Centre · #22
Pius Suter
- Age
- 30
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 81 kg
- Born
- Zurich, CHE
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27
- Games
- 432
- Goals
- 96
- Points
- 193
- TOI per game
- 16:00
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.9%
- Goals above expected
- +0.9
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2020–21 |   CHI | 55 | 14 | 13 | 27 | −5 | 16:20 | 112 | 12.5% | 3 | 14.9 | 48.5% |
| 2021–22 |   DET | 82 | 15 | 21 | 36 | −11 | 16:55 | 166 | 9.0% | 3 | 20.8 | 46.7% |
| 2022–23 | DET | 79 | 14 | 10 | 24 | −3 | 14:04 | 106 | 13.2% | 0 | 11.4 | 47.5% |
| 2023–24 |   VAN | 67 | 14 | 15 | 29 | +17 | 15:30 | 105 | 13.3% | 5 | 14.0 | 56.2% |
| 2024–25 | VAN | 81 | 25 | 21 | 46 | +2 | 17:21 | 138 | 18.1% | 5 | 18.9 | 50.7% |
| 2025–26 |   STL | 64 | 13 | 16 | 29 | +13 | 15:54 | 95 | 13.7% | 4 | 14.3 | 52.0% |
| 2026–27 | STL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 13:48 | 6 | 16.7% | 0 | 0.7 | 48.1% |
| Total | 4 teams | 432 | 96 | 97 | 193 | +14 | 16:00 | 728 | 13.2% | 20 | 95.1 | 49.9% |
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 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
68th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.8365th pct
- Assists /600.8443rd pct
- ixG /600.8365th pct
- Goals above expected+0.968th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)49.9%62nd pct
- CF% (5v5)48.7%50th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.977th pct
- Penalty diff /600.0748th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game16:0075th pct
- PP time share22.5%53rd pct
- Offensive zone starts45.1%28th pct
- Quality of competition24.4%62nd 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 Suter wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1171+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
46.3%
1815–2108 · #147 of 187 regulars, 22nd percentile
Against an average centre
46.7%
Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.
Wins above average
−131
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
9.5
3,923 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 zone48.9% 623–651
- Neutral zone46.2% 601–699
- Defensive zone43.8% 591–758
By strength
- Even strength46.3% 1533–1780
- Power play53.0% 149–132
- Shorthanded40.4% 133–196
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −19 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Vincent Trocheck38.9% 28–44
- Alexander Wennberg41.2% 28–40
- Luke Glendening44.1% 26–33
- Radek Faksa54.5% 30–25
- Joel Eriksson Ek57.1% 28–21
- Steven Stamkos37.5% 18–30
- Sebastian Aho41.3% 19–27
- Nico Hischier59.1% 26–18
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 625 | 42.6% | 43.9% |
| 2021–22 | 1004 | 49.3% | 49.3% |
| 2022–23 | 457 | 46.8% | 46.6% |
| 2023–24 | 377 | 49.3% | 49.9% |
| 2024–25 | 874 | 42.6% | 43.0% |
| 2025–26 | 552 | 48.4% | 48.8% |
| 2026–27 | 34 | 44.1% | 44.0% |
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.
+0.9 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 speed32.0 km/h7th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
- Hardest shot130.3 km/h69th pct
- Distance skated11 km42nd pct
- Offensive-zone time37.2%15th 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
33.9 km/h3rd pct
▲ +0.0 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
0.51st pct
▲ +0.1 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.0 km20th pct
▼ −0.4 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
139.7 km/h52nd pct
▲ +3.5 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
39.8%20th pct
▼ −0.2 points since 2024–25