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Tommy Novak

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Pittsburgh Penguins

C · 6'1", 188 lb · 29 years old · Shoots left · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2015 · NSH · round 3 · #85 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	G	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	OTT	1	1	0.4	1	0	15:04
Nov 11	@SJS	0	0	-0.2	2	0	13:04
Nov 8	@ANA	0	0	0.2	3	0	12:53
Nov 7	@LAK	2	2	1.5	2	+2	14:39
Nov 5	BOS	0	0	-0.2	0	-2	17:06

Against their position

This playerAverage forward

Against 440 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 600.57427th

Blocks / 601.92211th

Takeaways / 600.76223rd

Giveaways / 603.46308th

Faceoff win %33.3%301st

Penalty minutes6186th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average forward

Goals

F 0.22

Assists

F 0.31

SOG

Shots on goal

F 1.7

Expected goals

F 0.22

Attempts for

F 11.2

Attempts against

F 11.2

TOI

Ice time

F 15:11

Speed

Top, mph

22.9

F 21.9

Hits

F 1.3

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

F +0.4

BLK

Shot blocks

F 0.5

bxG

Block xG margin

F -.01

Poss±

Take minus give

F -0.5

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

F +0.0

FO%

Faceoffs won

F 50.0%

Shot

Hardest, mph

75.1

F 81.0

Every shot this season

Goal8Shot on goal27Missed17Shot blocked18

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Pittsburgh Penguins	20	8	7	15	+2	35	22.9	15:36
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	16	26	42	+1	130	12.3	14:17
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	0	0	0	-2	4	–	13:01
2024-25	Nashville Predators	52	13	9	22	-5	88	14.8	13:14
2023-24	Nashville Predators	71	18	27	45	-3	113	15.9	14:12
2022-23	Nashville Predators	51	17	26	43	+5	93	18.3	14:39
2021-22	Nashville Predators	27	1	6	7	-4	25	4.0	11:48
Career		305	73	101	174	-6	488	14.9	14:00

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2022-23	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	25	11	15	26
2021-22	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	42	7	27	34
2020-21	ECHL	Florida Everblades	3	1	2	3
2020-21	AHL	Chicago Wolves	27	8	24	32
2019-20	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	60	11	31	42
2018-19	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	38	4	17	21
2018-19	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	3	0	1	1
2017-18	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	34	3	23	26
2016-17	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	20	5	9	14
2015-16	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	37	6	21	27
2014-15	USHL	Waterloo	46	14	34	48
2013-14	UMHSEL	Southeast	19	11	22	33
2013-14	High-MN	St. Thomas Acad.	25	26	44	70
2013-14	USHL	USNTDP	2	0	0	0
2012-13	High-MN	St. Thomas Acad.	25	25	22	47
2011-12	High-MN	St. Thomas Acad.	25	14	20	34
2009-10	QC Int PW	Minnesota Fire Peewee	5	2	1	3