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Centre · #18

Robert Thomas

Age
27
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
97 kg
Born
Aurora, CAN
Draft
2017, round 1, #20 (STL)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
534
Goals
132
Points
460
TOI per game
17:48
xGF% (5v5)
51.5%
Goals above expected
+23.8

Season by season

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

2018–19STL7092433−213:048011.3%79.955.6%
2019–20STL66103242+914:348711.5%79.450.6%
2020–21STL333912+113:362213.6%03.150.2%
2021–22STL72205777+1718:4611517.4%1416.751.0%
2022–23STL73184765−819:2110617.0%2213.545.5%
2023–24STL82266086+920:5817015.3%2721.349.4%
2024–25STL70216081+2019:5714514.5%1918.454.3%
2025–26STL64253964+2219:0110224.5%1415.256.4%
2026–27STL4000−520:0950.0%00.762.8%
Total1 team534132328460+6317:4883215.9%110108.251.5%

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)
00.511.52100200300400500
10m15m20m100200300400500Game

Player card

How 2018–19 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

86th 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

1st line
  • Goals /600.8368th pct
  • Assists /602.0798th pct
  • ixG /600.6841st pct
  • Goals above expected+23.895th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)51.5%76th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.7%62nd pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.892nd pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0344th pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game17:4889th pct
  • PP time share48.6%83rd pct
  • Offensive zone starts56.4%55th pct
  • Quality of competition24.9%84th 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 Thomas wins the draw over 2018–19 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1551+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

51.6%

3752–3513 · #70 of 195 regulars, 64th percentile

Against an average centre

51.8%

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

Wins above average

+127

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

Draws per game

14.4

7,265 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

53%1325 · +0.649%649 · +2.152%2164 · +2.458%155 · +1.461%232 · +0.648%141 · −0.947%214 · −1.453%757 · +1.550%1628 · +2.9Attacking 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 zone51.0% 1436–1377
  • Neutral zone53.0% 1096–971
  • Defensive zone51.2% 1220–1165

By strength

  • Even strength51.1% 2852–2727
  • Power play55.9% 540–426
  • Shorthanded50.0% 360–360

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +15 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
2018–1922044.1%43.6%
2019–2031742.9%42.7%
2020–2126342.6%42.0%
2021–22112749.9%49.9%
2022–23122152.9%53.4%
2023–24164953.1%53.4%
2024–25133854.8%54.8%
2025–26104252.5%52.5%
2026–278848.9%47.8%

Finishing

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.

+23.8 goals above expected

050100100200300400500Game

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

−500+50+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 speed34.0 km/h45th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph336th pct
  • Hardest shot129.0 km/h64th pct
  • Distance skated16 km80th pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.6%26th 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

37.5 km/h90th pct

▲ +2.6 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.7 km/h, 39th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 35.2 km/h, 27th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 35.7 km/h, 42nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 34.9 km/h, 14th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 37.5 km/h, 90th percentile (64 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.439th pct

▲ +0.7 since 2024–25

024681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 7.4, 70th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 4.7, 47th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 2.5, 16th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 3.7, 28th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 4.4, 39th percentile (64 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.7 km59th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.51721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 16.5 km, 94th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 15.9 km, 78th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 15.4 km, 38th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 15.7 km, 55th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 15.7 km, 59th percentile (64 games)

Hardest shot

131.6 km/h17th pct

▼ −8.7 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 142.2 km/h, 45th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 142.5 km/h, 49th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 141.3 km/h, 46th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 140.4 km/h, 52nd percentile (70 games)2025–26: 131.6 km/h, 17th percentile (64 games)

Offensive-zone time

45.0%87th pct

▲ +1.2 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 41.8%, 51st percentile (72 games)2022–23: 43.4%, 67th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 43.1%, 68th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 43.8%, 75th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 45.0%, 87th percentile (64 games)