Martin Necas
#88 · Center · Colorado Avalanche
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19:06 |
| Last season | 78 | 38 | 62 | 100 | 206 | 21:30 |
Role
Where he fits on Colorado right now.
- Line
L3 with B. Nelson and G. Landeskog · 10:43 a game together
- Power play
PP1 Distributor
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 10 kills
- Ice time
19:06 a game, most among Colorado forwards · 15:08 5-on-5 · 3:36 PP
- Competition
About average among forwards · home about average, road about average
Easier opponents than 88% of forwards · road 98%
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Finishing
+0.6 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 97% of forwards
Setting up goals
0.85 first assists /60better than 97% of forwards
Top speed
23.9 mphfaster than 97% of forwards
Distance skatedTop 10
10.38 miles /60farther than 96% of centers
Behind most at his position
Shot blocking
blocking score 391.16 blocks /60behind 99% of centersfewer than 97% of centers
Hitting
hitting score 312.98 hits /60behind 78% of forwardsfewer than 60% 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
Top speed
23.0 mphfaster than 97% of forwards
Distance skatedTop 10
10.59 miles /60farther than 97% of centers
Fast bursts
13.3 bursts /60more often than 91% of forwards
Hardest shot
86.5 mphharder than 89% of centers
Behind most at his position
Shot blocking
blocking score 720.00 blocks /60behind 77% of centersfewer than 99% of centers
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 78, 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
+0.11 expected goals /60top 30%
+0.06 expected goals /60top 41%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
+0.06 expected goals against /60bottom 28%
−0.05 expected goals against /60top 42%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
14.6 shot attempts /60top 13%
13.5 shot attempts /60top 22%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.74 expected goals /60top 37%
0.70 expected goals /60average
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
+0.6 goals above expected /100 shotstop 3%
−0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 38%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.85 first assists /60top 3%
0.64 first assists /60top 20%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.84 expected goals /60top 42%
1.86 expected goals /60top 39%
- 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 31bottom 22%2.98 hits /60bottom 40%
hitting score 37bottom 27%1.57 hits /60bottom 16%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 39bottom 1%1.16 blocks /60bottom 3%
blocking score 72bottom 23%0.00 blocks /60bottom 1%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 99average0.86 takeaways /60average
takeaway score 112top 30%1.57 takeaways /60top 4%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.98 penalties drawn /60top 25%
0.80 penalties drawn /60average
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.47 penalties taken /60top 18%
0.59 penalties taken /60top 36%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
49.2% wontoo few games
50.6% 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.
319 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 3 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
18 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
105 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
5 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
23.9 mphtop 3%
23.0 mphtop 3%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
12.5 bursts /60top 6%
13.3 bursts /60top 9%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
93.4 mphtop 7%
86.5 mphtop 11%
- Distance skatedTop 10Top 10ShorterCovers ground
10.38 miles /60top 4%
10.59 miles /60top 3%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
41.9% of his timetop 33%
40.9% 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.