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Martin Necas

#88 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jan 15, 1999 in Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE (age 27) · 6'3", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 12th overall in 2017 by CAR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Johansen NSH · 36 P in 68 GP Jake Virtanen VAN · 36 P in 69 GP Kasperi Kapanen TOR · 36 P in 69 GP Nico Hischier NJD · 36 P in 58 GP Nazem Kadri COL · 36 P in 51 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.

0204060801002017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 2 points218-192019-20: 36 points3619-202020-21: 41 points4120-212021-22: 40 points4021-222022-23: 71 points7122-232023-24: 53 points5323-242024-25: 83 points8324-252025-26: 100 points10025-262026-27: 5 points526-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 CAR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 $925K
2018-19 CAR 7 1 1 2 0 2 6 3 0.29 $894K
2019-20 CAR 64 16 20 36 -6 20 88 65 0.56 $863K
2020-21 CAR 53 14 27 41 25 10 114 45 0.77 $863K
2021-22 CAR 78 14 26 40 5 32 159 55 0.51 $863K
2022-23 CAR 82 28 43 71 5 32 240 57 0.87 $3M
2023-24 CAR 77 24 29 53 -9 42 231 77 0.69 $3M
2024-25 CAR 49 16 39 55 4 10 113 40 1.12 $6.5M
2024-25 COL 30 11 17 28 1 6 81 22 0.93
2025-26 COL 78 38 62 100 47 30 206 85 1.28 $6.5M
2026-27 COL 5 2 3 5 1 0 15 5 1.00 $11.5M
10 seasons Career 524 164 267 431 73 184 1253 454 0.82

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 CAR 8 1 3 4 0 0 8 14 0.50
2020-21 CAR 11 2 3 5 -1 0 26 12 0.45
2021-22 CAR 14 0 5 5 0 0 22 15 0.36
2022-23 CAR 15 4 3 7 -2 2 42 18 0.47
2023-24 CAR 11 4 5 9 0 0 24 13 0.82
2024-25 COL 7 1 4 5 2 0 15 16 0.71
2025-26 COL 13 1 12 13 6 6 32 21 1.00
7 seasons Playoffs 79 13 35 48 5 8 169 109 0.61

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
64 16 20 36 -6 20 88 65 0.56 18.2 14:10

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2022, then RFA
$24KCap dollars per point36 points in 64 games
$752KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$769KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes on Jul 14, 2017, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.388M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2021-22, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $863K $833K $93K $538K $925K
2020-21 $863K $833K $0 $538K $833K
2021-22 $863K $833K $0 $538K $833K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 30, 2025 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2026-27 to 2033-34 8 $92M $11.5M
Jul 29, 2024 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $13M $6.5M
Aug 9, 2022 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $6M $3M
Jul 14, 2017 Carolina Hurricanes Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $4.388M $863K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacement400th of 670 skaters, 284th of 439 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-1.4 26th percentileEven-strength defence-1.3 17th percentilePower play-0.1 37th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 20th percentilePenalties+1.7 91st 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.

-50510152017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

52.2Corsi for %694 attempts for, 635 against
-3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Expected goals for %30.0 expected for, 32.5 against
-6.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.3Goals for %29 for, 31 against
99.6PDO7.7% shooting + 91.8% saves
121Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Erik Haula · Ryan Dzingel · Martin Necas31256:2848.542.312-9
Ryan Dzingel · Lucas Wallmark · Martin Necas26128:4960.559.64-3
Erik Haula · Nino Niederreiter · Martin Necas1164:3553.656.64-1
Nino Niederreiter · Lucas Wallmark · Martin Necas1155:5352.651.93-4

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.

16Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.0Expected goalsfrom 126 unblocked attempts
+6.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.66 expected goals per 60 minutes33rd
Shot quality 7.9% chance per attempt49th
Finishing +6.0 goals above expected92ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 16Expected 10.0

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 10, 2020 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:41
Mar 8, 2020 @ PIT W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 12:45
Mar 7, 2020 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 13:21
Mar 5, 2020 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:26
Feb 29, 2020 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 15:19
Feb 28, 2020 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:54
Feb 25, 2020 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:12
Feb 22, 2020 @ TOR W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 13:57
Feb 21, 2020 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:04
Feb 18, 2020 @ NSH W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 13:37
Feb 16, 2020 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:48
Feb 14, 2020 vs NJD W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 13:51
Feb 11, 2020 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 14:30
Feb 8, 2020 @ VGK W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 16:00
Feb 6, 2020 @ ARI W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:36
Feb 4, 2020 @ STL L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 15:06
Feb 2, 2020 vs VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:49
Jan 31, 2020 vs VGK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:33
Jan 21, 2020 vs WPG W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:15
Jan 19, 2020 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 14:23
Jan 17, 2020 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:14
Jan 16, 2020 @ CBJ L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:59
Jan 13, 2020 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:20
Jan 11, 2020 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:25
Jan 10, 2020 vs ARI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:16
Jan 7, 2020 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 14:09
Jan 5, 2020 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:27
Jan 3, 2020 vs WSH L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:23
Dec 31, 2019 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:57
Dec 28, 2019 vs WSH W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:52
Dec 27, 2019 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 15:09
Dec 23, 2019 @ TOR L 6-8 2 2 4 3 0 2 2 13:20
Dec 21, 2019 vs FLA L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 14:06
Dec 19, 2019 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:17
Dec 17, 2019 @ WPG W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:48
Dec 14, 2019 @ CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 13:18
Dec 12, 2019 @ VAN L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 17:11
Dec 10, 2019 @ EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:05
Nov 29, 2019 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:43
Nov 27, 2019 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:04
Nov 24, 2019 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:53
Nov 23, 2019 vs FLA W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 13:45
Nov 21, 2019 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:46
Nov 19, 2019 @ CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 11:46
Nov 16, 2019 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:04
Nov 14, 2019 @ BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:47
Nov 11, 2019 vs OTT W 8-2 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 14:34
Nov 9, 2019 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 14:53
Nov 7, 2019 vs NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 13:30
Nov 5, 2019 @ PHI L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:54
Nov 2, 2019 vs NJD L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 12:44
Nov 1, 2019 vs DET W 7-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 13:21
Oct 29, 2019 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:38
Oct 26, 2019 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:29
Oct 24, 2019 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11:44
Oct 18, 2019 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:51
Oct 16, 2019 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:14
Oct 15, 2019 @ LAK W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:13
Oct 12, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:35
Oct 11, 2019 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:07
Oct 8, 2019 @ FLA W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:50
Oct 6, 2019 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:55
Oct 5, 2019 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 14:42
Oct 3, 2019 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:16