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Jake Christiansen

#2 · Defence · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Sep 12, 1999 in West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN (age 27) · 6'0", 199 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Philip Broberg EDM · 2 P in 12 GP Ronnie Attard PHI · 2 P in 12 GP Santeri Hatakka NJD · 2 P in 12 GP Ian Mitchell BOS · 2 P in 13 GP Max Crozier TBL · 2 P in 13 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.

024682021-22: 1 points121-222022-23: 4 points422-232023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 8 points824-252025-26: 3 points325-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 CBJ 8 1 0 1 1 0 4 9 0.13 $925K
2022-23 CBJ 24 0 4 4 -7 4 25 20 0.17 $925K
2023-24 CBJ 12 0 2 2 -5 2 7 10 0.17 $775K
2024-25 CBJ 68 1 7 8 6 11 58 50 0.12 $775K
2025-26 CBJ 40 0 3 3 -7 8 26 30 0.08 $975K
2026-27 CBJ 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0.00 $975K
6 seasons Career 155 2 16 18 -13 25 120 122 0.12

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
12 0 2 2 -5 2 7 10 0.17 0.0 13:13

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024
$388KCap dollars per point2 points in 12 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Jun 5, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $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
Jan 17, 2025 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $1.95M $975K
Jul 10, 2024 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jun 5, 2023 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Mar 4, 2020 Columbus Blue Jackets Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $2.775M $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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-1.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence-0.9Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-3-2-10122021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

39.9Corsi for %125 attempts for, 188 against
-6.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
30.6Expected goals for %3.9 expected for, 8.8 against
-11.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.7Goals for %5 for, 9 against
100.0PDO9.8% shooting + 90.2% saves
21Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Gudbranson · Jake Christiansen1295:2335.923.50-5
Ivan Provorov · Jake Christiansen917:4241.226.80-1
Damon Severson · Jake Christiansen615:5340.036.73-1
Jake Bean · Jake Christiansen1015:1048.545.50-1

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 2.8% chance per attempt32nd
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 250 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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
Apr 1, 2024 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:48
Mar 30, 2024 vs PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 08:31
Mar 28, 2024 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:41
Mar 26, 2024 @ ARI L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:29
Mar 23, 2024 @ VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:36
Mar 22, 2024 @ COL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:51
Mar 19, 2024 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:15
Mar 17, 2024 vs WPG L 1-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:07
Mar 16, 2024 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 15:31
Jan 4, 2024 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:45
Jan 2, 2024 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:57
Dec 30, 2023 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:07