Centre · #51
Dominik Simon
- Age
- 32
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- Prague, CZE
- Draft
- 2015, round 5, #137 (PIT)
Career · 2015–16 to 2021–22
- Games
- 256
- Goals
- 22
- Points
- 77
- TOI per game
- 12:15
- xGF% (5v5)
- 53.9%
- Goals above expected
- −11.9
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2015–16 |   PIT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6:04 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 72.0% |
| 2016–17 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 13:03 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 43.5% |
| 2017–18 | PIT | 33 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +2 | 11:25 | 36 | 11.1% | 0 | 3.7 | 52.2% |
| 2018–19 | PIT | 71 | 8 | 20 | 28 | +8 | 13:19 | 121 | 6.6% | 3 | 11.2 | 58.9% |
| 2019–20 | PIT | 64 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −9 | 14:25 | 102 | 6.9% | 1 | 9.9 | 50.0% |
| 2020–21 |   CGY | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:36 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.4 | 47.2% |
| 2021–22 | PIT | 55 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9:39 | 67 | 4.5% | 1 | 5.7 | 58.7% |
| 2021–22 |   ANA | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12:22 | 21 | 0.0% | 0 | 2.2 | 44.9% |
| 2021–22 | All teams | 72 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 10:17 | 88 | 3.4% | 1 | 7.9 | 54.5% |
| Total | 3 teams | 256 | 22 | 55 | 77 | 0 | 12:15 | 355 | 6.2% | 5 | 33.9 | 53.9% |
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 2015–16 to 2021–22 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
61st percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.4220th pct
- Assists /601.0569th pct
- ixG /600.6539th pct
- Goals above expected−11.98th pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)53.9%90th pct
- CF% (5v5)54.1%94th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.979th pct
- Penalty diff /600.1761st pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game12:1537th pct
- PP time share12.1%42nd pct
- Offensive zone starts59.5%60th pct
- Quality of competition24.3%70th 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
Faceoffs
How often Simon wins the draw over 2015–16 to 2021–22, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1322+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
36.8%
39–67 · below the 1322 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
37.4%
Opponents won 50.6% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.4% against them.
Wins above average
−13
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.5
106 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 zone35.3% 18–33
- Neutral zone32.3% 10–21
- Defensive zone45.8% 11–13
By strength
- Even strength37.4% 37–62
- Power play40.0% 2–3
- Shorthanded0.0% 0–2
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +18 after a win, −6 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Derek Ryan50.0% 3–3
- John Tavares25.0% 1–3
- Casey Cizikas25.0% 1–3
- Blake Lizotte25.0% 1–3
- Travis Zajac100.0% 3–0
- Sean Monahan100.0% 3–0
- Ryan O'Reilly33.3% 1–2
- Steven Stamkos66.7% 2–1
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 14 | 42.9% | 44.1% |
| 2018–19 | 19 | 31.6% | 32.3% |
| 2019–20 | 42 | 35.7% | 36.1% |
| 2020–21 | 10 | 30.0% | 30.7% |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 42.9% | 43.4% |
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.
−11.9 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 speed34.6 km/h25th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph4747th pct
- Hardest shot130.2 km/h24th pct
- Distance skated202 km51st pct
- Offensive-zone time42.9%63rd 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
34.6 km/h11th pct
2021–22 only
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
3.832nd pct
2021–22 only
Distance skated per 60
16.4 km90th pct
2021–22 only
Hardest shot
130.2 km/h8th pct
2021–22 only
Offensive-zone time
42.9%66th pct
2021–22 only