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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 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Pulock NYI · 21 P in 56 GP Carson Soucy SEA · 21 P in 64 GP Duncan Keith EDM · 21 P in 64 GP Matt Roy LAK · 21 P in 67 GP Brett Kulak EDM · 21 P in 74 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 5 1 2 3 0 8 17 2 0.60 $9M
11 seasons Career 626 123 203 326 -32 430 1536 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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
47 7 14 21 -20 47 141 51 0.45 5.0 23:00

Contract

$4.6MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$219KCap dollars per point21 points in 47 games
$1.387MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.3 goals above replacement
$3.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.5MValueworth 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 716 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 3 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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+3.3Goals above replacement273rd of 723 skaters, 82nd of 242 defencemen
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 242 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+0.9 79th percentileEven-strength defence+1.8 79th percentilePower play-1.3 3rd percentilePenalty kill-0.3 28th percentilePenalties-1.4 20th 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

47.1Corsi for %711 attempts for, 798 against
+3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Expected goals for %28.3 expected for, 36.3 against
+1.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.7Goals for %29 for, 48 against
97.1PDO7.9% shooting + 89.2% saves
230Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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
Jakob Chychrun · Ilya Lyubushkin32284:0147.243.77-16
Anton Stralman · Jakob Chychrun37189:5345.141.03-8
Jakob Chychrun · Vladislav Kolyachonok896:3548.943.77-5
Dysin Mayo · Jakob Chychrun3394:1941.539.21-4

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.1Expected goalsfrom 222 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes97th
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt48th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 241 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 7.1Goals 7

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
Mar 12, 2022 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:51
Mar 10, 2022 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) 2 0 2 3 0 4 2 21:51
Mar 8, 2022 @ DET W 9-2 2 1 3 4 0 8 2 23:22
Mar 5, 2022 vs OTT W 8-5 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 21:59
Mar 3, 2022 vs COL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 5 2 2 23:07
Feb 27, 2022 vs WPG L 3-5 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 19:25
Feb 25, 2022 vs VGK W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 21:11
Feb 23, 2022 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:44
Feb 20, 2022 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:14
Feb 19, 2022 vs LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 19:03
Feb 11, 2022 vs TBL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 23:20
Feb 9, 2022 @ SEA W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 20:44
Feb 8, 2022 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 5 2 24:52
Feb 2, 2022 vs CGY L 2-4 0 1 1 2 2 5 0 21:53
Feb 1, 2022 @ COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 23:09
Jan 29, 2022 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:03
Jan 28, 2022 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 20:48
Jan 25, 2022 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:46
Jan 22, 2022 @ NYR L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:19
Jan 21, 2022 @ NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:01
Jan 19, 2022 @ NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:20
Dec 10, 2021 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:36
Dec 6, 2021 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:13
Dec 3, 2021 vs VGK L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 26:01
Nov 30, 2021 @ MIN L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 2 3 1 22:38
Nov 29, 2021 @ WPG W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:58
Nov 27, 2021 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 24:43
Nov 24, 2021 vs EDM L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 2 4 1 26:11
Nov 21, 2021 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 27:34
Nov 20, 2021 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 27:30
Nov 18, 2021 vs CBJ L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 2 2 7 0 30:53
Nov 16, 2021 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 24:47
Nov 13, 2021 @ NSH L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 2 4 3 23:27
Nov 12, 2021 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 25:44
Nov 10, 2021 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 25:16
Nov 6, 2021 vs SEA W 5-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 5 22:09
Nov 5, 2021 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 22:54
Nov 2, 2021 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 25:03
Oct 31, 2021 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 26:28
Oct 29, 2021 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:49
Oct 28, 2021 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 24:03
Oct 25, 2021 @ FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 26:46
Oct 23, 2021 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 26:14
Oct 21, 2021 vs EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 23:01
Oct 18, 2021 vs STL L 4-7 0 0 0 -4 14 2 5 23:56
Oct 16, 2021 @ BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 27:30
Oct 14, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-8 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 23:19