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Jacob Trouba

#65 · Defence · San Jose Sharks

Born Feb 26, 1994 in Rochester, Michigan, USA (age 32) · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 9th overall in 2012 by WPG (round 1)

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Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award Leadership and Growing the Game 2023-24

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dmitry Orlov WSH · 27 P in 69 GP Duncan Keith CHI · 27 P in 61 GP Morgan Rielly TOR · 27 P in 47 GP Jonas Brodin MIN · 28 P in 69 GP Ryan Graves COL · 26 P in 69 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.

010203040502013-14: 29 points2913-142014-15: 22 points2214-152015-16: 21 points2115-162016-17: 33 points3316-172017-18: 24 points2417-182018-19: 50 points5018-192019-20: 27 points2719-202020-21: 12 points1220-212021-22: 39 points3921-222022-23: 30 points3022-232023-24: 22 points2223-242024-25: 14 points1424-252025-26: 35 points3525-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 WPG 65 10 19 29 4 43 121 95 0.45 $894K
2014-15 WPG 65 7 15 22 2 46 133 97 0.34 $894K
2015-16 WPG 81 6 15 21 10 62 133 144 0.26 $894K
2016-17 WPG 60 8 25 33 4 54 154 107 0.55 $3.309M
2017-18 WPG 55 3 21 24 9 34 144 84 0.44 $2.813M
2018-19 WPG 82 8 42 50 8 58 162 112 0.61 $5.5M
2019-20 NYR 70 7 20 27 -12 61 168 173 0.39 $8M
2020-21 NYR 38 2 10 12 3 22 70 111 0.32 $8M
2021-22 NYR 81 11 28 39 25 88 204 207 0.48 $8M
2022-23 NYR 82 8 22 30 7 63 199 218 0.37 $8M
2023-24 NYR 69 3 19 22 -4 73 129 191 0.32 $8M
2024-25 NYR 24 0 6 6 -3 22 46 39 0.25 $8M
2024-25 ANA 53 1 7 8 -5 44 65 125 0.15
2025-26 ANA 81 10 25 35 -1 31 166 143 0.43 $8M
2026-27 SJS 5 0 2 2 -2 5 8 10 0.40 $8.25M
14 seasons Career 911 84 276 360 45 706 1902 1856 0.40

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 WPG 4 0 2 2 -1 2 8 7 0.50
2017-18 WPG 17 2 1 3 6 17 43 23 0.18
2018-19 WPG 6 0 1 1 -2 4 8 6 0.17
2019-20 NYR 3 0 1 1 -2 0 8 14 0.33
2021-22 NYR 20 1 4 5 0 25 55 73 0.25
2022-23 NYR 7 0 0 0 -1 6 17 34 0.00
2023-24 NYR 16 1 6 7 0 22 18 60 0.44
2025-26 ANA 12 1 0 1 1 4 24 40 0.08
8 seasons Playoffs 85 5 15 20 1 80 181 257 0.24

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 7 20 27 -12 61 168 173 0.39 4.2 22:34

Contract

$8MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$296KCap dollars per point27 points in 70 games
$8.126MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$6.5MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Jul 19, 2019, as a new contract: 7 years and $56M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2025-26, with 6 seasons 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
2019-20 $8M $4M $8M $12M
2020-21 $8M $2M $8M $10M NMC
2021-22 $8M $2M $6M $8M NMC
2022-23 $8M $6M $0 $6M NMC
2023-24 $8M $8M $0 $8M NMC
2024-25 $8M $6M $0 $6M M-NTC
2025-26 $8M $6M $0 $6M 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
Jul 1, 2026 San Jose Sharks New contract 2026-27 to 2029-30 4 $33M $8.25M
Jul 19, 2019 New York Rangers New contract 2019-20 to 2025-26 7 $56M $8M
Jul 22, 2018 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $5.5M $5.5M
Nov 7, 2016 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $6M $3.309M
Apr 2, 2013 Winnipeg Jets Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2012-13, slid 3 $5.575M $894K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.0Goals above replacement418th of 670 skaters, 123rd of 231 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 ranked defencemen: 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-0.7 58th percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 40th percentilePower play-0.8 8th percentilePenalty kill-1.4 1st percentilePenalties-0.7 41st 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-505102013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

