Per 82 GP	2026-27projection	2025-2683 GP	H243 GP	H140 GP	Prev 3246 GP · 3y
TOI	18.73	18.96	18.87	17.78	17.81
PP TOI	0.13	0.13	0.22	0.04	0.13
G	4	1	2	0	4
A	15	11	14	7	16
PTS	19	12	16	7	20
PPP	0	0	0	0	0
SOG	106	94	107	80	114
PIM	31	38	44	31	29
Hits	26	19	23	14	70
Blocks	104	107	103	111	98

Sample: 83 GP · 1,399 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingDefense · league-wide (of 303)

222Samuel Girard-33

223Henry Thrun-34

224Dmitri Simashev-34

225Brett Kulak-34

226Sam Dickinson-35

227Haydn Fleury-35

228Jacob Bernard-Docker-35

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

Below his 3-year rate

Hits/60

Hits/60 ran 75% below his 3-year rate last season (0.73 against 2.98).

We project it up

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We’re projecting assists 36% above last season, 11 to 15.

Second-half surge

PIM

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Penalty minutes ran at a 44 pace in the second half after 31 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half surge

SOG/60

SOG/60 finished the year 32% above where it started (3.31 in the first half, 4.37 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

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

Owen PowerD · Buffalo Sabres79% match
Vladislav GavrikovD · New York Rangers79% match
Rasmus RistolainenD · Philadelphia Flyers77% match
Simon NemecD · Calgary Flames74% match

Complementary Defense

Same position, opposite profile — strong where Brett Kulak 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
Evan BouchardD · Edmonton Oilerscovers 3
fills: A, PPP, SOG
Erik KarlssonD · Pittsburgh Penguinscovers 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

the profile below

vs Similar

similar players hug the shape

vs Complementary

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 · Jared Bednar (COL)

Last year (PIT, traded): Jared Bednar COL · pre-trade → Kris Knoblauch EDM · pre-trade → Dan Muse PIT · acquired mid-season (small sample) — in-season change

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
TOI	18.73	18.96	17.81	+6%
5v5 TOI	16.88	16.86	15.81	+7%
PP TOI	0.13	0.13	0.13	-1%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 23 · 17 · 23 · 20

TOI*

5v5 TOI

PP TOI

*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

5v5 TOI

PP TOI

TOI → 18.73: holds last year's role
5v5 TOI → 16.88: holds last year's role
PP TOI → 0.13: holds last year's role

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	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
SOG/60	3.86	3.90	5.06	-23%
G/60	0.05	0.04	0.18	-78%
iSH%	2.81	1.03	3.57	-71%
ixG/60	–	0.15	0.18	-15%
iCF/60	–	9.22	10.68	-14%
iSCF/60	–	1.93	2.63	-27%
iHDCF/60	–	0.34	0.43	-21%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 23 · 17 · 23 · 20

SOG/60

iSH%

ixG/60

iCF/60

iSCF/60

iHDCF/60

By season — year over year

SOG/60

iSH%

ixG/60

iCF/60

iSCF/60

iHDCF/60

Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection

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SOG

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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% 1.0% sits near the 3.6% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.15 (13th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.

RiskShot volume down 23% (5v5 SOG/60 3.90 vs 5.06) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.

TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.12→0.18 across the year — process trending the right way into next season.

RiskAge 32 — 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	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
on-ice SH%	7.73	7.63	7.98	-4%
IPP	27.05	24.87	33.70	-26%
1A/60	0.19	0.21	0.16	+35%
2A/60	0.37	0.21	0.46	-55%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 23 · 17 · 23 · 20

1A/60

2A/60

By season — year over year

1A/60

2A/60

Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection

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PTS

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Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)

TailwindIPP 24.9% sits below the 33.7% 3-yr mark — participation should rebound, nudging assists 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.

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
PP TOI	0.13	0.13	0.13	-1%
PP iSH%	–	n/a	0.00
PP SOG/60	0.92	0.00	3.67	-100%
PP ixG/60	–	0.00	0.18	-100%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 23 · 17 · 23 · 20

PP TOI/GP

PP SOG/60

PP ixG/60

By season — year over year

PP TOI/GP

PP SOG/60

PP ixG/60

Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection

PPP

PPG

PPA

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 ~0.1 PP TOI/gp.

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	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
PIMs/60	1.39	1.54	1.34	+15%
Hits/60	0.99	0.73	2.98	-75%
Blks/60	3.69	3.82	3.69	+4%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 23 · 17 · 23 · 20

PIMs/60

Hits/60

Blks/60

By season — year over year

PIMs/60

Hits/60

Blks/60

Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection

PIM

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HITS

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BLK

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Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)

TailwindHits surging late: Q4 1.03/60 and 2nd-half 0.90 vs a 0.73 season rate (2.98 3-yr) (4th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 0.99/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.

RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 2.74/60 and 2nd-half 3.50 below the 3.82 season rate — projected DOWN to 3.69/60, weighting the recent decline over the 3.69 3-yr mark.