Minnesota Wild · #46 · Defence

Jared Spurgeon

Age 36 · Shoots right · 5′9″ · 166 lb · Born Edmonton, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2008, #156 overall by NY Islanders

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-2nd on MIN
Assists2T-3rd on MIN
Points3T-2nd on MIN
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots250.0% shooting
TOI / GP20:216th on MIN

2025-262025-26: 79 games, 6-16-22, 0.28 points per game Season detail →

Jared Spurgeon has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 22 points in 79 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

3 points in 3 games for the 5th-placed Minnesota

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Shooting %50.0%98th
Goals / 600.9892nd
Points / GP1.0091st
PP points190th
Assists / 601.9784th
Blocked shots567th
Ice time20:2160th
Shots / GP0.6732nd
Hits126th
Takeaways021st
Penalty differential−26th

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

Points per game · rolling blocks

1.01.01–3

Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points3T-2nd on MIN
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists2T-3rd on MIN
Shooting %50.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:216th on MIN
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength17:04
Power play1:00
Shorthanded2:17
Total20:21

28.7 shifts a game, averaging 43 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-5th on MIN
PP assists1T-2nd on MIN
PP points1T-4th on MIN · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6019.894th on MIN

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Minnesota total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share25.0%of every MIN PPG
PP TOI share18.1%of MIN PP time

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


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

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-3rd on MIN
Overtime goals0T-1st on MIN
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading1
Trailing0

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

Assists

Primary1 · 50%
Secondary1 · 50%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.95
Goals / 600.98
Shots / 602.0
ES points / 602.342 ES points
PP points / 6019.891 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot0 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 1 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.1529th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.9
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.016
ixG per 600.06

2026-27 · 3 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

Distance per 60 in the 76th percentile of defencemen: 8.86 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Offensive-zone time44.7%77th
Distance / 60, mi8.8676th
Defensive-zone time38.1%73rd
Distance skated, mi9.059th
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts012th
Hardest shot, mph71.589th
Average shot, mph60.48th
Top speed, mph19.021st

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, mph19.02Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph71.58Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated9.0 mi3.18 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts46.8%21.0% defensive · 32.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

46.2%All situations37.1%
46.8%Even strength36.2%
68.2%Power play19.5%
36.3%Shorthanded47.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 18.89@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 03:06
  2. 18.54@NSH1 Oct · 1st 08:16
  3. 18.49@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 14:37
  4. 18.34vsBOS3 Oct · 3rd 03:22
  5. 18.22vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 15:58
  6. 18.00@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 00:39

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph11 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 71.58vsBOS3 Oct · 3rd 03:24
  2. 44.17@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 04:10

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 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.18@BUF6 Oct · 21:49 TOI
  2. 3.02vsBOS3 Oct · 20:06 TOI
  3. 2.82@NSH1 Oct · 19:09 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.01 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-10th on MIN
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits1T-11th on MIN
Blocked shots52nd on MIN

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Tampa Bay, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026@TBLL 3-60000−119:48
3 Mar 2026vsTBLW 5-10000015:27

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 2.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 170th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$7.58M7.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term7 yearsYear 7 of 7
Expires2026-27UFA at 37
Cap value$53MCap hit × 7 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 Minnesota

Sixteen seasons · 2010-11 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Michael McCarron sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Michael McCarron1
Quinn Hughes1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Kirill Kaprizov1
Danila Yurov1

Scorers on his 2 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4413rd for Minnesota
Goals1248th
Assists3172nd
Games played1 0152nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Sixteen seasons, all with the Wild

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2010-11MIN5348120.2310.5%
2011-12MIN70320230.333.3%
2012-13MIN39510150.387.5%
2013-14MIN67521260.395.5%
2014-15MIN66916250.387.0%
2015-16MIN771118290.389.0%
2016-17MIN761028380.506.9%
2017-18MIN61928370.618.2%
2018-19MIN821429430.529.2%
2019-20MIN621220320.5210.7%
2020-21MIN54718250.467.4%
2021-22MIN651030400.628.6%
2022-23MIN791123340.437.4%
2023-24MIN160550.310.0%
2024-25MIN66725320.486.5%
2025-26MIN79616220.286.7%
Career10121233154380.437.5%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2008NY Islanders · round 6#156

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · MIN points

Games84
Goals9
Points310.37 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct