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Jack Ahcan

#47 · Defence · Nashville Predators

Born May 18, 1997 in Savage, Minnesota, USA (age 29) · 5'8", 180 lb · Shoots left

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.

Chris Tanev TOR · 2 P in 11 GP Charles Alexis Legault CAR · 2 P in 12 GP Drew Fortescue NYR · 2 P in 9 GP Justin Holl STL · 2 P in 9 GP Kevin Korchinski CHI · 2 P in 13 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.

00.511.522020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 1 points121-222024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 2 points225-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 BOS 3 0 0 0 -3 0 5 2 0.00 $925K
2021-22 BOS 6 1 0 1 -3 0 5 8 0.17 $925K
2024-25 COL 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.00 $775K
2025-26 COL 11 0 2 2 2 2 8 6 0.18 $775K
2026-27 NSH 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0.50 $875K
5 seasons Career 24 1 3 4 -3 4 19 21 0.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 COL 3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 4 0.00
1 season Playoffs 3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 4 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
11 0 2 2 2 2 8 6 0.18 0.0 11:32

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026
$388KCap dollars per point2 points in 11 games
$1.545MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K

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 1, 2026 Nashville Predators New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 1, 2023 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 18, 2022 Boston Bruins New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Mar 26, 2020 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $2.275M $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 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

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

-1-0.500.512020-212021-222024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

26.3Corsi for %10 attempts for, 28 against
-42.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
25.6Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 1.4 against
-45.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
29.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 3 against
76.9PDO0.0% shooting + 76.9% saves
0Attempts 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
Josh Manson · Jack Ahcan312:5426.924.50-2
Brent Burns · Jack Ahcan23:0425.020.30-0
Jack Ahcan · Sam Malinski10:350.00.00-0
Cale Makar · Jack Ahcan10:24100.0100.00-0

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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2026 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:45
Apr 13, 2026 @ EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:06
Jan 25, 2026 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:46
Jan 23, 2026 vs PHI L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 12:34
Jan 21, 2026 vs ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:32
Nov 11, 2025 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:06
Nov 9, 2025 @ VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:16
Nov 8, 2025 @ EDM W 9-1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13:59
Nov 4, 2025 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:30
Oct 28, 2025 vs NJD W 8-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:19
Oct 26, 2025 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:58