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Defence · #5

David Jiricek

Columbus Blue Jackets Minnesota Wild Philadelphia Flyers(traded during the season)
Age
22
Shoots
Right
Height
193 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Klatovy, CZE
Draft
2022, round 1, #6 (CBJ)

Career · 2022–23 to 2026–27

Games
88
Goals
2
Points
13
TOI per game
13:43
xGF% (5v5)
45.0%
Goals above expected
−0.6
ShowAll teamsColumbus Blue JacketsMinnesota WildPhiladelphia Flyers

Season by season

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

2022–23CBJ4000−418:0450.0%00.131.2%
2023–24CBJ431910−414:36382.6%01.345.9%
2024–25CBJ6011−211:1250.0%00.150.7%
2024–25MIN6112+213:02425.0%00.435.7%
2024–25All teams12123012:07911.1%00.442.9%
2025–26MIN25000011:43150.0%00.546.5%
2025–26PHI1000019:3710.0%00.139.5%
2025–26All teams26000012:01160.0%00.646.2%
2026–27PHI3000016:2640.0%00.247.5%
Total3 teams8821113−813:43722.8%02.645.0%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.51020304050607080
10m12m14m16m18m1020304050607080Game

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

Extra / AHL

11th 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.1019th pct
  • Assists /600.5530th pct
  • ixG /600.1318th pct
  • Shots /603.5845th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)45.0%17th pct
  • CF% (5v5)46.6%24th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.653rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.7817th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game13:438th pct
  • PP time share4.5%50th pct
  • PK time share5.0%10th pct
  • Quality of competition23.8%19th 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. Chris Wideman0.90
  2. Cal Foote0.84
  3. Gustav LindstromMTL0.84
  4. Isaiah George0.82
  5. Jon MerrillMIN0.82
  6. Victor SoderstromBOS0.81

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.

−0.6 goals above expected

00.511.522.520406080Game

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 speed30.9 km/h7th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot145.7 km/h88th pct
  • Distance skated7 km14th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.5%56th 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

32.2 km/h0th pct

▼ −2.2 km/h since 2024–25

303234363822–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 31.2 km/h, 0th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 34.6 km/h, 32nd percentile (43 games)2024–25: 34.4 km/h, 24th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 32.2 km/h, 0th percentile (26 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.22nd pct

▼ −0.6 since 2024–25

012322–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 0.8, 18th percentile (43 games)2024–25: 0.8, 19th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 0.2, 2nd percentile (26 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.3 km28th pct

▼ −0.7 km since 2024–25

1313.213.413.613.81414.222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 13.9 km, 70th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 13.7 km, 58th percentile (43 games)2024–25: 14.0 km, 69th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 13.3 km, 28th percentile (26 games)

Hardest shot

152.7 km/h70th pct

▲ +6.5 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016022–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 137.0 km/h, 3rd percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 149.4 km/h, 48th percentile (43 games)2024–25: 146.2 km/h, 40th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 152.7 km/h, 70th percentile (26 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.8%37th pct

▲ +0.2 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%22–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 38.5%, 10th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 40.6%, 34th percentile (43 games)2024–25: 40.7%, 34th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 40.8%, 37th percentile (26 games)