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Center•#71PPI 40Jake Evans is a 30-year-old center for the Montréal Canadiens. A 2014 Draft pick (Round 7). Born in Toronto, CAN.
This season, the right-shooting forward has 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points in 14 games. He averages 0.36 points per game on 14:48 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 10–39 pts
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Jake's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
12
Current: 2
Assists
18
Current: 3
Points
29
Current: 5
Limited offensive production projected. Expected range of 17-42 points based on current usage patterns.
0.0%
Art Ross
Most Points
0.0%
Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Jake was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 14 games, 193 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
58.1 vs 57.3 lg
56th percentile
Quality of teammates
55.4 vs 56.8 lg
46th percentile
Deployment
neutral
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Jake takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
17
Goals vs expected
2 vs 2.1 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
50%
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
47
Offense
61
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays a top on-ice shot share, a heavy penalty-kill workload.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
14-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 14-point spread between offensive (47th) and defensive (61th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown center.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays a top on-ice shot share, a heavy penalty-kill workload.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
14-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 14-point spread between offensive (47th) and defensive (61th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown center.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Jake Evans's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | MTL | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +6 | 12 | 16.7% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | MTL | 68 | 12 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 75 | 16.0% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | MTL | 82 | 13 | 23 | 36 | +1 | 80 | 16.3% |
Form
Jake's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | vs PIT | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 17:40 |
| Oct 29 | @ DAL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:57 |
| Oct 27 | @ STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:24 |
| Oct 25 | @ WPG | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:06 |
| Oct 23 | @ CHI | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 2 | 17:12 |
Similar centers
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Jake to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Montréal Canadiens this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 23-242023-24 | MTL | 82 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -1 | 81 | 8.6% |
| 22-232022-23 | MTL | 54 | 2 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 55 | 3.6% |
| 21-222021-22 | MTL | 72 | 13 | 16 | 29 | -5 | 124 | 10.5% |
| 20-212020-21 | MTL | 47 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +2 | 55 | 5.5% |
| 19-202019-20 | MTL | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 14 | 14.3% |
| Career | — | 432 | 54 | 103 | 157 | -9 | 496 | 10.9% |
Alex Newhook
C · 6 pts
