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2025-26 stats Shown until 2026-27 has enough games. Updates automatically. See 2026-27 projections →
Center•#18BOOM/BUSTPPI 55Thomas Novak is a 29-year-old center for the Pittsburgh Penguins. A 2015 Draft pick (Round 3). Born in St. Paul, USA.
This season, the left-shooting forward has 16 goals and 26 assists for 42 points in 82 games. He averages 0.51 points per game on 14:16 of ice time.
2025-26 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 8, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 16–50 pts
BOOM/BUST — 18th percentile at C, 43% hit rate (82 GP, 2025-26)
2025-26 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2025-26 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
5v5
What happened while Thomas was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2025-26.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 82 games, 1,468 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
55.5 vs 54.8 lg
57th percentile
Quality of teammates
62.1 vs 53.2 lg
80th percentile
Deployment
neutral
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Thomas takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
200
Goals vs expected
16 vs 17.7 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
41%
2025-26
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
69
Offense
48
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability, power play scoring.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
21-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 21-point spread between offensive (69th) and defensive (48th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability, power play scoring.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
21-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 21-point spread between offensive (69th) and defensive (48th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Thomas Novak's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-262025-26 | PIT | 82 | 16 | 26 | 42 | +1 | 130 | 12.3% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | — | |||
| 24-252024-25 | NSH | 52 | 13 | 9 | 22 | -5 | 88 | 14.8% |
Form
Thomas's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29 | @ PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:22 |
| Apr 27 | vs PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| Apr 25 | @ PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| Apr 22 | @ PHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 12:42 |
| Apr 20 | vs PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 13:14 |
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Pittsburgh Penguins this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts — where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy — zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 23-242023-24 | NSH | 71 | 18 | 27 | 45 | -3 | 113 | 15.9% |
| 22-232022-23 | NSH | 51 | 17 | 26 | 43 | +5 | 93 | 18.3% |
| 21-222021-22 | NSH | 27 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 25 | 4.0% |
| Career | — | 285 | 65 | 94 | 159 | -8 | 453 | 14.3% |
Justin Brazeau
RW · 34 pts
