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Christian Jaros

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	1 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	222	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	30
Age	29 (Apr 2, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 5, Overall 139 (OTT)

News and Opinions

What to make of the Blue Jackets inviting Brendan Smith to training camp on a PTO at Union Blue (Wed Aug 20, 2025)
After adding another veteran to the AHL mix, the Blue Jackets can ice an entire starting lineup of replacements at Union Blue (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Multiple former New Jersey Devils prospects join newly formed Chinese hockey team at Pucks and Pitchforks (Sun Aug 17, 2025)
2025-26 Blue Jackets Roster Projection 3.0: Navigating a Trade Request at The Hockey Writers (Sun Jul 27, 2025)
Forgotten Senator from 2017-2020 is back in NHL for first time since 2022 at SenShot (Wed Jul 23, 2025)
Are the Blue Jackets better or worse today? at Jackets Cannon (Mon Jul 7, 2025)
Don Waddell shored up the depth in Cleveland and the Blue Jackets Org by signing these two players to two-way deals at Union Blue (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Blue Jackets quietly work to improve their depth on free agency day 1 at Union Blue (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
Blue Jackets Sign Christian Jaros To One-Year, Two-Way Contract at 1st Ohio Battery (Tue Jul 1, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2025	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 26, 2021	New Jersey Devils	Signed 1 year @ $800K AAV starting in 2021-22
Nov 3, 2020	Ottawa Senators	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2020-21
May 30, 2017	Ottawa Senators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	Slovakia U18	HC Kosice U18	2	0	0	0	-1
2011-12	Svk-U18	Kosice U18	38	4	10	14		26
2012-13	Svk-U18	Kosice U18	15	3	17	20		16				2
2013-14	Swe-U18	Lulea U18	34	11	14	25		44				5		2	2		6
2013-14	Swe-Jr.	Lulea Jr.	3	1	3	4
2014-15	Swe-Jr.	Lulea Jr.	23	4	8	12		74				3		1	1		6
2014-15	Sweden-2	Asploven	6	0	1	1
2014-15	Sweden	Lulea	25	0	1	1		6
2015-16	Sweden-2	Asploven	22	2	3	5		53
2015-16	Sweden	Lulea	25	0	5	5		45				10		3	3		20
2015-16	WC-A	Slovakia	5	2	0	2	-1	10	2
2015-16	WJ18-A	Slovakia	5	1	1	2		6	13
2015-16	Champions HL	Luleå HF	4	0	0	0	+2
2015-16	SHL	Luleå HF	25	0	5	5	+6	45				10		3	3		20
2015-16	HockeyAllsvenskan	Asplöven HC	22	2	3	5	-3	53
2015-16	WJC-20	Slovakia U20	5	1	1	2	-2	2
2016-17	Champions HL	Luleå HF	4	1	1	2	-1	6
2016-17	SHL	Luleå HF	36	5	8	13	+8	22
2017-18	NHL	Ottawa Senators	2	0	0	0				0.0	7:58
2017-18	WC	Slovakia	7	1	0	1
2017-18	AHL	Belleville Senators	44	3	13	16	-10	43
2018-19	NHL	Ottawa Senators	61	1	9	10	-14	27	65	1.5	14:22
2018-19	WC	Slovakia	4	0	2	2	+2	2
2018-19	AHL	Belleville Senators	1	0	0	0
2019-20	NHL	Ottawa Senators	13	0	3	3	-2	6	5	0.0	10:31
2019-20	AHL	Belleville Senators	34	2	13	15	+20	14
2020-21	NHL	San Jose Sharks	7	0	1	1	-4	2	3	0.0	11:11
2020-21	AHL	San Jose Barracuda	11	0	3	3	+6	2
2021-22	NHL	New Jersey Devils	11	0	0	0	-4	2	9	0.0	11:01
2021-22	OGQ	Slovakia	3	0	0	0	-2	22
2022-23	KHL	Avangard Omsk	24	3	6	9	-6	4
2022-23	KHL	CSKA Moskva	16	0	3	3	+10	12
2023-24	KHL	Severstal Cherepovets	41	3	15	18	+3	14				3	1		1	-1	2
2024-25	KHL	CSKA Moskva	51	2	10	12	+9	18				6				-1	2
NHL Career			94	1	13	14	-24	37	82	1.2	13:04

