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Noah Laba

#42 · Center · New York Rangers

Shoots right · 23 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season6011414:34
Last season74915247313:28

Role

Where he fits on NY Rangers right now.

Line

L3 with E. Tolvanen and W. Cuylle · 8:12 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 15 of 18 kills · 0:40 a kill · starts 9 · takes the draw

Ice time

14:34 a game, 8th-most among NY Rangers forwards · 12:21 5-on-5 · 1:44 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 62% of forwards · home about average, road 69%

Tougher opponents than 81% of forwards · home 85%, road 56%

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Fast bursts

    10.3 bursts /60more often than 89% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Shooting volume

    7.1 shot attempts /60behind 96% of centers

  • Hardest shot

    79.6 mphsofter than 93% of centers

  • Creating his own chances

    0.55 expected goals /60behind 91% of centers

  • Creating chances

    −0.13 expected goals /60behind 83% 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

  • Time in the offensive zone

    35.6% of his timeless than 94% of forwards

  • Hardest shot

    66.4 mphsofter than 89% of centers

  • Shooting volume

    8.6 shot attempts /60behind 88% of centers

  • Preventing chances

    +0.09 expected goals against /60behind 80% 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.

Noah LabaAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 6 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 6 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

    −0.13 expected goals /60bottom 17%

    −0.09 expected goals /60bottom 25%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.03 expected goals against /60average

    +0.09 expected goals against /60bottom 20%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    7.1 shot attempts /60bottom 4%

    8.6 shot attempts /60bottom 12%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.55 expected goals /60bottom 9%

    0.62 expected goals /60bottom 29%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.6 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 23%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.55 first assists /60average

    0.58 first assists /60top 37%

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.81 expected goals /60too few games

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.89 expected goals for /60top 41%

    0.84 expected goals for /60bottom 43%

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.64 penalties drawn /60bottom 24%

    0.69 penalties drawn /60bottom 32%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.91 penalties taken /60bottom 24%

    0.82 penalties taken /60bottom 30%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    50.1% wonaverage

    49.7% wonaverage

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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120 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 6 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

113

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

How his misses miss

  • Wide left16
  • Wide right17
  • Over the net9
  • Off the post or crossbar2
  • Short or other1

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

  • Wide left0
  • Wide right0
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

1 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.