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Ottawa Senators

Jake Sanderson

24.4

#85Defenseman6'2"201 lb

+3.2 in 3 days
2025-26 regular season
67
GP
14
G
40
A
54
P
147
SOG
9.5% SH
24:50
TOI/GP

D · OTT · NHL id 8482105

Jake Sanderson has played 67 games for the Ottawa Senators in 2025-26, scoring 14 goals and 40 assists (54 points) on 147 shots while averaging 24:50 a night (17:42 at even strength, 3:13 on the power play and 2:56 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 57% of his 5v5 minutes with Artem Zub and 34% with Michael Amadio over the last 10 games, and the Senators have controlled 56% of shot attempts with Sanderson on the ice (52-40 in goals, 48% offensive-zone starts). In the Senators' most recent game against CAR he was on D2 with Nikolas Matinpalo and on PP2; dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 9.5% this season against 6.2% across the 312 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 23 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Pair
D2
Nikolas Matinpalo
Power play
PP2
Drake BathersonBrady TkachukDylan CozensTim Stützle
Penalty kill
PK2D
Nikolas Matinpalo
Dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last gameDemoted to PP2 (from PP1) in the last gameLast 5: D2/PP1 · D2/PP1 · D2/PP1 · D1/PP2 · D3/PP2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 8 games, 25:10 average time on ice, PP1 in 6 games, 4 line changes.

PPLine21▲2▼2221▲3▼0m17m33m50mMar 15Mar 19Mar 23Mar 26Mar 31Apr 4Apr 7Apr 11Apr 15Apr 20
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
8 games shown, 25:10 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed99th10024.4 mph
Bursts 20+ mph99th99204
Hardest shot95th9699.7 mph
Offensive-zone time89th9044.8%
Distance skated80th81232.2 mi
High-danger SOG93rd9312
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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 · 390 attempts, 152 on goal, 14 goals

Shot map, OPP at OTT: 390 attempts, 152 on goal, 14 goals, 12.05 expected goals; best chance Jake Sanderson at 0.53 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 67 GP · 54 points vs 44.5 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -14. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

9.5%
99.7
47.8%
G vs xG
14 / 12.0
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 1:13 a game, 3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
  • • Shot diet improved: 0.064 xG per attempt lately vs 0.045 before (more from the slot).
Goals against expected goals
051015+2.0goals above expected0.6σ10/94/11
  • 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 played67
  • Goals14212th
  • Assists4063rd
  • Points54108th
  • Power-play points2259th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal147161st
  • Hits29553rd
  • Blocked shots12841st
  • Plus/minus+1664th
  • Penalty minutes8640th
  • Faceoffs won0451st

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

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 · 66 of 67 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.057
Season net
−1.09xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.68
Attempts
13
0.039

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+1.22G
Per 60
+0.044
Drawn / taken
10 / 4minors

MethodLeaders
57.4%
55.7%
57.0%
Transition CF/60
4.5
Turnovers won/60
22.3
Turnovers lost/60
18.5

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
147 shots on goal, 14 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Center Point29%9%5
Low Slot5%23%3
L Point17%5%0
R Circle3%12%0
Outside L14%4%1
R Point2%6%0
R Net Side0%3%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How the goals happened

35 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 11, 2026 @ NYIRebound—414.2rebound
Apr 7, 2026 vs TBLOdd-man rushpass324.72-on-0
Apr 7, 2026 vs TBLPoint shot—211.2—
Feb 3, 2026 @ CARPoint shot—483.1one-timer
Jan 17, 2026 vs MTLOdd-man rushcarry074.63-on-1
Jan 14, 2026 @ NYRCyclecarry3*67.53-on-2
Dec 29, 2025 vs CBJOdd-man rushcarry1*63.53-on-2
Dec 15, 2025 @ WPGDeflection—225.8deflection
Dec 2, 2025 @ MTLForecheck turnover—018.9—
Nov 30, 2025 @ DALForecheck turnover—2*54.0—
Nov 26, 2025 @ VGKForecheck turnover—381.2one-timer
Oct 30, 2025 vs CGYRushcarry3*7.9—
Oct 28, 2025 @ CHIForecheck turnover—2*31.4one-timer
Oct 15, 2025 @ BUFCycle—05.6—
Apr 26, 2025 vs TORRushcarry024.3—
Apr 5, 2025 vs FLAForecheck turnovercarry159.5one-timer
Apr 3, 2025 vs TBLForecheck turnover—163.2—
Apr 1, 2025 vs BUFForecheck turnover—068.2—
Mar 29, 2025 vs CBJDeflectionloose08.42-on-1, rebound
Mar 15, 2025 @ TORForecheck turnover—070.8—
Feb 22, 2025 vs MTLForecheck turnover—069.4—
Feb 3, 2025 @ NSHPoint shot—2*65.2—
Feb 1, 2025 vs MINCycle—5*54.0—
Jan 30, 2025 vs WSHPoint shot—5*60.5—
Dec 21, 2024 @ VANOdd-man rushcarry344.43-on-2
Oct 14, 2024 vs LAKOdd-man rushcarry170.25-on-4
Apr 7, 2024 @ WSHPoint shot—062.3—
Apr 6, 2024 vs NJDPoint shot—2*71.1—
Mar 12, 2024 vs PITRushcarry041.1—
Jan 23, 2024 @ MTLOdd-man rushcarry172.83-on-2
Jan 16, 2024 vs COLCycle—026.4one-timer
Dec 9, 2023 @ DETOdd-man rushcarry164.26-on-2
Oct 21, 2023 vs DETPoint shot—5*74.3one-timer
Oct 18, 2023 vs WSHCycle—069.5—
Oct 14, 2023 vs PHIDump and chasedump3*67.0one-timer

