Jackson
LaCombe
D · ANA · Two-way · Elite
- PAL
- 95
- WAR
- 2.0
- Value
- 100
- PTS
- 58
2025-26№ 23 / 325
Jackson LaCombe (Anaheim Ducks) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Jackson LaCombe
HEIGHT : 188 cm · WEIGHT : 96 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : January 8, 2001 · Eden Prairie, United States
Drafted : 2019 · ANA · round 2, pick #39
Contract : $9,000,000 · 2026-27 → 2033-34 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFANTC / M-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Anaheim Ducks | 18 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 14 |
| 2025-26 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 10 | 48 | 58 | 19 |
| 2024-25 | Anaheim Ducks | 75 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 28 |
| 2023-24 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 24 |
| 2022-23 | Anaheim Ducks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 248 | 27 | 113 | 140 | 85 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Anaheim Ducks | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| Playoff totals | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | |
Jackson LaCombe: our analysis
2025-26 season: 82 GP, 10 G, 48 A, 58 PTS, -2 +/-, 24:15 TOI. WAR 2.0 (23rd of 325) · PAL 95, elite.
In 2025-26, Jackson LaCombe, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 95 out of 100 (elite), and his WAR of 2.0 ranks 23rd among 325 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: creation (99, among the best in the league), discipline (94, among the best in the league) and offense (92, among the best in the league).
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+6.1); his biggest cost: finishing (-3.5).
A season in line with 2024-25 (PAL of 96); his WAR went from 2.2 to 2.0.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 100 (exceptional value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Jackson LaCombe's story
Growing up in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, LaCombe developed his game in programs known for producing two‑way blueliners. At Shattuck‑Saint Mary’s he was part of the 2016 USA Hockey Youth Tier I 14U title and, as a senior, set a school record for points by a defenseman. A season with the Chicago Steel in the USHL came before he committed to college hockey.
Selected 39th overall by Anaheim in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, he opted to play four seasons for the Minnesota Golden Gophers beginning in 2019-20. His freshman campaign showed promise on both ends of the ice, earning him a spot on the Big Ten All‑Freshman Team. He built on that foundation with increasingly prominent seasons in the conference, collecting All‑Big Ten honours and an AHCA All‑American nod in 2020-21.
Anaheim brought him into the professional ranks in April 2023 with a two‑year entry‑level deal; he made his NHL debut the following day against Vancouver. Early milestones followed: first NHL point in October 2023 and first goal on 20 January 2024 versus San Jose. The Ducks extended his commitment in October 2025 with an eight‑year contract set to begin in 2026-27, and he serves as an alternate captain for the club.
Internationally, LaCombe has worn the U.S. jersey at multiple levels. He was part of the gold‑medal team at the 2021 World Junior Championship and later stepped up to the senior national side in 2025, contributing two goals and three assists as the United States claimed the World Championship title that year. He was named to the 2026 Olympic roster but did not see game action during the tournament.
On the ice his strengths are straightforward: a defenseman comfortable joining the attack who pairs reliable positioning with the vision to move the puck out of danger. He offers a balance of offensive instinct and the kinds of defensive reads that simplify transitions for his teammates.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 27:21
- PP TOI/GP
- 4:15
- SH TOI/GP
- 3:06
- Pts/GP
- 1.22
- EV points
- 10
- Hits
- 17
- Blocks
- 38
- Takeaways
- 11
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 46.6 %
- Off. zone starts
- 28.4 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
72between 50 and 87 (80% range)
- Goals
- 9
- Assists
- 64
- Games
- 81
So far: 22 pts in 18 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.80 pts per game (last season: 0.71).
Three straight seasons of growth. Since 2018, of 97 players in that spot, 23 kept improving the next season; on average, their pace fell back to 90% of their best season.
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
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.24 in 23-24, 0.71 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 96 → 95
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 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, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 83 %
90
Star
- SK
- Skating
- 79
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 76
- Confidence 86 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 86
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 76
- Confidence 73 %
- CK
- Checking
- 72
- Confidence 86 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 75
- Confidence 59 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 89
- Confidence 86 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 87
- Confidence 83 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 88
- Confidence 83 %
- DF
- Defense
- 79
- Confidence 80 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 67
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating79
- Top speed (35 %)35.9 · 80
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)3.026 · 86
- Distance /60 (20 %)14.7 · 86
- Speed consistency (15 %)31.5 · 37
ST — Strength76
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.944 · 73
- Body mass (50 %)0.602 · 78
EN — Endurance86
- Ice time per game (45 %)21.5 · 85
- Total ice time (20 %)1,908 · 92
- Shift length (15 %)49.7 · 81
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)18.5 · 79
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)3.959 · 89
DU — Durability76
- Share of games played (100 %)0.822 · 76
CK — Checking72
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.545 · 71
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.454 · 74
- Season volume (10 %)4.318 · 78
FG — Fighting75
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.825 · 75
DI — Discipline89
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.005 · 89
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.367 · 89
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.396 · 76
PA — Passing87
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.736 · 90
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.499 · 80
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.142 · 87
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.972 · 70
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.403 · 86
SC — Scoring88
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.327 · 84
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.333 · 89
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.012 · 64
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.418 · 97
- xG per shot (10 %)0.041 · 98
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.1 · 77
DF — Defense79
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.071 · 80
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.153 · 85
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.76 · 64
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.079 · 81
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.62 · 84
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.6 · 72
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.545 · 76
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience67
- Career regular-season games (65 %)77
- Career playoff games (25 %)48
- NHL seasons (10 %)55
OV — Overall90
- DF · Defense (30 %)79
- PA · Passing (22 %)87
- SK · Skating (12 %)79
- SC · Scoring (12 %)88
- EN · Endurance (9 %)86
- ST · Strength (6 %)76
- DI · Discipline (5 %)89
- CK · Checking (4 %)72
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 90 | 79 | 88 | 79 |
| 2024-25 | 88 | 76 | 90 | 78 |
| 2023-24 | 71 | 63 | 67 | 76 |
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
2.0
wins above replacement
23 of 325
PAL Rating
95/ 100
Performance · Elite
12 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
100/ 100
Exceptional value
0.93 M$ · expected PAL 39
ProfileTwo-wayStrong at both ends
- Offense
- 94
- Defense
- 82
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- Offense
- 92
- Creation
- 99
- Shooting
- 86
- Possession
- 89
- Defense
- 80
- Discipline
- 94
- Power play
- 88
- Penalty kill
- 77
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 | ANA | 2.0 | 95 | 100 | 0.93 M$ |
| 2024-25 | ANA | 2.2 | 96 | 100 | 0.93 M$ |
| 2023-24 | ANA | -0.1 | 30 | 42 | 0.93 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
98/ 100
Elite
better than 98% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
96/ 100
Elite
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
97/ 100
Elite
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Why 98, higher than both scores? Overall IQ isn't an average, it's a rank: 4 of 225 defensemen. Few players are good at both ends at once; being so puts Jackson LaCombe ahead of almost everyone else.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 89
- Shot selection
- 99
- Penalties drawn
- 60
- Puck management
- 36
Defense
- Takeaways
- 96
- Discipline
- 95
- Safe zone exits
- 38
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 | ANA | 98 | 96 | 97 |
| 2024-25 | ANA | 90 | 97 | 47 |
| 2023-24 | ANA | 50 | 36 | 62 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
2.0
wins above replacement
1.1 to 3.2 — 90% interval
23 of 325 defensemen
+10.5 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +6.1
- EV defense
- +2.5
- Power play
- -0.1
- Penalty kill
- +0.3
- Shooting
- -3.5
- Penalties
- +1.2
- Average → replacement
- +4.0
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | ANA | 82 | 2.0 | 1.1 to 3.2 | 23/325 |
| 2024-25 | ANA | 72 | 2.2 | 1.3 to 3.9 | 12/314 |
| 2023-24 | ANA | 71 | -0.1 | -1.0 to 0.9 | 237/316 |
| 2022-23 | ANA | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 166/334 |
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
- 136.2 km/h34th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.8 km/h45th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1169th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 42.1 %57th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 105.0 km98th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 7.37 km98th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.8 %28th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.4 %66th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.5 %60th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1246th percentile | 172nd percentile | 8.3 %62nd percentile |
| High danger | 175th percentile | 198th percentile | 100.0 %100th percentile |
| Mid range | 020th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 651st percentile | 077th percentile | 0.0 %67th 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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VGKJackson LaCombe: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Jackson LaCombe have in 2026-27?
Jackson LaCombe has 1 goal and 22 points (21 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Jackson LaCombe?
Jackson LaCombe is 25 years old: he was born on January 9, 2001.
How tall is Jackson LaCombe, and how much does he weigh?
Jackson LaCombe is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 212 lb (96 kg).
Where is Jackson LaCombe from?
United States: Jackson LaCombe was born in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States.
What team does Jackson LaCombe play for?
Jackson LaCombe plays for the Anaheim Ducks in the NHL, at D, wearing number 2.
Is Jackson LaCombe injured?
No: Jackson LaCombe is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Jackson LaCombe?
Jackson LaCombe produced 2.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 23rd of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 95 out of 100: elite for his position.
How much does Jackson LaCombe make?
Jackson LaCombe earns $925K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 100 out of 100 (exceptional value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Jackson LaCombe's contract end?
Jackson LaCombe's contract runs through the 2033-34 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a NTC / M-NTC clause.
Is Jackson LaCombe overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 100 out of 100 (exceptional value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Jackson LaCombe a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 23rd 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 Jackson LaCombe getting better?
He is holding steady: his PAL rating went from 96 in 2024-25 to 95 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Jackson LaCombe played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Jackson LaCombe has 16 points (0 goals, 16 assists).
What are Jackson LaCombe's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Jackson LaCombe has 248 games, 27 goals, 113 assists and 140 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 58 points in 82 games.
Where was Jackson LaCombe drafted?
Jackson LaCombe was drafted 39th overall (round 2) by Anaheim Ducks in 2019.
Is Jackson LaCombe better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 1.50 points per game at home (12 in 8 games) and 1.00 on the road (10 in 10 games).
How does Jackson LaCombe perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Jackson LaCombe has 12 games and 10 points in his career. His pace (0.83 points per game) is higher than his regular-season pace (0.56).
Which player is most similar to Jackson LaCombe?
Jake Sanderson: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Jake Sanderson's page →Is Jackson LaCombe a good fantasy pick?
Yes, a solid pick: our projection has him at 72 points in 2026-27, or 0.89 points per game.
What is Jackson LaCombe's nationality?
Jackson LaCombe is American. Internationally: United States — gold medals: 2025 World Championship (member), 2026 Winter Olympics (named to the gold-medal team, did not play).
What awards has Jackson LaCombe won?
Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2019–20 season) ; All-Big Ten First Team (2020–21 season) ; AHCA Second Team All-American (2020–21 season).
How many championships has Jackson LaCombe won?
4: 2016 USA Hockey Youth Tier I 14U national championship with Shattuck-Saint Mary's; 2021 World Junior Championship — gold medal with the United States; 2025 World Championship — gold medal with the United States; 2026 Winter Olympics — named to the U.S. gold-medal team (did not play).
Where did Jackson LaCombe play before turning pro?
Shattuck-Saint Mary's (through the 2018–19 season); University of Minnesota Golden Gophers (2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons).
How many points is Jackson LaCombe projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 72 points in 81 games in 2026-27 (50 to 87 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Anaheim Ducks teammates
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