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The Washington Capitals signed a defenseman Jacob MacDonald on a one-year, two-party contract.
MacDonald received the Eddie Shore Award as the league’s top player in 2024-25, when he set the AHL record for goals in a season by a defenseman with 31. After missing the first four months of the 2025-26 season due to injury, MacDonald appeared in 17 regular season games, recording four goals in Colorado to help the Eagles. He added a goal and an assist in 17 postseason contests as the Eagles reached the Western Conference finals.
MacDonald has compiled 103 goals (seventh most in AHL history by a defenseman) and 157 assists for 260 points in 357 AHL games with Colorado, San Jose, Springfield Thunderbirds, Albany/Binghamton and Springfield Falcons. In addition to appearing in the AHL All-Star Classic in 2018 and 2025, MacDonald was voted a postseason All-Star three times, including First Team honors in 2017-18 and 2024-25 and a Second Team selection in 2019-20.
Undrafted out of Cornell University, MacDonald also skated in 135 games in the National Hockey League with Florida, Colorado and San Jose, registering 10 goals and 17 assists.
