🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Alex Ovechkin

WSH · Age 40.9 · 🇷🇺 Russia · 6′3″, 238 lb · Draft 2004, 1st overall (WSH)
WSHteam
LW,RWposition
27position rank
82skater rank
78overall
37offense
41peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2682 GPH240 GPH142 GPPrev 3217 GP · 3y
TOI17.1717.4516.2216.9819.10
PP TOI4.424.494.694.304.49
G3432333144
A3132263836
PTS6564586980
PPP2219201828
SOG237243268219303
PIM2326332031
Hits131134129139175
Blocks1716181422

Sample: 82 GP · 991 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingLeft wing · league-wide (of 281)
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 0.690.30Q1Q2Q3Q4

1A/60 finished the year 67% below where it started (1.14 in the first half, 0.38 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half fade
A
3122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Assists ran at a 26 pace in the second half after 38 in the first, per 82 games.

Top of the league
PP TOI
4.4222-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

PP TOI sits in the 99th percentile league-wide (4.49).

Top of the league
ixG/60
1.0622-2323-2424-2525-26

ixG/60 sits in the 97th percentile league-wide (1.06).

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
  • Zach HymanRW · Edmonton Oilers83% match
    shared: G, SOG, PPP
  • John TavaresC · Toronto Maple Leafs82% match
    shared: G, SOG, PPP, Hits
  • Cole CaufieldLW · Montreal Canadiens80% match
    shared: G, SOG, PPP
  • Cutter GauthierLW,RW · Anaheim Ducks80% match
    shared: G, SOG
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Alex Ovechkin is weak or average, light where he’s strong
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 · Spencer Carbery (WSH)
Last year: Spencer Carbery full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI17.1717.4519.10-9%
5v5 TOI11.6112.0913.68-12%
PP TOI4.424.494.49+0%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 22 · 18
TOI*
3-yr 19.1015.63Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 13.6811.20Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 4.494.40Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
17.1722-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.6122-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
4.4222-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/608.158.299.44-12%
G/601.061.151.11+4%
iSH%13.0713.8711.76+18%
ixG/601.060.93+14%
iCF/6019.2519.33-0%
iSCF/6010.2310.03+2%
iHDCF/604.904.09+20%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 22 · 18
SOG/60
3-yr 9.4410.71Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 11.7613.91Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.931.14Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 19.3321.72Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 10.0311.90Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 4.096.84Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
8.2922-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
13.8722-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
1.0622-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
19.2522-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
10.2322-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
4.9022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
3422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
23722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindProcess rising: 5v5 ixG/60 1.06 (97th pct league-wide) up on the 3-yr 0.93 — the shot quality is real, so the projected goal rate leans on chances, not a hot %.
RiskShot volume down 12% (5v5 SOG/60 8.29 vs 9.44) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
RiskAge 40 — 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%10.7211.159.70+15%
IPP72.8171.9574.90-4%
1A/600.780.790.69+15%
2A/600.310.240.36-34%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 22 · 18
1A/60
3-yr 0.690.30Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.360.30Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.7922-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.2422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
3122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
6522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 11.1%, IPP 71.9%).
TailwindHigh-danger setups up (iHDCF/60 4.90 vs 4.09) — the dangerous chances that turn into primary assists are trending up.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI4.424.494.49+0%
PP iSH%11.045.7814.85-61%
PP SOG/6014.9614.0117.01-18%
PP ixG/601.721.74-1%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 22 · 18
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 4.494.40Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 17.0116.66Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.742.01Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
4.4922-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
14.0122-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
1.7222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
2222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
1322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextPP role steady at ~4.4 PP TOI/gp.
TailwindPP finishing ran cold (5.8% vs 14.8%) over steady PP chances — PP goals should rebound.

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/601.421.571.38+14%
Hits/607.677.578.84-14%
Blks/600.920.850.99-14%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 21 · 22 · 18
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.380.60Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 8.847.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 0.990.89Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.5722-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
7.5722-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
0.8522-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
2322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
13122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
1722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 7.57/60 (78th pct league-wide) → 7.67 projected.
TailwindBlocks surging late: Q4 0.89/60 and 2nd-half 1.02 vs a 0.85 season rate (0.99 3-yr) (2nd pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 0.92/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.