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Jalen Chatfield

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Carolina Hurricanes
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years ($3.0M CapHit)
Height	6'1"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	209	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	31
Age (DOB)	30 (May 15, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 21, 2025	Carolina Hurricanes	Activated from IR
Nov 8, 2025	Carolina Hurricanes	Placed on IR
Jun 13, 2024	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 3 years @ $3.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jan 21, 2022	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 2 years @ $762K AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 29, 2021	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2021-22
Dec 9, 2020	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 1 year @ $700K AAV starting in 2020-21
Mar 13, 2017	Vancouver Canucks	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2020-21	VAN	18	-1.42	-1.05	-0.83	-1.03	-	-0.81	-	-2.05
2021-22	CAR	16	0.17	2.06	-1.00	-1.92	-	-1.07	2.69	0.79
2022-23	CAR	78	-0.74	-1.07	0.24	0.22	-	-0.89	2.45	0.07
2023-24	CAR	72	1.32	0.43	2.01	1.61	-	-0.35	3.16	0.01
2024-25	CAR	79	-0.51	-0.96	0.58	1.23	-	1.07	1.59	0.88
2025-26	CAR	72	-0.65	-0.19	-0.84	-1.08	-	0.95	0.54	0.19

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2020-21	VAN	18	-1.57	-1.65	-1.50	0.35	0.14	-0.38	-
2021-22	CAR	16	-1.09	-1.52	-1.86	0.29	-1.24	-1.42	-
2022-23	CAR	78	-1.45	-1.41	-1.16	0.30	-0.98	-1.17	-
2023-24	CAR	72	-0.91	-1.44	-1.44	1.12	-0.64	-1.93	-
2024-25	CAR	79	0.22	-1.47	0.05	-0.23	-0.57	-0.16	-
2025-26	CAR	72	0.35	-1.46	0.78	-0.44	-0.02	0.70	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2020-21	VAN	18	220:12	0.00	0.27	0.27	0.09	-0.09	0.00	2.63	-2.63	0.00	0.00
2021-22	CAR	16	223:21	0.00	0.81	0.81	0.32	-0.32	0.00	5.02	-5.02	0.00	5.71
2022-23	CAR	78	1019:12	0.29	0.41	0.71	0.28	0.02	5.68	5.37	0.31	0.00	5.00
2023-24	CAR	72	1024:30	0.47	0.82	1.29	0.24	0.23	9.09	4.69	4.40	0.74	3.70
2024-25	CAR	79	1311:09	0.32	0.46	0.78	0.18	0.14	6.31	3.55	2.76	1.13	3.39
2025-26	CAR	72	1219:57	0.10	0.69	0.79	0.22	-0.13	2.33	5.30	-2.97	1.33	2.67

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2020-21	VAN	18	220:12	38.42	1.91	2.24	44.96	4.63	2.99	29.17	42.85	0.04	-0.10	1.22
2021-22	CAR	16	223:21	46.21	1.88	2.85	31.16	1.34	1.94	58.33	59.53	-0.42	-0.37	0.93
2022-23	CAR	78	1019:12	47.86	2.94	3.00	31.55	1.88	1.98	60.98	60.24	-0.09	-0.23	2.03
2023-24	CAR	72	1024:30	48.55	2.87	2.85	30.86	2.05	1.89	58.33	60.14	-0.09	-0.47	4.70
2024-25	CAR	79	1311:09	47.23	2.70	2.75	35.24	2.24	2.29	54.63	54.58	-0.20	-0.00	-1.74
2025-26	CAR	72	1219:57	48.44	2.90	2.92	35.71	2.46	2.60	54.13	52.91	-0.26	0.16	-3.68

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Hurricanes defenseman Jalen Chatfield sidelined by a lower-body injury at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Apr 9, 2026)
Joel Nystrom and Jalen Chatfield’s Battle for Hurricanes’ Final D Spot at The Hockey Writers (Tue Feb 10, 2026)
Wild's Tyler Pitlick Will Not Receive Discipline From NHL For Hit On Hurricanes' Jalen Chatfield at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Nov 8, 2025)
Hurricanes Defenseman Jalen Chatfield Exits Game With Injury Following Headshot at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Nov 6, 2025)
Much is expected of Jalen Chatfield after thriving in an elevated role last season at Cardiac Cane (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
5 under-the-radar free agent additions that paid off for the Carolina Hurricanes at Cardiac Cane (Thu Jul 24, 2025)
Hurricanes Daily: Slavin to QB Power Play?, Chatfield To Return? at Carolina Hockey Now (Wed Nov 22, 2023)

