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Jake Neighbours

Position	Left Wing / Right Wing	Current Team	St. Louis Blues
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	201	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	25
Age	23 (Mar 29, 2002)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2020, Round 1, Overall 26 (STL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 20, 2025	St. Louis Blues	Activated from IR
Oct 28, 2025	St. Louis Blues	Placed on IR
Oct 22, 2024	St. Louis Blues	Signed 2 years @ $3.750M AAV starting in 2025-26
Oct 17, 2020	St. Louis Blues	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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About Player Cards

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

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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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	STL	9	79:41	0.75	0.75	1.51	0.54	0.22	12.50	8.88	3.62	0.00	0.00
2022-23	STL	43	475:55	0.63	0.38	1.01	0.64	-0.01	10.42	10.58	-0.16	6.45	4.84
2023-24	STL	77	955:34	1.13	0.31	1.44	0.70	0.43	18.18	11.33	6.86	6.02	9.77
2024-25	STL	82	1056:09	0.80	0.91	1.70	0.63	0.16	14.58	11.56	3.02	4.69	7.81
2025-26	STL	8	96:31	3.11	0.62	3.73	1.00	2.10	55.56	17.94	37.62	0.00	15.38

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	STL	9	79:41	29.37	2.26	1.72	50.45	3.76	3.03	37.50	36.26	-0.82	0.09	-10.19
2022-23	STL	43	475:55	32.90	1.76	2.06	43.37	3.40	2.84	34.15	42.10	-0.26	0.13	-4.04
2023-24	STL	77	955:34	36.29	2.32	2.20	48.35	2.70	3.01	46.25	42.19	-0.04	0.27	-2.73
2024-25	STL	82	1056:09	37.04	2.61	2.16	42.15	2.33	2.54	52.87	46.01	0.02	0.48	-5.06
2025-26	STL	8	96:31	41.65	3.73	2.94	47.25	5.59	2.65	40.00	52.57	0.27	0.65	-4.65

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 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	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

The Blues leading goalscorer returns to the lineup- how big of an impact can Jake Neighbours have? at Bleedin' Blue (Thu Nov 20, 2025)
Neighbours has been activated from injured reserve and will be playing against Philadelphia at Bleedin' Blue (Thu Nov 20, 2025)
Jake Neighbours’ Looming Return Creates Lineup Questions for the Blues at The Hockey Writers (Tue Nov 18, 2025)
Jake Neighbours’ Injury Is Firing up the Blues at The Hockey Writers (Thu Nov 6, 2025)
Blues Injury Report: Neighbours sidelined for five weeks at Bleedin' Blue (Tue Oct 28, 2025)
Red Wings-Blues Tweetcap: Detroit rallies from a 4-0 deficit to win 6-4 over St. Louis at The Malik Report (Sat Oct 25, 2025)
Jake Neighbours is becoming a story the Blues didn’t expect at Bleedin' Blue (Fri Oct 17, 2025)
Blues three stars of the opening week at Bleedin' Blue (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Jake Neighbours needs to prove it in 2025-26 at Bleedin' Blue (Thu Aug 7, 2025)

Current Contract

Jake Neighbours signed a $7,500,000 2-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong on October 22, 2024 with an AAV of $3,750,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.93% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	23	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA
2026-27	24	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000

Signed: Oct 22, 2024

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.93

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Jake Neighbours signed a $2,692,500 3-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong on October 17, 2020 with an AAV of $897,500. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.10% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	18	$897,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2021-22	19	$866,667	$894,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2022-23	20	$835,833	$863,333	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$80,000	ELC
2023-24	21	$835,833	$863,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$80,000	ELC
2024-25	22	$835,833	$863,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$80,000	ELC
Total				$82,500	$277,500	$2,415,000	$2,692,500	$240,000

Signed: Oct 17, 2020

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons 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
2015-16	AEHL U15	Airdrie Xtreme U15 AAA	35	22	18	40		64
2015-16	WSI U14	Western Canada Selects U14	7	5	2	7		4
2016-17	WSI U15	Western Canada Selects U15	7	2	3	5		7
2016-17	CSSHL U15	Rink Hockey Academy Kelowna U15P	30	27	41	68		16				5	5	6	11		2
2016-17	CSSHL U16	Rink Hockey Academy Kelowna U16	4	4	1	5		6				1	1		1
2017-18	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	11	0	4	4	-2	6
2017-18	WHL Cup	Team Alberta	5	1	6	7	+7	4
2017-18	AMHL	Calgary Buffaloes U18 AAA	33	26	31	57		12				5	1	3	4		12
2018-19	WHC-17	Canada White U17	5	3	3	6		2
2018-19	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	47	11	13	24	+5	25				16	4	8	12	+8	10
2019-20	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	64	23	47	70	+15	39
2019-20	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	0	0	0	+4	4
2020-21	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	19	9	24	33	+29	17
2021-22	NHL	St. Louis Blues	9	1	1	2	-2	2	8	12.5	9:19
2021-22	Memorial Cup	Edmonton Oil Kings	3	1	0	1	+1	2
2021-22	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	30	17	28	45	+24	38				19	3	14	17	+8	16
2022-23	NHL	St. Louis Blues	43	6	4	10	-19	24	53	11.3	12:26
2022-23	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	23	9	7	16	+1	2
2022-23	WC	Canada	10	1	4	5	+5	2
2023-24	NHL	St. Louis Blues	77	27	11	38	-16	21	145	18.6	15:42
2024-25	NHL	St. Louis Blues	82	22	24	46		56	122	18.0	15:54	7	1	5	6	-2	16	8	12.5	17:51
2025-26	NHL	St. Louis Blues	9	6	2	8	-5	4	13	46.2	14:34
NHL Career			220	62	42	104	-42	107	341	18.2	14:50	7	1	5	6	-2	16	8	12.5	17:51