🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Alexandre Carrier

MTL · Age 29.8 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 5′11″, 174 lb · Draft 2015, 115th overall (NSH)
MTLteam
Dposition
152position rank
438skater rank
-10overall
-49offense
38peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2673 GPH232 GPH141 GPPrev 3195 GP · 3y
TOI19.1119.0817.9518.7219.32
PP TOI0.040.030.010.040.33
G481524
A1817171719
PTS2225321923
PPP00000
SOG7263695887
PIM4438483047
Hits5239354381
Blocks157174173175153

Sample: 73 GP · 1,118 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingDefense · league-wide (of 303)
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 surge
iSH%
3-yr 3.870.00Q1Q2Q3Q4

iSH% finished the year 150% above where it started (3.56 in the first half, 13.60 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

We project it down
G
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting goals 50% below last season, 8 to 4.

Second-half surge
PIM
4422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Penalty minutes ran at a 48 pace in the second half after 30 in the first, per 82 games.

We project it up
HITS
5222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting hits 33% above last season, 39 to 52.

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 Defense
Closest across all seven categories — match % is the whole-profile fit
Complementary Defense
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Alexandre Carrier is weak or average, light where he’s strong
  • Cale MakarD · Colorado Avalanchecovers 3
    fills: A, PPP, SOG
  • Quinn HughesD · Minnesota Wildcovers 3
    fills: A, PPP, SOG
  • Zach WerenskiD · Columbus Blue Jacketscovers 3
    fills: SOG, A, PPP
  • Evan BouchardD · Edmonton Oilerscovers 3
    fills: A, PPP, SOG
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 · Martin St. Louis (MTL)
Last year: Martin St. Louis full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI19.1119.0819.32-1%
5v5 TOI15.1615.3316.24-6%
PP TOI0.040.030.33-92%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 21 · 21 · 11
TOI*
3-yr 19.3217.76Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 16.2414.73Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.330.01Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
19.1122-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
15.1622-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.0422-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/602.792.793.49-20%
G/600.270.380.13+182%
iSH%6.7913.623.87+252%
ixG/600.170.19-9%
iCF/607.297.91-8%
iSCF/601.562.52-38%
iHDCF/600.480.36+34%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 21 · 21 · 11
SOG/60
3-yr 3.491.11Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 3.870.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.190.08Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 7.915.92Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 2.521.11Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 0.360.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
2.7922-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
13.6222-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.1722-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
7.2922-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
1.5622-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
0.4822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
7222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskGoals projected DOWN: iSH% ran hot at 13.6% vs a 3.9% 3-yr mark while 5v5 ixG/60 0.17 (18th pct league-wide) was flat — finishing, not process. Regressing iSH% toward 6.8% pulls the goal rate ~28% down.
RiskShot volume down 20% (5v5 SOG/60 2.79 vs 3.49) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.

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%10.7711.788.32+42%
IPP38.3938.9736.34+7%
1A/600.370.380.32+17%
2A/600.360.380.36+6%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 21 · 21 · 11
1A/60
3-yr 0.320.37Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.360.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.3822-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.3822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
2222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskOn-ice SH% hot at 11.8% vs a 8.3% 3-yr mark — teammate finishing regresses (~8% is league-normal), so some assists come off.
TailwindHigh-danger setups up (iHDCF/60 0.48 vs 0.36) — the dangerous chances that turn into primary assists are trending up.
ContextDefenseman — weight transition/PP facilitation over raw 2A; secondary assists read a touch better for D than forwards.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.040.030.33-92%
PP iSH%n/a0.00
PP SOG/601.120.005.62-100%
PP ixG/600.000.38-100%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 21 · 21 · 11
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.330.01Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 5.620.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 0.380.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.0322-2323-2424-2525-26
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: 0.0→0.0 PP TOI/gp (role tapered late (Q4 0.0 vs 0.0 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/602.031.721.95-12%
Hits/602.211.663.22-48%
Blks/605.656.065.15+18%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 21 · 21 · 11
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.952.22Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 3.222.59Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 5.154.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.7222-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
1.6622-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
6.0622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
4422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
5222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
15722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindHits surging late: Q4 2.59/60 and 2nd-half 1.77 vs a 1.66 season rate (3.22 3-yr) (19th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 2.21/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 4.44/60 and 2nd-half 5.74 below the 6.06 season rate — projected DOWN to 5.65/60, weighting the recent decline over the 5.15 3-yr mark.