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Jakub Voracek

#93 · Right wing · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Aug 15, 1989 in Kladno, CZE · 6'2", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 7th overall in 2007 by CBJ (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cole Guttman CHI · 6 P in 14 GP Lane Pederson CBJ · 6 P in 27 GP Logan Brown STL · 6 P in 30 GP Kurtis MacDermid COL · 6 P in 44 GP David Gustafsson WPG · 6 P in 46 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.

0204060802008-09: 38 points3808-092009-10: 50 points502010-11: 46 points4610-112011-12: 49 points492012-13: 46 points4612-132013-14: 62 points622014-15: 81 points8114-152015-16: 55 points552016-17: 61 points6116-172017-18: 85 points852018-19: 66 points6618-192019-20: 56 points562020-21: 43 points4320-212021-22: 62 points622022-23: 6 points622-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 CBJ 80 9 29 38 11 44 101 32 0.48
2009-10 CBJ 81 16 34 50 -7 26 154 63 0.62
2010-11 CBJ 80 14 32 46 -3 26 183 55 0.58
2011-12 PHI 78 18 31 49 11 32 190 44 0.63 $2.25M
2012-13 PHI 48 22 24 46 -7 35 129 20 0.96 $4.25M
2013-14 PHI 82 23 39 62 11 22 235 19 0.76 $4.25M
2014-15 PHI 82 22 59 81 1 78 221 55 0.99 $4.25M
2015-16 PHI 73 11 44 55 -5 38 213 51 0.75 $4.25M
2016-17 PHI 82 20 41 61 -24 56 253 30 0.74 $8.25M
2017-18 PHI 82 20 65 85 10 50 228 23 1.04 $8.25M
2018-19 PHI 78 20 46 66 -16 25 210 17 0.85 $8.25M
2019-20 PHI 69 12 44 56 14 31 132 17 0.81 $8.25M
2020-21 PHI 53 9 34 43 -12 18 104 17 0.81 $8.25M
2021-22 CBJ 79 6 56 62 -13 44 147 27 0.78 $8.25M
2022-23 CBJ 11 1 5 6 -7 0 17 2 0.55 $8.25M
15 seasons Career 1058 223 583 806 -36 525 2517 472 0.76

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CBJ 4 0 1 1 0 8 12 5 0.25
2011-12 PHI 11 2 8 10 0 8 20 13 0.91
2013-14 PHI 7 2 2 4 -1 4 14 9 0.57
2015-16 PHI 6 1 0 1 -1 4 16 8 0.17
2017-18 PHI 6 0 3 3 -3 6 12 5 0.50
2019-20 PHI 13 4 4 8 2 22 30 11 0.62
6 seasons Playoffs 47 9 18 27 -3 52 104 51 0.57

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
11 1 5 6 -7 0 17 2 0.55 5.9 15:58

Contract

$8.25MCap hit2022-23
$1.375MCap dollars per point6 points in 11 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2022-23 $8.25M
2018-19 to 2023-24 $8.25M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $8.25M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $4.25M
2011-12 to 2011-12 $2.25M

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-1.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence-1.2Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-50510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

38.3Corsi for %106 attempts for, 171 against
-9.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
32.9Expected goals for %3.9 expected for, 8.1 against
-16.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %5 for, 10 against
98.5PDO8.9% shooting + 89.6% saves
16Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jakub Voracek · Jack Roslovic · Kent Johnson542:1951.945.14-1
Jakub Voracek · Egor Chinakhov · Cole Sillinger622:1943.626.40-3
Jakub Voracek · Gustav Nyquist · Boone Jenner415:5441.436.90-1
Jakub Voracek · Gustav Nyquist · Jack Roslovic413:5030.016.90-0

The lines 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 lines 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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 21 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.58 expected goals per 60 minutes17th
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt46th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Expected 1.7Goals 1

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 this season, 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
Nov 4, 2022 @ COL L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:55
Oct 30, 2022 @ NJD L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:51
Oct 28, 2022 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:33
Oct 25, 2022 vs ARI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:02
Oct 23, 2022 @ NYR W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 15:16
Oct 22, 2022 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:00
Oct 20, 2022 vs NSH W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:54
Oct 18, 2022 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 14:03
Oct 15, 2022 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:42
Oct 14, 2022 vs TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 18:03
Oct 12, 2022 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:14