| Martin Jones | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Jones with theSeattle Kraken in March 2023 | |||
| Born | (1990-01-10)January 10, 1990 (age 35) North Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams | Free agent Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Philadelphia Flyers Seattle Kraken Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
| National team |  Canada | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Martin Jones (born January 10, 1990) is a Canadianice hockeygoaltender who is currently anunrestricted free agent. He most recently played for theToronto Maple Leafs of theNational Hockey League. He previously played for theLos Angeles Kings,San Jose Sharks,Philadelphia Flyers, andSeattle Kraken. A standout goaltender injunior with theCalgary Hitmen, Jones was named theWestern Hockey League'sgoaltender of the year in 2009–10 and won a silver medal withTeam Canada at the2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Jones started his professional career in theAmerican Hockey League (AHL) with theManchester Monarchs and made his NHL debut in 2013, where he spent two seasons with the Kings as backup toJonathan Quick. In 2014, Jones won theStanley Cup as a member of the Kings. Jones was traded to the Sharks in 2015, where he would serve as their starting goaltender for the next six seasons. He led the Sharks to their firstStanley Cup Finals appearance in franchise history in 2016, and was chosen to play in theNHL All-Star Game in 2017.
Jones was born inNorth Vancouver,British Columbia. His father, Harvey, is the Vice-President of Arena Operations with theVancouver Canucks. He has a brother, Jordan, and a sister, Jocelyn.[1] Jones felt that his father's position with the Canucks gave him some opportunities within the game that most other kids would not get.[2] As a youth, he played in the 2003Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with aminor ice hockey team fromNorth Vancouver.[3] He played midget level with the Vancouver Northwest Giants of theBC Hockey Major Midget League.[4] Jones attendedHandsworth Secondary School[citation needed] and played ice hockey at the North Shore Winter Club.[5]
TheCalgary Hitmen selected Jones in the fourth round of the 2005 WHLBantam Draft.[6] He joined the Hitmen in2006–07 and served as the backup to Dan Spence for two seasons. He was eligible for the2008 NHL Entry Draft but went undrafted.[2] Offered a try-out with theLos Angeles Kings, Jones impressed team scouts at Los Angeles' rookie camp, and following a strong showing at their main camp, the team signed him to a three-year contract before reassigning him back to the Hitmen.[7] He emerged as Calgary's starting goaltender in2008–09; his 45 wins for the Hitmen broke the team record of 39.[8] He led the league in wins, finished tied for the league lead in shutouts (7) and finished third ingoals against average (2.08).[9] He backstopped the Hitmen to 12 consecutive wins in the playoffs, tying a league record,[10] before the Hitmen lost the WHL championship series in six games to theKelowna Rockets.[11] Following the season, he was named a Second Team All-Star in the Eastern Conference.
During the2009–10 season with the Hitmen, Jones finished with a league-best GAA of 2.21 and was named a First Team All-Star in the Eastern Conference.[12] In advance of his second consecutive appearance in the championship series, the league named him the winner of theDel Wilson Trophy as the WHL's top goaltender.[13] During the season, he surpassed Spence's team record for career wins,[2] and his 16 career shutouts are also a franchise record.[14]
The Kings assigned Jones to theirAmerican Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, theManchester Monarchs to begin the2010–11 season.[15] He also played with theOntario Reign of theECHL for a time,[16] but after posting a 16–3–0 record, .939 save percentage and 1.93 GAA in his first 22 games for the Monarchs, Jones was chosen to play in the 2011 AHL All-Star Game.[17]He was on the roster of the Los Angeles Kings as a spare when they won their firstStanley Cup, but did not play.[18]
