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Ben Jones

Position Center Current Team Minnesota Wild
Shoots Left Current Contract 2 years
Height 6'0" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 187 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 27
Age 26 (Feb 26, 1999) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2017, Round 7, Overall 189 (VGK)
Date Team Transaction
Sep 30, 2025 Minnesota Wild Cleared Waivers
Sep 29, 2025 Minnesota Wild Placed on Waivers
Apr 21, 2025 Minnesota Wild Recalled from AHL
Feb 4, 2025 Minnesota Wild Assigned to AHL
Jan 29, 2025 Minnesota Wild Recalled from AHL
Jan 16, 2025 Minnesota Wild Assigned to AHL
Jan 14, 2025 Minnesota Wild Cleared Waivers
Jan 13, 2025 Minnesota Wild Placed on Waivers
Dec 3, 2024 Minnesota Wild Recalled from AHL
Dec 2, 2024 Minnesota Wild Assigned to AHL
Nov 18, 2024 Minnesota Wild Recalled from AHL
Oct 6, 2024 Minnesota Wild Assigned to AHL
Oct 6, 2024 Minnesota Wild Cleared Waivers
Oct 5, 2024 Minnesota Wild Placed on Waivers
Jul 1, 2024 Minnesota Wild Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 6, 2023 Calgary Flames Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 16, 2022 Calgary Flames Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2022-23
Jun 1, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

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.
2021-22 VGK 2 15:52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.52 -0.52 0.00 13.65 -13.65 0.00 0.00
2024-25 MIN 26 212:26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.60 -0.60 0.00 8.83 -8.83 0.00 2.56

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
2021-22 VGK 2 15:52 41.60 3.78 3.06 64.29 3.78 2.93 50.00 51.11 -0.28 0.94 -11.58
2024-25 MIN 26 212:26 33.89 0.85 1.75 51.40 1.69 2.57 33.33 40.59 -0.59 0.33 -10.55

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%
2021-22 2 20.4 0.4 1.3 1.6 78.1 64.2 0.0 100.0 0.0 33.8 19.2 47.0
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 26 21.1 0.5 9.3 9.4 77.2 56.4 35.3 41.2 23.5 44.9 18.0 37.1

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 Lines

Season
Season Teammate     Teammate     Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2024-25 Shore, D Khusnutdinov, M MIN 78:27 0.76 2.29 25.00 2.33 2.19 51.64 0.06 -0.11 1.84

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% 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

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 25 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $275,000 UFA-Grp6
2025-26 26 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $275,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $550,000
Signed: July 1, 2024
Team: Minnesota Wild
GM: Bill Guerin
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 0.88

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2023-24 24 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $120,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $775,000 $775,000 $120,000
Signed: July 6, 2023
Team: Calgary Flames
GM: Craig Conroy
Exp. Status: UFA-Grp6
Cap %: 0.93

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 23 $750,000 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $100,000 RFA
Total - - $750,000 $750,000 $100,000
Signed: July 16, 2022
Team: Calgary Flames
GM: Brad Treliving
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.91

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2018-19 19 $748,333 $748,333 - $65,000 - $65,000 - ELC
2019-20 20 $760,000 $760,000 - $65,000 $700,000 $765,000 $60,000 ELC
2020-21 21 $760,000 $760,000 - $65,000 $700,000 $765,000 $65,000 ELC
2021-22 22 $760,000 $760,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $70,000 ELC
Total - $195,000 $2,150,000 $2,345,000 $195,000
Signed: June 1, 2018
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: George McPhee
Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)
Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

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
2013-14 GTMMHL Toronto Marlboros Mn Mdgt AAA 1
2014-15 OJHL Stouffville Spirit 1 1 1 2
2014-15 GTMMHL Toronto Marlboros Mn Mdgt AAA 74 27 42 69 50
2014-15 OHL Cup Toronto Marlboros Mn Mdgt AAA 7 1 4 5 4
2014-15 CWG Team Ontario 6 3 2 5 6
2014-15 OGC-16 Team GTHL Red 5 3 3 12
2015-16 OHL Niagara IceDogs 61 5 4 9 -10 16 6 4
2015-16 WHC-17 Canada Black U17 5 0 1 1 4
2015-16 U17-Dev Team Blue 3 3 1 4 2
2016-17 OHL Niagara IceDogs 63 13 37 50 -9 56 4 1 1 -5 6
2017-18 OHL Niagara IceDogs 68 30 49 79 +8 53 10 5 7 12 -2 10
2018-19 OHL Niagara IceDogs 68 41 61 102 +32 82 11 2 5 7 -5 8
2019-20 AHL Chicago Wolves 36 2 5 7 -4 17
2019-20 ECHL Fort Wayne Komets 8 1 4 5 -2 7
2020-21 AHL Henderson Silver Knights 38 7 9 16 +2 39 5 1 1 2 -2
2021-22 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 2 0 0 0 2 1 0.0 8:03
2021-22 AHL Henderson Silver Knights 66 25 16 41 +8 74 2 -2 2
2022-23 AHL Calgary Wranglers 71 17 37 54 +28 63 9 1 1 2 -2 14
2023-24 AHL Calgary Wranglers 72 21 22 43 +6 59 6 6
2024-25 NHL Minnesota Wild 26 0 0 0 -3 10 24 0.0 8:23
2024-25 AHL Iowa Wild 49 13 23 36 -4 30
2024-25 AHL Iowa Wild 49 13 23 36 -4 30
NHL Career 28 0 0 0 -3 12 25 0.0 8:21