Jack
McBain
C · UTA · Balanced · Very poor
- PAL
- 18
- WAR
- -1.2
- Value
- 11
- PTS
- 25
2025-26№ 611 / 615
Jack McBain (Utah Mammoth) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Jack McBain
#22CPlays: Winger · 17% of faceoffs
Utah Mammoth
HEIGHT : 193 cm · WEIGHT : 99 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : January 5, 2000 · Toronto, Canada
Drafted : 2018 · MIN · round 3, pick #63
Contract : $4,250,000 · 2025-26 → 2029-30 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFAM-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Utah Mammoth | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| 2025-26 | Utah Mammoth | 75 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 84 |
| 2024-25 | Utah Hockey Club | 82 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 78 |
| 2023-24 | Arizona Coyotes | 67 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 50 |
| 2022-23 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 64 |
| 2021-22 | Arizona Coyotes | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| NHL totals | 334 | 45 | 65 | 110 | 305 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Utah Mammoth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack McBain: our analysis
2025-26 season: 75 GP, 9 G, 16 A, 25 PTS, +11 +/-, 13:51 TOI. WAR -1.2 (611th of 615) · PAL 18, very poor.
In 2025-26, Jack McBain, 26, posts a PAL Rating of 18 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of -1.2 ranks 611th among 615 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: creation (78, well above average) and penalty kill (71, above average). On the other hand, power play (5, among the weakest in the league) and discipline (6, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+2.5); his biggest cost: finishing (-8.5).
A slight dip from 2024-25, when his PAL was 22; his WAR went from 0.6 to -1.2.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 11 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Jack McBain's story
Growing up in The Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, McBain developed his game with the Don Mills Flyers in the GTHL before making choices that shaped his path to college hockey. Although the Barrie Colts picked him in the OHL Priority Selection, he turned that route down and skated for the Toronto Jr. Canadiens of the OJHL to preserve NCAA eligibility, earning the league's Top Prospect Award along the way.
Selected 63rd overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, McBain honoured a commitment to Boston College and spent four seasons with the Eagles. After his senior year he surprised the Wild by indicating he would not sign with them, a decision that set in motion a trade for his NHL rights rather than a direct entry into Minnesota's lineup.
On 20 March 2022 Minnesota traded his rights to the Arizona Coyotes for a 2022 second-round pick; the Coyotes signed him to an entry-level contract the following day. McBain made his NHL debut on 12 April 2022 against the New Jersey Devils, picked up his first point with an assist on Nick Ritchie's goal in a 9–1 loss to Calgary on 16 April, and notched his first multi-goal game on 29 December 2022 in a 6–3 win over Toronto.
Contract talks after the 2022–23 season reached an impasse and both sides filed proposals for arbitration — McBain for a one-year, $2.25 million deal and Arizona for a two-year arrangement at a $1.2 million average annual value — before settling on a two-year, $3.2 million contract on 30 July 2023. After the 2023–24 regular season the Coyotes franchise was suspended and assets moved to the expansion Utah Hockey Club, making McBain a member of the Utah team. On 18 November 2024 a leg-on-leg collision with Alexander Ovechkin resulted in Ovechkin's broken left fibula; McBain later committed long-term to Utah with a five-year deal signed 7 July 2025.
Internationally, McBain represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics when the NHL did not participate, and joined Team Canada at the 2023 IIHF World Championship where the squad defeated Germany for the gold; he was also part of the roster for the 2024 World Championship. A centre by position, his early NHL résumé includes both playmaking and scoring moments — an assist for his first NHL point and a later two-goal performance — reflecting a blend of setup ability and goal-scoring touch.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 12:27
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:03
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:06
- Pts/GP
- 0.17
- EV points
- 3
- Hits
- 70
- Blocks
- 9
- Takeaways
- 3
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 51.8 %
- Off. zone starts
- 18.4 %
- Faceoffs
- 59.2 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
22between 8 and 36 (80% range)
- Goals
- 7
- Assists
- 14
- Games
- 79
So far: 3 pts in 18 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.30 pts per game (last season: 0.33).
