Noah Cates Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Carl Grundstrom is the partner who brings the best out of him

Cates is at his best beside Grundstrom: 60.5% of the expected goals together against 48.0% apart.

100 minutes together, 869 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Travis Konecny

The pairing with Konecny is the one that costs him: 39.6% of the expected goals together, 52.0% apart.

180 minutes together, 790 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Grundstrom is a different player beside him: 60.5% of the expected goals with Cates, 44.6% without him.

100 minutes together, 413 minutes apart for Grundstrom

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Konecny does better away from him: 50.4% of the expected goals apart against 39.6% together.

180 minutes together, 906 minutes apart

He and Carl Grundstrom are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Cates and Grundstrom: 5.33 expected goals an hour.

100 minutes together at 5v5

Bobby Brink is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Brink than anyone: 443 minutes, worth 51.2% of the expected goals.

15 goals for, 11 against together

The goals go his team's way when Travis Sanheim is out there with him

With Sanheim on the ice too, the Flyers have outscored opponents 18 to 8 at 5v5.

69.2% goal share over 370 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Emil Andrae are out together

He gives up least beside Andrae: 2.83 expected goals against an hour.

205 minutes together at 5v5

Rasmus Ristolainen is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Ristolainen: 97.0% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

1 goals for, 1 against together

Nick Seeler is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Seeler: 4.86 expected goals against an hour.

62 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Cates with Brink, Foerster, Sanheim and York, 64 minutes at 5v5.

50.0% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 2 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Barkey, Michkov, Tippett and York: 0 goals in 16 minutes.

0.0 goals an hour, 3.4 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Dvorak, Sanheim and York: 3 goals against in 16 minutes.

11.3 against an hour, 3.1 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Foerster, Konecny, Sanheim and York: 31.9% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 0 against over 34 minutes

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Andrae, Brink, Drysdale and Michkov: 61.1% of the expected goals over 30 minutes.

1 goal for, 1 against, 50.7% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Cates has played 37 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Cates this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Bobby Brink is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Bobby Brink has assisted on 6 of his 18 goals, 33.3% of them.

4 primary, 2 secondary

Bobby Brink is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 7 of Bobby Brink's goals, 24.1% of his own assists.

6 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

65.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

19 primary of 29 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

11 different teammates have assisted on his 18 goals.

Brink (6), Michkov (5), Drysdale (5), Konecny (3)

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 6.27 expected goals an hour.

12 goals against in 138 minutes, 3rd of 180 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.71 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

30th of 457 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.7, running hot and likely to cool.

10.4% shooting and 92.3% goaltending behind him, 72nd of 457 forwards

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Flyers score 59.1% of the 5v5 goals with Cates out there.

39 for, 27 against, 46th of 457 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 59.1% of the goals off 49.6% of the expected goals.

9.5 points of goal share above expectation

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Flyers create 3.65 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Cates on.

406th of 457 forwards

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Flyers are up 30 goals with Cates on the ice.

74 for, 44 against, 65th of 463 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 51.56 shot attempts an hour with Cates on the ice at 5v5.

68th of 457 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 11.38 expected goals an hour.

16 goals in 167 minutes, 57th of 269 forwards

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

51.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Cates is on.

375 for, 349 against, 133rd of 457 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Cates's line owns 47.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

764 for, 833 against, 296th of 457 forwards

The run of play is about even when he is on the ice

At 5v5 the Flyers generate 49.6% of the expected goals with Cates on the ice.

59.0 xGF to 60.0 xGA over 969 minutes, 236th of 457 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Cates plays 16:14 a night, 176th among forwards.

1,332 minutes across 82 games

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 2:06 of power play time a game, 162nd among forwards.

12.5% of his total ice time

He takes an ordinary share of the penalty killing

He draws 1:47 of penalty kill time a game, 86th among forwards.

10.3% of his total ice time

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +26 on the season.

25th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 1.71 times an hour.

857th most giveaways an hour

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.31 assists an hour of ice time.

191st in the league

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

179th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Cates produces 2.12 points an hour of ice time.

202nd in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Cates has 4 game winners including 2 in overtime this season.

18 goals in total

He manages the puck about as well as anyone

26 takeaways against 38 giveaways: roughly a wash.

0.68 takeaways per giveaway

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.17 times an hour.

211th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.81 goals an hour of ice time.

256th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.41 points an hour.

237th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 1.98 penalty minutes an hour.

321st most penalty minutes an hour

He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it

He puts 5.91 shots on goal an hour.

346th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.3 shots an hour of ice time.

551st in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 4.6 checks an hour.

395th in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 45.3% of his draws.

270th in the league

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

71.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

131 of 183 unblocked, 51st of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 23.0 feet.

231 located attempts, 71st of 468 forwards

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

60.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

139 attempts from inside the home plate, 100th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

60.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

139 of 231 attempts, 102nd of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

34.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

80 attempts, 9 goals

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

9.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

21 long-range attempts, 116th of 468 forwards

He does not shoot, he looks to pass or carry instead

He fires 10.41 attempts an hour of ice time.

231 attempts in 1,332 minutes, 343rd of 463 forwards

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

55.4% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

61 left, 128 middle, 42 right

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Cates has taken 231 shot attempts this season.

113 on goal, 52 missed, 48 blocked, 191st of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

20.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

48 of 231 attempts, 198th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Cates has scored 2 times on Spencer Knight this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 7 attempts, 28.6%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Stuart Skinner has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Sabres this season.

11 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Stuart Skinner: 12 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 81.8% of his draws against Dylan Strome.

9 of 11 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Sean Monahan beats him on the draw: he wins only 7.7% of them.

1 of 13 faceoffs

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Jalen Chatfield.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Jansen Harkins has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the backhand: 11.8% of them go in.

2 goals on 17 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 18.4 feet out, and the longest went in from 65.

18 goals located by coordinate

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 13.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

18 goals on 131 shots, 189th of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Cates has 18 goals off 18.8 expected: 0.8 short of what the chances say.

260th of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.6% of his attempts.

12 goals on 139 close attempts, 229th of 468 forwards

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