LW · EDM · NHL id 8479368
Max Jones has played 2 games for the Edmonton Oilers in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 3 shots while averaging 12:00 a night (11:37 at even strength, 0:23 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 87% of his 5v5 minutes with Colton Dach and 48% with Connor Murphy over the last 2 games, and the Oilers have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Jones on the ice (0-4 in goals, 33% offensive-zone starts). In the Oilers' most recent game against VAN he was on L3 with Kasperi Kapanen and Colton Dach and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs VAN, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 12:00 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 EDM: 6 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals, 0.17 expected goals; best chance Max Jones at 0.14 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 21 GP · 5 points vs 3.6 expected
Last 20 games: +40. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 13.6%
- 102.0
- 62.5%
- G vs xG
- 3 / 1.9
- 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.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 3 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played21
- Goals3525th of 715
- Assists2674th of 715
- Points5655th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal22681st of 715
- Hits56356th of 715
- Blocked shots3714th of 715
- Plus/minus+3233rd of 715
- Penalty minutes9637th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)52.8%
- Fenwick (FF%)54.9%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)53.3%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.001
Usage
- Ice time per game8:21709th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:01663rd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %49.0%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1020
- Goals above expected+1.1195th of 715
- Luck Meter+40121st of 828
- Ascension score50180th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.4327th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts41457th of 715
- Hardest shot86.7433rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time41.1%416th 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 · 19 of 21 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.014
- Season net
- −0.04xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.03
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.047
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 up to L1 from L4Mar 6, 2024 alerts →
- Moved down to L4 from L3Mar 25, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Mar 23, 2023 alerts →
- Moved down to L3 from L1Mar 23, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L3Nov 21, 2022 alerts →
How his goals happened
9 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 vs SEA | Deflection | — | 1 | 32.4 | deflection | |
| Mar 17, 2026 vs SJS | Rebound | loose | 0 | 34.6 | rebound | |
| Dec 29, 2025 @ WPG | Point shot | — | 1 | 11.4 | — | |
| Apr 16, 2025 @ SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 40.3 | one-timer | |
| Mar 1, 2024 vs NJD | Deflection | — | 2* | 30.7 | deflection | |
| Dec 31, 2023 vs EDM | Rebound | — | 0 | 16.0 | rebound | |
| Nov 26, 2023 @ EDM | Cycle | — | 4* | 39.6 | — | |
| Nov 26, 2023 @ EDM | Odd-man rush | carry | 1* | 57.9 | 3-on-2 | |
| Nov 15, 2023 @ COL | Rebound | carry | 0 | 22.1 | rebound |
* 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 Jones
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Jones apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colton Dach | C | 2 | 20:12 | 87% | 45.9% | 0% (0-4) | 60.0% 3:01 | 33.3% 4:06 |
| Connor Murphy | D | 2 | 11:05 | 48% | 36.4% | 0% (0-2) | 60.0% 12:08 | 39.5% 27:15 |
| Mathieu Joseph | RW | 1 | 11:01 | 47% | 38.9% | 0% (0-1) | 100.0% 1:17 | 0.0% 2:32 |
| Jake Walman | D | 2 | 10:32 | 45% | 35.0% | 0% (0-3) | 59.1% 12:41 | 60.0% 13:35 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | 1 | 10:18 | 44% | 45.0% | 0% (0-3) | — 0:37 | 33.3% 2:23 |
| Shakir Mukhamadullin | D | 2 | 8:22 | 36% | 42.1% | 0% (0-3) | 52.2% 14:51 | 54.5% 14:42 |
| Ryan Shea | D | 2 | 6:25 | 28% | 88.9% | — (0-0) | 36.4% 16:48 | 51.2% 29:45 |
| Evan Bouchard | D | 2 | 5:27 | 23% | 57.1% | — (0-0) | 45.7% 17:46 | 74.1% 31:56 |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | 1 | 4:07 | 18% | 71.4% | — (0-0) | 40.0% 8:11 | 76.9% 15:13 |
| Josh Samanski | C | 1 | 1:11 | 5% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 44.4% 9:44 | 27.3% 7:30 |
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ VAN | W 9-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 11:41 | 10:55 | 0:46 | — |
| Sep 29 | vs VAN | OTL 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 12:18 | 12:18 | — | — |
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 | 23:59 | 12:00 | 20 | 22 | 47.6% | 50.0% | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 0.4 | 1.4 | 50% |
| Even strength | 2 | 23:13 | 11:37 | 20 | 22 | 47.6% | 50.0% | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 0.4 | 1.4 | 33% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 23:13 | 11:37 | 20 | 22 | 47.6% | 50.0% | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 0.4 | 1.4 | 33% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:46 | 0:46 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
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 | EDM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 3 | 0.0% | 7 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 2025-26 | EDM | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 9 | 22 | 13.6% | 56 | 3 | 8:21 |
| 2024-25 | EDM, BOS | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -13 | 18 | 17 | 5.9% | 71 | 8 | 9:23 |
| 2023-24 | ANA | 52 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 33 | 76 | 6.6% | 127 | 14 | 12:03 |
| 2022-23 | ANA | 69 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -21 | 77 | 107 | 8.4% | 110 | 18 | 12:43 |
| 2021-22 | ANA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 9:54 |
| 2020-21 | ANA | 46 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 36 | 77 | 9.1% | 100 | 11 | 14:10 |
| 2019-20 | ANA | 59 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 36 | 102 | 7.8% | 82 | 18 | 14:16 |
| 2018-19 | ANA | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 14 | 58 | 3.4% | 30 | 5 | 13:10 |
Max Jones news
- Max Jones HomeNHL.com
- Max Jones StatsNHL.com
- Max Jones Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Oilers 2026-27 Player Previews: Max Jones & Eduards TralmaksThe Hockey Writers
- 31 Oilers Questions: Where will Max Jones begin the 2026-27 season?Oilers Nation
- Why Oilers winger Max Jones could finally seize an NHL role this seasonThe New York Times
- Max Jones (LW, F) Stats, News, Rumors, Bio, Video - EdmontonYahoo Sports
- Oilers' Max Jones believes team has 'unfinished business' after re-signingYahoo 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.