RW · MTL · NHL id 8469466
Ales Hemsky has played 7 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2017-18, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 5 shots while averaging 9:55 a night (7:12 at even strength, 2:34 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Hemsky on the ice (0-1 in goals, 55% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against ANA he was on L4 with Charles Hudon and Jacob de la Rose and off the power play; lost his PP2 spot in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season.
Right now
From the Oct 20 game vs ANA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2017-18 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 7 games, 9:47 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2017-18 · 10 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at MTL: 10 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals, 0.56 expected goals; best chance Ales Hemsky at 0.21 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2017-18 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2017-18 regular season · 5 of 7 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.033
- Season net
- −0.03xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 3.57
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.026
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2017-18 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Hemsky
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
7 games in 2017-18, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20 | @ ANA | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2:08 | 2:08 | — | — |
| Oct 18 | @ LAK | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 13:09 | 9:56 | 3:13 | — |
| Oct 17 | @ SJS | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:02 | 7:17 | 3:44 | 0:01 |
| Oct 14 | vs TOR | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9:42 | 8:25 | 1:14 | — |
| Oct 10 | vs CHI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:53 | 6:55 | 4:13 | — |
| Oct 7 | @ WSH | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:56 | 7:31 | 3:15 | — |
| Oct 5 | @ BUF | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 10:37 | 8:10 | 2:21 | 0:06 |
Season splits by strength
2017-18 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 7 | 69:27 | 9:55 | 82 | 51 | 61.7% | 61.4% | 46 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 4.3 | 4.0 | 70% |
| Even strength | 7 | 50:22 | 7:12 | 45 | 47 | 48.9% | 47.8% | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 1.6 | 3.5 | 55% |
| 5v5 | 7 | 50:22 | 7:12 | 45 | 47 | 48.9% | 47.8% | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 1.6 | 3.5 | 55% |
| Power play | 6 | 18:00 | 3:00 | 35 | 1 | 97.2% | 96.6% | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2.6 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 0:07 | 0:04 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.4 | — |
| 5v4 | 6 | 17:28 | 2:55 | 34 | 1 | 97.1% | 96.4% | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2.3 | 0.0 | 100% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | MTL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 9:55 |
Ales Hemsky news
- Oilers’ All-Time Top 5 European ForwardsThe Hockey Writers
- How Fans Carried the Oilers Through the Decade of DarknessThe Hockey Writers
- 4 NHL Trades That Set Up Successful RebuildsThe Hockey Writers
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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.