Jake McCabe
Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 205 lb · Born Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Drafted 2012, #44 overall by Buffalo
2025-262025-26: 80 games, 5-20-25, 0.31 points per game Season detail →
Jake McCabe has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 25 points in 80 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample0 points in 4 games for the 18th-placed Toronto
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen 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 top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Toronto'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 wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
9 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 80 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 77th percentile of defencemen: 8.88 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
- 21.09vs
MTL29 Sep · 2nd 00:16 - 20.68vsMTL29 Sep · 2nd 07:48
- 19.60vs
NYI30 Sep · 2nd 02:05 - 19.48vsMTL29 Sep · 2nd 05:06
- 19.25vsNYI30 Sep · 2nd 13:41
- 19.22vs
OTT3 Oct · 2nd 04:58 - 18.29vsOTT3 Oct · 1st 15:16
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 80.19vsNYI30 Sep · 2nd 08:27
- 62.68vsNYI30 Sep · 3rd 03:15
- 61.23vsNYI30 Sep · 2nd 14:04
- 52.23vsOTT3 Oct · 2nd 11:06
- 49.70vsMTL29 Sep · 2nd 01:48
- 29.40vsMTL29 Sep · 3rd 02:10
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.16vs
NSH6 Oct · 19:59 TOI - 2.54vsOTT3 Oct · 17:45 TOI
- 2.87vsNYI30 Sep · 20:19 TOI
- 1.74vsMTL29 Sep · 11:38 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.58 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 Vegas, a point in one of two
VGKL 3-60000−222:23VGKOTL 5-6 OT0111−223:06NSHW 5-4 OT0001019:59OTTL 2-30001017:45NYIW 2-10001020:19MTLL 2-30001011:3825 points in 80 games on a team that finished 28th
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Toronto'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.
3 of 5 goals broke a tie
How the 5 goals and 20 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 5 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Toronto trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
178 attempts across the 76 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 80 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 79th percentile of defencemen: 22.67 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 (23 of 80)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vegas, a point in one of two
VGKL 3-60000−222:23VGKOTL 5-6 OT0111−223:06OTTL 1-30001019:35
DALL 5-60111−121:14
FLAL 2-60002−218:42NYIL 3-50000−125:06
WSHL 0-40000−222:08
LAKOTL 6-7 OT0002−223:45
SJSL 1-40000−225:36
ANAW 5-4 OT0001−220:09
STLL 1-51014+121:33
NYRW 4-31011+224:54NSHW 5-4 OT0001019:59OTTL 2-30001017:45NYIW 2-10001020:19MTLL 2-30001011:38Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.51M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 5.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 99th 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Toronto
Five seasons · 2022-23 to 2026-2776th 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 playoffsFourteen seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct