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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ian Cole COL · 26 P in 65 GP Ryan Graves COL · 26 P in 69 GP John Marino PIT · 26 P in 56 GP Duncan Keith CHI · 27 P in 61 GP Dmitry Orlov WSH · 27 P in 69 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 12 14 26 4 38 149 75 0.41 8.1 22:26

Contract

$4.6MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$177KCap dollars per point26 points in 63 games
$976KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.7 goals above replacement
$4.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$6KValueworth 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 Arizona Coyotes on Nov 13, 2018, as an extension of the contract he was on: 6 years and $27.6M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2024-25, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $4.6M $2.2M $400K $2.6M
2020-21 $4.6M $3.3M $0 $3.3M
2021-22 $4.6M $5.3M $0 $5.3M
2022-23 $4.6M $4M $0 $4M
2023-24 $4.6M $4.4M $1M $5.4M M-NTC
2024-25 $4.6M $6M $1M $7M M-NTC

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 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

+4.7Goals above replacement187th of 670 skaters, 50th of 231 defencemen
+0.8Wins 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 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+0.5 75th percentileEven-strength defence0.0 54th percentilePower play-0.3 21st percentilePenalty kill+0.4 83rd percentilePenalties-0.5 48th 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

49.4Corsi for %1042 attempts for, 1069 against
+1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %43.1 expected for, 45.1 against
+0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.2Goals for %47 for, 43 against
100.2PDO8.1% shooting + 92.1% saves
226Attempts 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
Alex Goligoski · Jakob Chychrun62892:5849.047.336-34
Jordan Oesterle · Jakob Chychrun2762:5945.248.52-3
Jakob Chychrun · Ilya Lyubushkin1835:3055.465.72-0
Jason Demers · Jakob Chychrun2027:5259.570.73-0

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.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.2Expected goalsfrom 217 unblocked attempts
+3.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.35 expected goals per 60 minutes94th
Shot quality 3.8% chance per attempt84th
Finishing +3.8 goals above expected96thOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 12Expected 8.2

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
Feb 19, 2020 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 19:39
Feb 17, 2020 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 23:56
Feb 15, 2020 vs WSH W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 18:55
Feb 13, 2020 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 25:39
Feb 11, 2020 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 25:24
Feb 10, 2020 @ MTL W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 19:57
Feb 8, 2020 @ BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 8 1 24:11
Feb 6, 2020 vs CAR L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 4 23:20
Feb 4, 2020 vs EDM W 3-0 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 24:09
Feb 1, 2020 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 23:24
Jan 30, 2020 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 20:50
Jan 29, 2020 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:20
Jan 18, 2020 @ EDM L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:23
Jan 16, 2020 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:54
Jan 14, 2020 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 21:49
Jan 12, 2020 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 25:30
Jan 10, 2020 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:24
Jan 9, 2020 @ TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 21:06
Jan 7, 2020 @ FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:44
Jan 4, 2020 vs PHI W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 20:09
Jan 2, 2020 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 24:36
Dec 31, 2019 vs STL W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 20:26
Dec 29, 2019 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:23
Dec 28, 2019 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 22:30
Dec 23, 2019 @ NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 24:35
Dec 22, 2019 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 24:08
Dec 19, 2019 vs MIN L 5-8 2 0 2 -2 0 4 0 23:10
Dec 17, 2019 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 22:27
Dec 14, 2019 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:51
Dec 12, 2019 vs CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 22:41
Dec 10, 2019 vs CGY L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 23:09
Dec 8, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 27:06
Dec 6, 2019 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 23:04
Dec 5, 2019 @ PHI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 22:52
Dec 3, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 1 4 2 2 22:02
Nov 30, 2019 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 2 0 2 21:04
Nov 29, 2019 @ VGK L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 23:26
Nov 27, 2019 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 26:29
Nov 24, 2019 vs EDM L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 22:01
Nov 23, 2019 @ LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 22:08
Nov 21, 2019 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 22:01
Nov 18, 2019 vs LAK W 3-0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 17:18
Nov 16, 2019 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 23:47
Nov 14, 2019 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:14
Nov 12, 2019 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 26:30
Nov 11, 2019 @ WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 27:50
Nov 9, 2019 vs MIN L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 23:23
Nov 7, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 24:39
Nov 5, 2019 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 23:38
Nov 4, 2019 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:12
Nov 2, 2019 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 20:55
Oct 30, 2019 vs MTL L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 24:16
Oct 28, 2019 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 23:37
Oct 25, 2019 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 24:11
Oct 24, 2019 @ NYI L 2-4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 22:39
Oct 22, 2019 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:07
Oct 19, 2019 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:55
Oct 17, 2019 vs NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 21:31
Oct 15, 2019 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:06
Oct 12, 2019 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 17:53
Oct 10, 2019 vs VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:38
Oct 5, 2019 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:18
Oct 3, 2019 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:54