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Jake Middleton #5
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Jake Middleton has 9 points (1 goals, 8 assists) in 37 games for the Minnesota Wild this season.

Selected in the 7th round (No. 210) of the 2014 NHL Draft by the Los Angeles Kings, he has 87 points (23 goals, 64 assists) in 343 regular-season games for the San Jose Sharks and the Minnesota Wild.

He also has 5 points (0 goals, 5 assists) in 18 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 30 yrs (02.01.1996)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 99 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 210th in 2014
    Draft Team: Team logoLos Angeles Kings
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 30-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Wild controlling 46% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Jake Middleton is off the ice, the Wild control 51% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 21% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 40% in the defensive zone.

  • 73

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 151st of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 101st of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    66.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.03
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    18.68
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.19
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.24
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.24
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.19
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.50
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.68
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.80
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.53
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.27
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    6.03
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.31
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    0.92
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.37
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    5.47
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    5.31
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $4.350M
Player Contract Value: $3.800M
Remaining: 4 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2029 UFA
Age at the end: 34.5 yrs (02.01.1996)
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Jake Middleton
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.12.2025 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 0 0 0 17:30 0 2
31.12.2025 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 1 1 1 16:43 0 0
02.01.2026 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 -1 16:48 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 1 0 1 0 15:13 1 100.0% 0
05.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 0 0 0 -2 12:07 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 1 2 -2 2 50.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Sharks 3 0 1 1 -1 9:55 0 2
2019-20 Team Logo Sharks 10 0 2 2 -2 10:46 9 0.0% 9
2020-21 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 0 0 -2 8:43 1 0.0% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Sharks 45 3 6 9 3 19:03 51 5.9% 69
2021-22 Team Logo Wild 21 1 4 5 7 17:55 22 4.5% 13
2022-23 Team Logo Wild 79 3 12 15 15 19:01 79 3.8% 72
2023-24 Team Logo Wild 80 7 18 25 -15 19:49 85 8.2% 77
2024-25 Team Logo Wild 67 8 13 21 11 21:52 97 8.2% 40
2025-26 Team Logo Wild 37 1 8 9 -1 17:21 29 3.4% 44
Season Projection 75 2 16 18 -2 17:21 59 3.4% 89
Total 343 23 64 87 15 373 6.2% 328
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2021-22 Team Logo Wild 6 0 1 1 6 16:53 9 0.0% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Wild 6 0 2 2 -2 20:31 7 0.0% 8
2024-25 Team Logo Wild 6 0 2 2 3 21:58 7 0.0% 2
Total 18 0 5 5 7 23 0.0% 12
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Jake Middleton Team Logo D 30 yrs 191 cm / 99 kg 0.24 0.25 61 79 $4.350M
92% Brenden Dillon Team Logo D 35.2 yrs 193 cm / 101 kg 0.26 0.22 60 78 $4.000M
89% Drew Helleson Team Logo D 24.8 yrs 191 cm / 94 kg 0.25 0.24 60 79 $1.100M
88% Adam Larsson Team Logo D 33.2 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.22 0.26 59 79 $5.250M
88% Artem Zub Team Logo D 30.3 yrs 191 cm / 90 kg 0.30 0.28 63 79 $4.600M
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