New York Rangers · #49 · Right wing

Jaroslav Chmelar

Age 23 · Shoots right · 6′5″ · 238 lb · Born Nove Mesto nad Metuji, CZE

Drafted 2021, #144 overall by NY Rangers

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Games42026-27 · missed 1 Small sample
Goals0T-10th on NYR
Assists0T-13th on NYR
Points0T-14th on NYR
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP7:3120th on NYR

2025-262025-26: 28 games, 4-2-6, 0.21 points per game Season detail →

Jaroslav Chmelar has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 6 points in 28 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 4 games for the 1st-placed NY Rangers

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Penalty differential+295th
Hits984th
PP points036th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Assists / 600.0021st
Points / GP0.0013th
Blocked shots012th
Shots / GP0.5011th
Ice time7:312nd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–4

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-14th on NYR
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-13th on NYR
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time7:3120th on NYR
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Rangers's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength7:20
Power play0:10
Shorthanded0:00
Total7:31

11.5 shifts a game, averaging 39 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-4th on NYR
PP assists0T-5th on NYR
PP points0T-8th on NYR · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on NYR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3NY Rangers total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NYR PPG
PP TOI share3.3%of NYR PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot5 att · 0 G
Wing0 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

5 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.3323rd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.3
Unblocked attempts3
xG per attempt.113
ixG per 600.67

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 97th percentile of forwards: 22.90 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Top speed, mph22.9097th
22+ mph bursts297th
Distance / 60, mi10.0579th
20+ mph bursts778th
Offensive-zone time43.3%65th
Defensive-zone time38.8%60th
90+ mph shots048th
Distance skated, mi5.014th
Average shot, mph39.87th
Hardest shot, mph46.034th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.90Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph46.03Forward average 74.7
Distance skated5.0 mi1.59 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts20.0%40.0% defensive · 40.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.8%All situations40.9%
41.0%Even strength41.1%
6.5%Power play0.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.22@DET2 Oct · 1st 16:38
  2. 21.15vsTBL1 Oct · 1st 12:02
  3. 20.77vsTBL1 Oct · 1st 11:52
  4. 20.57@DET2 Oct · 2nd 09:01
  5. 20.11vsTBL1 Oct · 3rd 07:40
  6. 19.62vsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 05:34
  7. 19.49vsUTA4 Oct · 2nd 07:50
  8. 19.48@DET2 Oct · 3rd 11:03

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph2 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph5 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph15 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 46.03@DET2 Oct · 3rd 14:03
  2. 33.58vsUTA4 Oct · 3rd 02:15

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.40vsNYI6 Oct · 8:28 TOI
  2. 0.97vsUTA4 Oct · 6:05 TOI
  3. 1.59@DET2 Oct · 9:11 TOI
  4. 1.08vsTBL1 Oct · 6:18 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.26 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-13th on NYR
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits96th on NYR
Blocked shots0T-19th on NYR

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+2drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Washington, a point in one of one

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Apr 2026vsWSHW 8-10111+114:19

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

Cap hit$893K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 3 of 3
Expires2026-27RFA at 23
Cap value$2.7MReported total

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 NY Rangers

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

288th 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points6288th for NY Rangers
Goals4234th
Assists2336th
Games played32305th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

One season, all with the Rangers

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26NYR284260.2117.4%
Career284260.2117.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2021NY Rangers · round 5#144

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NYR points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct