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Centre · #18

Tim Stützle

Ottawa Senators
Age
24
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
85 kg
Born
Viersen, DEU
Draft
2020, round 1, #3 (OTT)

Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Games
450
Goals
152
Points
415
TOI per game
19:39
xGF% (5v5)
51.5%
Goals above expected
+8.9

Season by season

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

2020–21OTT53121729−1815:4411110.8%910.945.9%
2021–22OTT79223658−2718:2517612.5%2623.647.8%
2022–23OTT78395190−321:1622817.1%2831.955.5%
2023–24OTT75185270−1721:071929.4%2025.148.2%
2024–25OTT82245579019:4916214.8%3322.054.2%
2025–26OTT80344983+720:1619417.5%2928.655.0%
2026–27OTT3336+421:08742.9%01.039.1%
Total1 team450152263415−5419:391,07014.2%145143.151.5%

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)
00.511.52100200300400
14m16m18m20m22m24m100200300400Game

Player card

Model-based

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

1st line

96th 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 /601.0383rd pct
  • Assists /601.7895th pct
  • ixG /600.9781st pct
  • Goals above expected+8.986th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)51.5%74th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.9%86th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.876th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.7998th pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game19:3996th pct
  • PP time share63.1%92nd pct
  • Offensive zone starts73.3%94th pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%81st 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. Leo CarlssonANA0.94
  2. Elias PetterssonVAN0.94
  3. Mark ScheifeleWPG0.92
  4. Nick SchmaltzARI/UTA0.92
  5. Clayton KellerARI/UTA0.92
  6. Joe PavelskiDAL0.91

Faceoffs

How often Stützle 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

45.9%

1188–1400 · #152 of 187 regulars, 19th percentile

Against an average centre

46.2%

Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.

Wins above average

−98

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

Draws per game

6.5

2,588 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

48%774 · +0.646%739 · +2.828%46 · 0.047%129 · +1.027%41 · +1.851%135 · +1.041%41 · −0.448%454 · +3.339%229 · +1.1Attacking 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 zone45.0% 353–432
  • Neutral zone47.1% 527–593
  • Defensive zone45.1% 308–375

By strength

  • Even strength45.4% 1078–1298
  • Power play55.9% 62–49
  • Shorthanded47.5% 48–53

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +16 after a win, −14 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
2020–212729.6%30.5%
2021–2247338.1%38.1%
2022–2348641.6%42.1%
2023–2451246.7%47.1%
2024–2540847.8%47.8%
2025–2663853.0%53.3%
2026–274459.1%61.1%

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.

+8.9 goals above expected

050100150100200300400Game

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 speed35.1 km/h75th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1292nd pct
  • Hardest shot130.5 km/h70th pct
  • Distance skated16 km80th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.3%73rd 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

37.9 km/h94th pct

▼ −0.2 km/h since 2024–25

34353637383921–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.7 km/h, 75th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 37.3 km/h, 89th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 37.8 km/h, 95th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 38.1 km/h, 96th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 37.9 km/h, 94th percentile (80 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

13.596th pct

▼ −0.6 since 2024–25

0510152021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 8.3, 77th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 7.4, 74th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 10.7, 89th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 14.0, 96th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 13.5, 96th percentile (80 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.6 km52nd pct

▼ −0.7 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 16.2 km, 83rd percentile (79 games)2022–23: 16.2 km, 87th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 16.0 km, 75th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 16.2 km, 86th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 15.6 km, 52nd percentile (80 games)

Hardest shot

145.0 km/h80th pct

▼ −0.7 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 153.5 km/h, 89th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 152.8 km/h, 90th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 154.1 km/h, 92nd percentile (75 games)2024–25: 145.7 km/h, 77th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 145.0 km/h, 80th percentile (80 games)

Offensive-zone time

46.5%95th pct

▼ −1.1 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.7%, 76th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 44.5%, 80th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 43.9%, 76th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 47.6%, 97th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 46.5%, 95th percentile (80 games)