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Austin Czarnik

#21 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings

Born Dec 12, 1992 in Detroit, Michigan, USA · 5'9", 170 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tyler Ennis TOR · 18 P in 51 GP Henrik Borgstrom FLA · 18 P in 50 GP Jujhar Khaira EDM · 18 P in 60 GP Conor Garland ARI · 18 P in 47 GP Michael Rasmussen DET · 18 P in 62 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0510152016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 4 points417-182018-19: 18 points1818-192019-20: 3 points319-202020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 7 points721-222022-23: 5 points522-232023-24: 1 points123-24

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 BOS 49 5 8 13 -10 12 66 19 0.27 $818K
2017-18 BOS 10 0 4 4 -1 0 7 4 0.40 $675K
2018-19 CGY 54 6 12 18 -1 8 65 10 0.33 $1.25M
2019-20 CGY 8 2 1 3 1 0 9 1 0.38 $1.25M
2020-21 NYI 4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.00 $725K
2021-22 NYI 11 2 3 5 5 0 9 2 0.45 $725K
2021-22 SEA 6 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 0.33
2022-23 DET 29 3 2 5 -4 8 27 16 0.17 $763K
2023-24 DET 34 0 1 1 -3 12 24 19 0.03 $763K
8 seasons Career 205 18 33 51 -14 40 214 74 0.25

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 CGY 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0.00

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
54 6 12 18 -1 8 65 10 0.33 9.2 11:20

Contract

$1.25MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$69KCap dollars per point18 points in 54 games
$390KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.2 goals above replacement
$2.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.6MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $1.25M
2019-20 $1.25M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2023-24 $763K
2020-21 to 2021-22 $725K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $1.25M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $675K
2016-17 to 2016-17 $818K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2018-19 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.2Goals above replacement295th of 699 skaters, 214th of 455 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.5 49th percentileEven-strength defence+1.7 78th percentilePower play-0.8 10th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 65th percentilePenalties+1.0 74th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-2-1012342016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

55.0Corsi for %541 attempts for, 443 against
-0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.8Expected goals for %23.0 expected for, 18.2 against
+0.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %22 for, 22 against
99.2PDO8.4% shooting + 90.8% saves
95Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Jankowski · Sam Bennett · Austin Czarnik18100:1161.762.13-6
Mikael Backlund · Austin Czarnik · Matthew Tkachuk1871:2657.851.12-3
James Neal · Mark Jankowski · Austin Czarnik746:5151.457.21-0
James Neal · Austin Czarnik · Derek Ryan739:5249.339.70-2

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.2Expected goalsfrom 91 unblocked attempts
-2.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.70 expected goals per 60 minutes42nd
Shot quality 7.9% chance per attempt50th
Finishing -2.2 goals above expected32ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 7.2Goals 5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 2019 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 12:14
Apr 3, 2019 @ ANA L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:33
Apr 1, 2019 @ LAK W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:09
Mar 31, 2019 @ SJS W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:07
Mar 29, 2019 vs ANA W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 14:27
Mar 27, 2019 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13:43
Mar 25, 2019 vs LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:22
Mar 23, 2019 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:59
Mar 21, 2019 vs OTT W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:28
Mar 19, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 13:53
Mar 16, 2019 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:40
Mar 15, 2019 vs NYR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:45
Mar 12, 2019 vs NJD W 9-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:43
Mar 10, 2019 vs VGK W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 13:17
Mar 7, 2019 @ ARI L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:34
Mar 6, 2019 @ VGK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:24
Mar 4, 2019 vs TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 13:30
Mar 2, 2019 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:32
Feb 27, 2019 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:42
Feb 26, 2019 @ NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:33
Feb 24, 2019 @ OTT W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:15
Feb 22, 2019 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:08
Feb 20, 2019 vs NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:00
Feb 18, 2019 vs ARI W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 09:59
Feb 16, 2019 @ PIT W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 09:07
Jan 16, 2019 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:40
Jan 11, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:21
Jan 9, 2019 vs COL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 07:15
Jan 7, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:06
Jan 5, 2019 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 07:58
Jan 3, 2019 @ BOS L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:33
Dec 29, 2018 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:36
Dec 18, 2018 @ DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:14
Dec 16, 2018 @ STL W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:33
Dec 12, 2018 vs PHI W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:35
Dec 8, 2018 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:32
Dec 4, 2018 @ CBJ W 9-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 10:01
Nov 30, 2018 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:48
Nov 28, 2018 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:11
Nov 25, 2018 @ ARI W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:04
Nov 23, 2018 @ VGK L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:49
Nov 21, 2018 vs WPG W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:15
Nov 15, 2018 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:43
Nov 11, 2018 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:41
Nov 10, 2018 @ LAK W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:44
Nov 7, 2018 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:04
Oct 27, 2018 vs WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:25
Oct 25, 2018 vs PIT L 1-9 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:08
Oct 17, 2018 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:29
Oct 13, 2018 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:20
Oct 11, 2018 @ STL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:21
Oct 9, 2018 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:18
Oct 6, 2018 vs VAN W 7-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:01
Oct 3, 2018 @ VAN L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:09