Colorado Avalanche · #88 · Centre

Martin Necas

Age 27 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 195 lb · Born Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE

Drafted 2017, #12 overall by Carolina

Next game · tonightat Winnipeg · 7:30 PM ET3 P in the last 4 vs WPG
Point tonight 66%Goal 37%Markets →
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Games22026-27 Small sample
Goals2T-2nd on COL
Assists2T-3rd on COL
Points4T-2nd on COL
P / GP2.00T-7th in the NHL
Shots825.0% shooting
TOI / GP19:163rd on COL

2025-262025-26: 78 games, 38-62-100, 1.28 points per game Season detail →

Martin Necas has 4 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 100 points in 78 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

4 points in 2 games for the 9th-placed Colorado

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Points / GP2.0098th
Shots / GP4.0096th
Goals / 603.1196th
Assists / 603.1193rd
Ice time19:1687th
Penalty differential+180th
Shooting %25.0%77th
Takeaways169th
PP points036th
Hits233rd
Blocked shots012th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points4T-2nd on COL
Points per game2.00T-7th in NHL
Goals2T-21st in NHL
Assists2T-3rd on COL
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time19:163rd on COL
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Colorado's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:15
Power play5:01
Shorthanded0:00
Total19:16

22.0 shifts a game, averaging 53 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-4th on COL
PP assists0T-6th on COL
PP points0T-8th on COL · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on COL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Colorado total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every COL PPG
PP TOI share68.8%of COL PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 2 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-1st on COL
Overtime goals0T-1st on COL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading2
Trailing0

0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Colorado trailing.

Assists

Primary2 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 606.23
Goals / 603.11
Shots / 6012.5
ES points / 608.424 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot6 att · 2 G
Wing7 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

13 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.7162nd
Goals2
Goals vs expected+1.3
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.088
ixG per 601.09

2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 98th percentile of forwards: 22.97 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Top speed, mph22.9798th
22+ mph bursts297th
Distance / 60, mi10.5596th
Average shot, mph65.886th
20+ mph bursts883rd
Hardest shot, mph83.2877th
Offensive-zone time42.6%59th
Defensive-zone time39.2%57th
90+ mph shots048th
Distance skated, mi6.837th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.97Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph83.28Forward average 74.7
Distance skated6.8 mi3.44 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts40.0%25.7% defensive · 34.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

42.6%All situations39.2%
36.3%Even strength43.8%
60.4%Power play26.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 22.97vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 17:34
  2. 22.00vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 10:58
  3. 21.51vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 07:27
  4. 21.10vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 09:36
  5. 21.09vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 16:58
  6. 20.55vsSTL3 Oct · 2nd 18:10
  7. 20.48vsLAK30 Sep · 3rd 07:07
  8. 20.05vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 07:37

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph2 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph6 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph29 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 83.28vsSTL3 Oct · 3rd 07:40
  2. 79.81vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 09:53
  3. 78.00vsLAK30 Sep · 3rd 06:51
  4. 77.94vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 00:59
  5. 71.01vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 18:07
  6. 70.40vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 19:45
  7. 70.26vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 18:35
  8. 69.20vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 13:12

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph6 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.34vsSTL3 Oct · 19:21 TOI
  2. 3.44vsLAK30 Sep · 19:11 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.39 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-2nd on COL
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio1.00
Hits2T-6th on COL
Blocked shots0T-16th on COL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Winnipeg, a point in three of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsWPGL 2-40001−123:50
26 Mar 2026@WPGW 3-20110−119:20
14 Mar 2026@WPGL 1-31014−126:48
19 Dec 2025vsWPGW 3-21014+116:57

Prediction markets

Priced at 66% for a point tonight

From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.

Point tonight vs WPG1+ point66%73%69¢Best69¢Not listed
Goal tonight vs WPGAnytime scorer37%39%Best38¢39¢Not listed
2+ points tonightMulti-point game36%37%38¢Best38¢Not listed
Assist tonight vs WPG1+ assist52%55%53¢Not listedNot listed

Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure


Contract

$11.5M a season through 2033-34

In 2025-26 he scored 8.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 190th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$11.5M11.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 1 of 8
Expires2033-34UFA at 35
Cap value$92MCap hit × 8 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Colorado

Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Nathan MacKinnon sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Nathan MacKinnon2
Artturi Lehkonen1
Gabriel Landeskog1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Nathan MacKinnon1
Cale Makar1

Scorers on his 2 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points13234th for Colorado
Goals5136th
Assists8135th
Games played110131st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2017-18CAR10000.00—
2018-19CAR71120.2916.7%
2019-20CAR641620360.5618.2%
2020-21CAR531427410.7712.3%
2021-22CAR781426400.518.8%
2022-23CAR822843710.8711.7%
2023-24CAR772429530.6910.4%
2024-25CAR, COL792756831.0513.9%
2025-26COL7838621001.2818.4%
2026-27COL10111.000.0%
Career5201622654270.8213.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2017Carolina · round 1From Brno (Czech Republic)#12

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · COL points

Games79
Goals13
Points480.61 P/GP
Game-winning goals2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct