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Defence · #2

Jake Christiansen

Columbus Blue Jackets
Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
West Vancouver, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games
154
Goals
2
Points
18
TOI per game
12:10
xGF% (5v5)
43.8%
Goals above expected
−2.7

Season by season

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

2021–22CBJ8101+19:46425.0%00.340.8%
2022–23CBJ24044−715:13250.0%11.345.6%
2023–24CBJ12022−513:1370.0%00.433.3%
2024–25CBJ68178+612:32581.7%01.742.9%
2025–26CBJ40033−710:03260.0%00.947.9%
2026–27CBJ2000−18:260–00.063.4%
Total1 team15421618−1312:101201.7%14.743.8%

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)
00.10.20.30.420406080100120140
8m10m12m14m16m18m20406080100120140Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2021–22 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

7th 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 /600.0610th pct
  • Assists /600.5123rd pct
  • ixG /600.1532nd pct
  • Shots /603.8454th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)43.8%13th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.1%13th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.913th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6730th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game12:103rd pct
  • PP time share2.3%40th pct
  • PK time share6.3%13th pct
  • Quality of competition23.8%31st 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. Colton WhiteNJD0.88
  2. Matthew KesselSTL0.84
  3. Santeri Hatakka0.84
  4. Isaiah GeorgeNYI0.82
  5. Jordan OesterleDET/BOS0.81
  6. Gavin BayreutherCBJ0.80

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.

−2.7 goals above expected

01234520406080100120140Game

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 speed30.6 km/h3rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot131.8 km/h53rd pct
  • Distance skated4 km8th pct
  • Offensive-zone time36.9%13th 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/h9th pct

▼ −0.3 km/h since 2024–25

32333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 33.1 km/h, 5th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.2 km/h, 18th percentile (24 games)2023–24: 33.3 km/h, 3rd percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 33.9 km/h, 11th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 33.6 km/h, 9th percentile (40 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.716th pct

▼ −0.0 since 2024–25

0123421–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 3.1, 87th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 2.1, 73rd percentile (24 games)2023–24: 1.1, 31st percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 0.8, 19th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 0.7, 16th percentile (40 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km56th pct

▼ −0.4 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.5 km, 96th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.1 km, 84th percentile (24 games)2023–24: 14.1 km, 84th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 14.1 km, 78th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 13.8 km, 56th percentile (40 games)

Hardest shot

145.4 km/h35th pct

▲ +4.5 km/h since 2024–25

11012013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 121.0 km/h, 0th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 140.5 km/h, 10th percentile (24 games)2023–24: 127.7 km/h, 0th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 140.9 km/h, 21st percentile (68 games)2025–26: 145.4 km/h, 35th percentile (40 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.5%64th pct

▲ +3.7 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 39.2%, 11th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 39.1%, 13th percentile (24 games)2023–24: 40.6%, 35th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 38.8%, 8th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 42.5%, 64th percentile (40 games)