Isaak
Phillips
D · WPG · Limited · Very poor
- PAL
- 1
- WAR
- -0.8
- Value
- 5
- PTS
- 6
2023-24№ 304 / 316
Isaak Phillips (Winnipeg Jets) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Isaak Phillips
HEIGHT : 191 cm · WEIGHT : 93 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : September 27, 2001 · Barrie, Canada
Drafted : 2020 · CHI · round 5, pick #141
Contract : $812,500 · 2025-26 → 2026-27 · Two-Way Contract · UFA (Group 6)
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Winnipeg Jets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | Chicago Blackhawks | 33 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 2022-23 | Chicago Blackhawks | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021-22 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| NHL totals | 59 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 33 | |
Isaak Phillips: our analysis
2023-24 season: 33 GP, 0 G, 6 A, 6 PTS, -26 +/-, 17:04 TOI. WAR -0.8 (304th of 316) · PAL 1, very poor.
In 2023-24, Isaak Phillips, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 1 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of -0.8 ranks 304th among 316 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: creation (70, above average). On the other hand, possession (1, among the weakest in the league) and defense (2, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), no component is positive; the costliest: EV defense (-2.6).
A marked decline: his PAL was 36 in 2022-23, against 1 now; his WAR went from 0.0 to -0.8.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 5 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Isaak Phillips's story
Barrie-born on September 28, 2001, Isaak Phillips developed through the Canadian junior system before turning professional. A defenceman by trade, he climbed the junior ranks and attracted attention from NHL scouts during his time in the Ontario circuits.
Phillips spent his major junior career with the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. The Chicago Blackhawks selected him in the fifth round, 141st overall, at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, then signed him to a three-year entry-level contract on March 31, 2021.
He made his NHL debut on October 29, 2021, in a 6–3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes and did not record a point in that game. During the 2021–22 season Phillips appeared in four games for Chicago while spending the bulk of his season with their AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs. He scored his first NHL goal on January 14, 2023, in an 8–5 defeat against the Seattle Kraken.
Phillips was traded to the Winnipeg Jets on January 15, 2025, in a deal that sent Dmitry Kuzmin to Chicago. Now part of the Jets organization, he is listed as a prospect and skates with the Manitoba Moose in the American Hockey League. On July 11, 2025, Winnipeg re-signed him to a two-year, two-way contract.
Internationally, Phillips played for Team Jamaica at the 2018 Team Elite Hockey Prospect Showcase and helped that team win the tournament. As a player, he is defined by his role on the blue line and by a career pattern that has seen him move between the AHL and NHL as he gathers experience and aims to establish himself at the highest level.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 9:31
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:02
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 3
- Blocks
- 1
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 37.2 %
- Off. zone starts
- 38.9 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
Prospect value
Scout Report Center →Rank
155
among all 32 teams' prospects
Rating
89/ 100
percentile among prospects at his position
Potential
55/ 80
NHL regular
Ceiling: 1.8 WAR from age 21 to 26
NHL probability
39 %
of playing 200 NHL games from age 21 to 26
Expected WAR, age 21-26
1.1
the most likely outcome
NHLe
16
NHL points over 82 games, from 2025-26 (AHL, 67 games)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
1between 0 and 5 (80% range)
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 1
- Games
- 9
So far: 0 pts in 0 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.10 pts per game (last season: 0.00).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slight decline
- PAL Rating: 36 → 1
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 25: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2023-24
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 44 %
58
Replacement or prospect
- SK
- Skating
- 75
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 76
- Confidence 50 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 68
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 39
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 80
- Confidence 50 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 82
- Confidence 23 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 79
- Confidence 50 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 76
- Confidence 44 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 68
- Confidence 44 %
- DF
- Defense
- 49
- Confidence 40 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 41
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating75
- Top speed (35 %)35.1 · 72
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.56 · 84
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.6 · 67
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.2 · 69
ST — Strength76
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.906 · 75
- Body mass (50 %)0.319 · 76
EN — Endurance68
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.7 · 69
- Total ice time (20 %)553 · 57
- Shift length (15 %)46.7 · 73
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)17.4 · 72
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.005 · 67
DU — Durability39
- Share of games played (100 %)0.547 · 39
CK — Checking80
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.292 · 80
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)5.086 · 81
- Season volume (10 %)4.043 · 71
FG — Fighting82
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.091 · 82
DI — Discipline79
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.032 · 79
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.549 · 80
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.361 · 72
PA — Passing76
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.383 · 76
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.411 · 75
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.036 · 72
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.315 · 78
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.324 · 78
SC — Scoring68
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.137 · 63
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.209 · 76
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.227 · 63
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.106 · 75
