Jakub
Vrana
L · Balanced · Very poor
- PAL
- 5
- WAR
- 0.6
- PTS
- 3
2024-25№ 208 / 596
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Jakub Vrana
#19L
HEIGHT : 183 cm · WEIGHT : 89 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : February 27, 1996 · Prague, Czechia
Drafted : 2014 · WSH · round 1, pick #13
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Nashville Predators | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024-25 | Washington Capitals | 26 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| 2023-24 | St. Louis Blues | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022-23 | St. Louis Blues | 20 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 10 |
| 2022-23 | Detroit Red Wings | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Detroit Red Wings | 26 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 16 |
| 2020-21 | Detroit Red Wings | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | Washington Capitals | 39 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 8 |
| 2019-20 | Washington Capitals | 69 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 18 |
| 2018-19 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 27 |
| 2017-18 | Washington Capitals | 73 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 12 |
| 2016-17 | Washington Capitals | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 406 | 119 | 104 | 223 | 113 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Washington Capitals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018-19 | Washington Capitals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017-18 | Washington Capitals | 23 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | |
Honours
- 🏆 Stanley Cuponce · 2017-18
Jakub Vrana: our analysis
2024-25 season: 13 GP, 2 G, 1 A, 3 PTS, -10 +/-, 11:23 TOI. WAR 0.6 (208th of 596) · PAL 5, very poor.
In 2024-25, Jakub Vrana, 30, posts a PAL Rating of 5 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of 0.6 ranks 208th among 596 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: shooting (85, among the best in the league), offense (73, above average) and power play (65, above average). On the other hand, defense (1, among the weakest in the league) and possession (4, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+4.9); his biggest cost: EV defense (-2.7).
An improvement on 2023-24, when his PAL was 1; his WAR went from -0.5 to 0.6.
Jakub Vrana's story
Born in Prague on 28 February 1996, Vrána began skating at a local rink connected to a scout’s family and left home at 15 to continue his development in Sweden. He broke into professional hockey with Linköping HC during the 2012–13 season, appearing as one of the youngest foreign players to play in the SHL.
After splitting time between Linköping’s junior and senior squads, he climbed draft boards and was taken 13th overall by the Washington Capitals in 2014. Washington signed him to an entry-level deal but kept him in Sweden for another season before he moved to North America, where brief stints with the Hershey Bears preceded a full AHL season in 2015–16 that included wrist surgery and a strong return in the playoffs.
Vrána earned his first NHL recall late in 2016, debuted on 1 December and scored his inaugural NHL goal on 9 December. He made the Capitals’ roster for 2017–18 and played a role in their playoff run, scoring in the Stanley Cup Final as Washington captured the franchise’s first Stanley Cup in 2018. He followed that with a career-best regular season in 2018–19 and a two-year contract extension in July 2019.
On 12 April 2021 he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings and immediately produced, collecting 11 points in 11 games and scoring four goals in a single game on 22 April. A three-year contract followed in August 2021, but injury limited him to 26 games that season. In March 2023 Detroit traded him to the St. Louis Blues, where he netted 10 goals in 20 games. The next seasons saw him shuttle between the NHL and AHL, including a two-game AHL suspension for cross-checking, and finish a contract year with 36 points in 42 AHL games.
Vrána’s game centres on offensive instincts, quickness and a scoring touch. He has shown an ability to slide into new lineups and generate chances rapidly, combining shot volume and finishing ability that have produced notable scoring bursts at various stops in his career.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 10:21
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:41
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:01
- Pts/GP
- 0.36
- EV points
- 10
- Hits
- 19
- Blocks
- 8
- Takeaways
- 6
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 45.0 %
- Off. zone starts
- 39.1 %
- Faceoffs
- 35.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
Player ratings, 2024-25
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 49 %
64
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 81
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 63
- Confidence 55 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 59
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 46
- Confidence 73 %
- CK
- Checking
- 69
- Confidence 55 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 77
- Confidence 34 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 64
- Confidence 55 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 75
- Confidence 49 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 80
- Confidence 49 %
- DF
- Defense
- 46
- Confidence 45 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 61
- Confidence 14 %
- EX
- Experience
- 80
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating81
- Top speed (35 %)36.4 · 80
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)7.098 · 82
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.4 · 78
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.8 · 82
ST — Strength63
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.112 · 61
- Body mass (50 %)-0.375 · 72
EN — Endurance59
- Ice time per game (45 %)12.8 · 63
- Total ice time (20 %)357 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)46.2 · 76
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)11.1 · 56
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.65 · 67
DU — Durability46
- Share of games played (100 %)0.589 · 46
CK — Checking69
- Hits /60 (70 %)3.837 · 72
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.096 · 70
- Season volume (10 %)2.89 · 54
FG — Fighting77
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.829 · 77
DI — Discipline64
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.021 · 63
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.776 · 69
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.655 · 69
PA — Passing75
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.641 · 73
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.423 · 71
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.082 · 75
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.862 · 81
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.509 · 77
SC — Scoring80
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.164 · 83
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.857 · 74
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.859 · 86
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.209 · 71
- xG per shot (10 %)0.077 · 68
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)15.1 · 78
DF — Defense46
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.224 · 45
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.44 · 40
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)3.048 · 45
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.039 · 77
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.105 · 72
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)60.2 · 68
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)1.736 · 63
PS — Penalty shot61
- Shootouts (60 %)31.1 · 60
- Penalty shots (40 %)29.3 · 76
EX — Experience80
- Career regular-season games (65 %)85
- Career playoff games (25 %)69
- NHL seasons (10 %)78
OV — Overall64
- SC · Scoring (28 %)80
- PA · Passing (22 %)75
- DF · Defense (18 %)46
- SK · Skating (12 %)81
- EN · Endurance (8 %)59
- DI · Discipline (5 %)64
- ST · Strength (4 %)63
- CK · Checking (3 %)69
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64 | 81 | 80 | 46 |
| 2023-24 | 64 | 80 | 78 | 47 |
| 2022-23 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 53 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2024-25
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.
