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Centre · #21

Austin Czarnik

Boston Bruins Calgary Flames New York Islanders Seattle Kraken Detroit Red Wings(traded during the season)
Age
33
Shoots
Right
Height
175 cm
Weight
77 kg
Born
Detroit, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2016–17 to 2023–24

Games
6
Goals
0
Points
2
TOI per game
10:48
xGF% (5v5)
45.5%
Goals above expected
−0.5

Season by season

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

2016–17BOS495813−1013:01667.6%36.254.3%
2017–18BOS10044−110:5570.0%10.758.2%
2018–19CGY5461218−111:20659.2%37.453.8%
2019–20CGY8213+110:11922.2%00.440.5%
2020–21NYI4000−112:3020.0%00.146.6%
2021–22NYI11235+510:57922.2%01.049.2%
2021–22SEA6022010:4850.0%00.545.5%
2021–22All teams17257+510:541414.3%01.447.8%
2022–23DET29325−411:102711.1%12.748.7%
2023–24DET34011−38:26240.0%03.045.2%
Total5 teams205183351−1411:092148.4%822.051.2%

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)
Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2016–17 to 2023–24 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

47th 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

4th line
  • Goals /600.4723rd pct
  • Assists /600.8748th pct
  • ixG /600.5822nd pct
  • Goals above expected−4.031st pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)51.2%74th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.0%81st pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.357th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.3783rd pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game11:0923rd pct
  • PP time share19.7%52nd pct
  • Offensive zone starts62.9%73rd pct
  • Quality of competition23.0%10th 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. Michael AmadioLAK/VGK0.81
  2. Michael SgarbossaFLA/WSH0.81
  3. Pontus HolmbergTOR0.79
  4. Brendan LeipsicVAN/WSH0.78
  5. Devin SetoguchiLAK0.77
  6. Jakob Forsbacka KarlssonBOS0.76

Faceoffs

How often Czarnik wins the draw over 2016–17 to 2023–24, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1527+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

45.3%

302–364 · below the 1527 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

44.9%

Opponents won 49.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.5% against them.

Wins above average

−34

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

Draws per game

4.5

666 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

47%130 · +0.346%67 · +0.743%182 · +2.445%22 · +4.253%32 · +0.957%21 · +1.342%31 · −0.145%71 · +1.743%110 · +1.3Attacking 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 zone44.4% 110–138
  • Neutral zone47.9% 113–123
  • Defensive zone43.4% 79–103

By strength

  • Even strength45.8% 277–328
  • Power play42.2% 19–26
  • Shorthanded37.5% 6–10

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +13 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2016–1713342.9%41.4%
2017–182850.0%49.1%
2018–196446.9%47.4%
2019–20633.3%30.5%
2020–211258.3%53.2%
2021–225939.0%37.6%
2022–2316043.1%43.3%
2023–2420449.0%49.1%

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.

−0.5 goals above expected

00.10.20.30.40.5123456Game

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

−80−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+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/h23rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph2327th pct
  • Hardest shot130.3 km/h22nd pct
  • Distance skated80 km28th pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.4%18th 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

34.8 km/h12th pct

▲ +0.6 km/h since 2022–23

333435363721–2222–2323–242021–22: 35.3 km/h, 25th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.1 km/h, 4th percentile (29 games)2023–24: 34.8 km/h, 12th percentile (34 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.847th pct

▲ +2.8 since 2022–23

024681021–2222–2323–242021–22: 5.2, 50th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 2.0, 13th percentile (29 games)2023–24: 4.8, 47th percentile (34 games)

Distance skated per 60

16.7 km95th pct

▲ +0.6 km since 2022–23

14.51515.51616.51721–2222–2323–242021–22: 16.1 km, 78th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 16.2 km, 88th percentile (29 games)2023–24: 16.7 km, 95th percentile (34 games)

Hardest shot

130.3 km/h8th pct

▼ −4.4 km/h since 2022–23

12013014015016021–2222–2323–242021–22: 135.8 km/h, 20th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 134.7 km/h, 14th percentile (29 games)2023–24: 130.3 km/h, 8th percentile (34 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.4%21st pct

▼ −1.2 points since 2022–23

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–242021–22: 41.1%, 42nd percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 40.6%, 34th percentile (29 games)2023–24: 39.4%, 21st percentile (34 games)