Washington Capitals · #6 · Defence

Jakob Chychrun

Age 28 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 215 lb · Born Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Drafted 2016, #16 overall by ARI

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Games22026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-2nd on WSH
Assists2T-1st on WSH
Points31st on WSH
P / GP1.50T-22nd in the NHL
Shots520.0% shooting
TOI / GP23:011st on WSH

2025-262025-26: 80 games, 26-34-60, 0.75 points per game Season detail →

Jakob Chychrun has 3 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 60 points in 80 games last season.

This season

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

3 points in 2 games for the 22nd-placed Washington

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Points / GP1.5098th
Goals / 601.3095th
Assists / 602.6193rd
Shots / GP2.5093rd
PP points190th
Ice time23:0187th
Shooting %20.0%86th
Penalty differential−123rd
Takeaways021st
Blocked shots218th
Hits08th

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

Points31st on WSH
Points per game1.50T-22nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists2T-1st on WSH
Shooting %20.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time23:011st on WSH
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Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength20:03
Power play2:00
Shorthanded0:59
Total23:01

25.0 shifts a game, averaging 55 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals11st on WSH
PP assists0T-2nd on WSH
PP points1T-1st on WSH · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6015.001st on WSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Washington total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share100.0%of every WSH PPG
PP TOI share62.0%of WSH PP time

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


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 1 goal and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on WSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on WSH
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals1

Goals by period

1st0
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading1
Trailing0

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Washington trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 50%
Secondary1 · 50%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.91
Goals / 601.30
Shots / 606.5
ES points / 602.992 ES points
PP points / 6015.001 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 0 G
Wing5 att · 0 G
Point5 att · 1 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.3358th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.7
Unblocked attempts9
xG per attempt.030
ixG per 600.35

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 in the 99th percentile of defencemen: 22.39 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

Top speed, mph22.3999th
22+ mph bursts299th
20+ mph bursts379th
Distance / 60, mi8.6962nd
Defensive-zone time39.8%58th
90+ mph shots042nd
Average shot, mph67.132nd
Offensive-zone time39.2%32nd
Distance skated, mi6.728th
Hardest shot, mph76.6026th

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, mph22.39Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph76.60Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated6.7 mi3.86 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts30.3%33.3% defensive · 36.4% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

39.2%All situations39.8%
39.2%Even strength39.3%
47.0%Power play37.3%
24.8%Shorthanded56.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 22.39@CAR2 Oct · 2nd 01:15
  2. 22.31@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 10:08
  3. 21.24@CAR2 Oct · 1st 15:44
  4. 19.41@CAR2 Oct · 1st 13:06
  5. 19.16@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 10:24
  6. 19.04@TBL3 Oct · 1st 15:12
  7. 19.02@TBL3 Oct · 1st 06:35
  8. 18.80@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 15:28

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph2 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph8 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 76.60@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 05:12
  2. 75.66@CAR2 Oct · 1st 08:27
  3. 73.16@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 05:54
  4. 72.37@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 05:45
  5. 71.80@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 00:55
  6. 69.19@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 05:22
  7. 64.71@CAR2 Oct · 1st 15:23
  8. 64.49@CAR2 Oct · 1st 15:44

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph0 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph5 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.86@TBL3 Oct · 27:11 TOI
  2. 2.81@CAR2 Oct · 18:51 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.33 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-6th on WSH
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits0T-13th on WSH
Blocked shots2T-8th on WSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Pittsburgh, a point in zero of three

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DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
12 Apr 2026vsPITW 3-00001+122:21
11 Apr 2026@PITW 6-30000+223:09
6 Nov 2025@PITL 3-50005027:52

Prediction markets

Priced at 55% for a point tonight

From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.

Point tonight vs PIT1+ point55%54%57¢Best56¢Not listed
Goal tonight vs PITAnytime scorer20%28%Best20¢22¢Not listed
2+ points tonightMulti-point game19%18%22¢Best22¢Not listed
Assist tonight vs PIT1+ assist45%36%46¢Not listedNot listed
Norris TrophyBest defenceman3.5%—Not listed4¢Not listed

Snapshot 7 Oct, 11:12 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


Contract

$9M a season through 2032-33

In 2025-26 he scored 6.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 72nd of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$9M8.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 2 of 8
Expires2032-33UFA at 35
Cap value$72MCap hit × 8 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 Washington

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

56th 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.

Who he sets up

Ryan Leonard1
Justin Sourdif1

Scorers on his 2 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points11056th for Washington
Goals4756th
Assists6361st
Games played15697th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17ARI68713200.298.1%
2017-18ARI50410140.283.9%
2018-19ARI53515200.384.3%
2019-20ARI631214260.418.1%
2020-21ARI561823410.7310.2%
2021-22ARI47714210.455.0%
2022-23ARI, OTT48924330.696.3%
2023-24OTT821427410.506.9%
2024-25WSH742027470.6411.2%
2025-26WSH802634600.7511.8%
Career6211222013230.528.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2016ARI · round 1From Sarnia (OHL)#16

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · WSH points

Games19
Goals4
Points60.32 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct