- Age
- 25
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 198 cm
- Weight
- 113 kg
- Born
- Vitebsk, BLR
- Draft
- 2019, round 3, #91 (WSH)
Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27
- Games
- 324
- Goals
- 68
- Points
- 172
- TOI per game
- 14:52
- xGF% (5v5)
- 52.2%
- Goals above expected
- −2.7
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
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 2021–22 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
81st 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 /600.8565th pct
- Assists /601.3079th pct
- ixG /600.8870th pct
- Goals above expected−2.740th pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)52.2%78th pct
- CF% (5v5)52.1%82nd pct
- Relative xGF%+3.187th pct
- Penalty diff /600.2168th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game14:5264th pct
- PP time share6.8%31st pct
- Offensive zone starts47.8%34th pct
- Quality of competition24.8%79th 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 Protas wins the draw over 2021–22 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1032+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
40.5%
157–231 · below the 1032 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
40.6%
Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.
Wins above average
−37
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
2.8
388 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 zone41.7% 50–70
- Neutral zone38.3% 44–71
- Defensive zone41.2% 63–90
By strength
- Even strength44.0% 133–169
- Power play25.0% 3–9
- Shorthanded28.4% 21–53
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +21 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Pierre-Luc Dubois40.0% 4–6
- Bo Horvat22.2% 2–7
- Teddy Blueger62.5% 5–3
- Rasmus Kupari42.9% 3–4
- Sean Monahan42.9% 3–4
- Erik Haula71.4% 5–2
- Anthony Cirelli66.7% 4–2
- Jeff Carter33.3% 2–4
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 125 | 44.8% | 43.9% |
| 2022–23 | 64 | 32.8% | 33.3% |
| 2023–24 | 104 | 40.4% | 41.2% |
| 2024–25 | 25 | 24.0% | 26.4% |
| 2025–26 | 67 | 44.8% | 44.6% |
| 2026–27 | 3 | 66.7% | 65.3% |
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.
−2.7 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 speed33.1 km/h24th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph19th pct
- Hardest shot116.8 km/h34th pct
- Distance skated8 km19th pct
- Offensive-zone time35.1%6th 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
37.2 km/h86th pct
▼ −0.1 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
7.369th pct
▼ −0.3 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
14.4 km6th pct
▼ −0.6 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
143.5 km/h73rd pct
▲ +0.3 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
39.9%22nd pct
▲ +0.1 points since 2024–25