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Luke Evangelista

#77 · Right wing · New Jersey Devils

Shoots right · 24 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season3213918:28
Last season8112445617616:37

Role

Where he fits on New Jersey right now.

Line

L1 with T. Meier and N. Hischier · 9:22 a game together

Power play

PP1

Power-play role tags count only games with his current team, and he has too few power-play shots with New Jersey yet to earn one.

Penalty kill

Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 8 kills

Ice time

18:28 a game, 4th-most among New Jersey forwards · 12:47 5-on-5 · 4:54 PP

Competition

Tougher opponents than 89% of forwards · home 91%, road 73%

Easier opponents than 60% of forwards

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Creating chances

    +0.29 expected goals /60better than 95% of forwards

  • Time in the offensive zone

    45.0% of his timemore than 95% of forwards

  • Setting up goals

    0.72 first assists /60better than 91% of forwards

  • Preventing chances

    −0.16 expected goals against /60better than 90% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Hardest shot

    80.4 mphsofter than 93% of wingers

  • Hitting

    hitting score 180.94 hits /60behind 90% of forwardsfewer than 93% of forwards

  • Creating his own chances

    0.64 expected goals /60behind 84% of wingers

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

  • Fast bursts

    0.0 bursts /60less often than 98% of forwards

  • Top speed

    19.9 mphslower than 96% of forwards

  • Distance skated

    9.07 miles /60less far than 85% of wingers

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.

Luke EvangelistaAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 3 games blended with last season’s 81, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

He played for Nashville Predators last season. Habits that travel with a player (shooting, hitting, penalties) still use that season in full; setting up goals, finishing, faceoffs and power-play chances depend more on linemates and role, so they lean on it less. We measured how much each one carries over for players who change teams.

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 3 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

    +0.29 expected goals /60top 5%

    +0.07 expected goals /60top 39%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.16 expected goals against /60top 10%

    −0.05 expected goals against /60top 39%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    13.4 shot attempts /60top 40%

    13.5 shot attempts /60top 38%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.64 expected goals /60bottom 16%

    0.76 expected goals /60average

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 39%

    −0.2 goals above expected /100 shotstop 36%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.72 first assists /60top 9%

    0.60 first assists /60top 30%

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.77 expected goals /60bottom 35%

    1.85 expected goals /60top 41%

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

    0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    1.02 penalties drawn /60top 20%

    0.94 penalties drawn /60top 30%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.55 penalties taken /60top 29%

    0.75 penalties taken /60bottom 38%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    49.7% wontoo few games

    50.0% 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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271 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 8 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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

How his misses miss

  • Wide left25
  • Wide right40
  • Over the net10
  • Off the post or crossbar6
  • Short or other7

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

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right2
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar1
  • Short or other0

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 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.