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Centre · #83

Adam Ruzicka

Calgary Flames Arizona Coyotes(traded during the season)
Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Bratislava, SVK
Draft
2017, round 4, #109 (CGY)

Career · 2020–21 to 2023–24

Games
117
Goals
14
Points
40
TOI per game
10:41
xGF% (5v5)
50.9%
Goals above expected
−0.6
ShowAll teamsCalgary FlamesArizona Coyotes

Season by season

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

2020–21CGY3011+210:4530.0%00.641.2%
2021–22CGY285510+810:133315.2%03.350.9%
2022–23CGY4461420−111:35649.4%67.356.7%
2023–24CGY39369−810:10348.8%43.145.7%
2023–24ARI3000−18:1710.0%00.229.5%
2023–24All teams42369−910:02358.6%43.344.4%
Total2 teams117142640010:4113510.4%1014.650.9%

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)
00.20.40.60.8120406080100
8m9m10m11m12m13m14m15m20406080100Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 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

48th 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 /600.6745th pct
  • Assists /601.2575th pct
  • ixG /600.7041st pct
  • Goals above expected−0.656th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.9%67th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.3%79th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.127th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.1029th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game10:4113th pct
  • PP time share23.5%52nd pct
  • Offensive zone starts64.5%77th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%27th 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. Morgan GeekieSEA0.82
  2. Joe Thornton0.80
  3. Jason SpezzaTOR0.73
  4. Jesper Froden0.72
  5. Jesperi KotkaniemiCAR0.71
  6. Alex Turcotte0.69

Faceoffs

How often Ruzicka wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2023–24, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 749+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

47.0%

286–323 · below the 749 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

46.8%

Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.

Wins above average

−19

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

Draws per game

5.7

609 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

42%124 · +0.352%155 · +1.851%78 · +1.743%21 · −0.122%23 · −2.459%27 · +0.230%10 · +7.358%76 · +2.139%95 · +4.0Attacking 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 zone51.5% 120–113
  • Neutral zone41.5% 85–120
  • Defensive zone47.4% 81–90

By strength

  • Even strength46.6% 270–310
  • Power play55.2% 16–13

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +25 after a win, −15 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
2020–212948.3%47.6%
2021–2222346.2%46.1%
2022–2317447.7%47.7%
2023–2418347.0%46.8%

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.

−0.6 goals above expected

05101520406080100Game

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

−40−200+20+40+60

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 speed35.5 km/h44th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph2831st pct
  • Hardest shot131.3 km/h23rd pct
  • Distance skated121 km34th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.0%62nd 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

35.5 km/h34th pct

▲ +0.1 km/h since 2022–23

34.53535.53636.53721–2222–2323–242021–22: 35.1 km/h, 22nd percentile (28 games)2022–23: 35.4 km/h, 31st percentile (44 games)2023–24: 35.5 km/h, 34th percentile (42 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.036th pct

▲ +0.8 since 2022–23

24681021–2222–2323–242021–22: 5.9, 57th percentile (28 games)2022–23: 3.2, 28th percentile (44 games)2023–24: 4.0, 36th percentile (42 games)

Distance skated per 60

17.2 km99th pct

▲ +0.5 km since 2022–23

141516171821–2222–2323–242021–22: 17.4 km, 99th percentile (28 games)2022–23: 16.7 km, 98th percentile (44 games)2023–24: 17.2 km, 99th percentile (42 games)

Hardest shot

131.3 km/h9th pct

▼ −4.7 km/h since 2022–23

12013014015016021–2222–2323–242021–22: 136.5 km/h, 21st percentile (28 games)2022–23: 136.0 km/h, 18th percentile (44 games)2023–24: 131.3 km/h, 9th percentile (42 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.0%65th pct

▼ −1.7 points since 2022–23

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–242021–22: 41.9%, 53rd percentile (28 games)2022–23: 44.7%, 81st percentile (44 games)2023–24: 43.0%, 65th percentile (42 games)