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Jaycob Megna

#88 · Defence · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Dec 10, 1992 in Plantation, Florida, USA (age 33) · 6'6", 218 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 210th overall in 2012 by ANA (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Paul Postma BOS · 1 P in 14 GP Chris Bigras COL · 1 P in 15 GP Jordan Schmaltz STL · 1 P in 13 GP Brett Lernout MTL · 1 P in 18 GP Zach Bogosian BUF · 1 P in 18 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.

05102016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 1 points117-182018-19: 4 points418-192021-22: 8 points821-222022-23: 12 points1222-232023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 0 points025-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 ANA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 $787K
2017-18 ANA 14 0 1 1 -4 2 7 6 0.07 $650K
2018-19 ANA 28 1 3 4 -1 12 31 32 0.14 $650K
2021-22 SJS 44 2 6 8 -1 16 40 71 0.18 $750K
2022-23 SJS 48 1 11 12 6 21 49 75 0.25 $763K
2022-23 SEA 6 0 0 0 -3 0 7 11 0.00
2023-24 CHI 44 0 2 2 -15 22 28 60 0.05 $763K
2024-25 FLA 8 0 0 0 -2 2 5 3 0.00 $775K
2025-26 VGK 4 0 0 0 -5 2 1 6 0.00 $800K
8 seasons Career 197 4 23 27 -24 77 168 264 0.14

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 0 1 1 -4 2 7 6 0.07 0.0 15:43

Contract

$650KCap hitends in 2019
$650KCap dollars per point1 points in 14 games
$513KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 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 Anaheim Ducks on Jun 28, 2017, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.3M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2018-19, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $650K $650K $0 $650K
2018-19 $650K $650K $0 $650K

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, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $1.65M $800K
Jul 5, 2024 Florida Panthers New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
May 9, 2022 San Jose Sharks Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.525M $763K
Jul 28, 2021 San Jose Sharks New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Jul 1, 2019 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $700K $700K
Jun 28, 2017 Anaheim Ducks Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.3M $650K
Apr 4, 2014 Anaheim Ducks Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $2.775M $787K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.3Penalties+0.2

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.

-6-4-20242016-172017-182018-192021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

44.4Corsi for %171 attempts for, 214 against
-1.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Expected goals for %6.7 expected for, 7.8 against
+4.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.5Goals for %6 for, 10 against
97.6PDO6.5% shooting + 91.2% 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Manson · Jaycob Megna961:3547.550.63-3
Kevin Bieksa · Jaycob Megna755:1745.347.31-2
Sami Vatanen · Jaycob Megna323:0747.836.50-2
Jaycob Megna · Brandon Montour617:5542.134.61-0

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
0.4Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes10th
Shot quality 2.8% chance per attempt40th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 242 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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
Dec 8, 2017 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:10
Dec 6, 2017 vs OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:54
Dec 5, 2017 @ VGK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:58
Nov 15, 2017 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:46
Nov 4, 2017 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:34
Nov 1, 2017 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:28
Oct 29, 2017 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:05
Oct 28, 2017 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:39
Oct 26, 2017 @ FLA L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:17
Oct 24, 2017 @ PHI W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:04
Oct 20, 2017 vs MTL W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 22:14
Oct 15, 2017 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:18
Oct 13, 2017 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:50
Oct 9, 2017 vs CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:42