Tommy Novak
#18 · Center · Pittsburgh Penguins
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15:10 |
| Last season | 82 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 130 | 14:17 |
Role
Where he fits on Pittsburgh right now.
- Line
L1 with E. Malkin and E. Chinakhov · 9:57 a game together
- Power play
PP1
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 12 kills
- Ice time
15:10 a game, 7th-most among Pittsburgh forwards · 11:45 5-on-5 · 2:45 PP
- Competition
Easier opponents than 63% of forwards · home 69%, road 56%
Easier opponents than 68% of forwards · road 76%
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Creating chancesTop 10
+0.33 expected goals /60better than 98% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.86 expected goals /60better than 89% of centers
Setting up goals
0.68 first assists /60better than 87% of forwards
Staying out of the box
0.50 penalties taken /60better than 78% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Faceoffs
38.9% wonbehind 98% of forwards
Hitting
hitting score 120.63 hits /60behind 94% of forwardsfewer than 97% of forwards
Drawing penalties
0.53 penalties drawn /60behind 90% of 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
Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.
Behind most at his position
Faceoffs
42.7% wonbehind 91% of forwards
Hitting
hitting score 270.79 hits /60behind 81% of forwardsfewer than 95% 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 5 games blended with last season’s 82, 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 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesTop 10Along for the rideDrives play
+0.33 expected goals /60top 2%
−0.02 expected goals /60bottom 40%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
no measurable changebottom 41%
+0.02 expected goals against /60bottom 38%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
10.5 shot attempts /60bottom 38%
10.3 shot attempts /60bottom 34%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.86 expected goals /60top 11%
0.74 expected goals /60top 37%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
−0.2 goals above expected /100 shotstop 35%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.68 first assists /60top 13%
0.54 first assists /60bottom 44%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.82 expected goals /60average
1.89 expected goals /60top 29%
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 12bottom 6%0.63 hits /60bottom 3%
hitting score 27bottom 19%0.79 hits /60bottom 5%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 113top 38%2.50 blocks /60average
blocking score 119top 29%4.75 blocks /60top 3%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 116top 24%1.35 takeaways /60top 10%
takeaway score 85bottom 32%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.53 penalties drawn /60bottom 10%
0.80 penalties drawn /60average
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.50 penalties taken /60top 22%
0.59 penalties taken /60top 37%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
38.9% wonbottom 2%
42.7% wonbottom 9%
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.
211 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
11 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
72 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
21.9 mphbottom 18%
21.9 mphtop 27%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
4.7 bursts /60bottom 42%
6.3 bursts /60top 39%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
82.7 mphbottom 22%
75.1 mphbottom 32%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
9.95 miles /60top 23%
10.07 miles /60top 20%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
42.3% of his timetop 25%
40.6% of his timeaverage
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.