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Martin Necas
Center #88 Avalanche
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Martin Necas has 55 points (20 goals, 35 assists) in 44 games for the Colorado Avalanche this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 12) of the 2017 NHL Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes, he has 381 points (144 goals, 237 assists) in 485 regular-season games for the Carolina Hurricanes and the Colorado Avalanche.

He also has 35 points (12 goals, 23 assists) in 66 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagCZE
    Age: 27 yrs (15.01.1999)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 88 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 12th in 2017
    Draft Team: Team logoCarolina Hurricanes
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 27-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Avalanche controlling 67% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Martin Necas is off the ice, the Avalanche control 54% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 46% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 16% in the defensive zone.

  • 85

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 9th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 40th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.13
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.67
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    20.63
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.35
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.49
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.88
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    0.91
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.77
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    5.89
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    1.01
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.46
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.15
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.37
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    1.76
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.81
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    0.88
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.74
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    4.80
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.16
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $6.500M
Player Contract Value: $11.300M
Remaining: 9 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2034 UFA
Age at the end: 36.5 yrs (15.01.1999)
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Martin Necas
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
03.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 2 2 0 22:43 0 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 -1 22:25 0 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 -2 21:53 3 0.0% 2
08.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 1 1 2 2 18:33 2 50.0% 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 0 20:51 3 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 3 4 -1 8 12.5% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 0 6:54 0 0
2018-19 Team Logo Hurricanes 7 1 1 2 0 10:01 6 16.7% 2
2019-20 Team Logo Hurricanes 64 16 20 36 -6 14:10 88 18.2% 20
2020-21 Team Logo Hurricanes 53 14 27 41 25 17:16 114 12.3% 10
2021-22 Team Logo Hurricanes 78 14 26 40 5 16:10 159 8.8% 32
2022-23 Team Logo Hurricanes 82 28 43 71 5 18:25 240 11.7% 32
2023-24 Team Logo Hurricanes 77 24 29 53 -9 17:21 231 10.4% 42
2024-25 Team Logo Hurricanes 49 16 39 55 4 18:04 113 14.2% 10
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 30 11 17 28 1 20:30 81 13.6% 6
2025-26 Team Logo Avalanche 44 20 35 55 39 20:37 100 20.0% 24
Season Projection 82 37 65 102 73 20:37 186 19.9% 45
Total 485 144 237 381 64 1132 12.7% 178
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2019-20 Team Logo Hurricanes 8 1 3 4 0 13:37 8 12.5% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Hurricanes 11 2 3 5 -1 20:07 26 7.7% 0
2021-22 Team Logo Hurricanes 14 0 5 5 0 15:04 22 0.0% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Hurricanes 15 4 3 7 -2 19:33 42 9.5% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Hurricanes 11 4 5 9 0 17:31 24 16.7% 0
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 7 1 4 5 2 20:46 15 6.7% 0
Total 66 12 23 35 -1 137 8.8% 2
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Martin Necas Team Logo C 27 yrs 191 cm / 88 kg 1.25 0.79 88 81 $6.500M
79% Drake Batherson Team Logo RW 27.7 yrs 191 cm / 94 kg 0.98 0.77 83 79 $4.975M
79% Wyatt Johnston Team Logo C 22.7 yrs 185 cm / 84 kg 1.11 0.78 89 77 $8.400M
79% Jack Eichel Team Logo C 29.2 yrs 188 cm / 94 kg 1.28 1.00 86 78 $10.000M
79% Mark Stone Team Logo RW 33.7 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 1.41 0.92 97 84 $9.500M
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