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Jake Walman

Jake Walman

EDM·DJersey number #96
Latest captured market
Apr 8 · 10:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 323 game sample
PTS
36.2
SOG
162.1
G
10.7
A
25.6
PPP
4.7
HIT
55.7
BLK
161.0
PIM
39.5

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 323 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+2.14
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +3.1 goals over 132
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.39
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.5 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 323 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 323 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.44
G
0.13
A
0.31
SOG
1.98
PPP
0.06
HIT
0.68
BLK
1.97
PIM
0.48

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2653812200.389618:45
2024-2565733400.6216422:46
2023-2463129210.3310819:46
2022-236399180.2914019:43
2021-225137100.208714:01

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2660440.67916:53
2024-252228100.453820:10

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 8 lineSOG 5/10G 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 30@ ANAPO300000019:58
Apr 28vs ANAPO100020016:38
Apr 26@ ANAPO001011417:29
Apr 24@ ANAPO000000216:10
Apr 22vs ANAPO301012016:02
Apr 20vs ANAPO202020215:01
Apr 16vs VAN300000019:19
Apr 13vs COL000000013:50
Apr 11@ LAK300003015:11
Apr 8@ SJS000001018:14

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 8 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-264.98plus 3.1 goals above expected51132
2024-259.97minus 2.9 goals above expected64240
2023-244.911plus 6.1 goals above expected55159
2022-237.39plus 1.7 goals above expected59183
2021-225.03minus 2.0 goals above expected46122

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-265 goals, 11 assists, 16 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points
2024-257 goals, 24 assists, 31 points0 goals, 8 assists, 8 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2023-2410 goals, 5 assists, 15 points1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2022-239 goals, 7 assists, 16 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-223 goals, 6 assists, 9 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

132 attempts · 8 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (36)Shot on goal (88)Goal (8)

Markets · Apr 8

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
8%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
3%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.2
P(over)
34%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.