- xG per shot (10 %)0.035 · 75
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)9.591 · 75
DF — Defense49
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.14 · 55
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.264 · 53
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)3.123 · 46
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.049 · 68
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.536 · 77
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)62.5 · 59
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.165 · 64
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)31.9 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)30.9 · 76
EX — Experience41
- Career regular-season games (65 %)56
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)47
OV — Overall58
- DF · Defense (30 %)49
- PA · Passing (22 %)76
- SK · Skating (12 %)75
- SC · Scoring (12 %)68
- EN · Endurance (9 %)68
- ST · Strength (6 %)76
- DI · Discipline (5 %)79
- CK · Checking (4 %)80
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 58 | 75 | 68 | 49 |
| 2022-23 | 75 | 73 | 77 | 71 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2023-24
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
PAL Rating
1/ 100
Performance · Very poor
255 of 258 at the position
Value Rating
5/ 100
Very poor return
0.86 M$ · expected PAL 40
ProfileLimitedBelow average at both ends
- Offense
- 14
- Defense
- 2
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- Offense
- 19
- Creation
- 70
- Shooting
- 13
- Possession
- 1
- Defense
- 2
- Discipline
- 55
- Power play
- 46
- Penalty kill
- 46
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | CHI | -0.8 | 1 | 5 | 0.86 M$ |
| 2022-23 | CHI | 0.0 | 36 | 45 | 0.86 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2023-24
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
45/ 100
Average
better than 45% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
38/ 100
Below average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
58/ 100
Average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 128 of 234 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 63
- Shot selection
- 44
- Penalties drawn
- 56
- Puck management
- 20
Defense
- Takeaways
- 85
- Discipline
- 49
- Safe zone exits
- 24
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | CHI | 45 | 38 | 58 |
| 2022-23 | CHI | 92 | 77 | 95 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.0
wins above replacement
-0.1 to 0.1 — 90% interval
205 of 325 defensemen
-0.0 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.1
- EV defense
- -0.1
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -0.1
- Penalties
- +0.2
- Average → replacement
- +0.1
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | WPG | 3 | 0.0 | -0.1 to 0.1 | 205/325 |
| 2024-25 | CHI | 3 | 0.2 | -0.1 to 0.5 | 157/314 |
| 2023-24 | CHI | 33 | -0.8 | -1.3 to -0.4 | 304/316 |
| 2022-23 | CHI | 16 | 0.0 | -0.2 to 0.4 | 157/334 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 144.7 km/h46th percentileleague avg. 143.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 32.4 km/h10th percentileleague avg. 34.7 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 18th percentileleague avg. 31
- Offensive zone time
- 40.6 %33rd percentileleague avg. 42.3 %
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- Total distance, season
- 6.6 km7th percentileleague avg. 214.3 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 2.78 km2nd percentileleague avg. 5.23 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.7 %18th percentileleague avg. 42.1 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.9 %49th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 41.6 %30th percentileleague avg. 40.9 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 311th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| High danger | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 16th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2025-2026 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2025-26
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CHIIsaak Phillips: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Isaak Phillips have in 2025-26?
Isaak Phillips has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 3 games in 2025-26.
How old is Isaak Phillips?
Isaak Phillips is 25 years old: he was born on September 28, 2001.
How tall is Isaak Phillips, and how much does he weigh?
Isaak Phillips is 6'3" (191 cm) and weighs 205 lb (93 kg).
Where is Isaak Phillips from?
Canada: Isaak Phillips was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
What team does Isaak Phillips play for?
Isaak Phillips plays for the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL, at D, wearing number 3.
Is Isaak Phillips injured?
No: Isaak Phillips is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Isaak Phillips?
Isaak Phillips produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 205th of 325 players at his position in the NHL.
How much does Isaak Phillips make?
Isaak Phillips carries a cap hit of $813K per season, on a contract worth $1.6M in total over 2 years.
When does Isaak Phillips's contract end?
Isaak Phillips's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Isaak Phillips a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 205th of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Isaak Phillips getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 36 in 2022-23 to 1 in 2023-24 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Isaak Phillips played lately?
Over his last 3 games, Isaak Phillips has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Isaak Phillips's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Isaak Phillips has 59 games, 2 goals, 10 assists and 12 points. His best season: 2023-24, with 6 points in 33 games.
Where was Isaak Phillips drafted?
Isaak Phillips was drafted 141st overall (round 5) by Chicago Blackhawks in 2020.
How does Isaak Phillips perform in the playoffs?
Isaak Phillips has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Is Isaak Phillips a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 1 points in 2026-27, or 0.11 points per game.
What is Isaak Phillips's nationality?
Isaak Phillips is Canadian. Internationally: Jamaica — played for Team Jamaica at the 2018 Team Elite Hockey Prospect Showcase; helped the team win the tournament.
How many championships has Isaak Phillips won?
1: Won the Team Elite Hockey Prospect Showcase with Team Jamaica (2018).
Where did Isaak Phillips play before turning pro?
Played major junior hockey with the Sudbury Wolves, Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
How many points is Isaak Phillips projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 1 points in 9 games in 2026-27 (0 to 5 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Winnipeg Jets teammates
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