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Jones finished fourth in the AHL with 27 wins in2012–13 and was also among the league leaders in games played (56) and shutouts (5).[19] Jones began the2013–14 season with Manchester, but was recalled by Los Angeles on November 13, 2013, afterJonathan Quick suffered an injury.[20] As the backup for the Kings, he did not get into game action for three weeks. Jones made his NHL debut on December 3 and earned a 3–2 victory over theAnaheim Ducks. He stopped all nine shooters he faced in ashootout to secure his first NHL win.[21] Jones won his second NHL start and made 16 saves to record his first NHLshutout four nights later against theNew York Islanders.[22] He shut out theMontreal Canadiens in his next game, making him the first Kings goaltender to do so, and the second Los Angelesrookie to record consecutive shutouts, matchingGerry Desjardins, who did it in1968–69.[23] Jones then found himself a full-time NHL goaltender for the first time after backupBen Scrivens was traded to Edmonton, making Jones the team's primary backup to starter Quick.[24]
On June 26, 2015, Jones, set to become a restricted free agent on July 1, was traded to theBoston Bruins, along withColin Miller and a first-round pick in the2015 NHL Entry Draft (13th overall,Jakub Zbořil), in exchange for forwardMilan Lucic.[25] In turn, the Bruins traded Jones to theSan Jose Sharks on June 30 in exchange forSean Kuraly and a2016 first-round pick.[26] The Sharks signed him to a three-year contract worth $9 million.[27]
Having his first season as a starting goaltender, Jones had 65 games in 2015–16 with the Sharks, finishing with a 2.27 goal-against average, .918 save percentage,[28] and the second most shutouts in the regular season with six, next toChicago Blackhawks netminderCorey Crawford with seven. Jones then helped the Sharks reach their first Stanley Cup Finals, starting 24 playoff games and having shutouts in three of them.[29]
On July 1, 2017, Jones signed a six-year, $34.5 million contract extension.[30]
Jones had a difficult start to the2019–20 season, dropping four games in a row before he was benched in favor ofAaron Dell.[31] A six-game winning streak in November was snapped by a loss to theEdmonton Oilers, and even during this stretch, Jones maintained a .891 save percentage.[32] On December 11, 2019, the Sharks fired DeBoer in favor ofBob Boughner, who wanted to give Dell more playing time.[33] By the new year, Jones was rarely starting in goal for San Jose: between January 1 and February 13, he started only three games, during which he went 0-2-1 with 4.32 GAA and a .857 save percentage.[34] He seemed to improve afterwards, going 4-4-0 with a 2.02 GAA and .927 save percentage in his last eight games before the NHL season was indefinitely suspended due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[35] When the NHL announced that it would not finish the regular season, but would immediately begin the2020 Stanley Cup playoffs using the 24 highest-ranked teams in the league, the Sharks, who had the worst record in the Western Conference, were not invited to the postseason.[36]
Because the2020–21 season was condensed into 56 games due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Sharks began with a stretch of eight games in 15 days, Boughner chose toplatoon Jones andDevan Dubnyk to prevent either goaltender from overexertion.[37] On February 11, however, an unspecified injury to Dubnyk forced Jones to take over as the primary goaltender for San Jose, with rookieAlexei Melnichuk called up from the AHL as his backup.[38] After struggling in his first 12 starts, with a 6–5–1 record, 3.85 GAA, and .877 save percentage, Jones seemed to rebound in March, with an 8–2–1 record, 2.26 GAA, and .931 save percentage in his next 12 starts.[39] The improvement was short-lived and hindered by poor defense from Sharks skaters. By May, the Sharks, who had already been eliminated from playoff contention, were no longer starting Jones in goal, preferring to use Melnichuk andJosef Kořenář instead.[40] Jones played 34 games in the 2020–21 season, during which he went 15–13–4 with a 3.28 GAA, .896 SV%, and one shutout. On July 27, 2021, the Sharks bought out the remaining three years of his contract, allowing Jones to become anunrestricted free agent.[41]
A day later, on the opening of free agency, Jones was signed to a one-year, $2 million contract with thePhiladelphia Flyers.[42]
On July 13, 2022, as a free agent from the Flyers, Jones inked a one-year, $2 million contract with theSeattle Kraken for the2022–23 season.[43]
Jones would earn his 200th career NHL win on October 21, 2022, against the defending Stanley Cup championColorado Avalanche, making one save in his appearance after entering the game in relief after injury toPhilipp Grubauer.
As a free agent for the third consecutive offseason, Jones was signed to a one-year, $875,000 contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on August 9, 2023.[44] He attended the Maple Leafs 2023 training camp, but failed to make the team and was placed onwaivers. After going unclaimed Jones was assigned to the Maple Leafs AHL affiliate, theToronto Marlies, to start the2023–24 season.[45][46] He made his Leafs debut on December 7, 2023, in relief forJoseph Woll after Woll was injured following a save. Jones stopped nine of ten shots in relief en route to his first win as a Maple Leaf.[47]
 Jones playing for the Canadian junior team in 2009. | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ice hockey | ||
| Representing Canada | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 2015 Czech Republic | |
| World Junior Championship | ||
 | 2010 Canada | |
Jones was invited to participate in theCanadian junior team's summer camp, and earned a spot on the team as the backup toJake Allen for the2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[48] He started one preliminary round game against Slovakia, winning 8–2,[49] and relieved Allen in the gold medal game against the Americans, though Canada lost the game in overtime and ended the tournament with the silver medal.[50]
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | OTL | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2006–07 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1059 | 52 | 0 | 3.03 | .884 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1529 | 54 | 1 | 2.12 | .911 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 250 | 12 | 0 | 2.88 | .879 | ||
| 2008–09 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 55 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 3295 | 114 | 7 | 2.08 | .915 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1095 | 34 | 2 | 1.86 | .921 | ||
| 2009–10 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 48 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 2851 | 105 | 8 | 2.21 | .919 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1401 | 55 | 2 | 2.36 | .915 | ||
| 2010–11 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 3.76 | .867 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 39 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2187 | 82 | 4 | 2.25 | .924 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 213 | 9 | 0 | 2.54 | .921 | ||
| 2011–12 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 41 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2166 | 94 | 1 | 2.60 | .919 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 2.33 | .933 | ||
| 2012–13 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 56 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 3347 | 141 | 5 | 2.53 | .919 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 277 | 10 | 0 | 2.16 | .932 | ||
| 2013–14 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1351 | 48 | 2 | 2.13 | .928 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1095 | 33 | 4 | 1.81 | .934 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | ||
| 2014–15 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 775 | 29 | 3 | 2.24 | .906 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2015–16 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 65 | 37 | 23 | 4 | 3786 | 143 | 6 | 2.27 | .918 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 1473 | 53 | 3 | 2.16 | .923 | ||
| 2016–17 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 65 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 3800 | 152 | 2 | 2.40 | .912 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 377 | 11 | 1 | 1.75 | .935 | ||
| 2017–18 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 60 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 3416 | 145 | 4 | 2.55 | .915 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 585 | 22 | 2 | 2.26 | .928 | ||
| 2018–19 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 62 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 3597 | 176 | 3 | 2.94 | .896 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1154 | 58 | 0 | 3.02 | .898 | ||
| 2019–20 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 41 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 2360 | 118 | 2 | 3.00 | .896 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 34 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1868 | 102 | 1 | 3.28 | .896 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 35 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1998 | 114 | 0 | 3.42 | .900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Seattle Kraken | NHL | 48 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 2626 | 131 | 3 | 2.99 | .887 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | ||
| 2023–24 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 267 | 15 | 1 | 3.37 | .870 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1170 | 56 | 2 | 2.87 | .902 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 466 | 236 | 171 | 36 | 26,490 | 1,199 | 30 | 2.72 | .905 | 63 | 32 | 27 | 3,664 | 144 | 6 | 2.36 | .917 | ||||
| Year | Team | Tournament | Result | GP | Min | GA | SO | GAA | W | L | OTL | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Canada | WJC |  | 2 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2.30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0.917 |
| 2015 | Canada | WC |  | 2 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.921 |
| Junior totals | 2 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2.30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0.917 | |||
| Senior totals | 2 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.921 | |||
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| CHL | ||
| WHL East Second All-Star Team | 2008–09 | [51] |
| WHL East First All-Star Team | 2009–10 | [52] |
| Del Wilson Trophy | 2009–10 | [13] |
| WHL Playoff MVP | 2009–10 | [53] |
| Hap Emms Memorial Trophy | 2010 | [54] |
| CHLMemorial Cup All-Star Team | 2010 | [54] |
| NHL | ||
| Stanley Cup champion | 2014 | |
| NHL All-Star Game | 2017 | |
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Winner of theDel Wilson Trophy 2010 | Succeeded by |