Jakob Chychrun's 2024-25 season in review

At the age of twenty-seven, Chychrun is in his prime, and played like it last season. He scored 20 goals and 27 assists in 74 games, playing 21 minutes per game. His shot attempts were 53%, expected goals 49%, and actual goals 56%.

According to Isolated Impactby hockeyviz, while on the ice Jakob had a positive impact on the play, both on defense and offense, and kept opponent's shots mostly to the outside while on the penalty kill.

In the O-zone, Jakob Chykrun's primary areas of impact were Deflection Assists/60, Shots/60, and Cycle and Forecheck/60. In the neutral zone, he was instrumental in Zone Entries/60, Entries with Chances/60 and Controlled Entries/60.

On defense, Chychrun's Exits/60, Exits with Possession/60 and Recovered Dump-Ins/60 were his primary strength, areas clearly in line with his skill-set. He is a puck-moving defenseman who can score and does well under pressure

Jakob Chychrun had a positive Goals Above Replacement score, both while on even-strength and on the power play, contributing to goal scoring and scoring opportunities at a rate above the league average. His overall rating was in the 82 percentile, and an offense percentile of 91.

As per Player Overview by NHL Edge, Chychrun performed in the higher percentile in most areas of his games, with his strengths being Top Shot Speed (91), Shots On Goal (95), Shooting % (96) and Goals (99). The number of shots on goal were well above the NHL average of 65.4, at 179.

The biggest concern with Chychrun is whether he can continue to produce at the same level throughout his lengthy contract. Historically, his shooting percentage is 7 - this season's was 10% at even strength and 11% on the powerplay.

Still, fans were quite happy to have Jakob Chychrun playing for Washington, according to an RMNB survey. When asked, On a scale of 1-5, how happy are you to have this player on the team? Jakob scored 4.6, 4.8, 4.8 and 4,7 across four surveys.