D · TOR · NHL id 8476931
Jake McCabe has played 2 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 2 shots while averaging 15:59 a night (12:10 at even strength, 0:08 on the power play and 2:38 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 88% of his 5v5 minutes with Chris Tanev and 40% with Auston Matthews over the last 2 games, and the Maple Leafs have controlled 47% of shot attempts with McCabe on the ice (0-0 in goals, 33% offensive-zone starts). In the Maple Leafs' most recent game against NYI he was on D2 with Chris Tanev and off the power play; moved up to D2 (from D3) in the last game.
Right now
From the Sep 30 game vs NYI, detected from shift data
- −6:28 TOI a game
- On-ice xGF/60 1.38 (was 2.04)
- Top-four D in 1 of last 2 (was 16 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 14:55 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
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, 2 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at TOR: 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.04 expected goals; best chance Jake McCabe at 0.03 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 80 GP · 25 points vs 26.0 expected
Last 20 games: +3. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 6.5%
- 100.2
- 29.4%
- G vs xG
- 5 / 4.4
- 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: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played80
- Goals5443rd of 715
- Assists20266th of 715
- Points25345th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal77408th of 715
- Hits104173rd of 715
- Blocked shots1901st of 715
- Plus/minus+3233rd of 715
- Penalty minutes6458th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)44.1%663rd of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)44.4%649th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)46.2%544th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)46.4%529th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)47.7%477th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)43.8%649th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.45530th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.040350th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.22564th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game22:2448th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:17442nd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %29.4%686th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.67630th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1002315th of 719
- Goals above expected+0.6245th of 715
- Luck Meter+5351st of 828
- Ascension score30419th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.7209th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts62348th of 715
- Hardest shot91.2212th of 715
- Offensive-zone time38.2%661st of 715
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 · 80 of 80 games through the sequence engine
- −0.053
- Season net
- −1.29xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.45
- Attempts
- 11
- 0.015
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 D1Nov 30, 2024 alerts →
- Played 10:26 less than his 5-game averageNov 30, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Feb 13, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Oct 30, 2022 alerts →
- Played 6:12 more than his 5-game averageOct 30, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Jan 4, 2022 alerts →
How his goals happened
15 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 @ STL | Forecheck turnover | loose | 2* | 68.6 | 2-on-0 | |
| Mar 25, 2026 vs NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 44.3 | — | |
| Nov 18, 2025 vs STL | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 54.1 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2025 @ PHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 3 | 49.7 | — | |
| Oct 14, 2025 vs NSH | Point shot | — | 0 | 15.3 | — | |
| Feb 23, 2025 @ CHI | Off the faceoff | — | 1 | 66.7 | one-timer | |
| Jan 4, 2025 vs BOS | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 55.6 | one-timer | |
| Apr 30, 2024 @ BOS | Off the faceoff | — | 1 | 59.4 | one-timer | |
| Apr 8, 2024 vs PIT | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 34.2 | — | |
| Mar 20, 2024 @ WSH | Deflection | — | 2 | 35.4 | deflection | |
| Feb 22, 2024 @ VGK | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 26.3 | — | |
| Jan 21, 2024 @ SEA | Deflection | carry | 0 | 30.4 | 6-on-0, deflection | |
| Jan 20, 2024 @ VAN | Rush | carry | 3* | 24.6 | one-timer | |
| Jan 9, 2024 vs SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 74.2 | one-timer | |
| Dec 14, 2023 vs CBJ | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 57.9 | — |
* 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 McCabe
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% McCabe apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Tanev | D | 2 | 21:26 | 88% | 42.1% | — (0-0) | 80.0% 2:53 | 23.5% 8:25 |
| Auston Matthews | C | 2 | 9:49 | 40% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 35.7% 14:30 | 58.6% 18:08 |
| Kirill Marchenko | RW | 2 | 9:01 | 37% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 44.4% 15:18 | 62.5% 18:11 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | 2 | 7:56 | 33% | 88.9% | — (0-0) | 35.3% 16:23 | 55.6% 18:29 |
| Brandon Duhaime | RW | 2 | 6:35 | 27% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 17:44 | 21.4% 10:33 |
| Nick Paul | LW | 2 | 5:52 | 24% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 45.2% 18:27 | 52.0% 14:25 |
| Colton Sissons | C | 2 | 5:42 | 23% | 46.2% | — (0-0) | 46.7% 18:37 | 57.1% 14:37 |
| Gavin McKenna | LW | 2 | 5:03 | 21% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 54.1% 19:16 | 31.9% 19:34 |
| Easton Cowan | RW | 2 | 4:56 | 20% | 41.7% | — (0-0) | 48.4% 19:23 | 69.2% 15:52 |
| Teddy Blueger | C | 2 | 4:53 | 20% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 45.7% 19:26 | 12.5% 11:19 |
| William Nylander | C | 2 | 4:05 | 17% | 30.0% | — (0-0) | 51.5% 20:14 | 35.4% 19:16 |
| Zack MacEwen | C | 1 | 2:48 | 12% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 84.6% 7:21 | 0.0% 2:37 |
| Bo Groulx | C | 1 | 2:36 | 11% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 26.1% 11:34 | 38.5% 5:23 |
| John Tavares | C | 1 | 2:35 | 11% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 34.8% 11:35 | 28.6% 8:12 |
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vs NYI | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | — | 20:19 | 14:10 | 0:11 | 4:09 |
| Sep 29 | vs MTL | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:38 | 10:09 | 0:04 | 1:07 |
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 | 31:57 | 15:59 | 23 | 39 | 37.1% | 46.3% | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.1 | 1.1 | 17% |
| Even strength | 2 | 24:19 | 12:10 | 20 | 23 | 46.5% | 48.5% | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | 33% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 24:19 | 12:10 | 20 | 23 | 46.5% | 48.5% | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | 33% |
| Power play | 2 | 0:15 | 0:08 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | — |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 5:16 | 2:38 | 0 | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 2 | 5:16 | 2:38 | 0 | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.4 | 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 | TOR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 5 | 15:59 |
| 2025-26 | TOR | 80 | 5 | 20 | 25 | +3 | 64 | 77 | 6.5% | 104 | 190 | 22:24 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | TOR | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 10 | 0.0% | 23 | 32 | 21:57 |
| 2024-25 | TOR | 66 | 2 | 21 | 23 | +23 | 40 | 74 | 2.7% | 118 | 135 | 21:31 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | TOR | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20.0% | 22 | 13 | 21:24 |
| 2023-24 | TOR | 73 | 8 | 20 | 28 | +20 | 56 | 73 | 11.0% | 219 | 129 | 20:39 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | TOR | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 10 | 16 | 0.0% | 47 | 15 | 21:00 |
| 2022-23 | TOR, CHI | 76 | 3 | 22 | 25 | +19 | 56 | 96 | 3.1% | 163 | 151 | 19:29 |
| 2021-22 | CHI | 75 | 4 | 18 | 22 | -27 | 33 | 80 | 5.0% | 166 | 167 | 20:18 |
| 2020-21 | BUF | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 9 | 15 | 6.7% | 22 | 15 | 19:11 |
| 2019-20 | BUF | 66 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 41 | 75 | 4.0% | 91 | 90 | 18:32 |
| 2018-19 | BUF | 59 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 35 | 64 | 6.3% | 103 | 99 | 18:57 |
| 2017-18 | BUF | 53 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -11 | 26 | 53 | 5.7% | 110 | 79 | 19:30 |
Jake McCabe news
- Jake McCabe | Post Game vs Ottawa Senators | September 23, 2026NHL.com
- Jake McCabe Game Log - NHLFOX Sports
- The Maple Leafs Might Already Have Their Blue Line AnswerNHL Trade Talk
- Jake McCabe Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Jake McCabe HomeNHL.com
- Jake McCabe StatsNHL.com
- What does a successful 2026-27 season look like for Jake McCabe?The Leafs Nation
- Jake McCabe may be the Maple Leafs' biggest defensive risk nobody is talking aboutHockey Patrol
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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.