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Jake Walman

#96 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers

Born Feb 20, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 30) · 6'1", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 82nd overall in 2014 by STL (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dougie Hamilton NJD · 40 P in 64 GP Cam Fowler STL · 40 P in 68 GP Owen Power BUF · 40 P in 79 GP Matt Grzelcyk PIT · 40 P in 82 GP Vince Dunn SEA · 39 P in 62 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.

0102030402019-20: 0 points019-202020-21: 2 points220-212021-22: 10 points1021-222022-23: 18 points1822-232023-24: 21 points2123-242024-25: 40 points4024-252025-26: 20 points2025-262026-27: 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
2019-20 STL 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 $925K
2020-21 STL 24 1 1 2 -7 8 47 26 0.08 $725K
2021-22 STL 32 3 3 6 3 6 48 21 0.19 $725K
2021-22 DET 19 0 4 4 -6 4 39 26 0.21
2022-23 DET 63 9 9 18 10 45 140 47 0.29 $1.05M
2023-24 DET 63 12 9 21 -2 44 108 42 0.33 $3.4M
2024-25 SJS 50 6 26 32 -1 36 125 48 0.64 $3.4M
2024-25 EDM 15 1 7 8 5 6 39 9 0.53
2025-26 EDM 53 8 12 20 -17 10 96 15 0.38 $3.4M
2026-27 EDM 4 0 0 0 -3 4 5 0 0.00 $7M
8 seasons Career 324 40 71 111 -17 163 648 234 0.34

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2020-21 STL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
2024-25 EDM 22 2 8 10 9 12 38 37 0.45
2025-26 EDM 6 0 4 4 -1 8 9 6 0.67
3 seasons Playoffs 29 2 12 14 8 20 48 44 0.48

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 7 33 40 4 42 164 57 0.62 4.3 22:46

Contract

$3.4MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$85KCap dollars per point40 points in 65 games
$731KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.6 goals above replacement
$4.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$977KValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Feb 28, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $10.2M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, 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
2023-24 $3.4M $3.5M $0 $3.5M M-NTC
2024-25 $3.4M $3.4M $0 $3.4M M-NTC
2025-26 $3.4M $3.3M $0 $3.3M 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 6, 2025 Edmonton Oilers Extension 2026-27 to 2032-33 7 $49M $7M
Feb 28, 2023 Detroit Red Wings Extension 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $10.2M $3.4M
Aug 10, 2022 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.05M $1.05M
Nov 19, 2020 St. Louis Blues New contract 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.45M $725K
Mar 28, 2017 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.6Even-strength defence+0.7Power play-0.3Penalty kill-0.3Penalties-0.5

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.

-50510152019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

52.9Corsi for %431 attempts for, 383 against
+3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.0Expected goals for %18.5 expected for, 15.1 against
+5.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.3Goals for %19 for, 16 against
98.6PDO9.8% shooting + 88.7% saves
98Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 153 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Klingberg · Jake Walman19213:2852.553.67-7
Jake Walman · Evan Bouchard2178:1761.863.19-6
Brett Kulak · Jake Walman1428:0254.368.71-1
Darnell Nurse · Jake Walman1421:3847.656.62-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.1Expected goalsfrom 66 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.29 expected goals per 60 minutes80th
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt65th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected42ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.1Goals 2

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 7, 2025 @ ANA L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 23:23
Apr 5, 2025 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 20:35
Apr 3, 2025 @ SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 21:21
Apr 1, 2025 @ VGK W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 20:38
Mar 29, 2025 vs CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:16
Mar 27, 2025 @ SEA L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 21:49
Mar 26, 2025 vs DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 16:34
Mar 22, 2025 vs SEA W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:21
Mar 20, 2025 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:13
Mar 18, 2025 vs UTA W 7-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:27
Mar 16, 2025 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:40
Mar 14, 2025 @ NYI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 21:08
Mar 13, 2025 @ NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 23:19
Mar 10, 2025 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:59
Mar 8, 2025 vs DAL W 5-4 0 1 1 3 0 3 2 24:40
Mar 4, 2025 @ BUF W 6-2 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 22:56
Mar 3, 2025 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 27:38
Mar 1, 2025 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 5 0 22:18
Feb 27, 2025 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 27:55
Feb 24, 2025 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 22:14
Feb 23, 2025 @ CGY L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 26:11
Feb 8, 2025 vs DAL L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 23:58
Feb 6, 2025 vs VAN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 27:01
Feb 4, 2025 vs MTL L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 25:34
Jan 30, 2025 @ SEA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22:09
Jan 27, 2025 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 23:37
Jan 25, 2025 vs FLA L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 22:12
Jan 23, 2025 vs NSH L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 24:51
Jan 21, 2025 @ NSH L 5-7 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 22:04
Jan 20, 2025 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 23:32
Jan 18, 2025 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 22:03
Jan 16, 2025 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:05
Jan 14, 2025 @ DET W 6-3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 19:24
Jan 11, 2025 vs MIN L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 22:19
Dec 21, 2024 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 25:51
Dec 19, 2024 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 22:54
Dec 17, 2024 vs WPG L 3-4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 22:49
Dec 14, 2024 vs UTA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:16
Dec 12, 2024 @ STL W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 23:52
Dec 10, 2024 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 22:46
Dec 7, 2024 @ FLA L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 23:08
Dec 5, 2024 @ TBL L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:39
Dec 3, 2024 @ WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24:37
Nov 30, 2024 @ SEA W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 26:20
Nov 29, 2024 vs SEA W 8-5 2 0 2 2 4 4 0 18:23
Nov 27, 2024 vs OTT L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 20:29
Nov 25, 2024 vs LAK W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:18
Nov 23, 2024 vs BUF L 2-4 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 22:49
Nov 21, 2024 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:51
Nov 20, 2024 @ DAL L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 22:26
Nov 18, 2024 vs DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 21:10
Nov 16, 2024 @ PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 24:55
Nov 2, 2024 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 20:35
Oct 31, 2024 vs CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 25:04
Oct 29, 2024 vs LAK W 4-2 1 2 3 4 4 1 0 21:17
Oct 28, 2024 @ UTA W 5-4 (OT) 0 3 3 2 0 4 1 24:00
Oct 26, 2024 @ VGK L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 20:48
Oct 24, 2024 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 19:42
Oct 22, 2024 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 23:07
Oct 20, 2024 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 21:46
Oct 18, 2024 @ WPG L 3-8 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 20:25
Oct 17, 2024 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 25:41
Oct 15, 2024 @ DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 23:26
Oct 12, 2024 vs ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 24:21
Oct 10, 2024 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 24:59