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Thomas Novak has 21 points (8 goals, 13 assists) in 41 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins this season.

Selected in the 3rd round (No. 85) of the 2015 NHL Draft by the Nashville Predators, he has 138 points (57 goals, 81 assists) in 244 regular-season games for the Nashville Predators and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

He has no points in 6 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 28.7 yrs (28.04.1997)
    Height / Weight: 185 cm / 86 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 85th in 2015
    Draft Team: Team logoNashville Predators
    Awards: -
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The 28-year-old is a strong positive for his team, with the Penguins controlling 56% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Thomas Novak is off the ice, the Penguins control 50% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 42% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 16% in the defensive zone.

  • 75

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 71st of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 93rd of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    51.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.09
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    14.65
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.36
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    1.36
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.72
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.91
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    4.08
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.74
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.88
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.56
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    1.45
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    8.52
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.67
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.81
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.32
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.85
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    2.09
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.20
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.11
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $3.500M
Player Contract Value: $5.200M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 31.2 yrs (28.04.1997)
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Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.12.2025 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 1 1 1 12:33 1 0.0% 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 1 1 2 1 14:39 2 50.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 0 0 0 10:52 2 0.0% 4
03.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 0 0 0 13:07 1 0.0% 2
04.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 1 0 1 -1 13:28 3 33.3% 0
Total 5 2 2 4 1 9 22.2% 6
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2021-22 Team Logo Predators 27 1 6 7 -4 11:48 25 4.0% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Predators 51 17 26 43 5 14:39 93 18.3% 8
2023-24 Team Logo Predators 71 18 27 45 -3 14:11 113 15.9% 8
2024-25 Team Logo Predators 52 13 9 22 -5 13:13 88 14.8% 4
2024-25 Team Logo Penguins 2 0 0 0 -2 13:01 4 0.0% 0
2025-26 Team Logo Penguins 41 8 13 21 0 13:34 63 12.7% 14
Season Projection 82 16 26 42 0 13:33 126 12.7% 28
Total 244 57 81 138 -9 386 14.8% 36
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2023-24 Team Logo Predators 6 0 0 0 -1 10:31 5 0.0% 0
Total 6 0 0 0 -1 5 0.0% 0
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Thomas Novak Team Logo C 28.7 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.51 0.57 75 76 $3.500M
87% Victor Olofsson Team Logo LW 30.5 yrs 180 cm / 81 kg 0.46 0.56 75 78 $1.575M
86% Shane Wright Team Logo C 22 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.38 0.49 72 78 $0.887M
86% David Perron Team Logo LW 37.6 yrs 183 cm / 91 kg 0.51 0.66 73 78 $4.000M
86% Morgan Frost Team Logo C 26.7 yrs 183 cm / 87 kg 0.45 0.47 74 71 $4.375M
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