GRIT & GF
Jake McCabe

Toronto Maple Leafs, Defence

Jake McCabe

  • Physical
  • Shot-eater
Points, 2026–27
0
0 G, 0 A in 10 GP
Individual xG
0.4
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
20:10
8 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
40.3
share of chances while he's on

Jake McCabe has 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) in 10 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2026–27, with 8 shots on goal and 20:10 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 36.2 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

10 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

36.2050100
Rated above 74% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.9
Wins
−0.15
Physicality89thGF8thIntimidation28thChemistry7thClutch7th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.23, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 74% of 223 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Physicality

+1.05 SD · 89th percentile · weight 38% · −0.0 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.3.875th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.5.489th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.0.5310th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.7482th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.8639th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.9862th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 157 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. vs NYR

    Wednesday, March 25

    Drought over

    Jake McCabe scored for the first time in 50 games. He has 4 goals this season. He played 24:54 and had one shot on goal. It finished 4-3 for the Maple Leafs.

  2. at MIN

    Sunday, March 15

    Shot blocker

    Jake McCabe got in front of 9 shots. He has 20 points in 66 games this season. He played 26:49 and had one shot on goal. It finished 4-2 for the Maple Leafs.

  3. vs DET

    Wednesday, January 21

    Ice time

    Jake McCabe played 28:09, about 6 minutes more than his average this season. He has 17 points in 48 games this season. The Maple Leafs fell 2-1 to the Red Wings in overtime.

  4. at UTA

    Tuesday, January 13

    Shot blocker

    Jake McCabe got in front of 6 shots. He has 16 points in 44 games this season. The Maple Leafs lost 6-1 to the Mammoth.

  5. vs NJD

    Tuesday, December 30

    Shot blocker

    Jake McCabe blocked 8 shots. He has 16 points in 39 games this season. He played 23:46 and had no shots on goal. The Maple Leafs beat the Devils 4-0.

  6. at BUF

    Friday, October 24

    Shot blocker

    Jake McCabe blocked 6 shots. He has 2 points in 8 games this season. He played 20:32 and had one shot on goal. The Maple Leafs fell 5-3 to the Sabres.

  7. vs NSH

    Tuesday, October 14

    Drought over

    Jake McCabe scored for the first time in 34 games. That was his first goal of the season. The Maple Leafs beat the Predators 7-4.

Player card

Percentile among 194 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game20:10
    57
  • Points per 600.00
    8
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.11
    27
  • Shots per 602.4
    27

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice1.94
    16
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.88
    22
  • xGF%40.3%
    12

Physical

  • Hits per 604.5
    72
  • Blocks per 606.2
    82
  • Penalty minutes per 601.8
    40

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

  • Top speed21.5 mph
    76
  • Bursts over 20 mph9
    82
  • Distance skated28 mi
    86

Shooting

  • Hardest shot91.8 mph
    83
  • Shots on goal8
    60
  • Shooting %0.0%
    41

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time35.6%
    3
  • Offensive zone time, even strength38.3%
    10

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Darren Raddysh1073:0258–772.5–3.32–243%
Chris Tanev665:3041–592.0–2.92–141%
Troy Stecher109:005–120.3–0.61–332%
Oliver Ekman-Larsson94:051–60.2–0.50–124%
Nick Blankenburg42:282–30.1–0.10–043%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 10 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.100.20
03-2510-19

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–271000080.420:10152140.3
2025–268052025774.422:2410419046.4
2024–256622123742.921:3111813553.7
2023–247382028735.120:3921912953.4

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1923:010010.05252
2026-10-1719:570010.13220
2026-10-1523:300000.00200
2026-10-1318:210000.00020
2026-10-1023:400010.08140
2026-10-0823:320010.04120
2026-10-0619:590010.02400
2026-10-0317:450010.00110
2026-09-3020:190010.02052
2026-09-2911:380010.04202
2026-04-1519:350010.03220
2026-04-1321:140110.06110
2026-04-1118:420020.17120
2026-04-0925:060000.09120
2026-04-0822:080000.13000
2026-04-0423:450020.05020
2026-04-0225:360000.02140
2026-03-3020:090010.192316
2026-03-2821:331040.03110
2026-03-2524:541010.11242