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Tommy Novak

Position	Center	Current Team	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'1"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	179	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	30
Age	28 (Apr 28, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 3, Overall 85 (NSH)

News and Opinions

Goin’ to WAR with Our Penguins (’25 Edition) at PenguinPoop.com (Wed Jul 30, 2025)
Revisiting Jake Guentzel Trade & The Rippling Assets at Yahoo Sports (Fri Jul 25, 2025)
What Are the Penguins Going to Look Like? Part I: The Forwards at PenguinPoop.com (Fri Jul 25, 2025)
Penguins Notebook: Why Pens Can’t Eat Too Many Salaries; A Trade Block Holdup? at Yahoo Sports (Tue Jul 22, 2025)
Beneath The Numbers: Tommy Novak’s Potential 2025-26 Impact In Pittsburgh at Yahoo Sports (Tue Jul 22, 2025)
Scoping out a deal for Luke Evangelista and Nashville Predators that's fair for both sides at Pred Lines (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
Nashville Predators' All Time Greatest Draft Selections from Every Round at Pred Lines (Sat Jun 21, 2025)
What could be holding up Nashville Predators getting a new deal to Luke Evangelista at Pred Lines (Thu Jun 12, 2025)
2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins Player Grades – Forwards at WonderPens (Sat Jun 7, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 5, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Acquired from Nashville Predators
Mar 5, 2025	Nashville Predators	Traded to Pittsburgh Penguins
Mar 4, 2024	Nashville Predators	Signed 3 years @ $3.500M AAV starting in 2024-25
Feb 8, 2023	Nashville Predators	Signed 1 year @ $800K AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 18, 2022	Nashville Predators	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2022-23
Mar 25, 2020	Nashville Predators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2009-10	QC Int PW	Minnesota Fire Peewee	5	2	1	3
2011-12	High-MN	St. Thomas Acad.	25	14	20	34						6	4	5	9		2
2012-13	High-MN	St. Thomas Acad.	25	25	22	47		6				6	3	7	10
2013-14	UMHSEL	Southeast	19	11	22	33		8				3		2	2
2013-14	High-MN	St. Thomas Acad.	25	26	44	70		8				3	4	4	8		2
2013-14	USHL	USNTDP	2	0	0	0			4	0.0
2014-15	USHL	Waterloo	46	14	34	48	+14	12	123	1,140.0
2015-16	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	37	6	21	27	+3	4
2016-17	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	20	5	9	14	-1	10
2017-18	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	34	3	23	26	+6	8
2018-19	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	3	0	1	1	-1					1
2018-19	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	38	4	17	21	-14	4
2019-20	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	60	11	31	42	+20	18
2020-21	AHL	Chicago Wolves	27	8	24	32	+12	4
2020-21	ECHL	Florida Everblades	3	1	2	3
2021-22	NHL	Nashville Predators	27	1	6	7	-4	2	25	4.0	11:48
2021-22	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	42	7	27	34	+4	16				6	1	5	6	+6	2
2022-23	NHL	Nashville Predators	51	17	26	43	+5	8	93	18.3	14:39
2022-23	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	25	11	15	26	+9	2
2023-24	NHL	Nashville Predators	71	18	27	45	-3	8	113	15.9	14:12	6				-1		5	0.0	10:31
2024-25	NHL	Nashville Predators	52	13	9	22	-5	4	88	14.8	13:14
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	0	0	0	-2		4	0.0	13:01
NHL Career			203	49	68	117	-9	22	323	15.2	13:44	6				-1		5	0.0	10:31

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2021-22	NSH	27	268:08	0.00	0.67	0.67	0.50	-0.50	0.00	10.06	-10.06	2.94	0.00
2022-23	NSH	51	581:32	1.13	1.65	2.79	0.66	0.48	16.92	9.84	7.08	3.66	7.32
2023-24	NSH	71	805:41	0.74	1.41	2.16	0.67	0.07	13.51	12.18	1.34	7.81	3.91
2024-25	NSH	52	596:45	1.21	0.40	1.61	0.74	0.46	17.14	10.56	6.58	2.11	8.42
2024-25	PIT	2	24:22	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.01	-1.01	0.00	10.27	-10.27	16.67	0.00
2024-25	NSH, PIT	54	621:07	1.16	0.39	1.55	0.75	0.41	16.22	10.55	5.67	2.97	7.92

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2021-22	NSH	27	268:08	45.43	1.34	2.61	32.89	2.24	2.04	37.50	56.11	0.20	-0.28	5.12
2022-23	NSH	51	581:32	43.02	3.40	2.93	51.48	2.89	3.48	54.10	45.66	0.42	0.71	-1.85
2023-24	NSH	71	805:41	49.30	2.98	2.98	38.50	2.38	2.19	55.56	57.61	0.35	-0.32	6.43
2024-25	NSH	52	596:45	45.85	2.11	2.81	36.40	2.21	2.15	48.84	56.64	0.35	-0.26	6.20
2024-25	PIT	2	24:22	44.32	0.00	2.69	66.48	4.92	6.04	0.00	30.84	1.23	3.38	-4.71
2024-25	NSH, PIT	54	621:07	45.79	2.03	2.80	37.58	2.32	2.30	46.67	54.90	0.38	-0.12	4.92

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	27	21.0	0.4	2.8	2.9	78.1	42.6	12.5	68.8	18.8	40.1	17.3	42.5
2022-23	51	22.3	0.4	9.7	9.8	93.8	48.6	8.3	50.0	41.7	38.9	17.8	43.3
2023-24	71	21.9	0.5	10.2	10.3	85.6	41.5	12.5	46.2	41.2	34.8	19.3	45.9
2024-25	54	22.5	0.6	10.3	10.3	85.9	53.6	8.0	48.0	44.0	35.6	18.9	45.5

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Jankowski, M	Evangelista, L	NSH	129:00	0.93	1.86	33.33	3.62	1.87	65.96	1.29	-0.47	16.05
2024-25	L'Heureux, Z	Svechkov, F	NSH	68:09	3.52	3.52	50.00	3.61	2.74	56.79	0.87	0.52	1.61
2024-25	Stamkos, S	Marchessault, J	NSH	67:43	2.66	0.89	75.00	1.76	2.79	38.72	-0.90	0.49	-14.97
2024-25	Stamkos, S	Evangelista, L	NSH	28:08	0.00	0.00	-	2.21	1.34	62.24	-0.21	-1.08	12.19
2024-25	Stamkos, S	Nyquist, G	NSH	23:42	0.00	2.53	0.00	2.79	2.06	57.50	0.37	-0.43	8.23
2023-24	Jankowski, M	Evangelista, L	NSH	180:27	2.99	1.00	75.00	3.69	1.96	65.34	0.78	-0.41	10.18
2023-24	Sherwood, K	Evangelista, L	NSH	126:00	2.86	0.95	75.00	2.18	1.95	52.89	-0.46	-0.64	2.35
2023-24	Smith, C	Evangelista, L	NSH	61:14	1.96	3.92	33.33	2.37	2.22	51.68	-0.49	-0.17	-2.86
2023-24	Parssinen, J	Evangelista, L	NSH	38:32	3.11	4.67	40.00	2.17	2.10	50.75	-0.28	-0.21	-0.64
2023-24	Forsberg, F	Evangelista, L	NSH	33:36	0.00	1.79	0.00	2.89	1.80	61.61	0.19	-0.63	8.96
2023-24	Glass, C	Evangelista, L	NSH	28:51	0.00	4.16	0.00	2.55	2.48	50.73	-0.24	0.12	-3.51
2023-24	Beauvillier, A	Evangelista, L	NSH	28:26	6.33	4.22	60.00	3.70	3.73	49.80	0.58	1.52	-8.67
2023-24	Jankowski, M	Evangelista, L	NSH	27:25	0.00	0.00	-	1.78	1.74	50.51	-0.37	-0.59	2.59
2023-24	Nyquist, G	Forsberg, F	NSH	25:04	7.18	0.00	100.00	5.14	1.86	73.48	2.49	-0.56	21.13
2023-24	Trenin, Y	Evangelista, L	NSH	21:55	0.00	2.74	0.00	2.87	0.93	75.58	0.29	-1.43	23.37
2023-24	Tomasino, P	Evangelista, L	NSH	20:53	2.87	0.00	100.00	1.82	1.52	54.40	-0.58	-0.84	3.97
2022-23	Sherwood, K	Evangelista, L	NSH	203:36	4.42	2.95	60.00	2.50	3.52	41.47	0.37	0.74	-1.83
2022-23	Trenin, Y	Jeannot, T	NSH	100:57	2.97	2.38	55.56	4.03	3.52	53.40	1.08	0.62	2.96
2022-23	Granlund, M	Forsberg, F	NSH	24:38	0.00	2.44	0.00	3.76	5.30	41.51	0.84	2.51	-9.64
2022-23	Duchene, M	Tomasino, P	NSH	24:34	2.44	4.88	33.33	2.52	4.00	38.68	0.21	1.12	-5.89
2022-23	Parssinen, J	Smith, C	NSH	23:17	5.15	0.00	100.00	2.14	1.45	59.56	-0.75	-1.06	6.03
2022-23	Sherwood, K	Tomasino, P	NSH	22:53	0.00	0.00	-	4.35	2.35	64.89	2.26	-0.61	23.49
2021-22	Cousins, N	Tomasino, P	NSH	110:28	1.63	2.72	37.50	2.94	1.56	65.32	0.40	-0.80	13.51
2021-22	McCarron, M	Tolvanen, E	NSH	23:42	0.00	0.00	-	3.14	0.97	76.47	1.20	-1.45	31.98
2021-22	Kunin, L	Tolvanen, E	NSH	22:26	0.00	2.67	0.00	0.86	3.52	19.57	-1.45	1.14	-29.65

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	27	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
2025-26	28	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
2026-27	29	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$10,500,000	$10,500,000	$10,500,000

Signed: Mar 4, 2024

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.98

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	26		$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000

Signed: Feb 8, 2023

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.96

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	25		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$80,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$80,000

Signed: July 18, 2022

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.91

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary of $115,000 in 2022-23.

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	23	$817,500	$925,000	$132,500	$92,500	$700,000	$792,500	$70,000	ELC
2021-22	24	$817,500	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$215,000	$185,000	$1,450,000	$1,635,000	$140,000

Signed: Mar 25, 2020

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15