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Centre · #15

Alex Newhook

Colorado Avalanche Montréal Canadiens(traded during the season)
Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
St. John's, CAN
Draft
2019, round 1, #16 (COL)

Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Games
341
Goals
70
Points
152
TOI per game
14:43
xGF% (5v5)
48.3%
Goals above expected
+4.6

Season by season

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

2020–21COL6033+513:4180.0%01.264.3%
2021–22COL71132033+1113:3411311.5%610.849.2%
2022–23COL82141630013:5711612.1%213.051.4%
2023–24MTL55151934−1116:568517.6%812.944.6%
2024–25MTL82151126−2115:0811812.7%419.647.2%
2025–26MTL42131225+914:296121.3%37.448.1%
2026–27MTL3011−116:1130.0%10.533.3%
Total2 teams3417082152−814:4350413.9%2465.448.3%

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)
00.20.40.60.8150100150200250300
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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

58th 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 /600.8465th pct
  • Assists /600.9859th pct
  • ixG /600.7857th pct
  • Goals above expected+4.681st pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)48.3%44th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.5%35th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.136th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0445th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game14:4362nd pct
  • PP time share31.9%65th pct
  • Offensive zone starts61.1%69th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%44th 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 Newhook 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

42.8%

974–1304 · #177 of 187 regulars, 6th percentile

Against an average centre

43.0%

Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.

Wins above average

−160

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

Draws per game

6.8

2,278 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

35%421 · +0.246%736 · +2.543%168 · +5.245%113 · −1.238%55 · +0.642%104 · +0.743%44 · +0.945%455 · +2.342%182 · +1.3Attacking 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 zone45.2% 409–495
  • Neutral zone38.1% 281–456
  • Defensive zone44.6% 284–353

By strength

  • Even strength42.6% 868–1168
  • Power play43.5% 97–126
  • Shorthanded47.4% 9–10

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +21 after a win, −13 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
2020–213743.2%40.8%
2021–2239234.7%34.9%
2022–2350341.4%41.1%
2023–2449246.5%46.7%
2024–2555842.8%43.4%
2025–2626547.5%48.2%
2026–273164.5%63.9%

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.

+4.6 goals above expected

02040608050100150200250300Game

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

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+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 speed34.6 km/h62nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph669th pct
  • Hardest shot120.0 km/h41st pct
  • Distance skated12 km57th pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.6%27th 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

37.2 km/h85th pct

▼ −0.2 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.1 km/h, 53rd percentile (71 games)2022–23: 37.2 km/h, 88th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 36.2 km/h, 61st percentile (55 games)2024–25: 37.4 km/h, 91st percentile (82 games)2025–26: 37.2 km/h, 85th percentile (42 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

7.370th pct

▼ −5.2 since 2024–25

05101521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 11.1, 91st percentile (71 games)2022–23: 12.2, 93rd percentile (82 games)2023–24: 8.4, 80th percentile (55 games)2024–25: 12.5, 94th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 7.3, 70th percentile (42 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.1 km25th pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.8 km, 60th percentile (71 games)2022–23: 15.4 km, 48th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 15.0 km, 20th percentile (55 games)2024–25: 15.4 km, 36th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 15.1 km, 25th percentile (42 games)

Hardest shot

134.0 km/h27th pct

▼ −3.1 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 140.1 km/h, 35th percentile (71 games)2022–23: 137.8 km/h, 25th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 140.6 km/h, 43rd percentile (55 games)2024–25: 137.0 km/h, 32nd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 134.0 km/h, 27th percentile (42 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.1%40th pct

▼ −1.2 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 41.2%, 44th percentile (71 games)2022–23: 42.0%, 53rd percentile (82 games)2023–24: 43.0%, 66th percentile (55 games)2024–25: 42.3%, 58th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 41.1%, 40th percentile (42 games)