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Center•#18BOOM/BUSTPPI 55Tommy 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 4 goals and 6 assists for 10 points in 14 games. He averages 0.71 points per game on 15:43 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 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)
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Tommy's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
23
Current: 4
Assists
35
Current: 6
Points
59
Current: 10
Moderate production expected. Likely to finish between 46-72 points with consistent deployment.
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Art Ross
Most Points
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Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Tommy was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 14 games, 236 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
58.8 vs 57.3 lg
63th percentile
Quality of teammates
59.1 vs 56.8 lg
60th 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 Tommy takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
35
Goals vs expected
4 vs 3.8 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
58%
With-or-without-you
Who Tommy plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeni MalkinC | 103 min | 53.5 | — | — |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Tommy, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
72
Offense
48
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
24-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 24-point spread between offensive (72th) and defensive (48th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
24-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 24-point spread between offensive (72th) and defensive (48th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Tommy Novak's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | PIT | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 18.2% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | PIT | 82 | 16 | 26 | 42 | +1 | 130 | 12.3% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | — |
Form
Tommy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | @ MTL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:58 |
| Oct 29 | vs UTA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:03 |
| Oct 24 | vs NSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:31 |
| Oct 22 | vs FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:37 |
| Oct 19 | @ UTA | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 13:03 |
Similar centers
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Tommy to another player
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.
| 24-252024-25 | NSH | 52 | 13 | 9 | 22 | -5 | 88 | 14.8% |
| 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 | — | 299 | 69 | 100 | 169 | -8 | 475 | 14.5% |
Kaedan Korczak
D · 6 pts
