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Jayden Struble

#38 · Defence · Nashville Predators

Born Sep 8, 2001 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (age 25) · 6'0", 207 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 46th overall in 2019 by MTL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Yan Kuznetsov CGY · 12 P in 57 GP Brayden McNabb VGK · 12 P in 63 GP Ian Moore ANA · 12 P in 67 GP Neal Pionk WPG · 12 P in 51 GP Emil Lilleberg TBL · 12 P in 50 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.

05102023-24: 10 points1023-242024-25: 13 points1324-252025-26: 12 points1225-262026-27: 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
2023-24 MTL 56 3 7 10 -3 57 47 121 0.18 $868K
2024-25 MTL 56 2 11 13 2 52 47 124 0.23 $868K
2025-26 MTL 59 2 10 12 4 58 26 115 0.20 $1.413M
2026-27 MTL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 $1.413M
2026-27 NSH 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0.00
4 seasons Career 175 7 28 35 4 167 120 370 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2024-25 MTL 2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0.00
2025-26 MTL 12 0 0 0 2 14 6 33 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 14 0 0 0 0 14 7 35 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 2 10 12 4 58 26 115 0.20 7.7 14:01

Contract

$1.413MCap hitends in 2027
$118KCap dollars per point12 points in 59 games
$1.413MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$209KValueworth 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montréal Canadiens on Jul 28, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $2.825M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $1.413M
2026-27 $1.413M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 28, 2025 Montréal Canadiens New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $2.825M $1.413M
Mar 15, 2023 Montreal Canadiens Entry-level 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.85M $868K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-202462023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

46.0Corsi for %114 attempts for, 134 against
+5.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.6Expected goals for %4.9 expected for, 6.3 against
+3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.6Goals for %7 for, 4 against
109.5PDO15.9% shooting + 93.5% saves
17Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 135 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
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson1157:5537.834.62-4
Jayden Struble · Arber Xhekaj649:1460.664.34-0
Jayden Struble · Kaiden Guhle69:4617.66.30-0
Alexandre Carrier · Jayden Struble56:0733.365.21-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.04 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 1.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 51 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 0

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 14, 2026 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:17
Apr 12, 2026 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:43
Apr 11, 2026 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:21
Apr 9, 2026 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 12 0 5 11:09
Apr 7, 2026 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:02
Apr 5, 2026 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:23
Apr 4, 2026 @ NJD W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 15:28
Apr 2, 2026 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15:57
Mar 31, 2026 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 13:48
Mar 29, 2026 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:30
Mar 28, 2026 @ NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 16:13
Mar 26, 2026 vs CBJ W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 12:05
Mar 24, 2026 vs CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 14:00
Mar 21, 2026 vs NYI W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:51
Mar 19, 2026 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:52
Mar 17, 2026 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:40
Mar 14, 2026 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:14
Mar 11, 2026 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 09:12
Mar 3, 2026 @ SJS L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 08:47
Feb 28, 2026 vs WSH W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:08
Feb 4, 2026 @ WPG W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 12:03
Jan 22, 2026 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 09:06
Jan 20, 2026 vs MIN W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 11:08
Jan 13, 2026 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:44
Jan 8, 2026 vs FLA W 6-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 09:39
Jan 7, 2026 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:30
Jan 4, 2026 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 07:56
Jan 3, 2026 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:31
Jan 1, 2026 @ CAR W 7-5 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 19:17
Dec 28, 2025 @ TBL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:51
Dec 23, 2025 @ BOS W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10:44
Dec 18, 2025 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:26
Dec 16, 2025 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:42
Dec 14, 2025 vs EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:24
Dec 11, 2025 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:20
Dec 9, 2025 vs TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:49
Dec 7, 2025 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:57
Dec 6, 2025 @ TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:53
Dec 3, 2025 vs WPG W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:54
Dec 2, 2025 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 0 2 17:41
Nov 28, 2025 @ VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:09
Nov 26, 2025 @ UTA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:46
Nov 22, 2025 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 15:48
Nov 20, 2025 vs WSH L 4-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:41
Nov 17, 2025 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:09
Nov 15, 2025 vs BOS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 7 1 3 12:03
Nov 13, 2025 vs DAL L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 16:21
Nov 11, 2025 vs LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 15:03
Nov 8, 2025 vs UTA W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:38
Nov 6, 2025 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 16:08
Nov 4, 2025 vs PHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 15:03
Nov 1, 2025 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 2 2 15:44
Oct 28, 2025 @ SEA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 15:28
Oct 25, 2025 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:45
Oct 23, 2025 @ EDM L 5-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 14:48
Oct 22, 2025 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:52
Oct 20, 2025 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:09
Oct 18, 2025 vs NYR L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:22
Oct 16, 2025 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:52