per game
12:34
xGF% (5v5)
51.9%
Goals above expected
−0.1

Season by season

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

2018–19EDM17156−919:48214.8%10.843.5%
2019–20EDM43459−114:083810.5%11.349.9%
2020–21EDM33044−713:36230.0%00.850.3%
2021–22CHI5151015−316:43578.8%12.946.4%
2022–23CHI7341216−1919:13864.7%45.445.4%
2023–24COL25055+412:12190.0%01.054.1%
2024–25LAK6000−112:3460.0%00.151.9%
2025–26PIT7011+117:1050.0%00.344.4%
Total5 teams255144256−3516:162555.5%712.547.4%

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)
Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2018–19 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

43rd 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2059th pct
  • Assists /600.6145th pct
  • ixG /600.1852nd pct
  • Shots /603.6940th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.4%32nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.4%28th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.669th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5152nd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:1640th pct
  • PP time share13.5%63rd pct
  • PK time share10.2%21st pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%33rd 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. Vladislav KolyachonokARI/UTA0.79
  2. Matthew Kessel0.78
  3. Samuel Bolduc0.77
  4. Jake Christiansen0.76
  5. Filip RoosCHI0.75
  6. Matt Tennyson0.75

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.

−0.1 goals above expected

00.020.040.060.08123456Game

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 speed33.6 km/h24th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph215th pct
  • Hardest shot126.9 km/h12th pct
  • Distance skated27 km18th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.3%30th 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

33.6 km/h8th pct

▲ +0.1 km/h since 2024–25

333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 33.6 km/h, 9th percentile (51 games)2022–23: 34.0 km/h, 16th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 33.8 km/h, 11th percentile (25 games)2024–25: 33.4 km/h, 7th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 33.6 km/h, 8th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.024th pct

▼ −0.6 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.0, 32nd percentile (51 games)2022–23: 1.4, 48th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 2.0, 65th percentile (25 games)2024–25: 1.6, 52nd percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 1.0, 24th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.7 km50th pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.0 km, 77th percentile (51 games)2022–23: 13.4 km, 47th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 13.9 km, 73rd percentile (25 games)2024–25: 14.2 km, 80th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 13.7 km, 50th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

126.9 km/h0th pct

▲ +8.9 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 135.2 km/h, 3rd percentile (51 games)2022–23: 141.2 km/h, 13th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 138.1 km/h, 10th percentile (25 games)2024–25: 118.0 km/h, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 126.9 km/h, 0th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

40.3%31st pct

▼ −4.6 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 41.3%, 47th percentile (51 games)2022–23: 40.9%, 38th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 42.8%, 70th percentile (25 games)2024–25: 45.0%, 91st percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 40.3%, 31st percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)