C · MIN · NHL id 8480259
Ben Jones has played 28 games for the Minnesota Wild in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 26 shots while averaging 8:50 a night (8:21 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 0:16 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 47% of his 5v5 minutes with Tyler Pitlick and 39% with Nico Sturm over the last 10 games, and the Wild have controlled 39% of shot attempts with Jones on the ice (4-13 in goals, 19% offensive-zone starts). In the Wild's most recent game against ANA he was on L4 with Robby Fabbri and Nicolas Aube-Kubel and off the power play. He is shooting 3.8% this season against 2.0% across the 56 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 14 game vs ANA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 10:37 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 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
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 · 45 attempts, 26 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at MIN: 45 attempts, 26 on goal, 1 goal, 1.95 expected goals; best chance Ben Jones at 0.22 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 28 GP · 3 points vs 4.7 expected
Last 20 games: -23. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 3.9%
- 94.8
- 60.0%
- G vs xG
- 1 / 1.9
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (1 promotion event): 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played28
- Goals1634th of 715
- Assists2674th of 715
- Points3686th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal26661st of 715
- Hits58346th of 715
- Blocked shots11679th of 715
- Plus/minus−10561st of 715
- Penalty minutes0714th of 715
- Faceoffs won73192nd of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)39.2%714th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)39.7%715th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)41.9%671st of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)41.5%681st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)37.2%704th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)36.7%717th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.03291st of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.021231st of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26447th of 719
- Faceoff win %52.5%66th of 238
- Draw Equity /100−0.009116th of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game8:50701st of 715
- Power-play time per game0:04543rd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %18.9%713th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.977th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO948691st of 719
- Goals above expected−0.9453rd of 715
- Luck Meter−45686th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.8517th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts25578th of 715
- Hardest shot80.7665th of 715
- Offensive-zone time37.3%697th 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 · 28 of 28 games through the sequence engine
- −0.036
- Season net
- −0.14xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.009
- Season
- −0.01G
- 52.5%139 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 12-9 · NZ 30-17 · DZ 31-40
- Per 60
- 1.03
- Attempts
- 4
- 0.006
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2026 vs NYI | Deflection | — | 3* | 25.8 | deflection |
* 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 Jones
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Jones apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Pitlick | C | 20 | 131:04 | 56% | 38.6% | 10% (1-9) | 37.0% 33:23 | 56.3% 24:51 |
| Yakov Trenin | C | 15 | 70:39 | 30% | 39.3% | 17% (1-5) | 30.9% 59:01 | 38.5% 93:50 |
| Brock Faber | D | 24 | 69:11 | 30% | 38.9% | 29% (2-5) | 39.1% 133:12 | 49.9% 424:51 |
| Jake Middleton | D | 19 | 60:46 | 26% | 41.0% | 50% (1-1) | 43.1% 107:04 | 49.8% 234:35 |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 24 | 57:43 | 25% | 50.4% | 100% (1-0) | 38.2% 146:13 | 47.5% 317:45 |
| Nico Sturm | C | 9 | 55:58 | 24% | 40.6% | 25% (1-3) | 46.9% 13:07 | 42.9% 26:25 |
| Jonas Brodin | D | 17 | 50:26 | 22% | 41.3% | 0% (0-1) | 32.1% 92:22 | 50.2% 268:49 |