45.1Corsi for %1112 attempts for, 1351 against
-2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.1Expected goals for %49.8 expected for, 58.2 against
-1.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.0Goals for %41 for, 59 against
98.4PDO6.8% shooting + 91.6% saves
261Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Brady Skjei · Jacob Trouba56591:1246.249.322-32
Jacob Trouba · Libor Hajek23196:2538.541.08-8
Brendan Smith · Jacob Trouba14112:1245.440.31-3
Marc Staal · Jacob Trouba3857:5441.437.60-2

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. 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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.2Expected goalsfrom 234 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.31 expected goals per 60 minutes90th
Shot quality 3.5% chance per attempt72nd
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected24thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 8.2Goals 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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 11, 2020 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:13
Mar 10, 2020 @ DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 24:48
Mar 7, 2020 vs NJD L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:46
Mar 5, 2020 vs WSH W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:36
Mar 3, 2020 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:38
Mar 1, 2020 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:09
Feb 28, 2020 @ PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 21:48
Feb 27, 2020 @ MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:31
Feb 25, 2020 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 1 4 18:54
Feb 22, 2020 vs SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 3 5 21:59
Feb 21, 2020 @ CAR W 5-2 0 2 2 2 6 2 2 18:09
Feb 19, 2020 @ CHI W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 20:52
Feb 16, 2020 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 22:13
Feb 14, 2020 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 23:18
Feb 13, 2020 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 23:13
Feb 11, 2020 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 22:24
Feb 9, 2020 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:02
Feb 7, 2020 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:10
Feb 5, 2020 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 1 5 1 5 20:38
Feb 3, 2020 vs DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:07
Feb 1, 2020 @ DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 21:10
Jan 31, 2020 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:40
Jan 21, 2020 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 21:43
Jan 19, 2020 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 22:10
Jan 16, 2020 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 26:01
Jan 13, 2020 vs NYI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 24:03
Jan 11, 2020 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 15 0 1 23:47
Jan 9, 2020 vs NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 26:03
Jan 7, 2020 vs COL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 6 24:52
Jan 4, 2020 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 24:34
Jan 2, 2020 @ CGY L 3-4 1 0 1 -2 0 7 3 24:18
Dec 31, 2019 @ EDM L 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 25:32
Dec 28, 2019 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 23:17
Dec 27, 2019 vs CAR W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 22:17
Dec 23, 2019 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:35
Dec 22, 2019 vs ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:09
Dec 20, 2019 vs TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 21:43
Dec 16, 2019 vs NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 4 21:31
Dec 14, 2019 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 26:16
Dec 12, 2019 @ SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:00
Dec 10, 2019 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:10
Dec 8, 2019 @ VGK W 5-0 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 25:03
Dec 6, 2019 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 20:10
Dec 5, 2019 @ CBJ W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 27:49
Dec 2, 2019 vs VGK L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 21:03
Nov 30, 2019 @ NJD W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 23:55
Nov 29, 2019 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 22:13
Nov 27, 2019 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 24:20
Nov 25, 2019 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 24:08
Nov 23, 2019 @ MTL W 6-5 1 1 2 2 6 2 4 24:03
Nov 22, 2019 @ OTT L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 6 5 20:20
Nov 20, 2019 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 21:31
Nov 16, 2019 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 22:50
Nov 14, 2019 @ TBL L 3-9 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:22
Nov 12, 2019 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 21:30
Nov 10, 2019 vs FLA L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 24:01
Nov 7, 2019 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 23:55
Nov 6, 2019 vs DET W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 19:41
Nov 4, 2019 vs OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 4 2 2 19:16
Nov 2, 2019 @ NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 22:41
Oct 29, 2019 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 22:08
Oct 27, 2019 vs BOS L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 19:32
Oct 24, 2019 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 26:46
Oct 22, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 22:53
Oct 20, 2019 vs VAN L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 22:41
Oct 18, 2019 @ WSH L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 8 2 28:22
Oct 17, 2019 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 27:14
Oct 12, 2019 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:40
Oct 5, 2019 @ OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 22:38
Oct 3, 2019 vs WPG W 6-4 1 2 3 1 0 3 5 24:26