Noah Cates #27

L · Philadelphia Flyers · Age 26 · Shoots L · 6′2″, 194 lb · Draft: 2017, round 5, 137th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	82	92nd
TOI/GP	16:15	59th
G	18	65th
A	29	74th
P	47	70th
P/60	2.12	63rd
ixG	20.4	72nd
G−ixG	−2.4	31st
xGF%	52.8	73rd
Rel xGF%	+1.5	65th
GS/GP	+0.65	68th
Pen ±	0	37th

Scoring		Pctl
G	18	65th
A1	19	79th
A2	10	64th
P	47	70th
P1	37	72nd
P/60	2.12	63rd
5v5 P/60	1.79	65th
PPP	9	64th
SHP	1	73rd
ENG	1	61st

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	132	61st
iCF	236	57th
iFF	185	56th
ixG	20.4	72nd
ixG/60	0.92	63rd
G	18	65th
G−ixG	−2.4	31st
Sh%	13.6	58th
xSh%	11.0	95th
Blk'd	51	59th
5v5 iCF/60	10.0	25th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	969	66th
CF%	48.0	33rd
FF%	48.9	41st
xGF%	52.8	73rd
GF%	59.1	89th
xGF/60	2.16	20th
xGA/60	1.93	97th
oiSh%	10.3	67th
oiSv%	92.3	85th
PDO	102.6	83rd
Rel CF%	+0.3	53rd
Rel xGF%	+1.5	65th
OZS%	53.6	47th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	16:15	59th
EV/GP	12:30	41st
5v5/GP	11:49	38th
PP/GP	2:03	63rd
SH/GP	1:41	80th
Shifts/GP	22.7	89th
Shift	0:43	17th
OZ	263	72nd
NZ	288	88th
DZ	228	80th
OZS%	53.6	47th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+53.0	73rd
GS/GP	+0.65	68th
GS/60	+2.39	67th
Scoring	+32.3	70th
Shooting	+13.3	72nd
On ice	+5.9	75th
Penalties	+0.1	40th
Faceoffs	−1.0	3rd
Other	+2.3	93rd

Other		Pctl
Hits	102	71st
Blk	51	85th
Tk	26	83rd
Gv	38	69th
PenD	15	58th
PenT	15	29th
Pen ±	0	37th
PP min ±	+2.0	41st
FOW	467	86th
FOL	563	6th
FO%	45.3	50th

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	10	0	0	0	1.2	52.2	+0.09	12:48
2025-26	Regular season	82	18	29	47	20.4	52.8	+0.65	16:15
2025-26	Playoffs	8	1	3	4	1.0	33.9	+0.15	16:20

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.0), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 82 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Bobby Brink	R	524:46	48.1	54.5
Travis Sanheim	D	511:40	45.9	52.1
Matvei Michkov	R	488:44	49.8	53.4
Cam York	D	487:33	46.1	52.9
Jamie Drysdale	D	431:07	49.6	52.1
Nick Seeler	D	391:44	48.0	50.6
Tyson Foerster	R	341:35	44.4	54.1
Travis Konecny	R	250:38	44.5	49.7

