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Jake Leschyshyn

#15 · Centre · New York Rangers

Born Mar 10, 1999 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA · 5'11", 196 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 62nd overall in 2017 by VGK (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anton Blidh COL · 0 P in 14 GP Alex Galchenyuk COL · 0 P in 11 GP Darren Helm COL · 0 P in 11 GP Brad Malone EDM · 0 P in 10 GP James Hamblin EDM · 0 P in 10 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.

02462021-22: 6 points621-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 0 points023-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 VGK 41 2 4 6 -2 8 35 45 0.15 $778K
2022-23 VGK 22 0 0 0 -7 8 23 38 0.00 $767K
2022-23 NYR 13 0 0 0 -3 0 8 17 0.00
2023-24 NYR 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00 $767K
3 seasons Career 77 2 4 6 -13 16 66 100 0.08

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 0 0 0 -10 8 31 55 0.00 0.0 9:08

Contract

$767KCap hitends in 2025
-$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.4MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Aug 13, 2022, as a new contract: 3 years and $2.3M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2024-25, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $767K $750K $0 $750K
2023-24 $767K $775K $0 $775K
2024-25 $767K $775K $0 $775K

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
Aug 13, 2022 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $2.3M $767K
Jun 1, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 signed for 2018-19, slid 3 $2.875M $778K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-3.3Goals above replacement656th of 696 skaters, 444th of 461 forwards
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 461 ranked forwards: 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-3.4 10th percentileEven-strength defence-1.2 25th percentilePower play0.0 67th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 64th percentilePenalties+0.4 51st 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 forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-4-3-2-1012021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

41.0Corsi for %219 attempts for, 315 against
-11.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.2Expected goals for %9.1 expected for, 14.2 against
-16.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
17.6Goals for %3 for, 14 against
94.0PDO2.6% shooting + 91.4% saves
45Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
William Carrier · Keegan Kolesar · Jake LeschyshynVGK1353:5640.837.51-1
Barclay Goodrow · Julien Gauthier · Jake LeschyshynNYR528:5332.734.50-2
Phil Kessel · Michael Amadio · Jake LeschyshynVGK524:3454.264.00-2
William Carrier · Michael Amadio · Jake LeschyshynVGK518:2048.355.80-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.6Expected goalsfrom 36 unblocked attempts
-3.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.68 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 10.1% chance per attempt93rd
Finishing -3.6 goals above expected18thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.6Goals 0

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
Feb 20, 2023 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:21
Feb 18, 2023 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:48
Feb 17, 2023 @ EDM W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 06:28
Feb 15, 2023 @ VAN W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:13
Feb 11, 2023 @ CAR W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:21
Feb 8, 2023 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:57
Feb 6, 2023 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:31
Jan 27, 2023 vs VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:09
Jan 25, 2023 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:36
Jan 23, 2023 vs FLA W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:07
Jan 19, 2023 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:35
Jan 16, 2023 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:36
Jan 15, 2023 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 06:47
Jan 5, 2023 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:41
Jan 2, 2023 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:21
Dec 31, 2022 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 07:59
Dec 28, 2022 @ ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:32
Dec 27, 2022 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:09
Dec 23, 2022 vs STL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 09:33
Dec 21, 2022 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:43
Dec 19, 2022 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:29
Dec 17, 2022 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:22
Dec 15, 2022 @ CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:17
Dec 13, 2022 @ WPG W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:43
Dec 11, 2022 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:04
Dec 9, 2022 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:16
Dec 7, 2022 vs NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:22
Dec 5, 2022 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:58
Dec 3, 2022 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:05
Dec 1, 2022 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 09:16
Nov 28, 2022 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 10:52
Nov 26, 2022 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:40
Nov 21, 2022 @ VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:22
Oct 30, 2022 vs WPG W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:59
Oct 28, 2022 vs ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 14:18