RW · SEA · NHL id 8482874
Jacob Melanson has played 1 game for the Seattle Kraken in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 9:31 a night (8:47 at even strength, 0:05 on the power play and 0:29 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 76% of his 5v5 minutes with Frederick Gaudreau and 52% with Curtis Douglas in his only game so far, and the Kraken have controlled 26% of shot attempts with Melanson on the ice (0-0 in goals, 33% offensive-zone starts). In the Kraken's most recent game against CGY he was on L4 with Frederick Gaudreau and Curtis Douglas and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs CGY, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 9:21 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 SEA: 2 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.27 expected goals; best chance Jacob Melanson at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 36 GP · 5 points vs 8.1 expected
Last 20 games: -65. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 6.1%
- 94.1
- 50.0%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 4.3
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 1:20 a game, 2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- • Shot diet improved: 0.086 xG per attempt lately vs 0.065 before (more from the slot).
- 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 played36
- Goals2578th of 715
- Assists3651st of 715
- Points5655th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal33629th of 715
- Hits18832nd of 715
- Blocked shots13663rd of 715
- Plus/minus−9540th of 715
- Penalty minutes32262nd of 715
- Faceoffs won1432nd of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)48.7%413th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)49.8%330th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)49.9%321st of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)50.4%300th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)48.9%409th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)52.1%204th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.9629th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.053432nd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.4063rd of 719
- Faceoff win %100.0%
- Draw Equity /100+0.220
Usage
- Ice time per game9:22690th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:01685th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %32.8%669th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /600.00267th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO941707th of 719
- Goals above expected−2.3599th of 715
- Luck Meter−58777th of 828
- Ascension score50210th of 526
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.2386th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts70300th of 715
- Hardest shot78.7694th of 715
- Offensive-zone time39.5%591st 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 · 35 of 36 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.045
- Season net
- −0.26xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.96
- Attempts
- 11
- 0.085
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 L3 from L4Mar 2, 2026 alerts →
How the goals happened
2 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2026 vs OTT | Rebound | carry | 0 | 16.1 | 3-on-2, rebound | |
| Jan 5, 2026 @ CGY | Rebound | — | 0 | 49.0 | one-timer, rebound |
* 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 Melanson
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Melanson apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Gaudreau | C | 1 | 6:41 | 76% | 26.1% | — (0-0) | — 2:06 | 18.2% 5:43 |
| Curtis Douglas | C | 1 | 4:33 | 52% | 36.4% | — (0-0) | 16.7% 4:14 | 0.0% 1:25 |
| Josh Mahura | D | 1 | 3:30 | 40% | 18.2% | — (0-0) | 33.3% 5:17 | 31.6% 10:48 |
| Ryan Lindgren | D | 1 | 3:27 | 39% | 18.2% | — (0-0) | 33.3% 5:20 | 40.0% 9:31 |
| Vince Dunn | D | 1 | 3:13 | 37% | 30.0% | — (0-0) | 23.1% 5:34 | 53.6% 13:05 |
| Adam Larsson | D | 1 | 3:07 | 35% | 36.4% | — (0-0) | 16.7% 5:40 | 42.3% 14:17 |
| Brandon Montour | D | 1 | 2:12 | 25% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 27.3% 6:35 | 61.1% 16:01 |
| Ryker Evans | D | 1 | 2:08 | 24% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 23.8% 6:39 | 55.9% 16:16 |
| Ryan Winterton | C | 1 | 1:58 | 22% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 22.2% 6:49 | 44.8% 13:44 |
| Bobby McMann | C | 1 | 1:06 | 13% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 31.6% 7:41 | 65.5% 11:04 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 1 | 1:03 | 12% | — | — (0-0) | 26.1% 7:44 | 58.3% 10:51 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 337 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
teammates' average xGF%
15th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
11th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Sheltered minutes: mostly faces weaker opposition.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Melanson's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Melanson's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ CGY | W 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 9:31 | 8:47 | 0:05 | 0:29 |
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 | 9:31 | 9:31 | 6 | 18 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | 33% |
| Even strength | 1 | 8:47 | 8:47 | 6 | 17 | 26.1% | 35.3% | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | 33% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 8:47 | 8:47 | 6 | 17 | 26.1% | 35.3% | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | 33% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:05 | 0:05 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 0:29 | 0:29 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.1 | — |
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 | SEA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 9:31 |
| 2025-26 | SEA | 36 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 32 | 33 | 6.1% | 188 | 13 | 9:22 |
| 2024-25 | SEA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 9:53 |
Jacob Melanson news
- Jacob Melanson StatsNHL.com
- Here's the path Kraken's Jacob Melanson took to get his new dealLongview Daily News
- Kraken Re-Sign Jacob Melanson to a 3-Year Contract & Jamie Oleksiak's 2025-26 Report CardSubstack
- Kraken's Jacob Melanson: Inks three-year dealCBS Sports
- Kraken sign F Melanson to three-year, $4.35M contract extensionTSN
- Kraken Sign Jacob Melanson To Three-Year Dealyardbarker.com
- Kraken sign Jacob Melanson to three-year contractDaily Faceoff
- Seattle Kraken re-sign F Jacob Melanson to 3-year ExtensionDavy Jones' Locker Room
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.