Per 82 GP	2026-27projection	2025-2630 GP	H221 GP	H19 GP	Prev 3thin
TOI	12.75	12.75	13.16	11.67	–
PP TOI	0.04	0.04	0.05	–	–
G	3	3	4	0	–
A	19	19	27	-0	–
PTS	22	22	31	0	–
PPP	0	0	0	–	–
SOG	63	63	55	82	–
PIM	42	44	44	42	–
Hits	97	96	95	96	–
Blocks	88	90	68	142	–

Sample: 30 GP · 372 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingDefense · league-wide (of 303)

206Alex Vlasic-28

207Jackson Smith-29

208Wyatt Kaiser-29

209Ilya Solovyov-29

210David Reinbacher-30

211Ryker Evans-30

212Joshua Mahura-30

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

BLK

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Blocks ran at a 68 pace in the second half after 142 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half fade

SOG/60

SOG/60 finished the year 42% below where it started (5.26 in the first half, 3.05 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

Timothy LiljegrenD · Washington Capitals79% match
Tyler TuckerD · St. Louis Blues79% match
shared: Hits
Brenden DillonD · New Jersey Devils79% match
shared: Hits
Maveric LamoureuxD · Utah Mammoth78% match
shared: Hits

Complementary Defense

Same position, opposite profile — strong where Ilya Solovyov is weak or average, light where he’s strong

Zach WerenskiD · Columbus Blue Jacketscovers 3
fills: SOG, A, PPP
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

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 · Dan Muse (PIT)

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

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3
TOI	12.75	12.75	n/a
5v5 TOI	12.60	12.41	n/a
PP TOI	0.04	0.04	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 9 · 0 · 13 · 8

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 → 12.75: holds the rookie-season role
5v5 TOI → 12.60: same coach (Dan Muse) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 13.0, Q4 13.9) over the full-year 12.4
PP TOI → 0.04: same coach (Dan Muse) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.0, Q4 0.0) over the full-year 0.0

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
SOG/60	3.65	3.71	n/a
G/60	0.16	0.16	n/a
iSH%	4.31	4.31	n/a
ixG/60	–	0.13	n/a
iCF/60	–	10.95	n/a
iSCF/60	–	2.74	n/a
iHDCF/60	–	0.32	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 9 · 0 · 13 · 8

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)

ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.16 (1st half) to 0.12 (2nd).

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
on-ice SH%	10.36	10.36	n/a
IPP	40.06	40.06	n/a
1A/60	0.48	0.48	n/a
2A/60	0.64	0.64	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 9 · 0 · 13 · 8

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)

ContextAssist environment looks normal (on-ice SH% 10.4%, IPP 40.1%).

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
PP TOI	0.04	0.04	n/a
PP iSH%	–	n/a	n/a
PP SOG/60	0.00	0.00	n/a
PP ixG/60	–	0.00	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 9 · 0 · 13 · 8

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 ~0.0 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
PIMs/60	2.19	2.26	n/a
Hits/60	5.32	5.32	n/a
Blks/60	4.79	4.99	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 9 · 0 · 13 · 8

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)

ContextHits role-stable at 5.32/60 (63rd pct league-wide) → 5.32 projected.

RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 3.78/60 and 2nd-half 3.59 below the 4.99 season rate — projected DOWN to 4.79/60, weighting the recent decline over the n/a 3-yr mark.