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Defence · #2

Jackson LaCombe

Anaheim Ducks
Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
96 kg
Born
Eden Prairie, USA
Draft
2019, round 2, #39 (ANA)

Career · 2022–23 to 2026–27

Games
232
Goals
26
Points
120
TOI per game
22:07
xGF% (5v5)
48.8%
Goals above expected
−0.9

Season by season

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

2022–23ANA2000−118:2910.0%00.047.1%
2023–24ANA7121517−2419:23553.6%23.945.5%
2024–25ANA75142943022:1813410.4%910.448.9%
2025–26ANA82104858−224:151576.4%1712.551.2%
2026–27ANA2022−129:0920.0%10.233.5%
Total1 team2322694120−2822:073497.4%2926.948.8%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.250100150200
16m18m20m22m24m26m50100150200Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2022–23 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

80th 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 /600.3081st pct
  • Assists /601.1088th pct
  • ixG /600.3189th pct
  • Shots /604.0863rd pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.8%46th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.4%54th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.691st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6826th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game22:0786th pct
  • PP time share40.8%85th pct
  • PK time share38.5%69th pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%71st 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. John CarlsonWSH/ANA0.93
  2. Charlie McAvoyBOS0.91
  3. Rasmus AnderssonCGY/VGK0.91
  4. Victor HedmanTBL0.90
  5. Jake SandersonOTT0.90
  6. Cale MakarCOL0.88

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.

−0.9 goals above expected

-505101520253050100150200Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25

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 speed32.5 km/h32nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot119.1 km/h17th pct
  • Distance skated13 km46th pct
  • Offensive-zone time37.0%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

36.4 km/h81st pct

▼ −0.2 km/h since 2024–25

303234363822–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 30.8 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 37.0 km/h, 90th percentile (71 games)2024–25: 36.6 km/h, 85th percentile (75 games)2025–26: 36.4 km/h, 81st percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.389th pct

▼ −0.1 since 2024–25

0123422–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 1.7, 57th percentile (71 games)2024–25: 3.4, 89th percentile (75 games)2025–26: 3.3, 89th percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.4 km91st pct

▲ +0.3 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51522–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 14.0 km, 74th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 13.3 km, 30th percentile (71 games)2024–25: 14.0 km, 73rd percentile (75 games)2025–26: 14.4 km, 91st percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

153.5 km/h74th pct

▲ +3.8 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016022–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 130.6 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 148.2 km/h, 42nd percentile (71 games)2024–25: 149.7 km/h, 61st percentile (75 games)2025–26: 153.5 km/h, 74th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.6%79th pct

▲ +2.8 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%22–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 40.2%, 28th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 38.0%, 7th percentile (71 games)2024–25: 40.8%, 36th percentile (75 games)2025–26: 43.6%, 79th percentile (82 games)