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Montreal Canadiens

Tomas Plekanec

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2018-19 regular season
3
GP
1
G
0
A
1
P
8
SOG
12.5% SH
10:53
TOI/GP

C · MTL · NHL id 8469521

Tomas Plekanec has played 3 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2018-19, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 8 shots while averaging 10:53 a night (9:16 at even strength, 0:06 on the power play and 1:27 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 51% of shot attempts with Plekanec on the ice (2-2 in goals, 38% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against STL he was on L4 with Matthew Peca and Charles Hudon and off the power play. He is shooting 12.5% this season against 5.7% across the 87 games in our data.

Right now

From the Oct 17 game vs STL, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2F
Matthew Peca
Last 3: L4 · L3 · L4

Deployment timeline

2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 3 games, 10:48 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine43▲4▼0m3m7m10m13mOct 13Oct 15Oct 17
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
3 games shown, 10:48 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2018-19 · 14 attempts, 8 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at MTL: 14 attempts, 8 on goal, 1 goal, 0.55 expected goals; best chance Tomas Plekanec at 0.15 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

2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.51+0.4goals above expected0.6σOct 13Oct 17
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2017-18 regular season · 77 of 77 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.027
Season net
−0.44xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.059
Season
+0.73G
53.3%1236 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 125-126 · NZ 217-208 · DZ 317-243

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.25
Attempts
20
0.085

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−2.09G
Per 60
−0.108
Drawn / taken
10.5 / 22.5minors

MethodLeaders
52.8%
57.3%
52.9%
Transition CF/60
5.5
Turnovers won/60
19.6
Turnovers lost/60
20.7

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
144 shots on goal, 6 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point1%7%0
High Slot15%9%1
R Circle16%11%0
L Point3%7%0
L Circle8%11%0
Outside R8%4%1
L Net Side1%3%0

Role changes

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

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Linemates

2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Plekanec

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

3 games in 2018-19, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 17vs STLW 3-20000101155%10:467:520:132:27
Oct 15vs DETW 7-3101+1300047%13:0811:380:021:28
Oct 13vs PITW 4-3000-1400050%8:448:170:020:25

Season splits by strength

2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations332:3810:53324044.4%37.7%16242433%1.72.231%
Even strength327:479:16293148.3%43.2%15182250%1.61.730%
5v5326:538:58292850.9%46.3%15162250%1.61.638%
Power play30:170:0620100.0%—0000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill34:201:271910.0%11.1%16020%0.10.50%
4v534:201:271910.0%11.1%16020%0.10.50%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2018-19MTL310100812.5%1110:53
2017-18PlayoffsTOR7224+12633.3%6514:13
2017-18TOR, MTL7762026+1451444.2%614115:08

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.