Current Contract

Jalen Chatfield signed a $9,000,000 3-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Eric Tulsky on June 13, 2024 with an AAV of $3,000,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.41% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	28	NMC	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	$2,750,000	$1,000,000	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	UFA
2025-26	29	NMC	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$1,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2026-27	30	M-NTC	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	$1,475,000	$775,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	UFA
Total					-	$6,225,000	$2,775,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000

Signed: June 13, 2024

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Eric Tulsky

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.41

Clause: Player can submit a 15 team no trade list for 2026-27.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Jalen Chatfield signed a $1,525,000 2-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Don Waddell on January 21, 2022 with an AAV of $762,500. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	26	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$250,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	27	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,525,000	$1,525,000	$1,025,000

Signed: Jan 21, 2022

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.92

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2022-23 is $300,000.

Jalen Chatfield signed a $750,000 1-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Don Waddell on July 29, 2021 with an AAV of $750,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	25		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$225,000	UFA-Grp6
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$225,000

Signed: July 29, 2021

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.92

Jalen Chatfield signed a $700,000 1-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Jim Benning on December 9, 2020 with an AAV of $700,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.86% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	24		$700,000	$700,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$125,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$125,000

Signed: Dec 9, 2020

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: Jim Benning

Exp. Status: UFA-Grp6

Cap %: 0.86

Jalen Chatfield signed a $2,295,000 3-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Jim Benning on March 13, 2017 with an AAV of $765,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.02% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	21	$765,000	$765,000	-	$60,000	$650,000	$710,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	22	$765,000	$765,000	-	$65,000	$700,000	$765,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	23	$765,000	$765,000	-	$70,000	$750,000	$820,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$195,000	$2,100,000	$2,295,000	$210,000

Signed: Mar 13, 2017

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: Jim Benning

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2009-10	T1EMBHL	Compuware Bantam Minor AAA	31	5	7	12		30
2010-11	T1EBHL	Compuware Bantam Major AAA	31	6	12	18		22
2011-12	T1EHL U16	Oakland Jr. Grizzlies U16	39	1	8	9		41
2012-13	T1EHL U18	Belle Tire U18	40	3	18	21		18
2013-14	T1EHL U18	Belle Tire U18	37	11	15	26		40
2014-15	OHL	Windsor Spitfires	60	1	20	21	-19	35
2015-16	OHL	Windsor Spitfires	68	10	27	37	+22	45				5	2		2	-3
2016-17	M-Cup	Windsor Spitfires	4	0	0	0	+2	6
2016-17	OHL	Windsor Spitfires	61	8	20	28	+14	56				7		2	2		4
2017-18	AHL	Utica Comets	60	2	5	7	-2	26				5		1	1	+1	2
2018-19	AHL	Utica Comets	34	0	6	6	-13	15
2019-20	AHL	Utica Comets	48	0	4	4	+12	16
2020-21	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	18	0	1	1	-11	12	14	0.0	13:26
2021-22	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	16	0	3	3	+1	8	25	0.0	14:47
2021-22	AHL	Chicago Wolves	44	6	12	18	+14	33				18	2	6	8	+10	16
2022-23	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	78	6	8	14	+23	35	93	6.5	14:07	15	1	3	4	+1	14	16	6.2	15:27
2023-24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	72	8	14	22	+15	24	90	8.9	15:12	11		2	2	-1	12	15	0.0	20:12
2024-25	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	79	7	11	18	+22	54	114	6.1	18:53	9	1		1	+6	6	8	12.5	20:24
2025-26	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	72	2	15	17	+15	18	100	2.0	20:08	8	1	1	2		6	15	6.7	22:55
NHL Career			335	23	52	75	+65	151	436	5.3	16:46	43	3	6	9	+6	38	54	5.6	19:05