Jake Christiansen
Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 199 lb · Born West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 40 games, 0-3-3, 0.08 points per game Season detail →
Jake Christiansen has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 3 points in 40 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 23rd-placed Columbus
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus'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.
Distance per 60 in the 68th percentile of defencemen: 8.78 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.02vs
UTA3 Oct · 3rd 17:19 - 18.61vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 05:16
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 81.91vs
BUF1 Oct · 1st 04:56
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.45vsUTA3 Oct · 9:47 TOI
- 1.02vsBUF1 Oct · 7:05 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.23 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 Pittsburgh, a point in zero of one
PITOTL 4-5 OT0000−17:06UTAL 1-4000009:47BUFW 6-30000−17:053 points in 40 games on a team that finished 17th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus'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.
No goals yet: all 3 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
79 attempts across the 35 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 40 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 20.86 mph, hardest shot 90.37 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (3 of 40)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Pittsburgh, a point in zero of one
PITOTL 4-5 OT0000−17:06
WSHL 1-20001−110:11
MTLW 5-20110+14:18
DETW 4-3 SO000105:47
WPGL 1-2000009:38
SJSL 2-3000009:43
FLAOTL 1-2 OT0001012:00
TBLW 5-20001+111:56FLAW 4-20000+112:02
CHIW 4-2000107:38TBLW 8-5000105:34UTAL 1-4000009:47BUFW 6-30000−17:05Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 3.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 166th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Contract terms from public reports. 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 Columbus
Five seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-26143rd 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 playoffsFive seasons, all with the Blue Jackets
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct