Tommy Novak
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 29Apr 28, 1997
- Height
- 6'1"185 cm
- Weight
- 188 lbs85 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- St. Paul, MN, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- 2015 · Round 3 · 85th overall · NSH
Tommy Novak, Pittsburgh Penguins centre, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in St. Paul, MN, USA · Draft: 2015 · Round 3, pick 24 (#85 overall) · NSH · 7 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 302
- G
- 72
- A
- 101
- PTS
- 173
- +/-
- -6
Playoffs
- GP
- 12
- G
- 0
- A
- 2
- PTS
- 2
- +/-
- -5
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits2#622 of 660
- Hits per game0.12#640 of 660
- Hits per 600.44#638 of 660
- Blocked shots10#285 of 660
- Takeaways4#181 of 660
- Giveaways16#444 of 660
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)3.50#96 of 660
- Expected goals per 600.77#108 of 660
- Goals above expected+2.50#38 of 660
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.090#144 of 660
- High-danger shots20#31 of 660
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)54.0%#144 of 660
- Corsi relative to team+1.3%#253 of 660
- Fenwick (unblocked share)54.0%#159 of 660
- PDO at 5v50.994#335 of 660
- Offensive zone starts71.3%#23 of 660
- Time on ice per game15:57#338 of 660
Ranks among 660 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 16 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 41.9%47.4%Beats 95%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%43.7%Beats 89%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%34.3%Beats 97%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph21.9 mphBeats 54%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2021Beats 60%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 10Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph47.5 mphBeats 18%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph75.1 mphBeats 14%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 4 shots
- Crease: 2 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 13 shots
- Left circle: 1 shots
- Right circle: 2 shots
- High slot: 2 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 2 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 815Beats 90%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%26.7%Beats 71%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 75Beats 51%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 22More than 73%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
35.9%
Won–Lost
42–75
117 taken
League rank
#125
of 125 (100+ FO)
By zone
- Offensive zone39.3% · 22/56
- Neutral zone35.6% · 16/45
- Defensive zone25.0% · 4/16
By situation
- Even strength35.8% · 39/109
- Power play37.5% · 3/8
- Shorthanded— · 0/0
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