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.
2017-18	OTT	2	14:34	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	OTT	61	788:17	0.08	0.38	0.46	0.15	-0.07	1.67	3.28	-1.61	5.06	2.53
2019-20	OTT	13	123:24	0.00	0.97	0.97	0.11	-0.11	0.00	7.40	-7.40	0.00	0.00
2020-21	SJS	7	75:55	0.00	0.79	0.79	0.06	-0.06	0.00	2.48	-2.48	0.00	0.00
2021-22	NJD	11	116:53	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.30	-0.30	0.00	6.60	-6.60	0.00	0.00

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
2017-18	OTT	2	14:34	32.95	0.00	1.45	32.95	0.00	1.17	-	55.35	-0.81	-0.86	2.68
2018-19	OTT	61	788:17	37.30	1.83	2.03	44.30	3.20	2.45	36.36	45.31	-0.39	-0.31	-1.40
2019-20	OTT	13	123:24	35.49	1.94	1.90	43.27	2.92	2.17	40.00	46.78	-0.79	-0.59	-2.67
2020-21	SJS	7	75:55	34.77	1.58	2.06	41.10	4.74	2.65	25.00	43.76	-0.67	-0.19	-5.30
2021-22	NJD	11	116:53	36.45	1.03	2.61	37.99	3.08	2.11	25.00	55.24	-0.27	-0.36	1.43

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	11	23.3	0.4	8.6	8.7	89.6	71.4	50.0	37.5	12.5	41.8	18.3	39.9
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
2021-22	White, C	NJD	40:28	0.00	1.48	0.00	2.28	1.93	54.21	-0.77	-0.41	-2.46
2021-22	Smith, T	NJD	36:46	0.00	4.90	0.00	2.55	2.41	51.40	-0.16	-0.07	-0.81
2020-21	Simek, R	SJS	36:14	1.66	9.94	14.29	2.37	3.19	42.62	-1.19	0.44	-13.73
2020-21	Vlasic, M	SJS	27:33	2.18	0.00	100.00	1.33	2.68	33.12	-0.35	-0.06	-4.85
2019-20	Englund, A	OTT	66:15	1.81	0.00	100.00	1.99	2.19	47.53	-0.54	-0.63	0.30
2019-20	Borowiecki, M	OTT	20:11	2.97	5.95	33.33	1.45	1.91	43.20	-1.17	-0.65	-7.41
2018-19	Borowiecki, M	OTT	350:23	1.71	2.91	37.04	2.28	2.33	49.46	-0.18	-0.29	1.03
2018-19	Harpur, B	OTT	151:50	1.19	1.98	37.50	1.78	2.67	39.96	-0.64	-0.18	-5.93
2018-19	Chabot, T	OTT	113:23	2.65	4.23	38.46	2.54	2.88	46.91	0.21	0.24	0.01
2018-19	Lajoie, M	OTT	60:16	2.99	4.98	37.50	1.72	1.91	47.37	-0.69	-0.66	-0.97
2018-19	Falk, J	OTT	29:21	0.00	2.04	0.00	0.93	2.84	24.74	-1.02	0.13	-17.12
2018-19	Wideman, C	OTT	25:48	2.33	2.33	50.00	1.94	0.96	66.83	-0.19	-2.39	27.90

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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	29		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$300,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$300,000

Signed: July 1, 2025

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.81

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $450,000.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	25		$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$275,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$275,000

Signed: July 26, 2021

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.98

Termination: This contract was terminated by New Jersey Devils on March 24, 2022

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	24		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$250,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$250,000

Signed: Nov 3, 2020

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.92

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	21	$755,000	$801,667	$70,000	$80,000	$650,000	$730,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	22	$755,000	$801,667	$70,000	$80,000	$650,000	$730,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	23	$755,000	$801,667	-	$80,000	$725,000	$805,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$140,000	$240,000	$2,025,000	$2,265,000	$210,000

Signed: May 30, 2017

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15