Armchair Hockey Scout Beta

This is the 2025-26 edition — an archived read. Read the 2026-27 report →

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Max Jones

Edmonton Oilers Left Wing

26 games, 2 points, and a minus-13 in nine minutes a night.

SeasonTeamGPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWSS%TOI
2018-19ANA30235-114001583.513:10
2019-20ANA598412-6360101027.814:16
2020-21ANA467411-936201779.114:10
2021-22ANA2000-11500020.09:54
2022-23ANA6991019-21770021078.412:43
2023-24ANA5251015-633000766.612:03
2024-25BOS/EDM26112-1318000175.99:23
2025-26 so far
Career284323264-572292144397.312:52

This Season So Far

The 2025-26 season has not started. The empty row above is his, and both it and this paragraph fill in on their own from the morning after he first plays: what he has done, what it is worth against his own last season, and the run he is on when the two disagree.

Last Season

1 goal and 1 assist in 26 games for 2 points, minus-13 in 9:23 a night, which is a remarkable rate of damage for that little ice time.

17 shots in 26 games. There is nothing here that recommends a roster spot on a contender.

The Finesse Game

Almost none. 2 points in 26 games, and his career high is 21 points in a season six years ago.

The hands do not function at NHL speed with the puck and there has never been any suggestion they would.

The Physical Game

6-3 and 216, and this is the job. He hits, he fights, and he forechecks with real weight.

18 penalty minutes in 26 games is a high rate. On a club with the league’s best penalty kill the marginal cost is lower than most, and it is still a cost.

The Intangibles

A first-round pick, three organisations, and a career built on physicality after the scoring did not arrive.

The projection is an extra forward. Edmonton signed him for the depth a long playoff run requires, which is a reasonable use of a minimum contract and not much more.

The numbers underneath

Usual linemates

2024-25 · 131 minutes at five-on-five

Share of his five-on-five ice time spent alongside each player, measured from shift charts. Special teams are excluded: a power-play unit is not a line.

Where he shoots from

goal on goal missed

30 unblocked shots in 2024-25, 1 of them goals. His median goal came from 11 feet. 47% of his shots came from inside twenty feet.