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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Danny DeKeyser DET · 20 P in 52 GP Ben Hutton VAN · 20 P in 69 GP Jordan Oesterle ARI · 20 P in 71 GP Radko Gudas PHI · 20 P in 77 GP Ben Chiarot WPG · 20 P in 78 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 5 15 20 -12 28 117 74 0.38 4.3 20:15

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2019, then extended to 2025
$46KCap dollars per point20 points in 53 games
$259KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.6 goals above replacement
$3.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.2MValueworth 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 696 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, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Arizona Coyotes on Nov 13, 2018, 6 years and $27.6M at $4.6M a season, beginning in 2019-20.

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 not begun 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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+3.6Goals above replacement274th of 699 skaters, 75th of 244 defencemen
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 244 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+0.3 71st percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 63rd percentilePower play-0.5 16th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 50th percentilePenalties-0.7 50th 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

49.8Corsi for %884 attempts for, 892 against
+1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Expected goals for %37.2 expected for, 34.3 against
+4.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.1Goals for %26 for, 33 against
97.7PDO5.5% shooting + 92.2% saves
185Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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 Chychrun42354:1948.050.314-11
Niklas Hjalmarsson · Jakob Chychrun31164:5747.047.33-5
Jakob Chychrun · Ilya Lyubushkin22143:3049.455.73-4
Jordan Oesterle · Jakob Chychrun31138:3353.054.82-4

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.8Expected goalsfrom 185 unblocked attempts
-3.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.49 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 4.7% chance per attempt98th
Finishing -3.8 goals above expected3rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Expected 8.8Goals 5

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 4, 2019 @ VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 17:59
Mar 26, 2019 vs CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:59
Mar 23, 2019 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:10
Mar 21, 2019 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 21:20
Mar 18, 2019 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:36
Mar 16, 2019 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 6 3 19:10
Mar 11, 2019 @ CHI L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 18:13
Mar 9, 2019 vs LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 21:06
Mar 7, 2019 vs CGY W 2-0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 17:01
Mar 5, 2019 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:17
Mar 2, 2019 vs DET W 3-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 22:24
Feb 28, 2019 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:02
Feb 26, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 23:10
Feb 24, 2019 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:24
Feb 21, 2019 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 21:05
Feb 19, 2019 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 20:07
Feb 18, 2019 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:23
Feb 16, 2019 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:14
Feb 14, 2019 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 21:17
Feb 12, 2019 @ VGK W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:02
Feb 9, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:48
Jan 23, 2019 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:29
Jan 22, 2019 @ OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 22:51
Jan 20, 2019 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:43
Jan 18, 2019 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 18:06
Jan 16, 2019 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:27
Jan 13, 2019 @ CGY L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 19:45
Jan 12, 2019 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 17:19
Jan 10, 2019 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 19:32
Jan 6, 2019 vs NYR W 5-0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 22:06
Jan 4, 2019 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 20:02
Jan 2, 2019 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:18
Dec 30, 2018 vs VGK L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 21:36
Dec 29, 2018 @ ANA W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 20:38
Dec 27, 2018 @ LAK L 1-2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 21:23
Dec 23, 2018 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 20:37
Dec 22, 2018 vs COL W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 20:55
Dec 20, 2018 vs MTL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 22:26
Dec 18, 2018 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:23
Dec 16, 2018 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 19:03
Dec 14, 2018 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 21:10
Dec 13, 2018 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:51
Dec 11, 2018 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:08
Dec 8, 2018 vs SJS L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 20:14
Dec 6, 2018 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:05
Dec 4, 2018 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:07
Dec 1, 2018 vs STL W 6-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 21:51
Nov 29, 2018 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 21:36
Nov 27, 2018 @ MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:42
Nov 25, 2018 vs CGY L 1-6 0 0 0 -4 2 3 1 19:46
Nov 23, 2018 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 20:08
Nov 21, 2018 vs VGK L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:47
Nov 13, 2018 @ DET L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:39