D · PIT · NHL id 8478452
Caleb Jones has played 7 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 5 shots while averaging 17:10 a night (15:24 at even strength, 0:12 on the power play and 1:18 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 67% of his 5v5 minutes with Harrison Brunicke and 31% with Anthony Mantha over the last 7 games, and the Penguins have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Jones on the ice (4-3 in goals, 35% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against FLA he was on D2 with Connor Clifton and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 5.5% across the 258 games in our data.
Right now
From the Oct 23 game vs FLA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 7 games, 16:54 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 7 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2025-26 · 17 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 17 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals, 0.28 expected goals; best chance Caleb Jones at 0.10 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 7 GP · 1 points vs 1.5 expected
- 0.0%
- 103.2
- 25.0%
- G vs xG
- 0 / 0.3
- • Only 7 games: treat the meter as a hint.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played7
- Goals0
- Assists1
- Points1
- Shots on goal5
- Hits10
- Blocked shots15
- Plus/minus+1
- Penalty minutes0
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)42.2%
- Fenwick (FF%)43.9%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)46.7%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.102
Usage
- Ice time per game17:10
- Offensive-zone start %34.8%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1032
- Luck Meter−13491st of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot78.8
- Offensive-zone time40.3%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2023-24 regular season · 22 of 25 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.012
- Season net
- −0.06xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.41
- Attempts
- 2
- 0.007
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Mar 16, 2023 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Nov 23, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Nov 3, 2022 alerts →
- Moved down to D3 from D1Mar 3, 2022 alerts →
- Played 7:59 more than his 5-game averageFeb 25, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Jan 15, 2022 alerts →
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Jones
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Jones apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Brunicke | D | 6 | 71:12 | 67% | 46.5% | 67% (4-2) | 36.5% 19:40 | 44.4% 21:27 |
| Anthony Mantha | RW | 7 | 33:17 | 31% | 36.5% | 50% (2-2) | 45.0% 73:35 | 48.7% 60:54 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 7 | 31:17 | 29% | 33.8% | 50% (2-2) | 46.1% 75:35 | 51.4% 62:27 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 7 | 30:35 | 29% | 48.4% | 100% (2-0) | 39.8% 76:17 | 50.7% 42:24 |
| Ben Kindel | C | 6 | 29:53 | 28% | 50.0% | 100% (2-0) | 40.9% 60:59 | 52.5% 41:06 |
| Justin Brazeau | RW | 7 | 29:32 | 28% | 28.1% | 50% (2-2) | 47.8% 77:20 | 50.0% 55:14 |
| Filip Hallander | C | 6 | 22:55 | 21% | 50.9% | 100% (2-0) | 37.9% 69:00 | 44.6% 39:32 |
| Noel Acciari | C | 7 | 22:32 | 21% | 55.9% | — (0-0) | 39.8% 84:20 | 48.2% 54:49 |
| Blake Lizotte | C | 7 | 22:32 | 21% | 47.4% | — (0-0) | 41.2% 84:20 | 47.5% 56:50 |
| Rickard Rakell | RW | 6 | 21:38 | 20% | 38.8% | 0% (0-1) | 40.5% 72:39 | 44.1% 64:08 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | 5 | 20:43 | 19% | 36.2% | 0% (0-1) | 39.8% 58:37 | 45.9% 56:21 |
| Connor Dewar | C | 7 | 20:43 | 19% | 44.7% | — (0-0) | 41.7% 86:09 | 46.7% 53:14 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 6 | 19:48 | 19% | 38.8% | 0% (0-1) | 40.5% 74:29 | 42.2% 70:31 |
| Connor Clifton | D | 1 | 14:37 | 14% | 30.0% | 0% (0-1) | 100.0% 1:23 | 0.0% 2:23 |
Game log
7 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23 | @ FLA | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | 16:39 | 16:00 | — | 0:39 |
| Oct 21 | vs VAN | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 17:59 | 14:38 | 0:47 | 2:26 |
| Oct 18 | @ SJS | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 18:51 | 16:59 | — | 0:50 |
| Oct 16 | @ LAK | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 17:36 | 16:00 | — | 1:36 |
| Oct 11 | vs NYR | L 1-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:10 | 15:43 | — | 2:27 |
| Oct 9 | vs NYI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 15:21 | 13:28 | 0:21 | 0:51 |
| Oct 7 | @ NYR | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 15:36 | 14:57 | 0:19 | 0:20 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 7 | 120:12 | 17:10 | 101 | 149 | 40.4% | 41.9% | 46 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 50% | 4.9 | 6.9 | 32% |
| Even strength | 7 | 107:45 | 15:24 | 95 | 131 | 42.0% | 43.6% | 43 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 57% | 4.7 | 5.6 | 33% |
| 5v5 | 7 | 106:52 | 15:16 | 95 | 130 | 42.2% | 43.9% | 43 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 57% | 4.7 | 5.5 | 35% |
| Power play | 3 | 1:27 | 0:29 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 7 | 9:09 | 1:18 | 4 | 16 | 20.0% | 26.7% | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 7 | 9:09 | 1:18 | 4 | 16 | 20.0% | 26.7% | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PIT | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 10 | 15 | 17:10 |
| 2024-25 | LAK | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 0.0% | 10 | 5 | 12:34 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | COL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 2023-24 | COL | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +4 | 8 | 19 | 0.0% | 34 | 26 | 12:12 |
| 2022-23 | CHI | 73 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -19 | 40 | 86 | 4.7% | 116 | 118 | 19:13 |
| 2021-22 | CHI | 51 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 18 | 57 | 8.8% | 77 | 58 | 16:43 |
| 2020-21 | EDM | 33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 6 | 23 | 0.0% | 27 | 35 | 13:36 |
| 2019-20 | EDM | 43 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 10 | 38 | 10.5% | 33 | 46 | 14:08 |
| 2018-19 | EDM | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 6 | 21 | 4.8% | 20 | 18 | 19:48 |
Caleb Jones news
- Penguins' Caleb Jones: Lands on waiversCBS Sports
- Penguins to waive defenseman Caleb Jones for assignment purposesTribLIVE.com
- Penguins Cut 6 More; Waive Caleb JonesPittsburgh Hockey Now
- After a lost season, Penguins defenseman Caleb Jones is comfortable competing againTribLIVE.com
- Penguins' Caleb Jones: Missing from injury reportCBS Sports
- Caleb Jones News: Missing from injury reportRotoWire
- Caleb Jones StatsNHL.com
- Caleb Jones Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.