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Pontus Holmberg

#29 · Right wing · Tampa Bay Lightning

Shoots left · 27 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4112714:23
Last season701111229113:21

Role

Where he fits on Tampa Bay right now.

Line

L3 with Z. Girgensons and I. Mikheyev · 9:20 a game together

Power play

PP2

Penalty kill

Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 9 kills

Ice time

14:23 a game, 7th-most among Tampa Bay forwards · 12:36 5-on-5 · 1:21 PP

Competition

Tougher opponents than 91% of forwards · home 95%, road 66%

Tougher opponents than 66% of forwards · home 80%

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Preventing chances2nd

    −0.32 expected goals against /60better than 99% of forwards

  • Drawing penalties

    1.37 penalties drawn /60better than 96% of forwards

  • Distance skatedTop 10

    10.19 miles /60farther than 96% of wingers

Behind most at his position

  • Staying out of the box

    1.00 penalties taken /60behind 84% 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

  • Staying out of the box

    0.88 penalties taken /60behind 75% 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.

Pontus HolmbergAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 70, 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 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

    +0.04 expected goals /60top 44%

    −0.02 expected goals /60bottom 40%

  • Preventing chances2nd
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.32 expected goals against /60top 1%

    −0.02 expected goals against /60average

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    12.9 shot attempts /60average

    13.2 shot attempts /60top 42%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.79 expected goals /60top 38%

    0.78 expected goals /60top 39%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.6 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 25%

    −0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 42%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.52 first assists /60bottom 35%

    0.59 first assists /60top 33%

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.80 expected goals /60too few games

    1.81 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.83 expected goals for /60too few games

    0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 42bottom 31%4.11 hits /60average

    hitting score 45bottom 34%2.09 hits /60bottom 24%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 95average2.54 blocks /60top 38%

    blocking score 87bottom 40%1.04 blocks /60bottom 3%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 77bottom 19%0.73 takeaways /60bottom 25%

    takeaway score 89bottom 37%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    1.37 penalties drawn /60top 4%

    0.83 penalties drawn /60top 44%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    1.00 penalties taken /60bottom 16%

    0.88 penalties taken /60bottom 25%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    44.6% wontoo few games

    49.5% 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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156 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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9 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left24
  • Wide right23
  • Over the net9
  • Off the post or crossbar5
  • Short or other2

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

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

3 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
    SlowerBurner

    22.9 mphtop 25%

    21.0 mphbottom 31%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    6.0 bursts /60top 44%

    2.1 bursts /60bottom 17%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    84.9 mphbottom 28%

    73.1 mphbottom 22%

  • Distance skatedTop 10
    ShorterCovers ground

    10.19 miles /60top 4%

    9.52 miles /60bottom 36%

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    41.9% of his timetop 33%

    42.4% of his timetop 35%

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.