- Age
- 30
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 219 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Wainwright, Alberta, CAN
- GP
- 6
- G
- 0
- A
- 0
- P
- 0
- +/-
- -4
- SOG
- 7
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2014 · Round 7, #210 overall (LAK)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 6 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| G | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A | 0 | 0 | 1-1 |
| P | 0 | 0 | 1-1 |
| SOG | 7 | 1 | 2+5 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | -4 | -1 | -1-3 |
| PIM | 4 | 9 | 13-9 |
| TOI/GP | 17:28 | 17:11+0:17 | 17:13+0:16 |
| SH% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Middleton is shooting 0.0% (0 on 7 shots) against 7.0% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 0.3 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.3).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 46.4
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 45.7
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- -4.1
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 0.977
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.3
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.3
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 63.5
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 15:29
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
13 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Middleton is used
#55 · D · Calgary Flames
Jake Middleton
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 5 games with shift charts
- Pair 3
- PK · rarely
- Ice time / game
- 16:47
- 15:29 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 63.5%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 45.7%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 46.4%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL defensemen
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Calgary Flames | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025–26 | Minnesota Wild | 75 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Minnesota Wild | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | Minnesota Wild | 67 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | Minnesota Wild | 80 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 2022–23 | Minnesota Wild | 79 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | San Jose Sharks | 45 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021–22 | Minnesota Wild | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020–21 | San Jose Sharks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | San Jose Sharks | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | San Jose Sharks | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | @ ANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:13 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | vsANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:40 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | vs COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:34 |
| Sun, Oct 4 | @ SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | @ VAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:39 |
| Thu, Oct 1 | vsSEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:55 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Canada · WC | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020–21 | San Jose Barracuda · AHL | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020–21 (P) | San Jose Barracuda · AHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | San Jose Barracuda · AHL | 32 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018–19 | San Jose Barracuda · AHL | 57 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 2018–19 (P) | San Jose Barracuda · AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | San Jose Barracuda · AHL | 67 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 2017–18 (P) | San Jose Barracuda · AHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016–17 | San Jose Barracuda · AHL | 50 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2016–17 (P) | San Jose Barracuda · AHL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015–16 | Ottawa · OHL | 68 | 7 | 24 | 31 |
| 2015–16 | Manchester · ECHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015–16 (P) | Ottawa · OHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015–16 (P) | Manchester · ECHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Ottawa · OHL | 64 | 4 | 23 | 27 |
| 2014–15 (P) | Ottawa · OHL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013–14 | Ottawa · OHL | 65 | 2 | 21 | 23 |
| 2012–13 | Owen Sound · OHL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012–13 | Ottawa · OHL | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011–12 | Huron-Perth MM · Minor-ON | 25 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 2011–12 | Huron-Perth Mid. · Minor-ON | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | Stratford · ON-Jr.B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011–12 (P) | Huron-Perth MM · Minor-ON | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2010–11 | Huron-Perth MM · Minor-ON | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010–11 (P) | Huron-Perth MM · Minor-ON | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Middleton in the news
Flames Need to Break up Middleton & Parekh PairingZayne Parekh has not gotten off to the start everyone expected from the offensive-minded defenseman, playing in his second professional season. Parekh is known for his offensive prowess, edge work…The Hockey Writers · 2026-10-13
Jake Middleton has had an awful start with the Calgary FlamesWhen the Calgary Flames traded Blake Coleman to the Minnesota Wild, they took back defenceman Jake Middleton as a sort of cap dump. Middleton was known as a solid depth defender who could provide a physical presence and…The Win Column - Flames · 2026-10-13