58 G · 91 A · 317 GP
0.470 P/GP · 21 PPP · 15:56 ATOI
Philadelphia Flyers#27Active
Noah Cates
L · 6′2″ / 194 lb · Shoots L · Stillwater, USA · Age 27 · 2017 #137 by PHI
149Career points
0.470Career P/GP
317Games played
58Goals
5 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2647points
The latest read.
47 points in 82 games in 2025-26. Career: 149 points across 317 games.
82GP
18goals
29assists
47points
132shots
9PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
1 G · 3 A · 8 GP
0.500 P/GP · 1 PPP · 16:20 ATOI
0.563 → 0.573P/GP by season · 5 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2025-26
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 5 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled1,215 all-time peers
Playoff career · 8 GP · 1 G · 3 A · 4 pts (0.500 P/GP)
42.9
40.4
37.9
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Calder Memorial Trophy9th · 2023Frank J. Selke Trophy11th · 2026Frank J. Selke Trophy15th · 2023Lady Byng Memorial Trophy33rd · 2024
Milestone watch.
The next round number on the league's own fileleague milestone watch · api.nhle.com · fetched 2026-10-07
9away from 100 assistsAssists · 91 now · regular season
Published by the league, not computed here: the milestone and the current total are both on the NHL milestone feed, and the number printed is the difference. Playoff milestone rows are held out, because a playoff total read as a career total is a false statement.
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastdraft-position study · 2026-07-14-prospect-translation-v2.32
2017 draft#137round 5 · PHI
Rates: insufficient sample (n=10 of 32): no NHLer/impact/star/stayer rate shown for this cohort.
Sample: 10 players taken #137, drawn only from classes old enough to judge, on the Schuckers-style pick curve published on Draft Value. A base rate describes a slot, not a person: it cannot predict this career and is not used to grade it.
Floor rule: rates below a minimum sample are suppressed, not shown thin. Exact slot needs 12+ players, the pooled pick-curve band needs 32+, matching this site's builders to the nhl-draft-intel engine's own bucket-calibration floors (12 / 18 / 32).
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2025-26 peak: 82 GP / 18 G / 29 A / 47 Pts / 0.573 P/GP · 16:15 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 82 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 0.573 |
| 2024-25 | 78 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 0.474 |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 0.463 |
| 2023-24 | 59 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0.305 |
| Prime-five | 301 | 53 | 87 | 140 | 0.465 |
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-05-04@ CARPlayoff20:53 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-05-02@ CARPlayoff15:51 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-04-29vs PITPlayoff16:43 TOI0G 1A1 P · 1 S
2026-04-27@ PITPlayoff16:19 TOI0G 1A1 P · 0 S
2026-04-25vs PITPlayoff14:35 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart5 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Peak | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 18 | 29 | 47 | +26 | 9 | 132 |
| 2024-25 | Philadelphia Flyers | 78 | 16 | 21 | 37 | +3 | 3 | 110 |
| 2023-24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 59 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 0 | 78 |
| 2022-23 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 13 | 25 | 38 | +3 | 8 | 107 |
| 2021-22 | Philadelphia Flyers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +4 | 1 | 23 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 11 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2025-26 is the best season either way: 0.573 raw, 0.550 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Best adjusted | 82 | 0.573 | 3.13 | 0.550 |
| 2024-25 | 78 | 0.474 | 3.04 | 0.468 |
| 2023-24 | 59 | 0.305 | 3.11 | 0.294 |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 0.463 | 3.18 | 0.437 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | NCAA | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | 37 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2021-22 | OG | USA | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020-21 | NCAA | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 2019-20 | NCAA | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | 34 | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| 2018-19 | NCAA | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | 40 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 2018-19 | WJC-20 | USA U20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Omaha Lancers | 60 | 21 | 34 | 55 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Omaha Lancers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016-17 | MNHP-17 | B17 - Red (Final 54) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | UMHSEHL | Team MPLS Magazine | 21 | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 2016-17 | USA-S17 | Team Gold | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016-17 | USHL | Omaha Lancers | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2016-17 | USHS-MN | Stillwater High | 25 | 20 | 45 | 65 |
| 2016-17 | UMHSEHL | Team MPLS Magazine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | USHS-MN | Stillwater High | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015-16 | UMHSEHL | Team MPLS Magazine | 20 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2015-16 | USHL | Omaha Lancers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015-16 | USHS-MN | Stillwater High | 25 | 20 | 34 | 54 |
| 2015-16 | UMHSEHL | Team MPLS Magazine | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015-16 | USHS-MN | Stillwater High | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014-15 | UMHSEHL | Team Southwest | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014-15 | USHS-MN | Stillwater High | 25 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| 2014-15 | USHS-MN | Stillwater High | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | Brick Invitational | Minnesota Blades | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Showing the 24 most recent pre-NHL rows of 25.
