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Jake McCabe

#22 · Defence · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Oct 12, 1993 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA (age 33) · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 44th overall in 2012 by BUF (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Damon Severson CBJ · 28 P in 67 GP Nick Leddy STL · 28 P in 82 GP Pavel Mintyukov ANA · 28 P in 63 GP Bowen Byram BUF · 29 P in 73 GP Tyler Myers VAN · 29 P in 77 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

010202013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 14 points1415-162016-17: 20 points2016-172017-18: 12 points1217-182018-19: 14 points1418-192019-20: 13 points1319-202020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 22 points2221-222022-23: 25 points2522-232023-24: 28 points2823-242024-25: 23 points2324-252025-26: 25 points2525-262026-27: 0 points026-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 BUF 7 0 1 1 -3 15 1 5 0.14 $925K
2014-15 BUF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.00 $925K
2015-16 BUF 77 4 10 14 6 51 62 114 0.18 $925K
2016-17 BUF 76 3 17 20 -7 26 79 73 0.26 $1.6M
2017-18 BUF 53 3 9 12 -11 26 53 110 0.23 $1.6M
2018-19 BUF 59 4 10 14 -4 35 64 103 0.24 $1.6M
2019-20 BUF 66 3 10 13 -11 41 75 91 0.20 $2.85M
2020-21 BUF 13 1 2 3 2 9 15 22 0.23 $2.85M
2021-22 CHI 75 4 18 22 -27 33 80 166 0.29 $4M
2022-23 CHI 55 2 18 20 7 27 67 122 0.36 $4M
2022-23 TOR 21 1 4 5 12 29 29 41 0.24
2023-24 TOR 73 8 20 28 20 56 73 219 0.38 $4M
2024-25 TOR 66 2 21 23 23 40 74 118 0.35 $4M
2025-26 TOR 80 5 20 25 3 64 77 104 0.31 $4.492M
2026-27 TOR 6 0 0 0 2 4 6 9 0.00 $4.492M
14 seasons Career 729 40 160 200 12 456 757 1301 0.27

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 TOR 11 0 2 2 -7 10 16 47 0.18
2023-24 TOR 7 1 0 1 0 4 5 22 0.14
2024-25 TOR 13 0 4 4 -1 2 10 23 0.31
3 seasons Playoffs 31 1 6 7 -8 16 31 92 0.23

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 8 20 28 20 56 73 219 0.38 11.0 20:39

Contract

$4MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$143KCap dollars per point28 points in 73 games
$1.21MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.3 goals above replacement
$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$774KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Jul 28, 2021, as a new contract: 4 years and $16M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2024-25, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $4M $3M $0 $3M M-NTC
2022-23 $4M $4M $0 $4M M-NTC
2023-24 $4M $4M $0 $4M M-NTC
2024-25 $4M $5M $0 $5M M-NTC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 28, 2024 Toronto Maple Leafs Extension 2025-26 to 2029-30 5 $23.5M $4.492M
Jul 28, 2021 Chicago Blackhawks New contract 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $16M $4M
Aug 3, 2019 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $5.7M $2.85M
Jun 30, 2016 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $4.8M $1.6M
Apr 2, 2014 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $2.775M $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2023-24 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2023-24 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.8Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.3

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on.

-50510152013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

50.9Corsi for %112 attempts for, 108 against
-0.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.6Expected goals for %4.0 expected for, 3.6 against
+0.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %4 for, 4 against
97.9PDO6.8% shooting + 91.1% saves
10Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Simon Benoit789:5348.347.01-2
Morgan Rielly · Jake McCabe711:2154.367.71-1
Jake McCabe · Timothy Liljegren45:2842.937.90-0
Joel Edmundson · Jake McCabe65:2372.785.11-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes48th
Shot quality 4.2% chance per attempt92nd
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected73rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 48 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 16, 2024 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 21:53
Apr 13, 2024 vs DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:14
Apr 9, 2024 @ NJD W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 19:35
Apr 8, 2024 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 23:17
Apr 6, 2024 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 19:50
Apr 3, 2024 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 20:00
Apr 1, 2024 vs FLA W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 24:37
Mar 30, 2024 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 2 4 2 6 21:49
Mar 28, 2024 vs WSH W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:47
Mar 26, 2024 vs NJD L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 21:23
Mar 24, 2024 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 21:22
Mar 23, 2024 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 23:53
Mar 20, 2024 @ WSH W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 17:01
Mar 19, 2024 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:08
Mar 16, 2024 vs CAR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 21:33
Mar 14, 2024 @ PHI W 6-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 22:08
Mar 9, 2024 @ MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:53
Mar 7, 2024 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 4 1 3 21:20
Mar 4, 2024 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 19:23
Mar 2, 2024 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 25:46
Feb 29, 2024 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24:57
Feb 27, 2024 vs VGK L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 5 21:44
Feb 24, 2024 @ COL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 21:52
Feb 22, 2024 @ VGK W 7-3 1 0 1 3 0 2 3 19:58
Feb 21, 2024 @ ARI W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:14
Feb 19, 2024 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23:45
Feb 17, 2024 vs ANA W 9-2 1 1 2 3 0 1 3 21:26
Feb 15, 2024 vs PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 19:39
Feb 13, 2024 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21:47
Feb 10, 2024 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 22:21
Feb 7, 2024 vs DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 19:50
Feb 5, 2024 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:40
Jan 27, 2024 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 21:53
Jan 24, 2024 vs WPG W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 23:04
Jan 21, 2024 @ SEA W 3-1 1 0 1 2 5 1 3 20:30
Jan 20, 2024 @ VAN L 4-6 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 18:57
Jan 18, 2024 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 23:03
Jan 16, 2024 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 22:30
Jan 14, 2024 vs DET L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 20:31
Jan 13, 2024 vs COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 6 19:20
Jan 11, 2024 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 20:28
Jan 9, 2024 vs SJS W 7-1 1 2 3 2 0 2 2 20:17
Jan 6, 2024 @ SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:43
Jan 3, 2024 @ ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:07
Jan 2, 2024 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 20:52
Dec 30, 2023 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 18:53
Dec 29, 2023 @ CBJ L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:15
Dec 27, 2023 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 22:58
Dec 23, 2023 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:10
Dec 21, 2023 @ BUF L 3-9 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 20:53
Dec 19, 2023 vs NYR L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:41
Dec 16, 2023 vs PIT W 7-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 18:56
Dec 14, 2023 vs CBJ L 5-6 (OT) 1 0 1 -2 0 1 5 24:02
Dec 12, 2023 @ NYR W 7-3 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 20:50
Dec 11, 2023 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 19:53
Dec 9, 2023 vs NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 1 7 1 2 16:15
Dec 7, 2023 @ OTT W 4-3 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 25:08
Dec 2, 2023 vs BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 23:03
Nov 30, 2023 vs SEA W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 24:16
Nov 28, 2023 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 21:26
Nov 25, 2023 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:50
Nov 24, 2023 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 22:19
Nov 19, 2023 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 22:53
Nov 17, 2023 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 23:04
Nov 11, 2023 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 21:10
Nov 10, 2023 vs CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 20:15
Oct 26, 2023 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:10
Oct 24, 2023 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:20
Oct 21, 2023 @ TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 20:31
Oct 19, 2023 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 17:43
Oct 16, 2023 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:17
Oct 14, 2023 vs MIN W 7-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:58
Oct 11, 2023 vs MTL W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 21:27