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Jake Christiansen

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	199	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	27
Age	26 (Sep 12, 1999)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Jan 17, 2025	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 2 years @ $975K AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 10, 2024	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jun 5, 2023	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2023-24
Mar 4, 2020	Columbus Blue Jackets	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	CBJ	8	75:10	0.80	0.00	0.80	0.19	0.61	25.00	5.83	19.17	0.00	0.00
2022-23	CBJ	24	340:34	0.00	0.53	0.53	0.17	-0.17	0.00	5.46	-5.46	0.00	0.00
2023-24	CBJ	12	156:33	0.00	0.77	0.77	0.19	-0.19	0.00	6.94	-6.94	7.14	0.00
2024-25	CBJ	68	797:52	0.08	0.53	0.60	0.15	-0.08	1.79	3.62	-1.84	0.00	5.81
2025-26	CBJ	1	7:42	0.00	0.00	0.00	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
2021-22	CBJ	8	75:10	31.93	2.39	1.67	48.69	1.60	2.48	60.00	40.31	-0.68	-0.35	-5.13
2022-23	CBJ	24	340:34	37.53	2.11	2.29	45.10	2.82	2.72	42.86	45.73	-0.01	-0.37	3.03
2023-24	CBJ	12	156:33	31.04	1.92	1.42	53.66	3.45	3.04	35.71	31.85	-0.77	0.04	-10.26
2024-25	CBJ	68	797:52	37.83	2.78	2.03	46.40	2.41	2.58	53.62	44.02	-0.31	0.09	-4.46
2025-26	CBJ	1	7:42	38.96	0.00	2.93	23.38	0.00	0.55	-	84.31	0.06	-1.91	30.42

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	8	20.6	0.3	9.0	9.0	75.2	60.3	66.7	33.3	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4
2022-23	24	21.2	0.2	8.8	8.8	87.3	63.4	50.0	43.8	6.2	0.4	0.2	0.4
2023-24	12	20.7	0.1	8.8	8.8	79.3	66.6	66.7	33.3	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4
2024-25	68	21.1	0.1	8.8	8.8	87.6	68.0	72.2	25.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.4
2025-26	1	19.5	0.0	8.5	8.5	71.7	63.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4

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	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	CBJ	3.04	2.28	57.14	2.05	2.29	47.15	-0.28	-0.24	-0.70
2024-25	CBJ	2.07	2.58	44.44	1.86	2.77	40.13	-0.26	0.26	-5.57
2024-25	CBJ	4.81	3.01	61.54	2.41	3.32	42.07	0.18	0.87	-5.64
2024-25	CBJ	2.00	2.00	50.00	2.08	2.94	41.40	-0.28	0.44	-7.06
2024-25	CBJ	2.90	2.90	50.00	2.12	2.26	48.46	-0.14	-0.22	0.72
2023-24	CBJ	0.00	3.15	0.00	1.07	2.61	29.15	-1.09	-0.49	-11.98
2022-23	CBJ	1.62	2.70	37.50	2.10	2.92	41.80	-0.34	0.13	-4.78
2022-23	CBJ	2.74	3.42	44.44	2.41	2.36	50.55	0.13	-0.67	7.52
2022-23	CBJ	0.00	1.36	0.00	2.13	3.97	34.89	-0.18	1.05	-9.28
2022-23	CBJ	2.38	2.38	50.00	2.09	2.99	41.16	0.05	0.07	0.05
2021-22	CBJ	2.22	0.00	100.00	0.98	3.25	23.13	-1.34	0.60	-23.53

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

Projected Lineups for Devils vs Blue Jackets – 10/13/25 at The Hockey Writers (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Blue Jackets face first injury adversity of the season as defenseman will miss tonight's game at Union Blue (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Blue Jackets game #3 preview, a Devil of a home opener tonight at Nationwide at Union Blue (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Game Preview: Jet Greaves Starts, Jake Christiansen Enters The Lineup As Blue Jackets Take Home Ice For The First Time This Season at 1st Ohio Battery (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
2 Days Until Opening Night At NWA: The History Of Jersey #2 at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Preseason Gameday #5: Marc-Andre gets his flowers at Jackets Cannon (Sat Sep 27, 2025)
Halfway through the preseason, predicting the opening night roster for the Columbus Blue Jackets at Union Blue (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
2025-26 Blue Jackets Roster Projection 4.0: Training Camp Check-In at The Hockey Writers (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Blue Jackets Overpower Penguins In Preseason Game #4 at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Three Things: Chinakhov Strikes, Jackets Score Twice on Power Play, Greaves Picks Up The Win at 1st Ohio Battery (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Blue Jackets Defeat Penguins to Close Four Games in Four Nights Stretch at The Hockey Writers (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
3 Takeaways From Blue Jackets’ Preseason Opening Win Over Blues at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
32 Days Until Opening Night At NWA: The History Of Jersey #32 at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
Blue Jackets 2025-26 season preview, Daemon Hunt needs to separate himself from the pack at Union Blue (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
What to make of the Blue Jackets inviting Brendan Smith to training camp on a PTO at Union Blue (Wed Aug 20, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	26	$975,000	$975,000	-	-	$950,000	$950,000	$950,000	RFA-arb
2026-27	27	$975,000	$975,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,950,000	$1,950,000	$1,950,000

Signed: Jan 17, 2025

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.02

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Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (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	$350,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$350,000

Signed: July 10, 2024

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.88

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary of $400,000.

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	$275,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$275,000

Signed: June 5, 2023

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.93

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary of $350,000

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	21	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2021-22	22	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2022-23	23	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Mar 4, 2020

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: RFA

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	PCBHL	Hollyburn Huskies Bantam A1-T1	54	12	25	37		30
2013-14	U16 Cup	BCMML Avalanche										4					2
2014-15	BCMML	Vancouver NW Hawks	4	0	0	0		2
2015-16	WHL	Everett Silvertips	48	4	4	8	+1	10				9				-3	2
2016-17	WHL	Everett Silvertips	72	6	13	19	+16	29				10		2	2		6
2017-18	WHL	Everett Silvertips	72	6	25	31	+12	20				22	2	5	7	+6	2
2018-19	WHL	Everett Silvertips	67	12	32	44	+26	20				10	1	7	8	+4
2019-20	WHL	Everett Silvertips	38	22	28	50	+29	35
2019-20	AHL	Stockton Heat	9	0	0	0	-4
2020-21	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	28	3	12	15	+3	14
2021-22	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	62	13	32	45	-12	33
2021-22	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	8	1	0	1	+1		4	25.0	9:46
2022-23	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	50	11	23	34	-1	53
2022-23	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	24	0	4	4	-7	4	25	0.0	15:13
2023-24	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	0	2	2	-5	2	7	0.0	13:13
2023-24	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	62	13	33	46	+8	34				4	1		1	+3
2024-25	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	68	1	7	8	+6	11	58	1.7	12:32
2025-26	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	1	0	0	0				0.0	7:44
NHL Career			113	2	13	15	-5	17	94	2.1	12:57