D · CGY · NHL id 8478136
Jake Middleton has played 2 games for the Calgary Flames in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 3 shots while averaging 19:17 a night (14:59 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 4:19 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 82% of his 5v5 minutes with Zayne Parekh and 41% with Ryan Strome over the last 2 games, and the Flames have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Middleton on the ice (0-2 in goals, 40% offensive-zone starts). In the Flames' most recent game against VAN he was on D2 with Zayne Parekh and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 3 game vs VAN, detected from shift data
- +2:57 TOI a game
- 54% of 5v5 TOI with top players (was 0%)
- Top-four D in 2 of last 2 (was 6 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 19:17 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 2 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 · 6 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at CGY: 6 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals, 0.23 expected goals; best chance Jake Middleton at 0.21 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 75 GP · 16 points vs 17.5 expected
Last 20 games: -36. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 3.2%
- 100.0
- 32.0%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 3.6
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (7 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Shots on goal projection
Oct 4 @ SEA · projected 17:03 TOI · 5v5 matchup +6% · thin sample
- Expected SOG
- 0.88
- 2+ SOG
- 22%
- 3+ SOG
- 6%
- 4+ SOG
- 2%
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.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 3 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played75
- Goals2578th of 715
- Assists14384th of 715
- Points16466th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal62487th of 715
- Hits87216th of 715
- Blocked shots11756th of 715
- Plus/minus+2256th of 715
- Penalty minutes7633rd of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)46.2%573rd of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)47.2%510th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)48.9%386th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)48.4%421st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)52.1%244th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)47.6%476th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.26640th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.056456th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.27399th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game17:30263rd of 715
- Power-play time per game0:01650th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %40.2%577th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.55596th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1000350th of 719
- Goals above expected−1.6535th of 715
- Luck Meter−31605th of 828
- Ascension score59112th of 561
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.7536th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts38474th of 715
- Hardest shot84.9503rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time39.0%623rd 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 · 73 of 75 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.041
- Season net
- −0.77xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.26
- Attempts
- 5
- 0.012
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 down to D3 from D2Apr 9, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Apr 4, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Oct 28, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Mar 23, 2024 alerts →
- Played 6:38 more than his 5-game averageDec 10, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Dec 10, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Jan 10, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Feb 24, 2022 alerts →
How the goals happened
16 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2026 @ OTT | Cycle | — | 2* | 57.0 | — | |
| Jan 3, 2026 @ LAK | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 66.3 | one-timer | |
| Mar 15, 2025 vs STL | Dump and chase | dump | 0 | 54.5 | — | |
| Jan 20, 2025 @ COL | Odd-man rush | pass | 2* | 62.9 | 2-on-1 | |
| Jan 7, 2025 vs STL | Dump and chase | dump | 1* | 54.4 | — | |
| Dec 3, 2024 vs VAN | Cycle | — | 1 | 65.4 | — | |
| Nov 25, 2024 vs WPG | Rebound | — | 0 | 50.4 | rebound | |
| Nov 8, 2024 @ ANA | Deflection | carry | 1 | 47.4 | 3-on-2, deflection | |
| Oct 26, 2024 @ PHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 39.0 | — | |
| Oct 13, 2024 @ WPG | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 61.4 | — | |
| Jan 21, 2024 @ CAR | Off the faceoff | carry | 1 | 38.8 | 6-on-0 | |
| Jan 18, 2024 @ TBL | Dump and chase | dump | 0 | 24.1 | 4-on-3 | |
| Dec 18, 2023 @ PIT | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 46.4 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2023 @ NSH | Deflection | pass | 2* | 44.3 | 3-on-2, deflection | |
| Nov 2, 2023 vs NJD | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 18.3 | — | |
| Oct 29, 2023 @ NJD | Odd-man rush | carry | 4 | 31.4 | 3-on-2 |
* 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 Middleton
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Middleton apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zayne Parekh | D | 2 | 24:38 | 82% | 52.0% | 0% (0-2) | 58.3% 5:19 | 65.0% 6:54 |
