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Ice Lab

Right wing · #63

Jacob Melanson

Seattle Kraken
Age
23
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
Halifax, CAN
Draft
2021, round 5, #131 (SEA)

Career · 2024–25 to 2026–27

Games
38
Goals
2
Points
5
TOI per game
9:23
xGF% (5v5)
48.6%
Goals above expected
−2.8

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice355:2047.7%47.6%48.6%48.4%2.252.381121948.2
Team with player off ice1554:0043.8%43.2%44.2%43.9%2.282.8871591,030.7
Relative (on − off)–4.0%–4.4%––––––

Usage

Model-based

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.5%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.5%
Quality of teammates
22.6%
Teammates' xGF%: 45.8%
Offensive zone starts
31.3%
64.9% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.022.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsEberleStephensonBeniersSchwartzMcCannTolvanenEyssimontWrightMeyersKakkoBurakovskyLarssonOleksiakMahuraDunnEvansMontourKartyeWintertonNymanGaudreauLindgrenMarchmentCattonFleuryMolgaardMcMannMelanson

Close and late

Model-based

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
48.6%
60.4%