GRIT & GF
Jayden Struble

Nashville Predators, Defence

Jayden Struble

  • Heavy
  • Disciplined
Points, 2026–27
0
0 G, 0 A in 7 GP
Individual xG
0.2
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
15:09
0 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
42.9
share of chances while he's on

Jayden Struble has 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) in 7 games for the Nashville Predators in 2026–27, with 0 shots on goal and 15:09 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 89.5 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

7 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

89.5050100
Rated above 99% of defencemen
Goals above average
+0.0
Wins
+0.01
Physicality99thGF53thIntimidation46thChemistry51thClutch52th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +0.66, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 98.7% of 223 rated players

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

Physicality

+2.76 SD · 99th percentile · weight 38% · +0.2 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.6.999th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.4.354th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.1.4497th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.1.0297th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.4890th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.7321th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 98 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 STL

    Saturday, October 17

    Physical

    Jayden Struble threw 8 hits, his most in a game since 2023-24. He played 19:36, about 5 minutes over his average. The Predators beat the Blues 5-2.

  2. vs CBJ

    Thursday, March 26

    Drought over

    Jayden Struble scored for the first time in 89 games. He has 1 goal this season. He played 12:05 and had two shots on goal. It finished 2-1 for the Canadiens.

Player card

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

Scoring

  • Ice time per game15:09
    16
  • Points per 600.00
    8
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.11
    26
  • Shots per 600.0
    0

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice1.94
    17
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.59
    41
  • xGF%42.9%
    21

Physical

  • Hits per 6012.5
    99
  • Blocks per 604.5
    54
  • Penalty minutes per 600.0
    93

Skating and shooting

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

Skating

  • Top speed21.0 mph
    54
  • Bursts over 20 mph2
    29
  • Distance skated15 mi
    32

Shooting

  • Hardest shot84.3 mph
    47
  • Shots on goal0
    5

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time41.8%
    55
  • Offensive zone time, even strength42.2%
    54

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
Nicolas Hague428:5925–240.9–0.90–251%
Adam Wilsby421:3617–150.6–0.31–067%
Arber Xhekaj317:2211–180.5–1.52–224%
Roman Josi48:4313–70.6–0.30–163%
Lane Hutson37:2510–40.3–0.20–058%
Jack Ahcan12:361–20.2–0.10–061%
Mike Matheson32:150–30.0–0.20–00%
Brady Skjei32:100–60.0–0.20–00%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 3 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
0.000.050.100.15
04-1410-17

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27700000.215:0922842.9
2025–265921012261.814:011153252.5
2024–255621113471.814:571245454.2
2023–24563710472.016:071215344.6

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1719:360000.15830
2026-10-1514:380000.04100
2026-10-1316:240000.00300
2026-10-1019:070000.00620
2026-10-069:050000.00010
2026-10-0316:090000.00220
2026-09-2911:020000.00200
2026-05-2911:120010.02100
2026-05-2711:540000.003210
2026-05-2515:280010.07400
2026-05-2311:560000.00312
2026-05-2114:100010.00130
2026-05-035:060000.00400
2026-05-0112:530000.01502
2026-04-2910:230010.02400
2026-04-269:240010.02300
2026-04-249:580010.01200
2026-04-2115:050000.00110
2026-04-1912:330000.00200
2026-04-1417:170010.02000