WAR
0.6
wins above replacement
208 of 596
PAL Rating
5/ 100
Performance · Very poor
426 of 451 at the position
Value Rating
—/ 100
Season cap hit unknown
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 54
- Defense
- 1
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- Offense
- 73
- Creation
- 35
- Shooting
- 85
- Possession
- 4
- Defense
- 1
- Discipline
- 29
- Power play
- 65
- Penalty kill
- 31
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | NSH | 0.6 | 5 | — | — |
| 2023-24 | STL | -0.5 | 1 | — | — |
| 2022-23 | STL | 0.6 | 36 | — | — |
WAR, 2024-25
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.6
wins above replacement
-0.2 to 1.5 — 90% interval
208 of 596 forwards
+3.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.3
- EV defense
- -2.7
- Power play
- -0.1
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +4.9
- Penalties
- -0.2
- Average → replacement
- +0.9
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | NSH | 35 | 0.6 | -0.2 to 1.5 | 208/596 |
| 2023-24 | STL | 21 | -0.5 | -1.3 to -0.2 | 558/608 |
| 2022-23 | STL | 25 | 0.6 | -0.0 to 1.3 | 198/617 |
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
- 148.0 km/h88th percentileleague avg. 135.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.6 km/h74th percentileleague avg. 35.7 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 5346th percentileleague avg. 76
- Offensive zone time
- 39.5 %18th percentileleague avg. 42.3 %
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- Total distance, season
- 102.6 km33rd percentileleague avg. 204.5 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.56 km19th percentileleague avg. 4.67 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 38.6 %6th percentileleague avg. 41.3 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.8 %43rd percentileleague avg. 17.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 42.7 %18th percentileleague avg. 39.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 4736th percentile | 951st percentile | 19.2 %94th percentile |
| High danger | 1131st percentile | 230th percentile | 18.2 %37th percentile |
| Mid range | 1946th percentile | 464th percentile | 21.1 %96th percentile |
| Long range | 644th percentile | 293rd percentile | 33.3 %99th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2024-2025 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Last 5 games
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2025 | vs DAL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:38 |
| April 14, 2025 | vs UTA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 8:22 |
| April 12, 2025 | @ VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:11 |
| April 10, 2025 | @UTA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:14 |
| April 8, 2025 | vs NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:45 |
Jakub Vrana: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Jakub Vrana have in 2024-25?
Jakub Vrana has 9 goals and 14 points (5 assists) in 39 games in 2024-25.
How old is Jakub Vrana?
Jakub Vrana is 30 years old: he was born on February 28, 1996.
How tall is Jakub Vrana, and how much does he weigh?
Jakub Vrana is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 196 lb (89 kg).
Where is Jakub Vrana from?
Czechia: Jakub Vrana was born in Prague, Czechia.
How good is Jakub Vrana?
Jakub Vrana produced 0.6 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2024-25, 208th of 596 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 5 out of 100: very poor for his position.
Is Jakub Vrana a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 208th of 596 players at his position in the NHL in 2024-25. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Jakub Vrana getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 1 in 2023-24 to 5 in 2024-25 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
What are Jakub Vrana's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Jakub Vrana has 406 games, 119 goals, 104 assists and 223 points. His best season: 2019-20, with 52 points in 69 games.
Where was Jakub Vrana drafted?
Jakub Vrana was drafted 13th overall (round 1) by Washington Capitals in 2014.
How does Jakub Vrana perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Jakub Vrana has 38 games and 8 points in his career. His pace (0.21 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.55).
What is Jakub Vrana's nationality?
Jakub Vrana is Czech.
How many championships has Jakub Vrana won?
2: Won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals in 2018; Eastern Conference champion with the Washington Capitals in 2018.
Where did Jakub Vrana play before turning pro?
Linköping HC junior and senior teams (Elitserien/SHL debut in 2012–13; split between junior and senior teams in 2013–14); minor ice hockey team from Chomutov (Quebec International Pee-Wee Tournament, 2009).
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