Nashville Predators · #81 · Centre

Jonathan Marchessault

Age 35 · Shoots right · 5′9″ · 185 lb · Born Cap-Rouge, Quebec, CAN

Undrafted

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-4th on NSH
Assists0T-11th on NSH
Points0T-12th on NSH
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots50.0% shooting
TOI / GP15:4011th on NSH

2025-262025-26: 62 games, 12-19-31, 0.50 points per game Season detail →

Jonathan Marchessault has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 31 points in 62 games last season.

This season

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

0 points in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Ice time15:4057th
Shots / GP1.6755th
PP points036th
Hits233rd
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Assists / 600.0021st
Points / GP0.0013th
Blocked shots012th
Penalty differential−24th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-12th on NSH
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-11th on NSH
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time15:4011th on NSH
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:53
Power play1:47
Shorthanded0:00
Total15:40

19.3 shifts a game, averaging 49 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on NSH
PP assists0T-6th on NSH
PP points0T-8th on NSH · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on NSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share36.1%of NSH PP time

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


Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point1 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.3326th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.3
Unblocked attempts9
xG per attempt.037
ixG per 600.43

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

Top speed 20.65 mph, hardest shot 79.16 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Average shot, mph61.571st
Hardest shot, mph79.1659th
Distance skated, mi7.651st
90+ mph shots048th
Distance / 60, mi9.6543rd
22+ mph bursts041st
20+ mph bursts338th
Top speed, mph20.6526th
Offensive-zone time37.3%16th
Defensive-zone time44.7%15th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph20.65Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph79.16Forward average 74.7
Distance skated7.6 mi2.85 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts41.7%29.2% defensive · 29.2% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.0%All situations43.3%
39.1%Even strength44.4%
45.5%Power play37.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.65vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 17:07
  2. 20.63vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 05:22
  3. 20.08vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 05:59
  4. 19.36vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 05:43
  5. 19.20vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 01:40
  6. 18.96vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 18:05
  7. 18.74vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 07:08
  8. 18.32vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 05:17

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph3 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph12 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 76.93vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 02:10
  2. 75.22vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 10:21
  3. 66.64vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 07:08
  4. 65.50vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 05:15
  5. 63.24vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 01:33
  6. 28.28vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 17:33

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.15@TOR6 Oct · 13:17 TOI
  2. 2.56vsDAL3 Oct · 16:22 TOI
  3. 2.85vsMIN1 Oct · 17:20 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.52 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-11th on NSH
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits2T-12th on NSH
Blocked shots0T-18th on NSH

Discipline

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

Faceoffs

Taken10.5 a game
Won0
Win %0.0%
Offensive zone0 of 1

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Game log

Against Montréal, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsMTLL 1-40001−117:07
16 Oct 2025@MTLOTL 2-3 OT0002−217:26

Contract

$5.5M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he scored 5.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 310th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5.5M5.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 3 of 5
Expires2028-29UFA at 38
Cap value$27.5MCap hit × 5 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 Nashville

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

51st 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points8751st for Nashville
Goals3355th
Assists5449th
Games played14393rd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Thirteen seasons, with 5 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2012-13CBJ20000.00—
2014-15TBL21010.5033.3%
2015-16TBL45711180.408.6%
2016-17FLA753021510.6815.5%
2017-18VGK772748750.9710.1%
2018-19VGK822534590.729.0%
2019-20VGK662225470.719.4%
2020-21VGK551826440.8010.2%
2021-22VGK763036660.8712.0%
2022-23VGK762829570.7512.0%
2023-24VGK824227690.8415.8%
2024-25NSH782135560.7210.2%
2025-26NSH621219310.509.1%
Career7782633115740.7411.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NSH points

Games102
Goals36
Points760.75 P/GP
Game-winning goals6
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct