Jaden Schwartz Fast Facts
Number: 17 Position: Forward
DOB: 6/25/92 Hometown: Wilcox, Sask. Height: 5-10 Weight: 185
How Acquired By Kraken: 2021 Free Agent
NHL Seasons as of 2025: 14
Previous NHL Teams: St. Louis (2011-21)
Career Bests: Goals-28 (2014-15), Assists-36 (2016-17), Points-63 (2014-15)
Notable: Schwartz scored 12 goals, 20 points during Blues’ 2019 Stanley Cup run.
When Seattle Kraken forward Jaden Schwartz pulls the trigger, it often appears he’s mastered trigonometry.
Here’s what we mean: during a 10-game stretch last season between Dec. 12 and Jan. 4, Schwartz scored six goals – a seventh was taken away on a coach’s offside challenge. On many of those, you’d swear he’d used a protractor as well as a hockey stick.
Check out the evidence at right, with red circles around the pucks. In a Dec. 12 home win over the Bruins (top of four KHN screengrabs), Schwartz had one skate below the goal line when he flipped a backhand over the shoulder of Boston goalie Joonas Korpisalo.
In the epic Dec. 28 Kraken comeback in Vancouver, Schwartz did himself one better. Both skates were below the goal line this time when he sent the puck into the crease. It bounced off the tush of Canucks defender Noah Juulsen and into the net. (His game-tying second goal in the final minute came from collecting his own rebound at the top of the crease.)
The scoresheet from the Kraken’s Dec. 30 home victory over Utah shows Schwartz scored on a conventional breakaway. But a screengrab from the power play goal called back shows the puck three feet from the goal line at a severe angle when Schwartz threads the needle between goalie Karel Vejmelka and the post.
During the Jan. 4 home game against Edmonton, there’s Schwartz again positioned between the bottom of the faceoff circle and the goal line, figuring the opposite angle to score his 13th of the season, and ninth in his last 18 games.
It isn’t only hockey math skills that makes Schwartz a role model to younger Kraken like Shane Wright. “I can learn a lot from him. Just his habits, on and off the ice, and how hard he works to take care of himself. He’s always in the gym, warming up and stretching and just making sure his body’s prepared.”
Kraken coach Lane Lambert observed, “He’s a veteran guy who understands how to play, makes good plays, and makes smart decisions. You don’t realize how good a guy is until you have him in practice every day.” Schwartz explains, “I just want to make sure each day that I’m prepared and ready and getting better and keeping my focus. It’s a long season. I feel better when I take it one day at a time and worry about the team first. I do make a point to look after myself, take care of my body, and get my rest.”
Fellow Kraken vet Jared McCann concurs. “He is great for guys like Wrighter, and even Matty (Beniers) still go to him for absolutely everything. He’s a guy that even I go to sometimes. A lot of our teammates look up to him. He takes such good care of his body. Even when we’re on the road, he’ll fly in an acupuncture (specialist) just to get his body in the right spot. It says a lot about him.”
For each of the last two seasons, Schwartz was Seattle’s nominee for the King Clancy Trophy, recognizing humanitarian contributions. In 2025, Schwartz was also Seattle’s nominee for the Masterton Trophy, which recognizes perseverance and sportsmanship.