D · CGY · NHL id 8478136
Jake Middleton has played 1 game for the Calgary Flames in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 2 shots while averaging 20:55 a night (15:34 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 5:21 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 82% of his 5v5 minutes with Zayne Parekh and 45% with Ryan Strome in his only game so far, and the Flames have controlled 59% of shot attempts with Middleton on the ice (0-2 in goals, 0% offensive-zone starts). In the Flames' most recent game against SEA he was on D2 with Zayne Parekh and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs SEA, detected from shift data
- +4:35 TOI a game
- ixG/60 0.62 (was 0.18)
- 45% of 5v5 TOI with Strome (was 0%)
- Top-four D in 1 of last 1 (was 6 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 20:55 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 · 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at CGY: 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.22 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 16.6 expected
Last 20 games: -33. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 3.2%
- 100.0
- 32.0%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 3.5
- • 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
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: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 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−1.5515th of 715
- Luck Meter−25572nd of 828
- Ascension score6136th of 428
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 D2Dec 3, 2021 alerts →
How his 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 | 1 | 12:44 | 82% | 57.7% | 0% (0-2) | 66.7% 2:50 | 77.8% 3:45 |
| Ryan Strome | C | 1 | 6:59 | 45% | 56.3% | 0% (0-1) | 62.5% 8:35 | 60.0% 6:36 |
| Connor Zary | C | 1 | 6:25 | 41% | 60.0% | 0% (0-1) | 58.8% 9:09 | 66.7% 5:52 |
| Yegor Sharangovich | C | 1 | 6:20 | 41% | 56.3% | 0% (0-1) | 62.5% 9:14 | 70.0% 6:47 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | RW | 1 | 3:45 | 24% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 55.6% 11:49 | 50.0% 7:52 |
| Martin Pospisil | C | 1 | 3:44 | 24% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 55.6% 11:50 | 50.0% 7:04 |
| Adam Klapka | RW | 1 | 3:38 | 23% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 55.6% 11:56 | 55.0% 7:51 |
| Samuel Honzek | LW | 1 | 3:14 | 21% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 63.0% 12:20 | 52.6% 8:52 |
| Joel Farabee | LW | 1 | 3:05 | 20% | 33.3% | 0% (0-1) | 65.4% 12:29 | 44.4% 9:44 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | 1 | 2:56 | 19% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 63.0% 12:38 | 50.0% 9:44 |
| Matt Coronato | RW | 1 | 2:21 | 15% | 66.7% | 0% (0-1) | 57.7% 13:13 | 52.0% 9:52 |
| Morgan Frost | C | 1 | 2:14 | 14% | 60.0% | 0% (0-1) | 59.3% 13:20 | 56.0% 9:10 |
| Matvei Gridin | RW | 1 | 1:59 | 13% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 55.6% 13:35 | 52.0% 9:03 |
| Simon Nemec | D | 1 | 1:05 | 7% | 75.0% | — (0-0) | 57.1% 14:29 | 52.9% 17:29 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 20:55 | 20:55 | 21 | 19 | 52.5% | 50.0% | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0% |
| Even strength | 1 | 15:34 | 15:34 | 19 | 13 | 59.4% | 54.2% | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 15:34 | 15:34 | 19 | 13 | 59.4% | 54.2% | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 5:21 | 5:21 | 2 | 6 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 1 | 4:11 | 4:11 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% | 40.0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.3 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 20:55 |
| 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
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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.