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Caleb Jones

#82 · Defence · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jun 6, 1997 in Arlington, Texas, USA (age 29) · 6'1", 189 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 117th overall in 2015 by EDM (round 4)

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.

Adam Pelech NYI · 9 P in 38 GP Radim Simek SJS · 9 P in 48 GP Markus Nutivaara CBJ · 9 P in 37 GP Josh Manson ANA · 9 P in 50 GP Erik Gudbranson ANA · 9 P in 51 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.

0510152018-19: 6 points618-192019-20: 9 points919-202020-21: 4 points420-212021-22: 15 points1521-222022-23: 16 points1622-232023-24: 5 points523-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 1 points125-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 EDM 17 1 5 6 -9 6 21 20 0.35 $720K
2019-20 EDM 43 4 5 9 -1 10 38 33 0.21 $720K
2020-21 EDM 33 0 4 4 -7 6 23 27 0.12 $850K
2021-22 CHI 51 5 10 15 -3 18 57 77 0.29 $850K
2022-23 CHI 73 4 12 16 -19 40 86 116 0.22 $1.35M
2023-24 COL 25 0 5 5 4 8 19 34 0.20 $775K
2024-25 LAK 6 0 0 0 -1 2 6 10 0.00 $775K
2025-26 PIT 7 0 1 1 1 0 5 10 0.14 $900K
8 seasons Career 255 14 42 56 -35 90 255 327 0.22

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 EDM 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.00
2023-24 COL 3 0 0 0 1 6 0 5 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 5 0 0 0 2 6 2 5 0.00

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 4 5 9 -1 10 38 33 0.21 10.5 14:08

Contract

$720KCap hitends in 2020, then extended to 2022
$80KCap dollars per point9 points in 43 games
$237KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.0 goals above replacement
$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.5MValueworth 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 Edmonton Oilers on Apr 6, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.4M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Edmonton Oilers on Jan 15, 2020, 2 years and $1.7M at $850K a season, beginning in 2020-21.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $720K $650K $80K $145K $730K
2018-19 $720K $650K $80K $70K $730K
2019-20 $720K $700K $0 $70K $700K

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 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $1.8M $900K
Jul 5, 2024 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Aug 10, 2023 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Aug 12, 2022 Chicago Blackhawks New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.35M $1.35M
Jan 15, 2020 Edmonton Oilers Extension not begun 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.7M $850K
Apr 6, 2016 Edmonton Oilers Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2016-17, slid 3 $2.4M $720K

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

+3.0Goals above replacement266th of 670 skaters, 78th of 231 defencemen
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.0Goals 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-0.8 55th percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 79th percentilePower play0.0 44th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 35th percentilePenalties+0.4 89th 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.

-1012342018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

49.3Corsi for %498 attempts for, 512 against
+2.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Expected goals for %22.8 expected for, 23.0 against
+1.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.9Goals for %27 for, 25 against
100.4PDO9.5% shooting + 90.9% saves
75Attempts 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
Kris Russell · Caleb Jones21185:2744.045.75-6
Adam Larsson · Caleb Jones15150:1848.648.38-5
Oscar Klefbom · Caleb Jones19105:4848.043.44-7
Matt Benning · Caleb Jones1595:4652.554.95-2

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 47 unblocked attempts
+2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes17th
Shot quality 2.8% chance per attempt34th
Finishing +2.7 goals above expected90thOne 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.

01234Game 20Game 40Goals 4Expected 1.3

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
Mar 11, 2020 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:08
Mar 7, 2020 vs CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:49
Mar 5, 2020 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 16:24
Mar 3, 2020 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:31
Mar 2, 2020 @ NSH W 8-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 21:48
Feb 29, 2020 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 18:50
Feb 26, 2020 @ VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:12
Feb 25, 2020 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 18:18
Feb 23, 2020 @ LAK W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 20:51
Feb 21, 2020 vs MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:40
Feb 19, 2020 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:09
Feb 16, 2020 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:09
Feb 15, 2020 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:59
Feb 13, 2020 @ TBL L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:26
Feb 11, 2020 vs CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:14
Feb 8, 2020 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:43
Feb 4, 2020 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:26
Feb 1, 2020 @ CGY W 8-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:41
Jan 31, 2020 vs STL W 4-2 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 13:12
Jan 18, 2020 vs ARI W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:08
Jan 14, 2020 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:06
Jan 11, 2020 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:32
Jan 9, 2020 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:46
Jan 6, 2020 @ TOR W 6-4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 09:09
Jan 4, 2020 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 08:00
Dec 27, 2019 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:49
Dec 23, 2019 @ VAN L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:15
Dec 21, 2019 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 11:05
Dec 20, 2019 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:56
Dec 18, 2019 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:29
Dec 16, 2019 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:10
Dec 14, 2019 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:58
Dec 12, 2019 @ MIN L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:20
Dec 10, 2019 vs CAR L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:17
Dec 1, 2019 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:06
Nov 30, 2019 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:41
Nov 27, 2019 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 17:35
Nov 24, 2019 @ ARI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:06
Nov 23, 2019 @ VGK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:04
Nov 21, 2019 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:26
Nov 19, 2019 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:56
Nov 16, 2019 vs DAL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:32
Nov 14, 2019 vs COL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:40