🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Adam Lowry

WPG · Age 33.3 · 🇺🇸 USA · 6′6″, 208 lb · Draft 2011, 67th overall (WPG)
WPGteam
Cposition
118position rank
410skater rank
-8overall
-39offense
30peripherals

Value over replacement, based on 82 games played.
Ideal for H2H 12-team banger category leagues, 16 roster spots.

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2670 GPH242 GPH128 GPPrev 3236 GP · 3y
TOI14.9014.9715.0813.3915.74
PP TOI0.110.080.100.050.66
G1065714
A2019201722
PTS3025252437
PPP00001
SOG91838383119
PIM3837432946
Hits169176174179168
Blocks5956516458

Sample: 70 GP · 878 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingCentre · league-wide (of 271)
offenseperipheralsvalue over replacement

Counts = projected deployment × projected /60 rate, per 82 GP. Rates regress off the process metric (ixG, shot-driving), not last year's finishing %. PP points = projected PP rate (anchored on the 2nd-half PP1 role, finishing regressed) × projected PP TOI.

Metrics worth highlighting

The charts that move this projection — where he broke from his own 3-year rate, where the season split in half, and where we’re taking the number next year
Second-half fade
1A/60
3-yr 0.390.44Q1Q2Q3Q4

1A/60 finished the year 71% below where it started (1.12 in the first half, 0.33 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half surge
PIMs/60
3-yr 2.422.87Q1Q2Q3Q4

PIMs/60 finished the year 94% above where it started (1.23 in the first half, 2.39 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

We project it up
PTS
3022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting points 20% above last season, 25 to 30.

Below his 3-year rate
SOG/60
4.4422-2323-2424-2525-26

SOG/60 ran 24% below his 3-year rate last season (4.44 against 5.84).

Picked automatically from every chart on this card, ranked by how far each number moved. Each claim is measured off the chart drawn beside it.

Similar & complementary players

Similar makeup Forward
Closest across all seven categories — match % is the whole-profile fit
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Adam Lowry is weak or average, light where he’s strong
  • Jack HughesC,LW · New Jersey Devilscovers 4
    fills: SOG, PPP, A, G
  • Artemi PanarinLW · Los Angeles Kingscovers 4
    fills: A, PPP, SOG, G
  • William NylanderRW · Toronto Maple Leafscovers 4
    fills: PPP, SOG, G, A
  • Jack EichelC · Vegas Golden Knightscovers 4
    fills: SOG, A, PPP, G
Profile shape — per-82 category values vs the league p99 for the position (same scale as the hero bars)
This player
GAPPPSOGPIMHitsBlocks
the profile below
vs Similar
GAPPPSOGPIMHitsBlocks
similar players hug the shape
vs Complementary
GAPPPSOGPIMHitsBlocks
complements fill the gaps

Deployment

Deployment projection — next-year TOI & PP TOI vs the last two years (the role that drives every count)
Coaching
2026-27 · Scott Arniel (WPG)
Last year: Scott Arniel full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI14.9014.9715.74-5%
5v5 TOI12.7512.5412.31+2%
PP TOI0.110.080.66-88%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  7 · 21 · 22 · 20
TOI*
3-yr 15.7415.40Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 12.3113.59Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.660.04Q1Q2Q3Q4
*Total TOI by quarter reconstructs 5v5+PP quarterly totals plus a held-flat season PK/GP — NST has no all-strength quarterly export. Level is accurate; quarter-to-quarter movement comes from 5v5+PP.
By season — year over year
TOI
14.9022-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
12.7522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.1122-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

Shooting — volume & conversion

How much and how well he shoots — volume (SOG), finishing (% vs chance quality), and the individual shot-quality funnel (iCF ⊇ iSCF ⊇ iHDCF).

Metric (5v5)26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
SOG/604.314.445.84-24%
G/600.350.270.64-58%
iSH%8.926.0810.98-45%
ixG/600.740.91-18%
iCF/609.5011.38-17%
iSCF/606.707.81-14%
iHDCF/603.624.71-23%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  7 · 21 · 22 · 20
SOG/60
3-yr 5.843.31Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 10.986.65Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.910.62Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 11.387.51Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 7.815.96Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 4.713.09Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
4.4422-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
6.0822-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.7422-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
9.5022-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
6.7022-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.6222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
9122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. The bold line is all situations; the muted line under it is 5v5 alone, so the gap between them is his special-teams production. Full seasons are true per-82 counts; the 2025-26 H1/H2 reconstruct all-strength from the 5v5+PP quarterly exports plus the season's held-flat PK/other. The projected 5v5 point is the engine's even-strength share of the total, converted to 5v5 by his own 5v5-to-even-strength split, so overtime and 4-on-4 scoring stays out of it.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
ContextFinishing looks earned: iSH% 6.1% sits near the 11.0% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.74 (66th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.
RiskShot volume down 24% (5v5 SOG/60 4.44 vs 5.84) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
RiskAge 33 — modest past-prime drag on scoring rates.

Assists — playmaking & on-ice offense

Primary vs secondary helpers, plus the on-ice offense and luck signals underneath them.

Metric (5v5)26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
on-ice SH%7.517.587.32+4%
IPP67.3466.8568.66-3%
1A/600.440.550.39+39%
2A/600.460.410.45-10%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  7 · 21 · 22 · 20
1A/60
3-yr 0.390.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.450.22Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.5522-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.4122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
3022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. The bold line is all situations; the muted line under it is 5v5 alone, so the gap between them is his special-teams production. Full seasons are true per-82 counts; the 2025-26 H1/H2 reconstruct all-strength from the 5v5+PP quarterly exports plus the season's held-flat PK/other. The projected 5v5 point is the engine's even-strength share of the total, converted to 5v5 by his own 5v5-to-even-strength split, so overtime and 4-on-4 scoring stays out of it.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
ContextAssist environment looks normal (on-ice SH% 7.6%, IPP 66.8%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.110.080.66-88%
PP iSH%n/a0.00
PP SOG/602.030.008.12-100%
PP ixG/600.001.60-100%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  7 · 21 · 22 · 20
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.660.04Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 8.120.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.600.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.0822-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
0.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
0.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. PPG and PPA are the 2 halves of the PPP above them, split by the projection's own goal/assist mix. PP-only, so the halves are exact.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
TailwindPP role projected up: 0.1→0.1 PP TOI/gp (role tapered late (Q4 0.0 vs 0.1 full-year) — projected toward the softer finish) — the biggest PPP lever.

Physical — PIM · hits · blocks

Peripheral counting categories. Noisier and scorer-biased — read as role over the years, not pure talent.

Metric (5v5)26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PIMs/602.222.192.42-9%
Hits/609.209.779.54+2%
Blks/602.202.122.31-8%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  7 · 21 · 22 · 20
PIMs/60
3-yr 2.422.87Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 9.5410.60Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.312.43Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
2.1922-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
9.7722-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.1222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
3822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
16922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
5922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. The bold line is all situations; the muted line under it is 5v5 alone, so the gap between them is his special-teams production. Full seasons are true per-82 counts; the 2025-26 H1/H2 reconstruct all-strength from the 5v5+PP quarterly exports plus the season's held-flat PK/other. The projected 5v5 point is the engine's even-strength share of the total, converted to 5v5 by his own 5v5-to-even-strength split, so overtime and 4-on-4 scoring stays out of it.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
ContextHits role-stable at 9.77/60 (85th pct league-wide) → 9.20 projected.
ContextBlocks role-stable at 2.12/60 (36th pct league-wide) → 2.20 projected.
TailwindFights / takes majors (0.27/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.