Jalen Chatfield
Age 30 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 209 lb · Born Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 72 games, 2-15-17, 0.24 points per game Season detail →
Jalen Chatfield has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 72 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample1 point in 4 games for the 8th-placed Carolina
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 (0.3). 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 Carolina'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.
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.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
16 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 · 72 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 94th percentile of defencemen: 21.61 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
- 21.61vs
WSH2 Oct · 2nd 07:44 - 20.64vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 17:34
- 20.34@
PHI3 Oct · 3rd 07:55 - 19.94@PHI3 Oct · 3rd 05:23
- 19.41vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 14:34
- 19.36vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 11:19
- 18.90vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 07:30
- 18.85@PHI3 Oct · 2nd 17:56
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 79.54@PHI3 Oct · 1st 05:58
- 79.33@PHI3 Oct · 3rd 15:02
- 76.14vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 04:41
- 69.62vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 07:47
- 67.35@PHI3 Oct · 1st 05:40
- 65.35@PHI3 Oct · 2nd 15:50
- 63.24@PHI3 Oct · 3rd 07:47
- 62.90vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 05:15
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.90@
MTL6 Oct · 22:02 TOI - 2.94@PHI3 Oct · 22:50 TOI
- 2.42vsWSH2 Oct · 17:33 TOI
- 2.57vs
FLA29 Sep · 19:12 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.71 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 Vancouver, a point in one of one
VANW 6-40111019:43MTLL 4-60113+222:02PHIOTL 2-3 OT0002+122:50WSHL 2-50000−217:33FLAOTL 0-1 OT0000019:1217 points in 72 games on a team that finished 2nd
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 Carolina'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.
1 of 2 goals broke a tie
How the 2 goals and 15 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Carolina trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
272 attempts across the 74 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 · 72 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 68th percentile of defencemen: 22.45 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 (15 of 72)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in one of one
VANW 6-40111019:43PHIOTL 2-3 SO0001−123:11
BOSW 6-5 OT0000013:54
OTTL 3-60002020:37
NYIW 4-30004−120:13
CBJW 5-10000+120:44CBJW 5-20111+120:42MTLL 1-30001017:18
NJDW 5-20001020:09MTLL 2-50003019:20
PITW 5-11011019:36MTLL 4-60113+222:02PHIOTL 2-3 OT0002+122:50WSHL 2-50000−217:33FLAOTL 0-1 OT0000019:12Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 5.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 101st 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 Carolina
Six seasons · 2021-22 to 2026-2760th 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 playoffsSeven seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct