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Nick Suzuki

#14 · Center · Montréal Canadiens

Shoots right · 27 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4347921:04
Last season82297210118320:49

Role

Where he fits on Montréal right now.

Line

L1 with C. Caufield and J. Slafkovský · 11:16 a game together

Power play

PP1 Distributor

Penalty kill

Second wave 7 of 14 kills · 0:28 a kill · starts only 3

Ice time

21:04 a game, most among Montréal forwards · 14:02 5-on-5 · 3:02 PP · 0:50 PK

Competition

Tougher opponents than 97% of forwards · home 92%, road 98%

Tougher opponents than 85% of forwards

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Setting up goalsTop 10

    0.89 first assists /60better than 98% of forwards

  • Preventing chances

    −0.19 expected goals against /60better than 95% of forwards

  • Top speed

    23.6 mphfaster than 95% of forwards

  • Staying out of the box

    0.45 penalties taken /60better than 84% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Drawing penalties

    0.39 penalties drawn /60behind 98% 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

  • Finishing

    −0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 77% 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, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Nick SuzukiAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 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 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

    +0.08 expected goals /60top 35%

    +0.02 expected goals /60average

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.19 expected goals against /60top 5%

    −0.03 expected goals against /60average

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    12.8 shot attempts /60top 28%

    12.8 shot attempts /60top 29%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.66 expected goals /60bottom 42%

    0.69 expected goals /60average

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.0 goals above expected /100 shotstop 20%

    −0.1 goals above expected /100 shotstop 23%

  • Setting up goalsTop 10
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.89 first assists /60top 2%

    0.59 first assists /60top 34%

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.84 expected goals /60top 42%

    1.78 expected goals /60bottom 41%

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.96 expected goals for /60top 28%

    0.87 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.39 penalties drawn /60bottom 2%

    0.69 penalties drawn /60bottom 33%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.45 penalties taken /60top 16%

    0.70 penalties taken /60average

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    49.3% wonaverage

    49.1% wonbottom 44%

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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319 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 7 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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18 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left41
  • Wide right55
  • Over the net12
  • Off the post or crossbar18
  • Short or other8

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

  • Wide left2
  • Wide right5
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar1
  • Short or other0

9 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.