- Age
- 29
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 85 kg
- Born
- St. Paul, USA
- Draft
- 2015, round 3, #85 (NSH)
Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27
- Games
- 291
- Goals
- 68
- Points
- 164
- TOI per game
- 13:55
- xGF% (5v5)
- 53.3%
- Goals above expected
- +13.9
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2021–22 |   NSH | 27 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −4 | 11:48 | 25 | 4.0% | 4 | 2.1 | 54.2% |
| 2022–23 | NSH | 51 | 17 | 26 | 43 | +5 | 14:39 | 93 | 18.3% | 12 | 9.4 | 45.0% |
| 2023–24 | NSH | 71 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −3 | 14:12 | 113 | 15.9% | 12 | 14.0 | 58.7% |
| 2024–25 | NSH | 52 | 13 | 9 | 22 | −5 | 13:14 | 88 | 14.8% | 5 | 9.7 | 54.0% |
| 2024–25 |   PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 13:01 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.4 | 26.1% |
| 2024–25 | All teams | 54 | 13 | 9 | 22 | −7 | 13:14 | 92 | 14.1% | 5 | 10.0 | 51.9% |
| 2025–26 | PIT | 82 | 16 | 26 | 42 | +1 | 14:17 | 130 | 12.3% | 7 | 16.7 | 55.1% |
| 2026–27 | PIT | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 15:15 | 10 | 30.0% | 2 | 1.8 | 49.6% |
| Total | 2 teams | 291 | 68 | 96 | 164 | −6 | 13:55 | 463 | 14.7% | 42 | 54.1 | 53.3% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2021–22 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
87th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st line- Goals /601.0180th pct
- Assists /601.4285th pct
- ixG /600.8058th pct
- Goals above expected+13.991st pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)53.3%85th pct
- CF% (5v5)52.8%85th pct
- Relative xGF%+2.986th pct
- Penalty diff /600.2773rd pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game13:5554th pct
- PP time share36.5%70th pct
- Offensive zone starts76.6%98th pct
- Quality of competition23.9%41st 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).
Faceoffs
How often Novak wins the draw over 2021–22 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1034+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
42.7%
782–1049 · #169 of 181 regulars, 7th percentile
Against an average centre
42.7%
Opponents won 50.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.0% against them.
Wins above average
−133
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
6.6
1,831 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone45.1% 353–430
- Neutral zone41.7% 282–394
- Defensive zone39.5% 147–225
By strength
- Even strength42.0% 708–978
- Power play51.0% 73–70
- Shorthanded50.0% 1–1
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +24 after a win, −8 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Adam Lowry37.8% 14–23
- Jordan Staal41.7% 15–21
- Sebastian Aho40.0% 10–15
- J.T. Miller42.9% 9–12
- John Tavares38.1% 8–13
- Nicolas Roy50.0% 10–10
- J.T. Compher60.0% 12–8
- Christian Dvorak42.1% 8–11
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 141 | 44.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022–23 | 402 | 44.5% | 43.9% |
| 2023–24 | 500 | 42.2% | 42.0% |
| 2024–25 | 220 | 42.7% | 42.4% |
| 2025–26 | 504 | 42.9% | 44.1% |
| 2026–27 | 64 | 31.3% | 31.7% |
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.
+13.9 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed33.1 km/h23rd pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph447th pct
- Hardest shot120.8 km/h44th pct
- Distance skated12 km55th pct
- Offensive-zone time47.3%87th pct
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.
Top skating speed
35.2 km/h21st pct
▼ −1.0 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
4.642nd pct
▼ −1.3 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
16.0 km79th pct
▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
133.1 km/h22nd pct
▼ −5.1 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
43.5%72nd pct
▼ −2.6 points since 2024–25