C · NYR · NHL id 8483690
Noah Laba has played 2 games for the New York Rangers in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 0 shots while averaging 14:35 a night (12:31 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 1:26 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 85% of his 5v5 minutes with Eeli Tolvanen and 84% with Will Cuylle over the last 2 games, and the Rangers have controlled 39% of shot attempts with Laba on the ice (1-3 in goals, 40% offensive-zone starts). In the Rangers' most recent game against TBL he was on L3 with Eeli Tolvanen and Will Cuylle and off the power play; moved up to L1 (from L3) in the last game.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs TBL, detected from shift data
- ixG/60 0.00 (was 0.91)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 13:58 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals · dots are equal size until the xG model lands
Shot map, OPP at NYR: 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals; best chance Noah Laba at 0.00 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 74 GP · 24 points vs 24.0 expected
Last 20 games: +10. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 12.3%
- 102.7
- 68.6%
- G vs xG
- 9 / 10.9
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (PP share 12% → 5%, 3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 0 PPP, 0 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played74
- Goals9320th of 715
- Assists15354th of 715
- Points24359th of 715
- Power-play points5261st of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal73424th of 715
- Hits110154th of 715
- Blocked shots43304th of 715
- Plus/minus+2256th of 715
- Penalty minutes31281st of 715
- Faceoffs won33192nd of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)46.0%584th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)46.1%588th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)47.4%474th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.8%459th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)47.6%480th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)48.5%429th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.77404th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60+0.00971st of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.24521st of 719
- Faceoff win %50.8%95th of 238
- Draw Equity /100+0.003102nd of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game13:28519th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:33401st of 715
- Offensive-zone start %46.2%471st of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.12367th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO102797th of 719
- Goals above expected−1.9535th of 715
- Luck Meter+2374th of 828
- Ascension score40345th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.0111th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts17955th of 715
- Hardest shot79.6683rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time40.5%492nd of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 74 of 74 games through the sequence engine
- −0.026
- Season net
- −0.37xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- +0.003
- Season
- +0.02G
- 50.8%652 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 86-86 · NZ 127-117 · DZ 118-118
- Per 60
- 0.77
- Attempts
- 11
- 0.061
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
9 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2026 @ MIN | Odd-man rush | carry | 2* | 75.6 | 2-on-1 | |
| Mar 12, 2026 @ WPG | Rush | carry | 1 | 29.9 | — | |
| Mar 9, 2026 @ PHI | Rebound | — | 0 | 37.6 | rebound | |
| Jan 14, 2026 vs OTT | Deflection | — | 1 | 38.2 | deflection | |
| Dec 13, 2025 vs MTL | Rebound | carry | 0 | 10.1 | 4-on-3, rebound | |
| Nov 26, 2025 @ CAR | Cycle | — | 0 | 40.0 | — | |
| Nov 7, 2025 @ DET | Deflection | — | 0 | 40.8 | deflection | |
| Nov 1, 2025 @ SEA | Rebound | carry | 2* | 21.9 | 3-on-2, rebound | |
| Oct 26, 2025 @ CGY | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 40.5 | 2-on-1 |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Laba
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Laba apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eeli Tolvanen | RW | 2 | 20:42 | 85% | 47.7% | 50% (1-1) | 0.0% 3:42 | 50.0% 2:41 |
| Will Cuylle | LW | 2 | 20:36 | 84% | 47.7% | 33% (1-2) | 0.0% 3:48 | 100.0% 3:13 |
| Braden Schneider | D | 2 | 10:07 | 41% | 35.3% | 50% (1-1) | 40.5% 14:17 | 37.8% 18:32 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | D | 2 | 9:35 | 39% | 42.9% | 0% (0-2) | 36.4% 14:49 | 62.8% 23:51 |
| Alberts Smits | D | 2 | 8:20 | 34% | 35.7% | 50% (1-1) | 40.0% 16:04 | 37.8% 22:43 |
| Sean Durzi | D | 2 | 7:22 | 30% | 36.8% | — (0-0) | 40.0% 17:02 | 53.7% 25:17 |
| Marcus Pettersson | D | 2 | 7:12 | 30% | 35.0% | — (0-0) | 41.2% 17:12 | 47.6% 27:26 |
| Adam Fox | D | 2 | 6:12 | 25% | 47.1% | 0% (0-2) | 35.1% 18:12 | 61.0% 24:58 |
| Tye Kartye | LW | 1 | 2:08 | 9% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 58.8% 9:20 | 42.9% 6:17 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | 1 | 1:07 | 5% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 37.9% 11:49 | 69.2% 13:15 |
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vs TBL | W 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30% | 16:14 | 12:05 | 0:03 | 2:52 |
| Sep 29 | @ BOS | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57% | 12:56 | 12:56 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 29:10 | 14:35 | 22 | 40 | 35.5% | 38.1% | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 40% | 1.3 | 1.9 | 33% |
| Even strength | 2 | 25:01 | 12:31 | 21 | 34 | 38.2% | 41.7% | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 0.9 | 1.6 | 40% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 24:24 | 12:12 | 21 | 33 | 38.9% | 42.9% | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 0.9 | 1.5 | 40% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:03 | 0:03 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 2:52 | 2:52 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 1 | 2:52 | 2:52 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | NYR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 2025-26 | NYR | 74 | 9 | 15 | 24 | +2 | 31 | 73 | 12.3% | 110 | 43 | 13:28 |
Noah Laba news
- A Confident Noah Laba Is Great Asset for NY RangersSports Illustrated
- Noah Laba Mic'd Up: New York Rangers Training CampNHL.com
- Noah Laba can take leap forward in development by easing Rangers' workload in critical areaNew York Post
- NHL Rumors: Columbus Blue Jackets, and the New York RangersNHLRumors.com
- Rangers Relying Heavily on Noah Laba in 2026-27The Hockey Writers
- Noah Laba StatsNHL.com
- Noah Laba Homenhl.com
- Noah Laba Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
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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.