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Ice Lab

Centre · #18

Tommy Novak

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

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice3347:4552.8%52.9%53.3%53.4%2.922.56152143997.1
Team with player off ice10535:1849.3%49.5%50.3%50.4%2.562.534404361,003.2
Relative (on − off)–3.4%–2.9%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 3 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.9%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.5%
Quality of teammates
22.7%
Teammates' xGF%: 51.1%
Offensive zone starts
76.6%
67.1% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

0%20%40%60%80%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsO'ConnorArchibaldZuckerRustMcGinnHeinenBluegerGuentzelRakellMalkinCarterCrosbyDumoulinPetryPetterssonRuttaLetangJosephPoehlingGranlundRuhwedelFriedmanBuntingSmithEllerHarkinsPuustinenBemstromIvanySheaKarlssonGlassLizotteTomasinoAcciariBeauvillierNietoGrzelcykGravesPickeringHayesDesharnaisKolyachonokDewarTimminsBrazeauManthaKoivunenKindelWotherspoonBrunickeJonesHallanderDumbaCliftonKoppanenPoulinMcGroartyKulakChinakhovSolovyovHayesGirardSoderblomNovak

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
53.3%
51.2%