Jake Middleton
Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 219 lb · Born Wainwright, Alberta, CAN
Drafted 2014, #210 overall by Los Angeles
2025-262025-26: 75 games, 2-14-16, 0.21 points per game Season detail →
Jake Middleton has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 16 points in 75 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 32nd-placed Calgary
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 Calgary'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 slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
7 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 75 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 leadersHardest shot in the 64th percentile of defencemen: 85.47 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
- 20.76vs
SEA1 Oct · 2nd 05:27 - 20.51@
VAN3 Oct · 3rd 04:11 - 19.85vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 03:06
- 19.80@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 02:20
- 19.41vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 11:48
- 19.29vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 07:30
- 18.98@SEA4 Oct · 1st 14:30
- 18.82@SEA4 Oct · 1st 02:10
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 85.47@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 03:04
- 71.95@VAN3 Oct · 3rd 12:10
- 71.46@SEA4 Oct · 1st 05:43
- 69.70@VAN3 Oct · 1st 17:58
- 67.26@SEA4 Oct · 1st 12:04
- 63.58vsSEA1 Oct · 2nd 09:55
- 19.64vsSEA1 Oct · 2nd 15:37
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.65@SEA4 Oct · 16:47 TOI
- 2.30@VAN3 Oct · 17:39 TOI
- 2.93vsSEA1 Oct · 20:55 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.63 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 Colorado, a point in one of four
COLOTL 2-3 SO0000+117:48COLW 5-20111+218:58COLL 1-50001013:20COLW 3-2 SO0001+120:23SEAW 6-10001−116:47VANW 4-10001017:39SEAL 1-60002−220:5516 points in 75 games
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 (0.2). 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 Calgary's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 2 goals and 14 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Calgary trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
146 attempts across the 70 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 75 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 21.75 mph, hardest shot 84.91 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 (16 of 75)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Colorado, a point in one of four
COLOTL 2-3 SO0000+117:48COLW 5-20111+218:58COLL 1-50001013:20COLW 3-2 SO0001+120:23
ANAW 3-20000+118:43
STLL 3-60002−314:51
NSHL 1-20001+119:55
DALL 4-50001−211:55SEAW 5-20000017:30
DETW 5-40110018:15
OTTW 4-11011+120:58VANW 5-20000+118:54
BOSL 3-60001+114:43
FLAW 3-20002017:42SEAW 6-10001−116:47VANW 4-10001017:39SEAL 1-60002−220:55Better on the road, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.35M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 3.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 147th 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 Calgary
401st 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.
By opponent
Seattle0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct