GRIT & GF
Ben Jones

Minnesota Wild, Centre

Ben Jones

  • Disciplined
  • Heavy
Points, 2025–26
3
1 G, 2 A in 28 GP
Individual xG
2.5
1 goals from it
Ice time per game
8:50
26 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
41.7
share of chances while he's on

Ben Jones has 1 goal and 2 assists (3 points) in 28 games for the Minnesota Wild in 2025–26, with 26 shots on goal and 8:50 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 47.4 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

47.4050100
Rated above 31% of forwards
Goals above average
−0.9
Wins
−0.16
Physicality60thGF31thIntimidation7thChemistry35thClutch68th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.04, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 30.7% of 531 rated players

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

Clutch

+0.36 SD · 68th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

  • Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0468th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.4014th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 234 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 NYI

    Saturday, January 10

    Drought over

    Ben Jones scored for the first time in at least 46 games. He has 1 goal this season. The Wild fell 4-3 to the Islanders in overtime.

  2. vs BOS

    Sunday, December 14

    Volume

    Ben Jones had 7 shot attempts, his most in a game since 2023-24. Four reached the net and none went in. His average this season was 1.4. It finished 6-2 for the Wild.

Player card

Percentile among 476 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game8:50
    3
  • Points per 600.73
    5
  • Goals per 600.24
    6
  • Individual xG per 600.61
    18
  • Shots per 606.3
    53

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.11
    18
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.95
    7
  • xGF%41.7%
    5

Physical

  • Hits per 6014.1
    91
  • Blocks per 603.2
    75
  • Penalty minutes per 600.0
    100

Who he plays with

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

LinematesGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Tyler Pitlick, Nico Sturm950:2951–722.5–2.41–351%
Tyler Pitlick, Liam Ohgren634:1719–450.3–1.60–016%
Tyler Pitlick, Yakov Trenin927:0025–321.1–1.30–446%
Vinnie Hinostroza, Yakov Trenin820:5422–250.8–1.51–035%
Robby Fabbri, Nicolas Aube-Kubel216:1011–210.9–0.91–151%
Marcus Foligno, Yakov Trenin915:089–190.2–0.70–024%
Vinnie Hinostroza, Liam Ohgren37:447–80.2–0.30–031%
Tyler Pitlick, Danila Yurov85:126–60.1–0.40–122%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 1 goals from 36 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
0.000.200.400.60
11-1904-14

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2628123262.58:50581341.7
2024–2526000242.18:23511240.8

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1413:230100.00200
2026-04-1310:060010.01300
2026-01-207:190000.00030
2026-01-198:000030.24100
2026-01-178:540100.05000
2026-01-159:050020.08000
2026-01-128:390010.04110
2026-01-108:171020.17410
2025-12-187:020020.04010
2025-12-1611:180000.00300
2025-12-1411:500040.25200
2025-12-135:570000.00500
2025-12-116:190000.00410
2025-12-0410:160000.00400
2025-12-026:390000.21100
2025-11-287:240030.43200
2025-11-268:300000.00200
2025-11-237:440010.02200
2025-11-2110:250000.00000
2025-11-1912:290000.00010