Nashville Predators · #47 · Defence

Jack Ahcan

Age 29 · Shoots left · 5′8″ · 180 lb · Born Savage, Minnesota, USA

Undrafted

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Games22026-27 · missed 1 Small sample
Goals0T-4th on NSH
Assists1T-4th on NSH
Points1T-6th on NSH
P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL
Shots0
TOI / GP6:5420th on NSH

2025-262025-26: 11 games, 0-2-2, 0.18 points per game Season detail →

Jack Ahcan has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 2 points in 11 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 2 games for the 21st-placed Nashville

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Assists / 604.3599th
PP points190th
Penalty differential+186th
Points / GP0.5073rd
Hits244th
Goals / 600.0039th
Takeaways021st
Blocked shots17th
Shots / GP0.005th
Ice time6:540th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points1T-6th on NSH
Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-4th on NSH
Shooting %—
Ice time6:5420th on NSH
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength6:08
Power play0:46
Shorthanded0:00
Total6:54

9.5 shifts a game, averaging 44 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on NSH
PP assists1T-2nd on NSH
PP points1T-3rd on NSH · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6039.131st on NSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share33.3%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share22.5%of NSH PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on NSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on NSH
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 604.35
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 600.0
ES points / 600.000 ES points
PP points / 6039.131 PP 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
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point1 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

3 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.0593rd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.0
Unblocked attempts1
xG per attempt.009
ixG per 600.04

2026-27 · 2 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 19.96 mph, hardest shot 80.22 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 percentile among NHL defencemen

Average shot, mph75.288th
22+ mph bursts048th
Defensive-zone time40.6%48th
90+ mph shots042nd
Hardest shot, mph80.2240th
Offensive-zone time39.8%39th
Distance / 60, mi8.3334th
Top speed, mph19.9623rd
20+ mph bursts012th
Distance skated, mi1.90th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen 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, mph19.96Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph80.22Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated1.9 mi1.14 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts42.9%0.0% defensive · 57.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

50.2%All situations33.0%
46.7%Even strength33.5%
60.9%Power play31.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.89vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 15:05
  2. 19.50vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 09:34
  3. 18.64vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 06:28

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph6 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 75.57vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 04:42
  2. 69.74vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 15:48

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.14@TOR6 Oct · 7:58 TOI
  2. 0.77vsDAL3 Oct · 5:49 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 0.96 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-11th on NSH
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits2T-12th on NSH
Blocked shots1T-12th on NSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsTORW 5-4 OT0000+17:58
3 OctvsDALW 2-1011005:49

Contract

$875K a season through 2027-28

Cap hit$875K0.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 1 of 2
Expires2027-28UFA at 31
Cap value$1.8MCap hit × 2 years

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 Nashville

Linemates and opponents

258th 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

Points1258th for Nashville
Goals0244th
Assists1240th
Games played2331st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Four seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21BOS30000.000.0%
2021-22BOS61010.1720.0%
2024-25COL20000.000.0%
2025-26COL110220.180.0%
Career221230.145.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NSH points

Games3
Goals0
Points00.00 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct