Philadelphia Flyers · #27 · Left wing

Noah Cates

Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 194 lb · Born Stillwater, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2017, #137 overall by Philadelphia

Next game · Thu 8 Octat Ottawa · 7:00 PM ET0 P in the last 3 vs OTT

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Games42026-27 Small sample

Goals0T-6th on PHI

Assists0T-7th on PHI

Points0T-11th on PHI

P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL

Shots30.0% shooting

TOI / GP12:2918th on PHI

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 18-29-47, 0.57 points per game Season detail →

Noah Cates has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 47 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

0 points in 4 games for the 30th-placed Philadelphia

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Takeaways290th

Penalty differential048th

Hits345th

Blocked shots141st

PP points036th

Goals / 600.0026th

Shooting %0.0%25th

Ice time12:2924th

Assists / 600.0021st

Shots / GP0.7520th

Points / GP0.0013th

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

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points0T-11th on PHI

Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL

Goals0T-232nd in NHL

Assists0T-7th on PHI

Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)

Ice time12:2918th on PHI

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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength9:40

Power play0:28

Shorthanded2:21

Total12:29

18.5 shifts a game, averaging 40 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-1st on PHI

PP assists0T-1st on PHI

PP points0T-1st on PHI · T-142nd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00T-1st on PHI

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G

Slot1 att · 0 G

Wing4 att · 0 G

Point0 att · 0 G

Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

6 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.1470th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.1

Unblocked attempts4

xG per attempt.031

ixG per 600.15

2026-27 · 4 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 20.04 mph, hardest shot 68.38 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

Average shot, mph58.562nd

Distance skated, mi7.752nd

90+ mph shots048th

22+ mph bursts041st

Offensive-zone time38.1%22nd

Hardest shot, mph68.3819th

Distance / 60, mi9.2115th

20+ mph bursts114th

Defensive-zone time45.3%13th

Top speed, mph20.048th

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, mph20.04Forward average 21.23

Hardest shot, mph68.38Forward average 74.7

Distance skated7.7 mi2.37 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts32.0%36.0% defensive · 32.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.1%All situations45.3%

40.8%Even strength40.6%

59.5%Power play28.8%

22.5%Shorthanded68.2%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

20.04vsCAR3 Oct · 1st 08:17
19.08@TBL5 Oct · 1st 10:30
19.07vsPIT30 Sep · 2nd 10:35
18.99@NJD1 Oct · 1st 02:47
18.79@TBL5 Oct · 1st 10:22
18.63@NJD1 Oct · 3rd 16:28
18.50@TBL5 Oct · 3rd 07:57
18.44vsCAR3 Oct · 1st 11:36

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3

20-22 mph1 · avg 4.6

18-20 mph14 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

68.38@NJD1 Oct · 1st 02:18
67.52vsPIT30 Sep · 3rd 05:54
63.94vsCAR3 Oct · 1st 15:52
61.21@NJD1 Oct · 1st 02:25
60.28@TBL5 Oct · 2nd 16:06
29.72vsPIT30 Sep · 3rd 07:13

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0

80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6

70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

1.72@TBL5 Oct · 11:12 TOI
1.49vsCAR3 Oct · 9:13 TOI
2.37@NJD1 Oct · 15:12 TOI
2.08vsPIT30 Sep · 14:17 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.92 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-1st on PHI

Giveaways2

TK / GV ratio1.00

Hits3T-13th on PHI

Blocked shots1T-14th on PHI

Discipline

Penalty minutes0

Minors0

Majors0

Penalties drawn0

Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken4310.8 a game

Won24

Win %55.8%

Offensive zone7 of 16

A regular centre on the draw.

Game log

Against Ottawa, a point in zero of three

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DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

5 Feb 2026vs

OTTOTL 1-2 OT0001+118:52

8 Nov 2025vs

OTTOTL 2-3 OT0002018:54

23 Oct 2025@

OTTL 1-20001016:25

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2025-26 · The season

47 points in 82 games on a team that finished 11th

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Blocked shots5185th

Takeaways2683rd

Hits10270th

Assists / 601.3169th

Points / GP0.5763rd

PP points963rd

Ice time16:1559th

Shooting %13.6%59th

Shots / GP1.6153rd

Goals / 600.8151st

Penalty differential038th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.6). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points476th on PHI

Points per game0.57T-179th in NHL

Goals18T-150th in NHL

Assists295th on PHI

Shooting %13.6%Above avg (11.1%)

Ice time16:1514th on PHI

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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength12:30

Power play2:03

Shorthanded1:41

Total16:15

22.7 shifts a game, averaging 43 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals3T-3rd on PHI

PP assists6T-5th on PHI

PP points9T-4th on PHI · T-182nd NHL

SH goals1

PP points / 603.208th on PHI

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP37Philadelphia total

Involved in9goals or assists

Share24.3%of every PHI PPG

PP TOI share42.7%of PHI 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 18 goals and 29 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals42nd on PHI

Overtime goals21st on PHI

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals1

Even-strength goals14

Power-play goals3

Shorthanded goals1

Goals by period

1st3

2nd10

3rd3

Overtime2

Goals by game state

Tied4

Leading8

Trailing6

4 of 18 goals broke a tie; 6 came with Philadelphia trailing.

Assists

Primary19 · 66%

Secondary10 · 34%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.12

Goals / 600.81

Shots / 605.9

ES points / 602.2238 ES points

PP points / 603.209 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease51 att · 7 G

Slot112 att · 7 G

Wing61 att · 3 G

Point8 att · 1 G

Neutral zone7 att · 0 G

239 attempts across the 79 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.1470th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.1

Unblocked attempts4

xG per attempt.031

ixG per 600.15

2026-27 · 4 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

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 22.41 mph, hardest shot 82.36 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

Distance skated, mi212.974th

Distance / 60, mi9.5948th

Top speed, mph22.4144th

Offensive-zone time41.8%44th

90+ mph shots038th

Defensive-zone time40.7%36th

22+ mph bursts130th

Average shot, mph48.726th

Hardest shot, mph82.3614th

20+ mph bursts3813th

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.41Forward average 22.51

Hardest shot, mph82.36Forward average 87.1

Distance skated212.9 mi3.29 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts34.0%29.7% defensive · 37.2% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.8%All situations40.7%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph1 · avg 5.7

20-22 mph37 · avg 102

18-20 mph447 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 1.0

80-89 mph6 · avg 15

70-79 mph36 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways26T-3rd on PHI

Giveaways38

TK / GV ratio0.68

Hits1028th on PHI

Blocked shots5110th on PHI

Discipline

Penalty minutes44

Minors12

Majors2

Penalties drawn15

Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken103012.6 a game

Won467

Win %45.3%

Offensive zone160 of 375

A regular centre on the draw.

Consistency

A point in one game of three (36 of 82)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point3644% of games

Multi-point games911%

Goals in18 games22%

Pointless games4656%

Streaks

Longest point streak4 games18 Dec – 23 Dec

Longest goal streak3 games

Longest pointless run6 games

Final ten6 in 10point in 4

Game log

Against Ottawa, a point in zero of three

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

5 Feb 2026vs

OTTOTL 1-2 OT0001+118:52

8 Nov 2025vs

OTTOTL 2-3 OT0002018:54

23 Oct 2025@

OTTL 1-20001016:25

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Road41260.63

Home41210.51

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Ottawa300.00

vs Metropolitan26140.54

vs Western Conf.32220.69

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October1070.70

November1460.43

December1590.60

January1540.27

February530.60

March15130.87

April850.63

Prediction markets

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Contract

$4M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he scored 11.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 105th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4M3.8% of the $104M ceiling

Term4 yearsYear 2 of 4

Expires2028-29UFA at 30

Cap value$16MCap hit × 4 years

Cap space, every team Best-value contracts

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 2 Oct 2026.