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 14	vs MTL	W 4–2	17:50	0	0	2	0.10	34	48	+0.01
Apr 13	vs CAR	W 3–2 OT	15:22	0	1	3	0.41	63	80	+2.28
Apr 11	@ WPG	W 7–1	13:33	1	2	2	0.31	64	54	+2.73
Apr 9	@ DET	L 3–6	16:06	0	0	2	0.16	62	72	+0.55
Apr 7	@ NJD	W 5–1	13:25	0	0	3	0.12	36	19	−0.71
Apr 5	vs BOS	W 2–1 OT	13:35	0	0	4	0.35	67	69	+0.55
Apr 3	@ NYI	W 4–1	16:06	0	1	1	0.01	57	98	+1.43
Apr 2	vs DET	L 2–4	15:01	0	0	0	0.00	29	22	−0.54
Mar 31	@ WSH	L 4–6	18:19	0	1	1	0.16	80	90	+1.32
Mar 29	vs DAL	W 2–1 OT	16:45	0	0	1	0.11	57	28	−0.16
Mar 28	@ DET	W 5–3	12:59	1	0	3	0.96	59	41	+1.18
Mar 26	vs CHI	W 5–1	16:26	1	1	3	0.31	58	64	+2.12
Mar 24	vs CBJ	L 2–3	16:00	0	0	1	0.57	58	14	+0.05
Mar 21	@ SJS	W 4–1	18:11	1	0	4	0.92	21	45	+1.40
Mar 19	@ LAK	W 4–3 OT	20:27	1	1	2	0.42	49	62	+2.26
Mar 18	@ ANA	W 3–2 OT	16:25	1	0	2	0.26	40	72	+1.15
Mar 14	vs CBJ	L 1–2 OT	13:09	0	0	0	0.00	38	25	−0.19
Mar 12	@ MIN	W 3–2 OT	15:10	0	0	1	0.18	67	46	−0.12
Mar 11	vs WSH	W 4–1	11:28	0	2	0	0.00	45	52	+1.35
Mar 9	vs NYR	L 2–6	12:48	0	0	0	0.00	58	30	−0.76
Mar 7	@ PIT	W 4–3 OT	19:19	0	1	0	0.00	47	52	+0.76
Mar 5	vs UTA	L 0–3	18:18	0	0	1	0.26	38	31	−0.55
Mar 2	@ TOR	W 3–2 OT	19:56	1	1	1	0.23	41	51	+1.83
Feb 28	vs BOS	W 3–1	17:31	0	1	0	0.06	43	52	+0.76
Feb 26	@ NYR	W 3–2 OT	15:29	0	1	5	0.44	21	31	+0.64
Feb 25	@ WSH	L 1–3	15:10	1	0	2	0.49	45	57	+1.59
Feb 5	vs OTT	L 1–2 OT	18:52	0	0	1	0.09	46	24	−0.57
Feb 3	vs WSH	W 4–2	16:37	0	0	2	0.75	50	73	+1.16
Jan 31	vs LAK	L 2–3 OT	15:21	0	0	0	0.18	35	29	−0.07
Jan 29	@ BOS	L 3–6	16:26	0	0	2	0.05	61	69	+0.45
Jan 28	@ CBJ	L 3–5	14:50	0	0	0	0.17	19	32	−0.40
Jan 26	vs NYI	L 0–4	16:43	0	0	3	0.54	59	75	+0.54
Jan 23	@ COL	W 7–3	15:00	0	1	0	0.31	41	77	+1.25
Jan 21	@ UTA	L 4–5 OT	15:29	0	0	1	0.07	46	40	−0.32
Jan 19	@ VGK	W 2–1	14:11	0	0	1	0.01	43	27	−0.41
Jan 17	vs NYR	L 3–6	14:42	0	0	0	0.00	58	50	−0.13
Jan 15	@ PIT	L 3–6	15:33	0	0	3	0.43	67	69	+0.72
Jan 14	@ BUF	L 2–5	15:07	0	1	1	0.08	71	96	+1.38
Jan 12	vs TBL	L 1–5	13:31	0	0	1	0.12	50	46	+0.01
Jan 10	vs TBL	L 2–7	15:22	0	0	1	0.03	44	46	−0.22
Jan 8	vs TOR	L 1–2 OT	13:59	0	0	0	0.00	57	52	−0.05
Jan 6	vs ANA	W 5–2	13:42	0	2	2	0.31	63	63	+2.10
Jan 3	@ EDM	W 5–2	13:57	0	0	0	0.00	53	72	+0.50
Dec 31	@ CGY	L 1–5	13:57	0	0	2	0.23	37	67	+0.28
Dec 30	@ VAN	W 6–3	13:07	1	1	1	0.03	50	64	+2.10
Dec 28	@ SEA	L 1–4	15:52	0	0	1	0.20	61	41	−0.09
Dec 23	@ CHI	W 3–1	16:31	1	0	3	0.42	56	69	+1.15
Dec 22	vs VAN	W 5–2	14:41	0	1	0	0.00	67	78	+1.20
Dec 20	@ NYR	L 4–5 OT	17:19	0	1	1	0.03	33	23	+0.01
Dec 18	@ BUF	L 3–5	15:37	1	0	2	0.13	70	52	+0.98
Dec 16	@ MTL	W 4–1	15:25	0	0	0	0.00	41	31	−0.17
Dec 14	@ CAR	L 2–3 OT	15:49	0	0	1	0.11	29	5	−0.17
Dec 13	vs CAR	L 3–4 OT	15:22	0	0	1	0.13	31	47	−0.22
Dec 11	vs VGK	L 2–3 OT	19:41	0	0	4	0.41	67	44	+0.26
Dec 9	vs SJS	W 4–1	15:25	1	0	2	0.12	81	77	+1.39
Dec 7	vs COL	L 2–3	17:45	0	0	2	0.19	38	36	−0.03
Dec 3	vs BUF	W 5–2	17:43	1	1	5	1.02	29	54	+2.72
Dec 1	vs PIT	L 1–5	16:00	0	0	0	0.00	42	63	+0.08
Nov 29	@ NJD	W 5–3	16:57	0	0	1	0.17	23	42	−0.12
Nov 28	@ NYI	W 4–3 OT	17:37	0	0	2	0.09	18	41	+0.04
Nov 26	@ FLA	W 4–2	17:46	0	0	1	0.05	53	33	−0.34
Nov 24	@ TBL	L 0–3	16:53	0	0	0	0.03	61	94	+0.39
Nov 22	vs NJD	W 6–3	16:28	1	2	4	0.60	35	55	+3.12
Nov 20	vs STL	W 3–2 OT	18:17	0	0	2	0.14	55	46	+0.17
Nov 15	@ DAL	L 1–5	15:09	0	0	0	0.00	57	36	−0.30
Nov 14	@ STL	W 6–5 OT	17:09	0	0	1	0.19	44	42	−0.17
Nov 12	vs EDM	L 1–2 OT	19:07	0	0	3	0.64	39	40	−0.14
Nov 8	vs OTT	L 2–3 OT	18:54	0	0	2	0.13	61	38	−0.23
Nov 6	@ NSH	W 3–1	15:41	1	0	1	0.24	29	60	+1.27
Nov 4	@ MTL	W 5–4 OT	18:44	0	1	4	0.43	39	40	+0.81
Nov 2	vs CGY	L 1–2	17:12	0	1	1	0.01	53	75	+1.18
Nov 1	vs TOR	L 2–5	16:27	0	0	5	0.47	77	69	+0.64
Oct 30	vs NSH	W 4–1	16:43	0	1	0	0.09	31	23	−0.04
Oct 28	vs PIT	W 3–2 OT	21:34	0	1	1	0.31	53	93	+1.63
Oct 25	vs NYI	W 4–3 OT	19:14	0	0	2	0.32	50	60	+0.32
Oct 23	@ OTT	L 1–2	16:25	0	0	1	0.25	60	74	+0.47
Oct 20	vs SEA	W 5–2	16:44	1	0	3	0.30	42	54	+1.02
Oct 18	vs MIN	W 2–1 OT	19:20	1	0	3	0.46	65	94	+1.80
Oct 16	vs WPG	L 2–5	15:18	0	0	1	0.12	50	73	+0.40
Oct 13	vs FLA	W 5–2	16:53	0	1	1	0.69	27	7	+0.60
Oct 11	@ CAR	L 3–4 OT	16:20	0	1	3	0.59	48	49	+1.25
Oct 9	@ FLA	L 1–2	16:41	1	0	3	1.12	62	85	+2.81