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Centre · #48

Tomas Hertl

San Jose Sharks Vegas Golden Knights(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
101 kg
Born
Praha, CZE
Draft
2012, round 1, #17 (SJS)

Career · 2013–14 to 2026–27

Games
879
Goals
279
Points
612
TOI per game
17:48
xGF% (5v5)
53.5%
Goals above expected
−26.7
ShowAll teamsSan Jose SharksVegas Golden Knights

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2013–14SJS37151025+1115:209815.3%314.258.9%
2014–15SJS82131831−514:331459.0%620.354.1%
2015–16SJS81212546+1615:5820210.4%722.759.1%
2016–17SJS49101222−817:1310010.0%213.655.8%
2017–18SJS79222446−218:0617512.6%1231.550.3%
2018–19SJS77353974+519:0117619.9%1528.454.2%
2019–20SJS48162036−1818:2711713.7%716.853.1%
2020–21SJS50192443+119:0811217.0%1017.656.0%
2021–22SJS82303464−919:5620514.6%1627.047.7%
2022–23SJS79224163−3619:1718312.0%2227.151.3%
2023–24SJS48151934−2620:5411313.3%914.545.1%
2023–24VGK6224−217:121118.2%21.751.9%
2023–24All teams54172138−2820:2912413.7%1116.245.9%
2024–25VGK73322961−317:0717718.1%2331.556.9%
2025–26VGK82243458−1717:0220211.9%2534.656.3%
2026–27VGK6325+215:591717.6%34.370.6%
Total2 teams879279333612−9117:482,03313.7%162305.753.5%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
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Player card

Model-based

How 2013–14 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st line

90th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd line
  • Goals /601.0790th pct
  • Assists /601.2884th pct
  • ixG /601.1797th pct
  • Goals above expected−26.72nd pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)53.5%90th pct
  • CF% (5v5)53.0%90th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.491st pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1863rd pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game17:4892nd pct
  • PP time share52.4%90th pct
  • Offensive zone starts57.7%57th pct
  • Quality of competition24.9%86th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Joe PavelskiSJS/DAL0.98
  2. Roope HintzDAL0.97
  3. Sebastian AhoCAR0.96
  4. Sam ReinhartBUF/FLA0.95
  5. Jake GuentzelPIT/TBL0.95
  6. Jaden SchwartzSTL/SEA0.95

Faceoffs

How often Hertl wins the draw over 2013–14 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2563+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

54.3%

6106–5136 · #29 of 210 regulars, 86th percentile

Against an average centre

54.7%

Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.

Wins above average

+525

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

14.0

11,242 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

53%1946 · +0.361%3425 · +2.445%1085 · +1.961%343 · +0.848%308 · +2.359%344 · +1.647%304 · +1.759%1838 · +1.543%1649 · +1.5Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone57.0% 2571–1939
  • Neutral zone53.5% 1737–1508
  • Defensive zone51.6% 1798–1689

By strength

  • Even strength53.9% 4522–3875
  • Power play59.4% 1210–828
  • Shorthanded46.3% 373–433

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +20 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2013–145156.9%57.4%
2014–158345.8%45.9%
2015–1645756.0%55.4%
2016–1747451.7%51.8%
2017–18115650.8%51.1%
2018–19118351.5%52.0%
2019–2079054.8%55.7%
2020–2188055.2%55.7%
2021–22146652.5%52.9%
2022–23144554.8%55.2%
2023–2498357.5%57.9%
2024–2595855.9%56.0%
2025–26124557.8%58.3%
2026–277157.7%56.7%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−26.7 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−100−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.8 km/h67th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph19th pct
  • Hardest shot123.3 km/h49th pct
  • Distance skated15 km75th pct
  • Offensive-zone time52.7%99th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.3 km/h26th pct

▲ +0.2 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.7 km/h, 76th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 35.1 km/h, 20th percentile (79 games)2023–24: 37.0 km/h, 86th percentile (54 games)2024–25: 35.1 km/h, 20th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 35.3 km/h, 26th percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.615th pct

▲ +0.8 since 2024–25

024681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 3.7, 31st percentile (82 games)2022–23: 2.9, 22nd percentile (79 games)2023–24: 1.3, 5th percentile (54 games)2024–25: 1.7, 7th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 2.6, 15th percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.5 km6th pct

▼ −0.6 km since 2024–25

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.4 km, 39th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 14.6 km, 13th percentile (79 games)2023–24: 14.6 km, 10th percentile (54 games)2024–25: 15.0 km, 15th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 14.5 km, 6th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

144.1 km/h77th pct

▼ −0.9 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 156.1 km/h, 94th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 141.5 km/h, 43rd percentile (79 games)2023–24: 146.0 km/h, 68th percentile (54 games)2024–25: 144.9 km/h, 74th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 144.1 km/h, 77th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

47.7%98th pct

▲ +1.9 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 41.1%, 43rd percentile (82 games)2022–23: 45.1%, 84th percentile (79 games)2023–24: 41.7%, 49th percentile (54 games)2024–25: 45.8%, 92nd percentile (73 games)2025–26: 47.7%, 98th percentile (82 games)