D · SJS · NHL id 8479439
Jacob MacDonald has played 34 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2023-24, scoring 7 goals and 2 assists (9 points) on 49 shots while averaging 12:01 a night (10:24 at even strength, 1:26 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sharks have controlled 48% of shot attempts with MacDonald on the ice (5-17 in goals, 52% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against SEA he was on PP2; lost his PP2 spot in the last game. He is shooting 14.3% this season against 5.2% across the 135 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 11 game vs SEA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 12 games, 11:47 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 1 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2023-24 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
2023-24 · 103 attempts, 49 on goal, 7 goals
Shot map, OPP at SJS: 103 attempts, 49 on goal, 7 goals, 4.70 expected goals; best chance Jacob MacDonald at 0.50 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2023-24 regular season · 31 of 34 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- +0.027
- Season net
- +0.16xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.39
- Attempts
- 8
- 0.055
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
- Played 6:59 more than his 5-game averageDec 21, 2023 alerts →
- Played 9:33 more than his 5-game averageNov 10, 2022 alerts →
How his goals happened
7 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2024 vs CGY | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 53.9 | — | |
| Dec 23, 2023 @ VAN | Rebound | — | 0 | 20.7 | rebound | |
| Dec 19, 2023 vs LAK | Point shot | — | 4* | 68.6 | one-timer | |
| Dec 3, 2023 @ NYR | Point shot | — | 4 | 48.4 | — | |
| Dec 1, 2023 @ NJD | Deflection | — | 2* | 35.6 | deflection | |
| Dec 1, 2023 @ NJD | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 43.1 | — | |
| Nov 4, 2023 vs PIT | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 84.1 | one-timer |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without MacDonald
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
34 games in 2023-24, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11 | @ SEA | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5:54 | 4:49 | 1:05 | — |
| Apr 9 | vs CGY | OTL 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8:30 | 8:11 | 0:19 | — |
| Apr 7 | vs ARI | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:25 | 7:51 | 3:19 | — |
| Apr 6 | vs STL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6:56 | 4:28 | 2:11 | — |
| Mar 26 | vs DAL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:49 | 9:17 | 1:32 | — |
| Mar 23 | vs CHI | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:18 | 8:47 | 1:27 | — |
| Mar 21 | vs TBL | L 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:57 | 10:32 | 3:25 | — |
| Mar 19 | @ NSH | L 2-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 9:55 | 9:36 | 0:19 | — |
| Mar 17 | @ CHI | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 16:20 | 16:20 | — | — |
| Mar 16 | @ CBJ | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 18:37 | 16:37 | 2:00 | — |
| Mar 12 | @ PHI | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 17:05 | 10:50 | 3:17 | 0:44 |
| Mar 9 | vs OTT | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:44 | 12:12 | 2:10 | 0:01 |
| Feb 19 | vs VGK | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 10:11 | 10:11 | — | — |
| Feb 15 | @ CGY | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 10:31 | 8:42 | 1:49 | — |
| Feb 14 | @ WPG | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 12:56 | 11:52 | 1:04 | — |
| Jan 31 | @ ANA | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14:19 | 12:11 | 1:50 | — |
| Jan 30 | vs SEA | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:59 | 13:59 | — | — |
| Dec 23 | @ VAN | L 4-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7:03 | 5:01 | 2:02 | — |
| Dec 21 | vs ARI | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 17:34 | 16:35 | 0:37 | — |
| Dec 19 | vs LAK | L 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 16:11 | 14:43 | 1:28 | — |
Season splits by strength
2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 34 | 408:44 | 12:01 | 403 | 384 | 51.2% | 48.7% | 188 | 197 | 17 | 20 | 46% | 17.1 | 18.9 | 55% |
| Even strength | 34 | 353:23 | 10:24 | 324 | 356 | 47.6% | 44.8% | 149 | 180 | 6 | 17 | 26% | 10.6 | 16.4 | 51% |
| 5v5 | 34 | 345:36 | 10:10 | 320 | 349 | 47.8% | 44.9% | 146 | 177 | 5 | 17 | 23% | 10.3 | 16.0 | 52% |
| Power play | 28 | 48:36 | 1:44 | 74 | 16 | 82.2% | 78.1% | 37 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 92% | 5.8 | 1.1 | 92% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 0:45 | 0:23 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 33% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 5 | 5:57 | 1:11 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% | 50.0% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 28 | 48:36 | 1:44 | 74 | 16 | 82.2% | 78.1% | 37 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 92% | 5.8 | 1.1 | 92% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 8 | 3:14 | 0:24 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | 16.7% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 | 0.6 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | SJS | 34 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 23 | 49 | 14.3% | 40 | 17 | 12:01 |
| 2022-23 | SJS, COL | 58 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -14 | 23 | 75 | 1.3% | 69 | 43 | 12:02 |
| 2021-22 | COL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17 | 0.0% | 9 | 3 | 10:06 |
| 2020-21 | COL | 33 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +14 | 8 | 49 | 2.0% | 38 | 31 | 14:57 |
| 2018-19 | FLA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% | 1 | 1 | 12:03 |
Jacob MacDonald news
- Jacob MacDonald StatsNHL.com
- Washington Capitals Sign Jacob MacDonald to Two-Way DealInside The Rink
- Capitals Sign Jacob MacDonald to a One-Year, Two-Way Dealginohard.com
- Jacob MacDonald Is The Star Hershey Wanted & Needed This OffseasonThe Hockey News
- Jacob MacDonald News: Inks one-year contractRotoWire
- Capitals sign Jacob MacDonald to one-year contractDaily Faceoff
- Eagles Lose Jacob MacDonald To Capitals As Offseason Turnover Reaches A New LevelThe Hockey News
- Capitals Sign Top AHL Defenseman Jacob MacDonald To One-Year, Two-Way ContractYahoo Sports
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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.