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Defence · #47

Jack Ahcan

Boston Bruins Colorado Avalanche Nashville Predators(traded during the season)
Age
29
Shoots
Left
Height
173 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Savage, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 5 seasons

Games
24
Goals
1
Points
4
TOI per game
13:46
xGF% (5v5)
58.6%
Goals above expected
−0.1
ShowAll teamsBoston BruinsColorado AvalancheNashville Predators

Season by season

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

2020–21BOS3000−320:3850.0%00.238.0%
2021–22BOS6101−316:02520.0%10.361.2%
After a break: 2024–25COL2000015:4810.0%00.1–
2025–26COL11022+211:3280.0%00.561.7%
2026–27NSH2011+16:540–10.063.8%
Total3 teams24134−313:46195.3%21.158.6%

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)
00.050.10.150.21012141618202224
10m12m14m16m18m1012141618202224Game

Player card

Model-based

How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

78th 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 /600.1854th pct
  • Assists /600.5433rd pct
  • ixG /600.2060th pct
  • Shots /603.4536th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)58.6%100th pct
  • CF% (5v5)56.9%98th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.889th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1196th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game13:468th pct
  • PP time share9.8%59th pct
  • PK time share2.3%6th pct
  • Quality of competition22.8%3rd 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. Nick DeSimone0.84
  2. Uvis Balinskis0.82
  3. Emil AndraePHI0.81
  4. Travis Dermott0.77
  5. Joel Nystrom0.77
  6. Jordan SpenceLAK0.75

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

00.20.40.60.811.25101520Game

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

−100+10+20+30

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 speed32.1 km/h24th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot129.1 km/h44th pct
  • Distance skated3 km3rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.8%38th 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

34.6 km/h28th pct

▲ +1.6 km/h since 2024–25

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 32.4 km/h, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 33.1 km/h, 3rd percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 34.6 km/h, 28th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.958th pct

▼ −0.0 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 0.6, 20th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 1.9, 62nd percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 1.9, 58th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.2 km87th pct

▲ +0.8 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 13.6 km, 46th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 13.5 km, 35th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 14.2 km, 87th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

126.8 km/h0th pct

▲ +15.9 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 142.0 km/h, 11th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 110.9 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 126.8 km/h, 0th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

42.8%68th pct

▲ +0.6 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 43.6%, 76th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 42.2%, 57th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 42.8%, 68th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)