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Alex Newhook

#15 · Center · Montréal Canadiens

Shoots left · 25 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4112416:24
Last season421312256114:29

Role

Where he fits on Montréal right now.

Line

L3 with C. Kreider and J. Anderson · 8:20 a game together

Power play

PP2

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 12 of 14 kills · 0:46 a kill · starts 6

Ice time

16:24 a game, 4th-most among Montréal forwards · 11:00 5-on-5 · 1:17 PP · 2:24 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 73% of forwards · home 70%, road 73%

Tougher opponents than 82% of forwards

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Finishing

    +0.3 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 91% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 600.27 takeaways /60behind 97% of forwardsfewer than 99% of forwards

  • Creating chances

    −0.08 expected goals /60behind 75% 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

  • Time in the offensive zone

    45.6% of his timemore than 89% of forwards

  • Faceoffs

    54.3% wonbetter than 76% 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.

Alex NewhookAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 42, 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 /60bottom 25%

    −0.02 expected goals /60bottom 40%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.03 expected goals against /60average

    +0.01 expected goals against /60bottom 40%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    12.4 shot attempts /60top 32%

    13.0 shot attempts /60top 24%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.81 expected goals /60top 20%

    0.79 expected goals /60top 26%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    +0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 9%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.66 first assists /60top 16%

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.76 expected goals /60too few games

    1.81 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.88 expected goals for /60top 44%

    0.84 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 90top 42%4.90 hits /60top 41%

    hitting score 91top 42%6.41 hits /60top 30%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 81bottom 33%1.87 blocks /60bottom 24%

    blocking score 99average2.75 blocks /60top 41%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 60bottom 3%0.27 takeaways /60bottom 1%

    takeaway score 103top 41%0.92 takeaways /60average

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.81 penalties drawn /60average

    0.82 penalties drawn /60average

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.62 penalties taken /60top 44%

    0.73 penalties taken /60bottom 41%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    53.0% wontop 32%

    54.3% wontop 24%

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

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

How his misses miss

  • Wide left9
  • Wide right12
  • Over the net6
  • Off the post or crossbar4
  • Short or other0

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

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net2
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

4 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

    23.1 mphtop 17%

    21.5 mphaverage

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    7.3 bursts /60top 30%

    7.3 bursts /60top 34%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    83.2 mphbottom 27%

    74.6 mphbottom 28%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    9.39 miles /60bottom 20%

    9.46 miles /60bottom 32%

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    41.6% of his timetop 39%

    45.6% of his timetop 11%

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.