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Sanderson

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Sanderson apartCF% mate apart
Artem ZubD67902:4975%54.0%59% (40-28)61.8% 230:5644.7% 205:07
Michael AmadioRW70513:2243%51.9%56% (19-15)56.5% 687:2449.1% 496:46
Shane PintoC60431:3536%51.3%55% (16-13)56.2% 582:4648.1% 379:28
Claude GirouxRW70418:5735%53.8%69% (22-10)55.0% 781:4952.1% 440:55
Ridly GreigC63320:3127%52.9%65% (17-9)55.1% 764:5450.6% 509:12
Tim StützleC69312:3426%58.4%65% (20-11)53.0% 871:5051.9% 637:26
Drake BathersonRW65267:5222%59.8%65% (17-9)52.5% 859:2851.6% 611:34
Dylan CozensC68260:4222%58.8%47% (8-9)53.4% 906:1155.5% 629:45
Nick CousinsC64244:3020%54.4%61% (11-7)54.9% 863:5650.8% 475:47
Fabian ZetterlundLW64217:4518%58.1%44% (7-9)54.7% 883:5452.3% 541:25
Brady TkachukLW49213:3218%57.6%44% (7-9)52.3% 633:5157.7% 416:55
Jordan SpenceD39147:1912%70.0%78% (7-2)50.0% 545:3557.9% 505:52
Lars EllerC50134:3211%47.1%44% (4-5)55.5% 738:2347.0% 372:59
David PerronLW45130:2411%53.7%58% (7-5)55.4% 635:0452.7% 383:34

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,139 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen

55.1%

teammates' average xGF%

94th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

29.5%

opponents' average ice-time share

97th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Top-line role: strong linemates against the other team's best.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Sanderson's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Sanderson'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

70 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 23POvs CARL 1-200001002—13:197:502:442:45
Apr 20PO@ CAROTL 2-3022+22035—43:0639:332:450:30
Apr 18PO@ CARL 0-2000022230%27:2516:033:394:51
Apr 11@ NYIW 3-0101+22002—27:3812:476:037:06
Apr 9vs FLAW 5-1022+22003—22:2218:380:562:00
Apr 7vs TBLW 6-2202+25012—24:0819:481:571:09
Apr 5vs CARW 6-3011+22002—26:4720:492:182:12
Apr 4vs MINL 1-4000-13003—24:5520:422:231:50
Mar 7@ SEAW 7-4000+13001—12:5211:411:070:04
Mar 5@ CGYW 4-1000+14004—23:5115:434:153:22
Mar 3@ EDMOTL 4-5000-13000—25:3619:203:232:35
Feb 28@ TORW 5-2011+11000—23:1217:333:052:18
Feb 26vs DETOTL 1-201103012—26:3923:312:080:57
Feb 5@ PHIW 2-100001001—21:5919:080:560:51
Feb 3@ CARL 3-4112-32000—23:1517:492:471:17
Feb 2@ PITW 3-2000+12001—28:0218:205:551:30
Jan 31vs NJDW 4-1022+22003—26:0915:033:007:23
Jan 28vs COLW 5-2011+21041—24:4320:202:51—
Jan 25vs VGKW 7-1000+12032—20:2116:231:032:54
Jan 24vs CARL 1-401103401—23:5515:284:001:28

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations671664:1424:501702137555.3%57.0%8326441138557%104.779.048%
Even strength671186:2417:42120495655.7%57.6%570435544555%56.643.050%
5v5671138:4217:00115891855.8%57.8%548410524057%52.039.348%
Power play67215:503:133623790.7%90.2%2002641295%30.22.798%
Penalty kill66196:442:59272908.5%9.9%201512306%2.622.02%
4v42826:260:57231560.5%59.4%1210020%1.41.079%
3v3 (OT)1421:161:31232350.0%48.7%10152340%3.12.740%
5v467209:293:083413590.7%90.2%1872439295%27.42.698%
4v566187:412:51272679.2%10.8%201372267%2.619.42%
5v364:160:4316194.1%92.9%11120100%2.50.0100%
3v553:050:370120.0%0.0%06020%0.01.80%
6v5, own net empty2432:591:22723070.6%71.0%2753538%3.08.2100%
5v6, opponent net empty2828:571:02276031.0%29.9%112711379%10.43.10%
3v485:580:450110.0%0.0%08020%0.00.90%
4v322:051:035183.3%75.0%2100—0.20.0100%
6v4, own net empty32:080:438188.9%100.0%3010100%0.60.0—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsOTT3022+2250.0%51027:57
2025-26OTT67144054+1681479.5%2912824:50
2024-25PlayoffsOTT6123-12911.1%61226:19
2024-25OTT80114657-14121955.6%3816324:27
2023-24OTT79102838+8231586.3%4913923:13
2022-23OTT7742832-6121323.0%4314721:55

Jake Sanderson news

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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.