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Jaden Schwartz

#71 · Left wing · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jun 25, 1992 in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, CAN (age 34) · 5'10", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 14th overall in 2010 by STL (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2018-19

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex DeBrincat DET · 4 P in 3 GP Artturi Lehkonen COL · 4 P in 3 GP Beckett Sennecke ANA · 4 P in 3 GP Ben Kindel PIT · 4 P in 3 GP Brayden Schenn NYI · 4 P in 3 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.

02040602011-12: 3 points311-122012-13: 13 points132013-14: 56 points5613-142014-15: 63 points632015-16: 22 points2215-162016-17: 55 points552017-18: 59 points5917-182018-19: 36 points362019-20: 57 points5719-202020-21: 21 points212021-22: 23 points2321-222022-23: 40 points402023-24: 30 points3023-242024-25: 49 points492025-26: 26 points2625-262026-27: 4 points4

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 STL 7 2 1 3 1 0 6 1 0.43 $830K
2012-13 STL 45 7 6 13 -4 4 50 34 0.29 $830K
2013-14 STL 80 25 31 56 28 27 188 54 0.70 $830K
2014-15 STL 75 28 35 63 13 16 184 54 0.84 $2.35M
2015-16 STL 33 8 14 22 8 8 63 26 0.67 $2.35M
2016-17 STL 78 19 36 55 14 18 179 71 0.71 $5.35M
2017-18 STL 62 24 35 59 15 26 157 52 0.95 $5.35M
2018-19 STL 69 11 25 36 -6 16 183 61 0.52 $5.35M
2019-20 STL 71 22 35 57 3 18 162 60 0.80 $5.35M
2020-21 STL 40 8 13 21 2 20 71 40 0.53 $5.35M
2021-22 SEA 37 8 15 23 -13 14 101 42 0.62 $5.5M
2022-23 SEA 71 21 19 40 -17 22 167 55 0.56 $5.5M
2023-24 SEA 62 13 17 30 -15 24 117 46 0.48 $5.5M
2024-25 SEA 81 26 23 49 -6 24 194 43 0.60 $5.5M
2025-26 SEA 50 11 15 26 5 8 82 32 0.52 $5.5M
2026-27 COL 3 1 3 4 0 2 7 4 1.33 $3.25M
16 seasons Career 864 234 323 557 28 247 1911 675 0.64

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 STL 6 0 1 1 1 2 13 9 0.17
2013-14 STL 6 1 2 3 -4 0 15 12 0.50
2014-15 STL 6 1 2 3 -2 0 15 5 0.50
2015-16 STL 20 4 10 14 -5 6 36 49 0.70
2016-17 STL 11 4 5 9 4 2 33 19 0.82
2018-19 STL 26 12 8 20 9 2 63 52 0.77
2019-20 STL 6 4 0 4 -1 2 28 16 0.67
2020-21 STL 4 0 0 0 -5 0 8 3 0.00
2022-23 SEA 14 5 5 10 -2 2 41 21 0.71
9 seasons Playoffs 99 31 33 64 -5 16 252 186 0.65

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 1 3 4 0 2 7 4 1.33 14.3 13:27

Contract

$3.25MCap hitends in 2029, then UFA
$813KCap dollars per point4 points in 3 games
$749KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.3 goals above replacement, projected
$5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.7MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Colorado Avalanche on Jul 1, 2026, as a new contract: 3 years and $9.75M, beginning in 2026-27. It runs through 2028-29, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2026-27 $3.25M
2027-28 $3.25M
2028-29 $3.25M

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 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $9.75M $3.25M
Jul 28, 2021 Seattle Kraken New contract 2021-22 to 2025-26 5 $27.5M $5.5M
Jul 15, 2016 St. Louis Blues New contract 2016-17 to 2020-21 5 $26.75M $5.35M
Oct 5, 2014 St. Louis Blues New contract 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $4.7M $2.35M
Mar 12, 2012 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $3.5M $830K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 3 games (+0.9 goals above replacement), plus the 63 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+4.3Goals above replacement217th of 647 skaters, 155th of 422 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 ranked forwards: 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.

Even-strength offence+1.3 64th percentileEven-strength defence+0.1 49th percentilePower play+0.0 66th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 82nd percentilePenalties-0.2 24th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

0510152011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

55.2Corsi for %37 attempts for, 30 against
+2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.1Expected goals for %1.5 expected for, 1.4 against
-9.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %3 for, 2 against
99.6PDO15.0% shooting + 84.6% saves
7Attempts 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
Jaden Schwartz · Fedor Svechkov · T.J. Hughes315:0064.564.92-1
Jaden Schwartz · Nicolas Roy · T.J. Hughes33:0928.60.00-1
Jaden Schwartz · Nicolas Roy · Parker Kelly22:3385.793.11-0
Jaden Schwartz · Parker Kelly · Fedor Svechkov22:32100.0100.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.02 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 8.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

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
Oct 7, 2026 @ WPG L 2-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 13:17
Oct 3, 2026 vs STL W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:14
Sep 30, 2026 vs LAK W 8-4 0 2 2 -1 2 1 2 12:49