Gage Goncalves

Shoots left · 25 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	4	0	0	0	2	15:05
Last season	74	11	22	33	77	13:05

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Role

Where he fits on Tampa Bay right now.

Line: L2 with N. Kucherov and B. Point · 9:55 a game together
Power play: PP2
Penalty kill: Spot duty 1 of 9 kills · 0:33 a kill
Ice time: 15:05 a game, 6th-most among Tampa Bay forwards · 13:33 5-on-5 · 1:19 PP
Competition: Easier opponents than 73% of forwards · home 67%, road 75%
About average among forwards · home tougher than 63%

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

Preventing chances
−0.21 expected goals against /60better than 96% of forwards
Top speed
23.3 mphfaster than 89% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Shooting volume
8.1 shot attempts /60behind 92% of centers
Fast bursts
2.5 bursts /60less often than 87% of forwards
Power-play chances
1.71 expected goals /60behind 80% of forwards
Shot blocking
blocking score 722.22 blocks /60behind 78% of centersfewer than 60% of centers

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
44.8% of his timemore than 86% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Top speed
20.2 mphslower than 93% of forwards
Hardest shot
68.1 mphsofter than 87% 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.

Gage GoncalvesAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 74, 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
+0.02 expected goals /60average
+0.00 expected goals /60bottom 43%
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
−0.21 expected goals against /60top 4%
−0.01 expected goals against /60average

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
8.1 shot attempts /60bottom 8%
9.8 shot attempts /60bottom 26%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.65 expected goals /60bottom 38%
0.70 expected goals /60average
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
−0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 41%
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.48 first assists /60bottom 19%
0.54 first assists /60average

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
1.71 expected goals /60bottom 20%
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.81 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 66average5.19 hits /60top 38%
hitting score 65average3.98 hits /60average
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 72bottom 22%2.22 blocks /60bottom 40%
blocking score 77bottom 29%0.00 blocks /60bottom 1%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 112top 29%1.11 takeaways /60top 30%
takeaway score 103top 41%0.99 takeaways /60top 40%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
0.90 penalties drawn /60top 34%
0.82 penalties drawn /60average
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
0.71 penalties taken /60bottom 44%
0.61 penalties taken /60top 41%
Faceoffs
Loses drawsWins draws
45.4% wontoo few games
49.4% 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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118 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 5 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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

How his misses miss

Wide left20
Wide right14
Over the net2
Off the post or crossbar2
Short or other1

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

Wide left2
Wide right1
Over the net0
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
23.3 mphtop 11%
20.2 mphbottom 7%
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
2.5 bursts /60bottom 13%
2.0 bursts /60bottom 17%
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
84.2 mphbottom 37%
68.1 mphbottom 13%
Distance skated
ShorterCovers ground
9.57 miles /60bottom 40%
9.28 miles /60bottom 22%
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
41.4% of his timetop 44%
44.8% of his timetop 14%

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.