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Jakob Chychrun

#6 · Defence · Washington Capitals

Born Mar 31, 1998 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA (age 28) · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 16th overall in 2016 by ARI (round 1)

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.

Ben Chiarot WPG · 14 P in 57 GP Christian Djoos WSH · 14 P in 63 GP Luca Sbisa VGK · 14 P in 30 GP Neal Pionk NYR · 14 P in 28 GP Connor Murphy CHI · 14 P in 76 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.

02040602016-17: 20 points2016-172017-18: 14 points1417-182018-19: 20 points2018-192019-20: 26 points2619-202020-21: 41 points4120-212021-22: 21 points2121-222022-23: 33 points3322-232023-24: 41 points4123-242024-25: 47 points4724-252025-26: 60 points6025-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 ARI 68 7 13 20 -14 47 86 109 0.29 $925K
2017-18 ARI 50 4 10 14 2 16 102 74 0.28 $925K
2018-19 ARI 53 5 15 20 -12 28 117 74 0.38 $925K
2019-20 ARI 63 12 14 26 4 38 149 75 0.41 $4.6M
2020-21 ARI 56 18 23 41 -6 42 176 59 0.73 $4.6M
2021-22 ARI 47 7 14 21 -20 47 141 51 0.45 $4.6M
2022-23 ARI 36 7 21 28 8 22 114 43 0.78 $4.6M
2022-23 OTT 12 2 3 5 -1 8 30 12 0.42
2023-24 OTT 82 14 27 41 -30 60 204 72 0.50 $4.6M
2024-25 WSH 74 20 27 47 17 52 179 59 0.64 $4.6M
2025-26 WSH 80 26 34 60 20 62 221 58 0.75 $9M
2026-27 WSH 4 1 2 3 1 8 9 2 0.75 $9M
11 seasons Career 625 123 203 326 -31 430 1528 688 0.52

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 ARI 9 1 0 1 -4 8 17 13 0.11
2024-25 WSH 10 3 2 5 3 6 18 13 0.50
2 seasons Playoffs 19 4 2 6 -1 14 35 26 0.32

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 4 10 14 2 16 102 74 0.28 3.9 20:15

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2019, then RFA
$66KCap dollars per point14 points in 50 games
$465KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.0 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$954KValueworth 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 691 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Arizona Coyotes on Jul 30, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.05M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2018-19, 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
2016-17 $925K $833K $93K $425K $925K
2017-18 $925K $833K $93K $425K $925K
2018-19 $925K $833K $93K $425K $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
Mar 25, 2025 Washington Capitals Extension 2025-26 to 2032-33 8 $72M $9M
Nov 13, 2018 Arizona Coyotes Extension 2019-20 to 2024-25 6 $27.6M $4.6M
Jul 30, 2016 Arizona Coyotes Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $4.05M $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 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

+2.0Goals above replacement372nd of 691 skaters, 120th of 240 defencemen
+0.3Wins 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 240 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-0.4 57th percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 58th percentilePower play-0.9 6th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 55th percentilePenalties-0.6 46th 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.

-50510152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

47.6Corsi for %811 attempts for, 891 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Expected goals for %32.5 expected for, 34.9 against
+2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.2Goals for %33 for, 29 against
101.6PDO8.0% shooting + 93.6% saves
192Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
Alex Goligoski · Jakob Chychrun42428:5945.444.711-16
Niklas Hjalmarsson · Jakob Chychrun28260:3751.255.39-8
Kevin Connauton · Jakob Chychrun3787:5645.044.97-4
Luke Schenn · Jakob Chychrun1829:1559.646.50-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.8Expected goalsfrom 160 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.34 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt82nd
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected15thOne 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.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.8Goals 4

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
Apr 3, 2018 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:12
Mar 31, 2018 vs STL W 6-0 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 21:44
Mar 29, 2018 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 2 2 21:51
Mar 28, 2018 @ VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 21:23
Mar 26, 2018 @ TBL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 23:51
Mar 24, 2018 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 24:39
Mar 22, 2018 @ CAR L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 22:30
Mar 21, 2018 @ BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19:44
Mar 19, 2018 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 19:14
Mar 17, 2018 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:11
Mar 15, 2018 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 20:15
Mar 13, 2018 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 22:02
Mar 11, 2018 vs VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:42
Mar 10, 2018 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:41
Mar 7, 2018 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:44
Mar 5, 2018 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:53
Mar 3, 2018 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:39
Mar 1, 2018 vs MIN W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:34
Feb 25, 2018 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 15:13
Feb 24, 2018 vs ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:04
Feb 22, 2018 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:30
Feb 17, 2018 vs EDM W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:29
Feb 15, 2018 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:16
Feb 13, 2018 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:54
Feb 12, 2018 vs CHI W 6-1 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 17:25
Feb 10, 2018 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:42
Feb 8, 2018 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:32
Feb 6, 2018 @ WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21:26
Feb 3, 2018 @ LAK L 0-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 17:24
Feb 1, 2018 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 20:19
Jan 25, 2018 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 6 23:33
Jan 22, 2018 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:59
Jan 20, 2018 @ STL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:43
Jan 16, 2018 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 23:25
Jan 13, 2018 @ SJS L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 21:18
Jan 12, 2018 vs EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 22:45
Jan 6, 2018 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 22:39
Jan 4, 2018 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 23:32
Dec 31, 2017 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 21:38
Dec 28, 2017 vs TOR L 4-7 0 1 1 -1 0 7 1 25:05
Dec 27, 2017 @ COL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 19:22
Dec 23, 2017 vs COL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 22:21
Dec 22, 2017 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 22:27
Dec 19, 2017 vs FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 23:47
Dec 16, 2017 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 21:02
Dec 14, 2017 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:48
Dec 10, 2017 @ CHI L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 22:22
Dec 9, 2017 @ CBJ L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 19:29
Dec 7, 2017 @ BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 23:32
Dec 3, 2017 @ VGK L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 22:40