Jake Evans
Age 30 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 190 lb · Born Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2014, #207 overall by Montréal
2025-262025-26: 68 games, 12-12-24, 0.35 points per game Season detail →
Jake Evans has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 24 points in 68 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 20th-placed Montréal
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Montréal's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
5 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 68 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 21.39 mph, hardest shot 74.58 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.39@
PIT3 Oct · 3rd 19:51 - 20.26@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 13:06
- 20.24@PIT3 Oct · 1st 09:30
- 19.58@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 13:21
- 19.17@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 16:10
- 19.07@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 19:38
- 19.01@
TOR29 Sep · 3rd 17:02 - 18.97@PIT3 Oct · 1st 18:21
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 74.58@PIT3 Oct · 1st 09:31
- 67.66@TOR29 Sep · 1st 19:22
- 62.16@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 19:38
- 32.55@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 05:44
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.40vs
CAR6 Oct · 14:19 TOI - 2.28@PIT3 Oct · 14:36 TOI
- 2.34@TOR29 Sep · 14:50 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.34 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Nashville, a point in zero of two
NSHW 4-10001−112:59NSHW 3-2 OT0000−113:58CARL 4-60000−314:19PITW 6-5 OT0001014:36TORL 2-30001+114:5024 points in 68 games on a team that finished 6th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Montréal's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 12 goals and 12 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 12 goals broke a tie; 4 came with Montréal trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
151 attempts across the 60 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 68 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 22.23 mph, hardest shot 75.74 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (23 of 68)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Nashville, a point in zero of two
NSHW 4-10001−112:59NSHW 3-2 OT0000−113:58
PHIL 2-41013011:15
NYIW 4-10002017:03
CBJL 2-50110−114:46
TBLW 2-10001012:29
FLAW 4-3 SO0000−115:37
NJDL 0-30000−113:59NJDW 4-3 SO0001014:43
NYRW 3-20000019:11TBLW 4-10000−114:43CARW 3-10000017:55CARL 4-60000−314:19PITW 6-5 OT0001014:36TORL 2-30001+114:50Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$2.85M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 8.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 200th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Montréal
Eight seasons · 2019-20 to 2026-2740th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, all with the Canadiens
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct