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Alex Tuch

#89 · Right wing · Washington Capitals

Shoots right · 30 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season43031318:23
Last season7933336619519:00

Role

Where he fits on Washington right now.

Line

L1 with T. Wilson and P. Dubois · 8:34 a game together

Power play

PP2

Power-play role tags count only games with his current team, and he has too few power-play shots with Washington yet to earn one.

Penalty kill

Second wave 14 of 15 kills · 0:48 a kill · starts only 2

Ice time

18:23 a game, 2nd-most among Washington forwards · 11:35 5-on-5 · 2:11 PP · 2:49 PK

Competition

Tougher opponents than 80% of forwards · home 63%, road 94%

Tougher opponents than 83% of forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • TakeawaysTop 10

    takeaway score 1701.60 takeaways /60better than 98% of forwardsmore than 96% of forwards

  • Creating his own chancesTop 10

    1.00 expected goals /60better than 96% of wingers

  • Finishing

    +0.3 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 90% of forwards

  • Creating chances

    +0.22 expected goals /60better than 89% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

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

  • Creating his own chances

    0.94 expected goals /60better than 91% of wingers

  • Hardest shot

    86.6 mphharder than 87% of wingers

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 1242.45 takeaways /60better than 83% of forwardsmore than 99% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Time in the offensive zone

    35.8% of his timeless than 93% 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.

Alex TuchAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 79, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

He played for Buffalo Sabres last season. Habits that travel with a player (shooting, hitting, penalties) still use that season in full; setting up goals, finishing, faceoffs and power-play chances depend more on linemates and role, so they lean on it less. We measured how much each one carries over for players who change teams.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare wingers with wingers, 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 chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.22 expected goals /60top 11%

    +0.11 expected goals /60top 28%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    +0.03 expected goals against /60bottom 35%

    +0.04 expected goals against /60bottom 32%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    15.5 shot attempts /60top 18%

    14.4 shot attempts /60top 30%

  • Creating his own chancesTop 10
    Few chancesDangerous

    1.00 expected goals /60top 4%

    0.94 expected goals /60top 9%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    +0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 10%

    −0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 37%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.59 first assists /60top 32%

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.80 expected goals /60average

    1.80 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.86 expected goals for /60average

    0.89 expected goals for /60top 40%

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.72 penalties drawn /60bottom 37%

    0.81 penalties drawn /60average

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.71 penalties taken /60average

    0.59 penalties taken /60top 37%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    46.5% wontoo few games

    47.5% 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.

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337 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 6 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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20 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left46
  • Wide right52
  • Over the net12
  • Off the post or crossbar11
  • Short or other10

131 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left5
  • Wide right0
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other2

7 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 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.