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Defence · #5

Jalen Chatfield

Vancouver Canucks Carolina Hurricanes(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Ypsilanti, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Games
340
Goals
23
Points
76
TOI per game
16:49
xGF% (5v5)
56.7%
Goals above expected
+1.8
ShowAll teamsVancouver CanucksCarolina Hurricanes

Season by season

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

2020–21VAN18011−1113:26140.0%00.341.0%
2021–22CAR16033+114:47250.0%01.360.6%
2022–23CAR786814+2314:07936.5%05.060.7%
2023–24CAR7281422+1515:12908.9%04.461.2%
2024–25CAR7971118+2218:531146.1%04.755.1%
2025–26CAR7221517+1520:081002.0%05.053.0%
2026–27CAR5011020:1360.0%00.470.4%
Total2 teams340235376+6516:494425.2%021.256.7%

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

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

86th 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 /600.2470th pct
  • Assists /600.5632nd pct
  • ixG /600.2269th pct
  • Shots /604.6474th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)56.7%98th pct
  • CF% (5v5)59.0%100th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.263rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1993rd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:4946th pct
  • PP time share1.0%17th pct
  • PK time share26.3%55th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%50th 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. Joel NystromCAR0.88
  2. Ethan BearEDM/CAR/VAN/WSH0.85
  3. Jordan SpenceLAK/OTT0.80
  4. Mike ReillyOTT/NYI/CAR0.77
  5. Brett KulakMTL/EDM/PIT0.77
  6. Max CrozierTBL0.75

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.

+1.8 goals above expected

051015202550100150200250300Game

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

−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 speed34.8 km/h93rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph590th pct
  • Hardest shot128.6 km/h42nd pct
  • Distance skated17 km78th pct
  • Offensive-zone time48.8%94th 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

36.1 km/h73rd pct

▼ −0.3 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.2 km/h, 51st percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 35.9 km/h, 70th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 37.1 km/h, 91st percentile (72 games)2024–25: 36.5 km/h, 82nd percentile (79 games)2025–26: 36.1 km/h, 73rd percentile (72 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.163rd pct

▼ −1.4 since 2024–25

0246821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 4.8, 97th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 4.4, 97th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 5.5, 98th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 3.5, 91st percentile (79 games)2025–26: 2.1, 63rd percentile (72 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.0 km11th pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.7 km, 51st percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.5 km, 55th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 13.8 km, 67th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 13.3 km, 24th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 13.0 km, 11th percentile (72 games)

Hardest shot

152.3 km/h68th pct

▲ +4.4 km/h since 2024–25

13514014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 138.6 km/h, 5th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 147.4 km/h, 34th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 148.4 km/h, 43rd percentile (72 games)2024–25: 147.9 km/h, 50th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 152.3 km/h, 68th percentile (72 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.2%86th pct

▼ −1.8 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 47.9%, 100th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 46.8%, 96th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 47.2%, 97th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 46.0%, 96th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 44.2%, 86th percentile (72 games)