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Jake McCabe

#22 · Defence · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Oct 12, 1993 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA (age 32) · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 44th overall in 2012 by BUF (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Darnell Nurse EDM · 0 P in 2 GP Keegan Lowe CAR · 0 P in 2 GP Shayne Gostisbehere PHI · 0 P in 2 GP Brett Kulak CGY · 0 P in 1 GP Duncan Siemens COL · 0 P in 1 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.

010202013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 14 points1415-162016-17: 20 points2016-172017-18: 12 points1217-182018-19: 14 points1418-192019-20: 13 points1319-202020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 22 points2221-222022-23: 25 points2522-232023-24: 28 points2823-242024-25: 23 points2324-252025-26: 25 points2525-262026-27: 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
2013-14 BUF 7 0 1 1 -3 15 1 5 0.14 $925K
2014-15 BUF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.00 $925K
2015-16 BUF 77 4 10 14 6 51 62 114 0.18 $925K
2016-17 BUF 76 3 17 20 -7 26 79 73 0.26 $1.6M
2017-18 BUF 53 3 9 12 -11 26 53 110 0.23 $1.6M
2018-19 BUF 59 4 10 14 -4 35 64 103 0.24 $1.6M
2019-20 BUF 66 3 10 13 -11 41 75 91 0.20 $2.85M
2020-21 BUF 13 1 2 3 2 9 15 22 0.23 $2.85M
2021-22 CHI 75 4 18 22 -27 33 80 166 0.29 $4M
2022-23 CHI 55 2 18 20 7 27 67 122 0.36 $4M
2022-23 TOR 21 1 4 5 12 29 29 41 0.24
2023-24 TOR 73 8 20 28 20 56 73 219 0.38 $4M
2024-25 TOR 66 2 21 23 23 40 74 118 0.35 $4M
2025-26 TOR 80 5 20 25 3 64 77 104 0.31 $4.492M
2026-27 TOR 5 0 0 0 2 4 5 8 0.00 $4.492M
14 seasons Career 728 40 160 200 12 456 756 1300 0.27

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 TOR 11 0 2 2 -7 10 16 47 0.18
2023-24 TOR 7 1 0 1 0 4 5 22 0.14
2024-25 TOR 13 0 4 4 -1 2 10 23 0.31
3 seasons Playoffs 31 1 6 7 -8 16 31 92 0.23

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.00 0.0 11:08

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2016, then RFA
$7.509MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 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

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on Apr 2, 2014, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2013-14. It runs through 2015-16, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2013-14 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2014-15 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2015-16 $925K $833K $93K $925K

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
Oct 28, 2024 Toronto Maple Leafs Extension 2025-26 to 2029-30 5 $23.5M $4.492M
Jul 28, 2021 Chicago Blackhawks New contract 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $16M $4M
Aug 3, 2019 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $5.7M $2.85M
Jun 30, 2016 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $4.8M $1.6M
Apr 2, 2014 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $2.775M $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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

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

-50510152013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

43.8Corsi for %14 attempts for, 18 against
+16.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.9Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 0.7 against
+3.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
2Attempts 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
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen217:4150.050.80-0
Mark Pysyk · Jake McCabe21:210.00.00-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe10:4350.037.00-0

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.

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes69th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt39th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

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 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
Feb 24, 2015 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:15
Feb 22, 2015 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:00