| Ryan Strome | C | 2 | 12:20 | 41% | 56.0% | 0% (0-1) | 51.4% 17:37 | 56.0% 11:56 |
| Yegor Sharangovich | C | 2 | 11:57 | 40% | 53.8% | 0% (0-1) | 52.8% 18:00 | 54.5% 14:36 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | RW | 2 | 6:39 | 22% | 55.6% | — (0-0) | 52.8% 23:18 | 51.7% 15:35 |
| Connor Zary | C | 1 | 6:25 | 21% | 60.0% | 0% (0-1) | 58.8% 9:09 | 66.7% 5:52 |
| Martin Pospisil | C | 2 | 6:22 | 21% | 55.6% | — (0-0) | 52.8% 23:35 | 53.3% 13:38 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | 2 | 6:16 | 21% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 54.0% 23:41 | 47.4% 18:19 |
| Samuel Honzek | LW | 2 | 6:08 | 20% | 45.5% | — (0-0) | 54.9% 23:49 | 45.7% 15:54 |
| Joel Farabee | LW | 2 | 6:04 | 20% | 60.0% | 0% (0-1) | 51.9% 23:53 | 48.4% 15:24 |
| Matt Coronato | RW | 2 | 5:44 | 19% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 54.3% 24:13 | 63.5% 20:41 |
| Adam Klapka | RW | 2 | 5:35 | 19% | 55.6% | — (0-0) | 52.8% 24:22 | 56.3% 14:01 |
| Morgan Frost | C | 2 | 5:18 | 18% | 46.7% | 0% (0-1) | 55.3% 24:39 | 64.2% 19:19 |
| Brennan Othmann | LW | 1 | 5:18 | 18% | 55.6% | — (0-0) | 42.9% 9:05 | 38.5% 4:21 |
| Matvei Gridin | RW | 2 | 5:14 | 17% | 56.3% | — (0-0) | 52.2% 24:43 | 66.7% 20:39 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,136 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
teammates' average xGF%
52nd percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
50th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Middle-of-the-lineup deployment: average linemates and opposition.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Middleton's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Middleton'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.
Usage by score state
2026-27, 2 games, topped up with last season.
- Leading
- 17.9
- min per 60
- Tied
- 17.5
- min per 60
- Trailing
- 16.7
- min per 60
Middleton plays 75 more seconds per 60 minutes when the team leads: a protect-the-lead role that loses minutes when the team falls behind. Power play: 0.0 min per 60 trailing, against 0.0 leading.
Next game at SEA (2026-10-04): team win probability ≈40%, projected 17:30 TOI (−0:02 from the expected script). Game-script forecast
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | @ VAN | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 17:39 | 14:23 | — | 3:16 |
| Oct 1 | vs SEA | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 20:55 | 15:34 | — | 5:21 |
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 | 2 | 38:34 | 19:17 | 36 | 43 | 45.6% | 45.3% | 13 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.3 | 2.0 | 25% |
| Even strength | 2 | 29:57 | 14:59 | 33 | 29 | 53.2% | 50.0% | 11 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 | 1.2 | 40% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 29:57 | 14:59 | 33 | 29 | 53.2% | 50.0% | 11 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 | 1.2 | 40% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 8:37 | 4:19 | 3 | 14 | 17.6% | 27.3% | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 2 | 7:27 | 3:44 | 3 | 13 | 18.8% | 30.0% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.6 | 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 | CGY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 3 | 0.0% | 4 | 3 | 19:17 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | MIN | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 5 | 0.0% | 17 | 16 | 16:31 |
| 2025-26 | MIN | 75 | 2 | 14 | 16 | +2 | 76 | 62 | 3.2% | 87 | 117 | 17:30 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | MIN | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 7 | 0.0% | 13 | 19 | 21:59 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 67 | 8 | 13 | 21 | +11 | 40 | 97 | 8.2% | 99 | 157 | 21:52 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 80 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -15 | 77 | 85 | 8.2% | 148 | 161 | 19:49 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | MIN | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 | 7 | 0.0% | 15 | 24 | 20:31 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 79 | 3 | 12 | 15 | +15 | 72 | 79 | 3.8% | 115 | 155 | 19:02 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | MIN | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +6 | 2 | 9 | 0.0% | 7 | 11 | 16:54 |
| 2021-22 | MIN, SJS | 66 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +10 | 82 | 73 | 5.5% | 118 | 124 | 18:41 |
| 2020-21 | SJS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 8:44 |
| 2019-20 | SJS | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 9 | 9 | 0.0% | 18 | 5 | 10:46 |
| 2018-19 | SJS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 2 | 9:56 |
Jake Middleton news
- Jacob Middleton Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- 2026-27 Calgary Flames Season PreviewNHLRumors.com
- 67 Days to Opening Day: The Story of Jacob MiddletonThe Hockey News
- 10 Must-Watch Games on the Minnesota Wild 2026-27 ScheduleThe Hockey Writers
- Calgary Flames’ 5 Worst Contracts Heading Into 2026-27The Hockey Writers
- Recapping the Minnesota Wild’s Early Free Agency MovesThe Hockey Writers
- Flames Trade Coleman, Maatta to Wild for Jacob Middletonginohard.com
- Calgary Flames trade Blake Coleman, Olli Määttä to Wild for Jacob Middleton, draft picksYardbarker
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.