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
Stable
- Points per game: 0.39 in 23-24, 0.33 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 22 → 18
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 26: 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, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 80 %
64
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 67
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 94
- Confidence 83 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 68
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 79
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 97
- Confidence 83 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 96
- Confidence 65 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 49
- Confidence 83 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 74
- Confidence 86 %
- PA
- Passing
- 71
- Confidence 80 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 73
- Confidence 80 %
- DF
- Defense
- 66
- Confidence 77 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 64
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating67
- Top speed (35 %)35.4 · 62
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)4.656 · 68
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.4 · 78
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.8 · 65
ST — Strength94
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.601 · 87
- Body mass (50 %)1.139 · 89
EN — Endurance68
- Ice time per game (45 %)13.7 · 69
- Total ice time (20 %)1,011 · 73
- Shift length (15 %)40.4 · 48
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)12.5 · 68
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.958 · 69
DU — Durability79
- Share of games played (100 %)0.842 · 79
CK — Checking97
- Hits /60 (70 %)13.3 · 96
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)12.9 · 96
- Season volume (10 %)5.606 · 97
FG — Fighting96
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)2.722 · 96
DI — Discipline49
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.044 · 49
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)1.022 · 57
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.763 · 76
FO — Faceoffs74
- Faceoff % (85 %)49.5 · 75
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)36.6 · 73
PA — Passing71
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.604 · 72
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.375 · 67
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.101 · 80
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.768 · 63
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.378 · 69
SC — Scoring73
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.671 · 69
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.81 · 77
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-1.031 · 55
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.489 · 82
- xG per shot (10 %)0.087 · 86
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)11.5 · 71
DF — Defense66
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.067 · 63
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.056 · 69
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.702 · 69
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.005 · 79
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.819 · 64
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)60.9 · 60
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.222 · 84
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience64
- Career regular-season games (65 %)81
- Career playoff games (25 %)21
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall64
- SC · Scoring (20 %)73
- PA · Passing (20 %)71
- DF · Defense (20 %)66
- SK · Skating (12 %)67
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)74
- EN · Endurance (8 %)68
- DI · Discipline (5 %)49
- ST · Strength (3 %)94
- CK · Checking (2 %)97
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64 | 67 | 73 | 66 |
| 2024-25 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 69 |
| 2023-24 | 64 | 68 | 68 | 70 |
| 2022-23 | 56 | 69 | 67 | 68 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
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
-1.2
wins above replacement
611 of 615
PAL Rating
18/ 100
Performance · Very poor
387 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
11/ 100
Very poor return
4.25 M$ · expected PAL 61
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 44
- Defense
- 28
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- Offense
- 29
- Creation
- 78
- Shooting
- 40
- Possession
- 59
- Defense
- 20
- Discipline
- 6
- Power play
- 5
- Penalty kill
- 71
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | -1.2 | 18 | 11 | 4.25 M$ |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 0.6 | 22 | 27 | 1.60 M$ |
| 2023-24 | ARI | 0.3 | 32 | 37 | 1.60 M$ |
| 2022-23 | ARI | -0.4 | 7 | 12 | 0.88 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
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
20/ 100
Below average
better than 20% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
87/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
4/ 100
Low
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, 338 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 66
- Shot selection
- 92
- Penalties drawn
- 50
- Puck management
- 50
Defense
- Takeaways
- 4
- Discipline
- 5
- Safe zone exits
- 58
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 20 | 87 | 4 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 18 | 48 | 17 |
| 2023-24 | ARI | 49 | 96 | 8 |
| 2022-23 | ARI | 10 | 46 | 7 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-1.2
wins above replacement
-1.8 to -0.7 — 90% interval
611 of 615 forwards
-6.3 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +2.5
- EV defense
- -1.4
- Power play
- -0.1
- Penalty kill
- -0.1
- Shooting
- -8.5
- Penalties
- -1.4
- Average → replacement
- +2.6
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 75 | -1.2 | -1.8 to -0.7 | 611/615 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 78 | 0.6 | -0.4 to 1.5 | 207/596 |
| 2023-24 | ARI | 67 | 0.3 | -0.7 to 1.0 | 273/608 |
| 2022-23 | ARI | 82 | -0.4 | -1.3 to 0.7 | 556/617 |
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
- 126.5 km/h29th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 37.1 km/h93rd percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1646th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 41.7 %47th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 60.9 km54th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.99 km32nd percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 43.0 %83rd percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.9 %40th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 40.4 %42nd percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1845th percentile | 139th percentile | 5.6 %13th percentile |
| High danger | 752nd percentile | 157th percentile | 14.3 %36th percentile |
| Mid range | 334th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 153rd percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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CHIJack McBain: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Jack McBain have in 2026-27?
Jack McBain has 1 goal and 3 points (2 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Jack McBain?
Jack McBain is 26 years old: he was born on January 6, 2000.
How tall is Jack McBain, and how much does he weigh?
Jack McBain is 6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 218 lb (99 kg).
Where is Jack McBain from?
Canada: Jack McBain was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
What team does Jack McBain play for?
Jack McBain plays for the Utah Mammoth in the NHL, at C, wearing number 22.
Is Jack McBain injured?
No: Jack McBain is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Jack McBain?
Jack McBain produced -1.2 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 611th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 18 out of 100: very poor for his position.
How much does Jack McBain make?
Jack McBain earns $4.3M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 11 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Jack McBain's contract end?
Jack McBain's contract runs through the 2029-30 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NTC clause.
Is Jack McBain overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 11 out of 100 (very poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Jack McBain a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 611th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Jack McBain getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 22 in 2024-25 to 18 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Jack McBain played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Jack McBain has 1 point (0 goals, 1 assist).
What are Jack McBain's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Jack McBain has 334 games, 45 goals, 65 assists and 110 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 27 points in 82 games.
Where was Jack McBain drafted?
Jack McBain was drafted 63rd overall (round 3) by Minnesota Wild in 2018.
Is Jack McBain better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.33 points per game at home (2 in 6 games) and 0.08 on the road (1 in 12 games).
How does Jack McBain perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Jack McBain has 2 games and 0 points in his career. His pace (0.00 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.33).
Which player is most similar to Jack McBain?
Anthony Beauvillier: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Anthony Beauvillier's page →Is Jack McBain a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 22 points in 2026-27, or 0.28 points per game.
Is Jack McBain related to anyone famous?
Yes: Andrew McBain (father, former NHL player).
What is Jack McBain's nationality?
Jack McBain is Canadian. Internationally: Team Canada: selected for the 2022 Winter Olympics (ousted in quarter-finals by Sweden); gold medallist at the 2023 IIHF World Championship (defeated Germany in the final); member of Team Canada at the 2024 IIHF World Championship.
What awards has Jack McBain won?
OJHL Top Prospect Award.
How many championships has Jack McBain won?
1: 2023 IIHF World Championship: gold medal with Team Canada.
Where did Jack McBain play before turning pro?
Minor hockey: Don Mills Flyers (GTHL); junior: Toronto Jr. Canadiens (OJHL) to retain NCAA eligibility; college: Boston College (played four seasons)..
How many points is Jack McBain projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 22 points in 79 games in 2026-27 (8 to 36 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Utah Mammoth teammates
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