🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Brad Lambert

WPG · Age 22.6 · 🇫🇮 Finland · 6′1″, 173 lb · Draft 2022, 30th overall (WPG)
WPGteam
RWposition
244position rank
761skater rank
-50overall
-40offense
-10peripherals
goals
11
assists
11
points
22
power play points
4
shots on goal
96
penalty minutes
20
hits
75
blocked shots
20

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2625 GPH221 GPH14 GPPrev 3thin
TOI11.2610.8111.26––
PP TOI1.501.381.66––
G11108––
A111012––
PTS222020––
PPP434––
SOG968998––
PIM202016––
Hits757278––
Blocks202020––

Sample: 25 GP · 234 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingRight wing · league-wide (of 273)
241Conor Sheary-49
242Brett Leason-50
243Kailer Yamamoto-50
244Brad Lambert-50
245Ian Moore-51
246Vinnie Hinostroza-51
247Jonny Brodzinski-52
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.

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 Brad Lambert 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 · Scott Arniel (WPG)
Last year: Scott Arniel full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj		2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI11.2610.81n/a
5v5 TOI9.839.37n/a
PP TOI1.501.38n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  4 · 0 · 1 · 20
TOI*
11.26Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
9.61Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
1.66Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
11.2622-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
9.8322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
1.5022-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/606.075.89n/a
G/600.790.77n/a
iSH%13.0713.07n/a
ixG/60–0.51n/a
iCF/60–10.24n/a
iSCF/60–5.38n/a
iHDCF/60–2.56n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  4 · 0 · 1 · 20
SOG/60
6.25Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
9.92Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
0.55Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
10.30Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
5.93Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
2.50Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.8922-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
13.0722-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.5122-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
10.2422-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.3822-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
2.5622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
9622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindAge 22 — still on the up-slope of the scoring curve.
TailwindAge 22 on a single NHL season — projected a development step, not a flat repeat: scoring rates +6% and role +4% toward the mid-20s peak (a young riser improves on last year, not repeats it).

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%6.616.61n/a
IPP83.1283.12n/a
1A/600.510.51n/a
2A/600.000.00n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  4 · 0 · 1 · 20
1A/60
0.62Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.5122-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextAssist environment looks normal (on-ice SH% 6.6%, IPP 83.1%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj		2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI1.501.38n/a
PP iSH%0.000.00n/a
PP SOG/605.235.23n/a
PP ixG/60–2.45n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  4 · 0 · 1 · 20
PP TOI/GP
1.66Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
5.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
2.55Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
1.3822-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
5.2322-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
2.4522-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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: 1.4→1.5 PP TOI/gp (same coach (Scott Arniel) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 1.7, Q4 1.7) over the full-year 1.4; one NHL season — role grown +4% toward a sophomore workload) — 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/601.511.54n/a
Hits/605.635.63n/a
Blks/601.541.54n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  4 · 0 · 1 · 20
PIMs/60
1.25Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
5.93Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
1.56Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.5422-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
5.6322-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
1.5422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
7522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 5.63/60 (66th pct league-wide) → 5.63 projected.
ContextBlocks role-stable at 1.54/60 (18th pct league-wide) → 1.54 projected.