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Defence · #85

Jake Sanderson

Age
24
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
92 kg
Born
Whitefish, USA
Draft
2020, round 1, #5 (OTT)

Career · 2022–23 to 2026–27

Games
304
Goals
39
Points
181
TOI per game
23:30
xGF% (5v5)
52.9%
Goals above expected
+1.9

Season by season

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

2022–23OTT7742832−621:551323.0%177.250.7%
2023–24OTT79102838+823:131586.3%149.551.7%
2024–25OTT80114657−1424:271955.6%309.951.6%
2025–26OTT67144054+1624:501479.5%2210.558.6%
2026–27OTT100004:290–00.02.3%
Total1 team30439142181+423:306326.2%8337.152.9%

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)
00.5150100150200250300
18m20m22m24m26m28m50100150200250300Game

Player card

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

98th 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 /600.3385th pct
  • Assists /601.1991st pct
  • ixG /600.3188th pct
  • Shots /605.3186th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.9%84th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.7%85th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.484th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2886th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game23:3094th pct
  • PP time share53.9%91st pct
  • PK time share58.6%97th pct
  • Quality of competition25.3%96th 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).

Finishing

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.

+1.9 goals above expected

01020304050100150200250300Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20

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 speed26.7 km/h0th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot–
  • Distance skated1 km0th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.6%76th 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

39.2 km/h100th pct

▲ +1.3 km/h since 2024–25

323436384022–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 37.6 km/h, 97th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 37.2 km/h, 93rd percentile (79 games)2024–25: 37.9 km/h, 96th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 39.2 km/h, 100th percentile (67 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

7.499th pct

▲ +1.2 since 2024–25

024681022–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 4.6, 98th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 5.9, 99th percentile (79 games)2024–25: 6.1, 100th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 7.4, 99th percentile (67 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.5 km40th pct

▲ +0.0 km since 2024–25

1313.213.413.613.81414.222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 13.8 km, 66th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 13.3 km, 36th percentile (79 games)2024–25: 13.4 km, 32nd percentile (80 games)2025–26: 13.5 km, 40th percentile (67 games)

Hardest shot

160.5 km/h94th pct

▲ +7.3 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516016522–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 153.9 km/h, 66th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 156.2 km/h, 77th percentile (79 games)2024–25: 153.2 km/h, 74th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 160.5 km/h, 94th percentile (67 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.8%90th pct

▲ +1.4 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%22–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 41.3%, 45th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 41.9%, 55th percentile (79 games)2024–25: 43.4%, 77th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 44.8%, 90th percentile (67 games)