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Centre · #88

Martin Necas

Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Avalanche(traded during the season)
Age
27
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
Draft
2017, round 1, #12 (CAR)

Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27

Games
521
Goals
164
Points
430
TOI per game
17:42
xGF% (5v5)
53.4%
Goals above expected
+26.0
ShowAll teamsCarolina HurricanesColorado Avalanche

Season by season

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

2017–18CAR100006:540–00.029.6%
2018–19CAR7112010:01616.7%00.836.2%
2019–20CAR64162036−614:108818.2%59.846.0%
2020–21CAR53142741+2517:1711412.3%1114.852.7%
2021–22CAR78142640+516:111598.8%414.949.4%
2022–23CAR82284371+518:2524011.7%2626.555.7%
2023–24CAR77242953−917:2123110.4%1322.853.5%
2024–25CAR49163955+418:0511314.2%2212.650.6%
2024–25COL30111728+120:308113.6%159.063.0%
2024–25All teams79275683+519:0019413.9%3721.655.8%
2025–26COL783862100+4721:3020618.4%2426.156.8%
2026–27COL2224+319:16825.0%00.666.3%
Total2 teams521164266430+7517:421,24613.2%120138.053.4%

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
10m15m20m25m100200300400500Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 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

94th 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 /601.0787th pct
  • Assists /601.7396th pct
  • ixG /600.9077th pct
  • Goals above expected+26.095th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)53.4%88th pct
  • CF% (5v5)56.3%98th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.624th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.4086th pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game17:4289th pct
  • PP time share53.7%88th pct
  • Offensive zone starts71.5%93rd pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%72nd 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. Jesper BrattNJD0.96
  2. Taylor HallNJD/ARI/BOS/CHI/CAR0.94
  3. Sebastian AhoCAR0.94
  4. Jack HughesNJD0.93
  5. Brad MarchandBOS/FLA0.93
  6. Jonathan HuberdeauFLA/CGY0.93

Faceoffs

How often Necas wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1749+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

41.0%

398–572 · below the 1749 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

41.2%

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

Wins above average

−86

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

Draws per game

2.9

970 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

43%112 · +0.747%149 · +0.640%324 · +1.929%21 · +3.943%53 · +1.710%10 · −0.340%47 · +1.145%22 · −0.240%232 · +1.0Attacking 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 zone42.1% 199–274
  • Neutral zone39.9% 97–146
  • Defensive zone40.2% 102–152

By strength

  • Even strength40.6% 324–474
  • Power play40.0% 54–81
  • Shorthanded54.1% 20–17

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +22 after a win, −7 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2017–1840.0%1.2%
2018–194436.4%36.2%
2019–204827.1%27.1%
2020–217846.2%45.4%
2021–228544.7%44.6%
2022–2341745.1%45.3%
2023–2413834.1%34.0%
2024–2513537.8%38.6%
2025–262142.9%43.4%

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.

+26.0 goals above expected

050100150100200300400500Game

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 speed37.0 km/h98th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph882nd pct
  • Hardest shot134.0 km/h78th pct
  • Distance skated11 km41st pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.6%59th 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

38.4 km/h97th pct

▼ −1.0 km/h since 2024–25

3436384021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 38.5 km/h, 99th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 36.5 km/h, 68th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 38.1 km/h, 98th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 39.4 km/h, 100th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 38.4 km/h, 97th percentile (78 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

12.593rd pct

▼ −2.3 since 2024–25

0510152021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 12.6, 94th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 11.3, 92nd percentile (82 games)2023–24: 16.3, 98th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 14.8, 98th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 12.5, 93rd percentile (78 games)

Distance skated per 60

16.7 km98th pct

▲ +0.3 km since 2024–25

141516171821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 17.0 km, 98th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 16.2 km, 90th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 17.2 km, 99th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 16.4 km, 91st percentile (79 games)2025–26: 16.7 km, 98th percentile (78 games)

Hardest shot

150.3 km/h92nd pct

▼ −2.0 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 152.8 km/h, 87th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 155.8 km/h, 95th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 160.7 km/h, 99th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 152.3 km/h, 94th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 150.3 km/h, 92nd percentile (78 games)

Offensive-zone time

45.5%91st pct

▼ −2.7 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 46.1%, 95th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 47.4%, 97th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 46.4%, 92nd percentile (77 games)2024–25: 48.2%, 99th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 45.5%, 91st percentile (78 games)