Jakub Vrána

Date of Birth: Feb 28, 1996
Age: 30
Place of Birth: Praha, CZE
Nation: Czechia
Youth Team: HC Letci Letnany
Position: LW/RW
Height: 183 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 89 kg / 196 lbs
Shoots: L
Contract: 26/27

Jakub Vrána Facts

Drafted: 2014 round 1 #13 overall by Washington Capitals
Agency: Premium

An offensively skilled winger. Vrana is a good skater, works hard for the puck and has good technical skills. Is a capable goal scorer with a quick release and a nose for the net. Can improve his defensive game. (EP, 2014)

Jakub Vrána Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2009-2010	HC Letci Letňany U16	Czechia U16	17	4	1	5	2	-10
2010-2011	HC Letci Letňany U16	Czechia U16	18	28	15	43	30	20
2010-2011	HC Letci Letňany U18	Czechia U18	26	19	10	29	10	5
2010-2011	Czechia U16 (all)	International-Jr	4	2	0	2	2	1
2011-2012	Linköping HC U16	U16 SM	3	3	3	6	4	4
2011-2012	Linköping HC J18	J18 Elit	21	16	6	22	2	15
2011-2012	Linköping HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	11	12	11	23	4	17	Playoffs	3	2	2	4	12	4
2011-2012	Linköping HC J20	J20 SuperElit	3	1	0	1	2	2
2011-2012	Czechia U17	WHC-17	5	2	0	2	4	-
2011-2012	Czechia U17 (all)	International-Jr	21	9	1	10	33	2
2011-2012	Czechia U18	WJC-18	6	4	4	8	4	1
2011-2012	Czechia U18 (all)	International-Jr	7	4	4	8	4	9
2012-2013	Linköping HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	3	3	2	5	2	4	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	12	-2
2012-2013	Linköping HC J20	J20 SuperElit	32	20	12	32	49	3	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0	-2
2012-2013	Linköping HC	Elitserien	5	0	0	0	0	-2
2012-2013	Czechia U18	WJC-18	5	2	0	2	2	-4
2012-2013	Czechia U18 (all)	International-Jr	10	3	3	6	4	0
2012-2013	Czechia U20	WJC-20	6	0	1	1	2	1
2012-2013	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	6	0	1	1	2	1
2013-2014	Linköping HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	1	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs	3	1	2	3	4	0
2013-2014	Linköping HC J20	J20 SuperElit	24	14	11	25	26	6
2013-2014	Linköping HC	SHL	24	2	1	3	2	-3	Playoffs	14	1	1	2	6	-3
2013-2014	Czechia U18	WJC-18	7	8	2	10	4	3
2013-2014	Czechia U18 (all)	International-Jr	16	14	6	20	12	7
2013-2014	Czechia U20	WJC-20	5	1	1	2	2	-1
2013-2014	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	9	3	4	7	6	-1
2014-2015	Linköping HC Loan	SHL	44	12	12	24	12	3	Playoffs	11	4	1	5	2	-5
2014-2015	Hershey Bears	AHL	3	0	5	5	0	2	Playoffs	10	2	4	6	2	2
2014-2015	Czechia U20	WJC-20	5	2	1	3	2	2
2014-2015	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	11	5	4	9	10	-
2015-2016	Hershey Bears	AHL	36	16	18	34	20	7	Playoffs	21	8	6	14	2	8
2016-2017	Washington Capitals	NHL	21	3	3	6	2	2
2016-2017	Hershey Bears	AHL	49	19	17	36	28	12	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	4	-2
2017-2018	Washington Capitals	NHL	73	13	14	27	12	2	Playoffs	23	3	5	8	2	5
2018-2019	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	24	23	47	27	20	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	6	-1
2018-2019	Czechia	WC	9	4	1	5	0	4
2018-2019	Czechia (all)	International	9	4	1	5	0	4
2019-2020	Washington Capitals	NHL	69	25	27	52	18	3	Playoffs	8	0	0	0	2	-7
2020-2021	Washington Capitals	NHL	39	11	14	25	8	9
2020-2021	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	11	8	3	11	2	1
2020-2021	Czechia	WC	7	2	2	4	4	1
2020-2021	Czechia (all)	International	7	2	2	4	4	1
2021-2022	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	26	13	6	19	16	-8
2021-2022	Czechia	WC	10	1	0	1	4	0
2021-2022	Czechia (all)	International	13	3	0	3	8	2
2022-2023	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	5	1	1	2	0	1
2022-2023	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	17	6	5	11	4	-2
2022-2023	St. Louis Blues	NHL	20	10	4	14	10	2
2023-2024	St. Louis Blues	NHL	21	2	4	6	8	-7
2023-2024	Springfield Thunderbirds	AHL	42	16	20	36	54	-3
2023-2024	Czechia (all)	International	4	1	1	2	2	1
2024-2025	Washington Capitals	NHL	26	7	4	11	6	6
2024-2025	Nashville Predators	NHL	13	2	1	3	4	-10
2025-2026	Linköping HC	SHL	46	12	16	28	66	8
2026-2027	Linköping HC	SHL	7	0	1	1	4	0
2026-2027	Projected	SHL	52	0	7	7	30	0

Jakub Vrána Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2008-2009	Pirati Chomutov	QC Int PW	2	1	0	1	0	-
2012-2013	Linköping HC	ET	1	1	0	1	0	-
2012-2013	Czechia U18/19	WJAC-19	4	1	0	1	6	-
2013-2014	Linköping HC	ET	8	1	2	3	6	-
2013-2014	Czechia U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	3	1	4	4	4
2014-2015	Linköping HC Loan	Champions HL	7	1	3	4	6	-2
2021-2022	Czechia (EHT)	EHT	3	2	0	2	4	2
2023-2024	Czechia	EHT	2	0	0	0	0	0

Jakub Vrána Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	5	147	57	65	122	0.83	106	16	3	38	10	10	20	0.53	8	8
Champions HL	1	7	1	3	4	0.57	6	-2	0
Czechia U16	2	35	32	16	48	1.37	32	10	0
Czechia U18	1	26	19	10	29	1.12	10	5	0
EHT	2	5	2	0	2	0.40	4	2	0
ET	2	9	2	2	4	0.44	6	-	0
International	4	33	10	4	14	0.42	14	8	0
International-Jr	5	84	40	23	63	0.75	73	19*	0
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	4	3	1	4	1.00	4	4	0
J18 Allsvenskan (U18 Nationell)	3	15	15	13	28	1.87	6	21	3	8	4	4	8	1.00	28	2
J18 Elit (U18 Region)	1	21	16	6	22	1.05	2	15	0
J20 SuperElit (U20 Nationell)	3	59	35	23	58	0.98	77	11	1	5	1	0	1	0.20	0	-2
NHL	9	406	119	104	223	0.55	113	21	3	38	3	5	8	0.21	10	-3
QC Int PW	1	2	1	0	1	0.50	0	-	0
SHL (Elitserien)	5	126	26	30	56	0.44	84	6	2	25	5	2	7	0.28	8	-8
U16 SM	1	3	3	3	6	2.00	4	4	0
WC	3	26	7	3	10	0.38	8	5	0
WHC-17	1	5	2	0	2	0.40	4	-	0
WJAC-19	1	4	1	0	1	0.25	6	-	0
WJC-18	3	18	14	6	20	1.11	10	0	0
WJC-20	3	16	3	3	6	0.38	6	2	0

Jakub Vrána Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2011-2012	U18 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2012-2013	U20 WJC Youngest Player
2013-2014	J18 SM Silver Medal U18 WJC Most Goals (8) U18 WJC Silver Medal U18 WJC Top 3 Player on Team Zlatá hokejka (Czech Junior of the Year)
2014-2015	SHL Most Goals by Junior (12) SHL Most Points by Junior (24)
2015-2016	AHL Player of the Week (Feb. 7)
2017-2018	NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2021-2022	World Championship Bronze Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
08/08/2025	Confirmed	Nashville Predators	Linköping HC
03/06/2025	Confirmed	Washington Capitals	Nashville Predators
10/07/2024	Confirmed	St. Louis Blues	Washington Capitals
03/03/2023	Confirmed	Detroit Red Wings	St. Louis Blues
08/10/2021	Extension	Detroit Red Wings	Detroit Red Wings
04/12/2021	Confirmed	Washington Capitals	Detroit Red Wings
07/16/2019	Extension	Washington Capitals	Washington Capitals
07/15/2014	Confirmed	Linköping HC	Washington Capitals
08/02/2013	Extension	Linköping HC J20	Linköping HC

Jakub Vrána Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2013, 1 #23 by Sibir Novosibirsk in the KHL Draft
2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #25 by FCHockey
2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #21 by McKeen's Hockey
Cult/Star player for HC Letci Letnany
Cult/Star player for Linköping HC
Cult/Star player for Linköping HC U16
Cult/Star player for Linköping HC U20

Other memorable dates
- 2016-12-09 • Scored his first NHL goal (vs. Buffalo Sabres vs. Robin Lehner)
- 2016-12-01 • Made his NHL debut (vs. New York Islanders)
- 2012-10-27 • Made Elitserien debut (vs. Rögle BK, at the age of 16 years, 7 months, and 30 days) as the youngest foreigner in league history, as the 9th youngest player in league history and as the youngest player in team history. Vrána made his debut on the 2nd line alongside M. Weinhandl and J. Almtorp, he wore #23.
- 2012-03-03 • Scored his first J20 SuperElit goal (vs. Rögle BK J20) assisted by P. Venturi and M. Modigs.
- 2011-09-24 • Made J20 SuperElit debut (vs. Rögle BK J20, at the age of 15 years, 6 months, and 27 days) on the 1st line alongside V. Jigmalm and M. Modigs, he wore #27.