Jake Sanderson
Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 202 lb · Born Whitefish, Montana, USA
Drafted 2020, #5 overall by Ottawa
2025-262025-26: 67 games, 14-40-54, 0.81 points per game Season detail →
Jake Sanderson has 0 points in 1 game of 2026-27, after 54 points in 67 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 1 game Small sample0 points in 1 game for the 11th-placed Ottawa
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Jake Sanderson has 1.
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 Ottawa'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.
Top speed 16.58 mph, hardest shot — 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.
Tracking percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Jake Sanderson has 1.
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.
Distance, last 10 games
- 0.60@
TOR3 Oct · 4:29 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 0.60 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 Philadelphia, a point in zero of three
PHIW 2-1 OT0001021:59PHIW 3-2 OT0000−224:00PHIW 2-10002022:43TORL 2-3000004:293.5% for the Norris Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
54 points in 67 games on a team that finished 9th
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 (0.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa'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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 14 goals and 40 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 14 goals broke a tie; 6 came with Ottawa trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
366 attempts across the 65 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 67 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 in the 99th percentile of defencemen: 24.37 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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (38 of 67)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Philadelphia, a point in zero of three
PHIW 2-1 OT0001021:59PHIW 3-2 OT0000−224:00PHIW 2-10002022:43
NYIW 3-01012+227:38
FLAW 5-10222+222:22
TBLW 6-22025+224:08
CARW 6-30112+226:47
MINL 1-40003−124:55
SEAW 7-40003+112:52
CGYW 4-10004+123:51
EDMOTL 4-5 OT0003−125:36TORW 5-20111+123:12
DETOTL 1-2 OT0113026:39TORL 2-3000004:29Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
3.5% for the Norris Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
$8.05M a season through 2031-32
In 2025-26 he scored 6.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 71st of 191 defencemen 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 2 Oct 2026.
With Ottawa
Four seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-2628th 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 playoffsFour seasons, all with the Senators
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct