Jake Guentzel
#59 · Center · Tampa Bay Lightning
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21:13 |
| Last season | 81 | 38 | 50 | 88 | 220 | 20:15 |
Role
Where he fits on Tampa Bay right now.
- Line
L1 with A. Cirelli and B. Hagel · 9:08 a game together
- Power play
PP1 Trigger · often stays on for the second unit
- Penalty kill
Second wave 7 of 9 kills · 0:41 a kill
- Ice time
21:13 a game, 3rd-most among Tampa Bay forwards · 13:04 5-on-5 · 5:27 PP · 1:12 PK
- Competition
About average among forwards · home tougher than 76%, road easier than 73%
Tougher opponents than 61% of forwards · home 69%
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Creating his own chances
0.90 expected goals /60better than 94% of centers
Shorthanded threat
1.17 expected goals for /60better than 94% of forwards
Setting up goals
0.71 first assists /60better than 89% of forwards
Creating chances
+0.14 expected goals /60better than 80% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Distance skated
9.21 miles /60less far than 88% of centers
Hitting
hitting score 211.43 hits /60behind 87% of forwardsfewer than 86% of forwards
Shot blocking
blocking score 721.98 blocks /60behind 77% of centersfewer than 71% of centers
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.
Better than most at his position
Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.
Behind most at his position
Distance skated
8.88 miles /60less far than 89% of centers
Hitting
hitting score 321.41 hits /60behind 76% of forwardsfewer than 86% of forwards
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.
All ratings
Every rating, against other forwards.
This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 81, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.
This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
+0.14 expected goals /60top 20%
+0.04 expected goals /60average
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
−0.02 expected goals against /60average
−0.02 expected goals against /60average
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
12.3 shot attempts /60top 34%
11.1 shot attempts /60average
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.90 expected goals /60top 6%
0.73 expected goals /60top 39%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
−0.2 goals above expected /100 shotstop 34%
−0.6 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 32%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.71 first assists /60top 11%
0.54 first assists /60average
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.86 expected goals /60top 36%
1.80 expected goals /60average
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
1.17 expected goals for /60top 6%
0.86 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 21bottom 13%1.43 hits /60bottom 14%
hitting score 32bottom 24%1.41 hits /60bottom 14%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 72bottom 23%1.98 blocks /60bottom 29%
blocking score 86bottom 41%1.41 blocks /60bottom 8%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 92average0.83 takeaways /60bottom 42%
takeaway score 99average0.71 takeaways /60bottom 24%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.79 penalties drawn /60average
0.69 penalties drawn /60bottom 33%
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.57 penalties taken /60top 34%
0.57 penalties taken /60top 35%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
49.9% wonaverage
51.4% wontoo few games
Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.
Shots
Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.
321 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
12 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
97 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
2 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.
Skating and shot
Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).
- Top speedSlowerBurner
22.3 mphbottom 36%
21.6 mphtop 41%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
3.6 bursts /60bottom 28%
4.2 bursts /60bottom 40%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
83.0 mphbottom 24%
77.2 mphaverage
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
9.21 miles /60bottom 12%
8.88 miles /60bottom 11%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
41.7% of his timetop 36%
44.0% of his timetop 19%
Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.