C · MTL · NHL id 8478133
Jake Evans has played 1 game for the Montreal Canadiens in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 14:50 a night (10:29 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 2:57 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 79% of his 5v5 minutes with Zachary Bolduc and 78% with Josh Anderson in his only game so far, and the Canadiens have controlled 55% of shot attempts with Evans on the ice (1-0 in goals, 0% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against TOR he was on L4 with Josh Anderson and Zachary Bolduc and off the power play.
Right now
From the Sep 29 game vs TOR, detected from shift data
- −1:43 5v5 TOI
- Top-six in 0 of last 1 (was 10 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 13:26 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 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 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 2 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at MTL: 2 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.25 expected goals; best chance Jake Evans at 0.22 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 68 GP · 24 points vs 27.4 expected
Last 20 games: -44. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 16.0%
- 98.3
- 77.4%
- G vs xG
- 12 / 13.0
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played68
- Goals12256th of 715
- Assists12419th of 715
- Points24359th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points238th of 715
- Shots on goal75416th of 715
- Hits89209th of 715
- Blocked shots50259th of 715
- Plus/minus−8523rd of 715
- Penalty minutes28321st of 715
- Faceoffs won47258th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)46.5%560th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)46.0%592nd of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)47.6%465th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.5%467th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)43.8%613th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)46.8%533rd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.83378th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.008152nd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.33201st of 719
- Faceoff win %55.9%31st of 238
- Draw Equity /100+0.05541st of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game15:21407th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:02601st of 715
- Offensive-zone start %28.0%692nd of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.06328th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO983514th of 719
- Goals above expected−1.0467th of 715
- Luck Meter−12489th of 828
- Ascension score47230th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.2372nd of 715
- 20+ mph bursts85243rd of 715
- Hardest shot75.7708th of 715
- Offensive-zone time37.0%702nd of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 68 of 68 games through the sequence engine
- −0.051
- Season net
- −0.68xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- +0.055
- Season
- +0.47G
- 55.9%845 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 56-55 · NZ 166-119 · DZ 250-199
- Per 60
- 0.83
- Attempts
- 11
- 0.058
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 L1 from L4Feb 9, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L4Dec 4, 2023 alerts →
How his goals happened
34 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 vs BUF | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 51.7 | 2-on-1 | |
| May 14, 2026 @ BUF | Rebound | carry | 3 | 8.6 | 3-on-2, rebound | |
| Apr 14, 2026 @ PHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 19.3 | — | |
| Mar 24, 2026 vs CAR | Cycle | — | 0 | 46.8 | — | |
| Mar 10, 2026 vs TOR | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 16.0 | 1-on-0 | |
| Mar 7, 2026 @ LAK | Point shot | carry | 4* | 72.5 | 3-on-2 | |
| Feb 28, 2026 vs WSH | Deflection | — | 0 | 44.9 | deflection | |
| Jan 29, 2026 vs COL | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 19.8 | 2-on-1 | |
| Jan 27, 2026 vs VGK | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 28.0 | 2-on-1 | |
| Dec 13, 2025 @ NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 61.6 | — | |
| Nov 28, 2025 @ VGK | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 11.1 | 2-on-0 | |
| Nov 15, 2025 vs BOS | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 46.1 | 2-on-1 | |
| Nov 6, 2025 @ NJD | Odd-man rush | loose | 2 | 44.0 | 2-on-1 | |
| Oct 20, 2025 vs BUF | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 57.3 | 1-on-0 | |
| Apr 16, 2025 vs CAR | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | — | — | |
| Mar 1, 2025 @ BUF | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 59.0 | 2-on-1 | |
| Jan 21, 2025 vs TBL | Rush | loose | 0 | 41.0 | one-timer | |
| Dec 29, 2024 @ TBL | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 53.8 | 2-on-1 | |
| Dec 28, 2024 @ FLA | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 60.1 | 2-on-1 | |
| Dec 23, 2024 @ CBJ | Odd-man rush | pass | 4 | 20.9 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 21, 2024 vs DET | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 50.4 | 2-on-1 | |
| Dec 20, 2024 @ DET | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 20.5 | 1-on-0 | |
| Dec 5, 2024 vs NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 62.7 | 2-on-1 | |
| Nov 18, 2024 vs EDM | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 9.4 | — | |
| Nov 16, 2024 vs CBJ | Deflection | loose | 1* | 26.7 | one-timer | |
| Oct 27, 2024 @ PHI | Cycle | — | 4* | 60.2 | one-timer | |
| Oct 26, 2024 vs STL | Rush | carry | 1 | 72.8 | — | |
| Apr 2, 2024 vs FLA | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 56.5 | 1-on-0 | |
| Mar 28, 2024 vs PHI | Point shot | — | 0 | 19.7 | — | |
| Mar 2, 2024 @ TBL | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 23.8 | — | |
| Feb 15, 2024 @ NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 21.9 | — | |
| Feb 13, 2024 vs ANA | Odd-man rush | carry | 2* | 29.5 | 2-on-1 | |
| Dec 10, 2023 vs NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 44.8 | 3-on-2 | |
| Oct 11, 2023 @ TOR | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 24.7 | 1-on-0 |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Evans
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Evans apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Bolduc | C | 1 | 8:16 | 79% | 64.7% | 100% (1-0) | 20.0% 2:11 | 66.7% 1:08 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | 1 | 8:10 | 78% | 61.1% | 100% (1-0) | 25.0% 2:17 | 80.0% 1:55 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 1 | 5:24 | 52% | 63.6% | 100% (1-0) | 45.5% 5:03 | 41.7% 12:50 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 1 | 3:50 | 37% | 50.0% | 100% (1-0) | 57.1% 6:37 | 36.4% 11:51 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 1 | 3:11 | 30% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 57.1% 7:16 | 54.2% 13:51 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 1 | 2:55 | 28% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 52.9% 7:32 | 42.9% 7:56 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 1 | 2:48 | 27% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 7:39 | 66.7% 8:14 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 2:45 | 26% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 62.5% 7:42 | 57.1% 17:10 |
| Chris Kreider | C | 1 | 1:00 | 10% | — | — (0-0) | 54.5% 9:27 | 45.0% 11:04 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | @ TOR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 59% | 14:50 | 10:29 | — | 2:57 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 14:50 | 14:50 | 16 | 18 | 47.1% | 54.2% | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0% |
| Even strength | 1 | 10:29 | 10:29 | 12 | 10 | 54.5% | 62.5% | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 10:27 | 10:27 | 12 | 10 | 54.5% | 62.5% | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 2:57 | 2:57 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 1 | 2:57 | 2:57 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.4 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | MTL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | MTL | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +11 | 22 | 21 | 9.5% | 37 | 17 | 16:56 |
| 2025-26 | MTL | 68 | 12 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 28 | 75 | 16.0% | 89 | 50 | 15:21 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | MTL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.0% | 11 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 2024-25 | MTL | 82 | 13 | 23 | 36 | +1 | 10 | 80 | 16.3% | 124 | 60 | 15:33 |
| 2023-24 | MTL | 82 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -1 | 24 | 81 | 8.6% | 86 | 65 | 16:01 |
| 2022-23 | MTL | 54 | 2 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 28 | 55 | 3.6% | 27 | 41 | 14:29 |
| 2021-22 | MTL | 72 | 13 | 16 | 29 | -5 | 22 | 124 | 10.5% | 88 | 37 | 15:36 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | MTL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 9 | 11.1% | 16 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 2020-21 | MTL | 47 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +2 | 29 | 55 | 5.5% | 79 | 26 | 11:50 |
| 2019-20 | MTL | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 14 | 14.3% | 16 | 5 | 10:21 |
Jake Evans news
- Canadiens Don’t Need Scheifele to Win Now or EverThe Hockey Writers
- Canadiens' hopefuls on roster bubble can draw on Jake Evans for inspirationMontreal Gazette
- Jake Evans StatsNHL.com
- Jake Evans Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Jake Evans HomeNHL.com
- Most Overrated Montreal Canadiens for 2026-27The Hockey Writers
- Jake Evans - Hockey 2017-18Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Canadiens’ Prospect Pipeline Gets Bigger, Younger with Pastujov TradeThe Hockey Writers
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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.