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Arizona Coyotes

Adam Ruzicka

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2023-24 regular season
42
GP
3
G
6
A
9
P
35
SOG
8.6% SH
10:02
TOI/GP

C · ARI · NHL id 8480008

Adam Ruzicka has played 42 games for the Arizona Coyotes in 2023-24, scoring 3 goals and 6 assists (9 points) on 35 shots while averaging 10:02 a night (8:26 at even strength, 1:31 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Coyotes have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Ruzicka on the ice (10-18 in goals, 61% offensive-zone starts). In the Coyotes' most recent game against COL he was on L4 with Jason Zucker and Nick Schmaltz and off the power play. He is shooting 8.6% this season against 10.4% across the 117 games in our data.

Right now

From the Feb 18 game vs COL, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L3 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 4 games, 7:29 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine44440m3m7m10mJan 20Jan 23Jan 25Jan 27Feb 6Feb 8Feb 10Feb 12Feb 15Feb 17
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
4 games shown, 7:29 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed44th4422.1 mph
Bursts 20+ mph31st3128
Hardest shot23rd2381.6 mph
Offensive-zone time62nd6243.0%
Distance skated34th3475.1 mi
High-danger SOG20th215
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2023-24 · 74 attempts, 35 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at ARI: 74 attempts, 35 on goal, 3 goals, 2.93 expected goals; best chance Adam Ruzicka at 0.19 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

01234+0.1goals above expected0.0σOct 11Feb 18
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 42 of 42 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.010
Season net
−0.06xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.001
Season
+0.00G
47.0%183 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 31-25 · NZ 29-45 · DZ 26-27

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.34
Attempts
2
0.015

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.19G
Per 60
−0.028
Drawn / taken
5 / 6minors

MethodLeaders
44.7%
45.5%
44.8%
Transition CF/60
5.1
Turnovers won/60
14.9
Turnovers lost/60
19.0

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
35 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Circle23%13%1
Center Point14%8%1
R Point0%6%0
L Point3%6%0
Crease0%2%0
Low Slot20%22%0
R Circle14%12%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

3 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Nov 24, 2023 @ DALOdd-man rushcarry3*60.94-on-2
Oct 19, 2023 @ BUFForecheck turnover—047.4—
Oct 16, 2023 @ WSHRebound—037.8rebound

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Ruzicka

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

42 games in 2023-24, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Feb 18@ COLL 3-4000-1060033%6:416:390:02—
Feb 14vs MINL 1-3000-1100125%8:518:24——
Feb 12@ PHIL 3-5000+1001050%9:208:56——
Jan 20vs EDML 1-30000020033%6:035:520:02—
Jan 18vs TORL 3-4000-1000075%12:2412:24——
Jan 16vs ARIW 3-2000000000%9:195:563:23—
Jan 13@ VGKW 3-1000-1102150%8:468:46——
Jan 11@ ARIW 6-200001000100%10:2810:230:05—
Jan 9vs OTTW 6-3000-1100029%9:217:451:36—
Jan 6@ PHIL 2-30000000267%8:265:322:54—
Jan 4@ NSHW 6-30000102257%9:497:162:33—
Jan 2@ MINW 3-100000000100%8:128:12——
Dec 31vs PHIW 4-30000100050%8:128:12——
Dec 23@ LAKL 3-5011-1100050%10:487:473:01—
Dec 21@ ANAW 3-00000000050%7:193:393:40—
Dec 18vs FLAW 3-10000000025%7:205:082:12—
Dec 16vs TBLW 4-2000+1000150%9:318:480:43—
Dec 14@ MINOTL 2-30000001143%9:147:211:53—
Dec 12@ VGKOTL 4-50000300067%8:066:141:52—
Dec 11@ COLL 5-6000-1000160%6:445:421:02—

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations42421:0810:0242339951.5%51.3%198192141942%19.315.968%
Even strength42354:098:2631438145.2%45.0%149181101836%12.114.960%
5v542350:548:2131337845.3%45.2%148179101836%12.014.861%
Power play3263:211:591021487.9%86.9%47940100%7.00.489%
4v442:090:321325.0%25.0%1200—0.10.150%
5v43262:561:581021487.9%86.9%47940100%7.00.488%
6v5, own net empty32:380:536185.7%66.7%11010%0.20.4100%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2023-24ARI, CGY42369-912358.6%111610:02
2022-23CGY4461420-18649.4%28811:35
2021-22CGY285510+883315.2%24810:13
2020-21CGY3011+2430.0%1010:45

Adam Ruzicka news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.