| Zeev Buium | D | 16 | 49:15 | 21% | 33.0% | 0% (0-3) | 36.5% 84:37 | 45.8% 173:27 |
| Liam Ohgren | LW | 7 | 48:30 | 21% | 27.8% | — (0-0) | 60.0% 16:11 | 28.6% 17:48 |
| Daemon Hunt | D | 15 | 45:27 | 19% | 23.5% | 0% (0-3) | 47.9% 82:56 | 38.6% 132:52 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | C | 7 | 31:56 | 14% | 45.6% | 100% (1-0) | 40.7% 26:33 | 44.8% 38:05 |
| David Jiricek | D | 10 | 31:52 | 14% | 33.8% | 0% (0-4) | 43.0% 49:29 | 51.4% 85:44 |
| Quinn Hughes | D | 9 | 30:16 | 13% | 45.2% | 29% (2-5) | 42.5% 44:51 | 52.2% 186:13 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 9 | 29:33 | 13% | 39.0% | 50% (1-1) | 38.6% 43:40 | 43.8% 102:14 |
Game log
28 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | vs ANA | W 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20% | 13:23 | 9:22 | — | 1:55 |
| Apr 13 | @ STL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 57% | 10:06 | 9:30 | — | 0:26 |
| Jan 20 | @ MTL | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67% | 7:19 | 6:09 | — | 1:10 |
| Jan 19 | @ TOR | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:00 | 7:23 | — | 0:33 |
| Jan 17 | @ BUF | W 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8:54 | 7:13 | — | 1:41 |
| Jan 15 | vs WPG | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | 9:05 | 9:05 | — | — |
| Jan 12 | vs NJD | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25% | 8:39 | 8:23 | 0:16 | — |
| Jan 10 | vs NYI | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40% | 8:17 | 8:14 | — | — |
| Dec 18 | @ CBJ | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25% | 7:02 | 7:02 | — | — |
| Dec 16 | vs WSH | W 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 11:18 | 11:18 | — | — |
| Dec 14 | vs BOS | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57% | 11:50 | 10:20 | 1:30 | — |
| Dec 13 | vs OTT | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50% | 5:57 | 5:57 | — | — |
| Dec 11 | vs DAL | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 50% | 6:19 | 6:19 | — | — |
| Dec 4 | @ CGY | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 60% | 10:16 | 10:16 | — | — |
| Dec 2 | @ EDM | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | 6:39 | 6:39 | — | — |
| Nov 28 | vs COL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 7:24 | 7:24 | — | — |
| Nov 26 | @ CHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60% | 8:30 | 8:30 | — | — |
| Nov 23 | @ WPG | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33% | 7:44 | 7:44 | — | — |
| Nov 21 | @ PIT | W 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58% | 10:25 | 10:04 | — | 0:21 |
| Nov 19 | vs CAR | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40% | 12:29 | 11:44 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 28 | 247:17 | 8:50 | 198 | 315 | 38.6% | 39.5% | 97 | 144 | 5 | 15 | 25% | 8.6 | 12.3 | 20% |
| Even strength | 28 | 233:59 | 8:21 | 191 | 295 | 39.3% | 39.8% | 92 | 136 | 4 | 13 | 24% | 8.1 | 11.2 | 19% |
| 5v5 | 28 | 233:48 | 8:21 | 190 | 295 | 39.2% | 39.7% | 91 | 136 | 4 | 13 | 24% | 8.1 | 11.2 | 19% |
| Power play | 3 | 1:46 | 0:35 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 10 | 7:16 | 0:44 | 1 | 9 | 10.0% | 16.7% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 10 | 6:54 | 0:41 | 1 | 8 | 11.1% | 20.0% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 5 | 4:02 | 0:48 | 0 | 11 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MIN | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 0 | 26 | 3.8% | 58 | 11 | 8:50 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 10 | 24 | 0.0% | 51 | 11 | 8:23 |
| 2021-22 | VGK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% | 4 | 1 | 8:03 |
Ben Jones news
- Capt. Jason Benjamin Jones Obituary (2014) - Pottsville, PA - Republican & HeraldLegacy | Obituary Search
- New York Islanders, Minnesota Wild, and a Top 25 NHL Trade BoardNHLRumors.com
- 3 Takeaways From the Wild’s 4-3 Overtime Loss to the IslandersThe Hockey Writers
- Wild 2024-25 Grade Reports: Ben Jones & Jakub LaukoThe Hockey Writers
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.