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 317 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 254 to 380); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 86 of them cleared the band.
Jake NeighboursL · 2020 #26 · active280 GP · 71 G · 61 A · 132 P0.471 P/GP · +0.001Ryan McLeodC · 2018 #40 · active379 GP · 66 G · 116 A · 182 P0.480 P/GP · +0.010Fabian ZetterlundL · 2017 #63 · active329 GP · 69 G · 80 A · 149 P0.453 P/GP · −0.017Connor McMichaelL · 2019 #25 · active315 GP · 67 G · 87 A · 154 P0.489 P/GP · +0.019Alex NewhookC · 2019 #16 · active338 GP · 70 G · 81 A · 151 P0.447 P/GP · −0.023
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed82.4mph32.0
132.5 km/h equivalent · league average 83.6 mph
Max skating speed22.4mph59.3
36.1 km/h equivalent · league average 22.2 mph
Distance skated342.6km84.4
212.9 mi equivalent · league average 198.8 km
Most distance in one game5.3km66.5
3.3 mi equivalent · league average 4.7 km
Bursts over 20 mph38bursts38.1
league average 75.2
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time41.8%46.6
league average 43.1
Neutral zone time17.5%29.2
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time40.7%39.3
league average 40.1
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal132shots73.0
league average 85.9 shots
High-danger shots on goal66shots89.2
league average 31.6 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Low Slot566 G88th
R Circle142 G77th
L Circle133 G73th
Crease103 G89th
High Slot101 G62th
Beyond Red Line40 G84th
Center Point40 G70th
Offensive Neutral Zone40 G80th
Outside L40 G54th
R Net Side41 G76th
Behind the Net31 G90th
L Point31 G61th
Outside R20 G36th
L Net Side10 G31th
L Corner00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
R Point00 G0th
66high danger9 G · 13.6%
37mid danger6 G · 16.2%
7long range1 G · 14.3%
Method: 132 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 0 top-three finishes · 5 ballot appearances · 2 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Development trails.
How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract
Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.
Points / game
3 consecutive qualified seasons · 73.0 average GP
Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.PIT15 points19 GP · 7 G · 8 A30 shots · 3 PP points
Career vs.BUF14 points14 GP · 6 G · 8 A26 shots · 1 PP points
Career vs.CBJ10 points16 GP · 5 G · 5 A23 shots · 2 PP points
Career vs.WPG8 points8 GP · 2 G · 6 A12 shots · 1 PP points
Career vs.FLA8 points12 GP · 4 G · 4 A14 shots · 1 PP points
Career vs.NJD8 points13 GP · 1 G · 7 A20 shots · 3 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.BUF1.00 P/GP14 GP · 6 G · 8 A26 shots · 1 PP pointsPace vs.WPG1.00 P/GP8 GP · 2 G · 6 A12 shots · 1 PP pointsPace vs.PIT0.79 P/GP19 GP · 7 G · 8 A30 shots · 3 PP points
Pace vs.ANA0.78 P/GP9 GP · 2 G · 5 A14 shots · 0 PP points
Pace vs.CHI0.78 P/GP9 GP · 4 G · 3 A19 shots · 2 PP pointsPace vs.FLA0.67 P/GP12 GP · 4 G · 4 A14 shots · 1 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Noah Cates has faced 75 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
1.35blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#274Yahoo#224Fantrax#221Roto#218
25-2682 GP18 G29 A1.44 pts/gm
2nd half-0.22
This desk has Noah Cates No. 274 among skaters on the ESPN points board, off a 1.35 three-season blended per-game figure.
The room.
Every current Philadelphia Flyers teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory