🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Jake Evans

MTL · Age 30.2 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 6′0″, 186 lb · Draft 2014, 207th overall (MTL)
MTLteam
Cposition
161position rank
569skater rank
-28overall
-39offense
11peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2668 GPH234 GPH134 GPPrev 3218 GP · 3y
TOI15.3715.3614.9914.3815.46
PP TOI0.040.040.030.050.10
G111415148
A1814181123
PTS2929332531
PPP00000
SOG8690988381
PIM3046514123
Hits9910710710789
Blocks6160576462

Sample: 68 GP · 799 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingCentre · league-wide (of 271)
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
A
1822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Assists ran at a 18 pace in the second half after 11 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half surge
iHDCF/60
3-yr 2.463.20Q1Q2Q3Q4

iHDCF/60 finished the year 116% above where it started (1.74 in the first half, 3.75 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Above his 3-year rate
iSH%
11.1122-2323-2424-2525-26

iSH% ran 58% above his 3-year rate last season (11.11 against 7.05).

Below his 3-year rate
1A/60
0.3822-2323-2424-2525-26

1A/60 ran 46% below his 3-year rate last season (0.38 against 0.70).

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
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Jake Evans 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 · Martin St. Louis (MTL)
Last year: Martin St. Louis full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI15.3715.3615.46-1%
5v5 TOI11.9511.7611.84-1%
PP TOI0.040.040.10-61%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 14 · 14 · 20
TOI*
3-yr 15.4615.09Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 11.8412.17Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.100.03Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
15.3722-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.9522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
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/604.054.053.95+3%
G/600.390.450.28+61%
iSH%9.5711.117.05+58%
ixG/600.690.51+36%
iCF/609.088.97+1%
iSCF/605.485.60-2%
iHDCF/602.782.46+13%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 14 · 14 · 20
SOG/60
3-yr 3.954.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 7.055.63Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.510.80Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 8.979.61Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 5.605.92Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 2.463.20Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
4.0522-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
11.1122-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.6922-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
9.0822-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.4822-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
2.7822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
8622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 0.69 (60th pct league-wide) up on the 3-yr 0.51 — the shot quality is real, so the projected goal rate leans on chances, not a hot %.
TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.58→0.76 across the year — process trending the right way into next season.

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%8.058.058.05-0%
IPP69.0171.1165.75+8%
1A/600.510.380.70-46%
2A/600.340.450.32+39%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 14 · 14 · 20
1A/60
3-yr 0.700.49Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.320.25Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.3822-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.4522-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
2922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 8.1%, IPP 71.1%).
TailwindHigh-danger setups up (iHDCF/60 2.78 vs 2.46) — the dangerous chances that turn into primary assists are trending up.
RiskAssist gain leans on secondary helpers (2A/60 0.45 vs 3-yr 0.32) — the least repeatable slice; projected back toward baseline.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.040.040.10-61%
PP iSH%n/a50.01
PP SOG/601.360.005.42-100%
PP ixG/600.001.03-100%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 14 · 14 · 20
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.100.03Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 5.420.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.030.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.0422-2323-2424-2525-26
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/602.312.401.20+99%
Hits/606.016.605.13+29%
Blks/602.562.632.53+4%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 14 · 14 · 20
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.204.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 5.137.89Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.532.47Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
2.4022-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
6.6022-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.6322-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
3022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
9922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
6122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 6.60/60 (73rd pct league-wide) → 6.01 projected.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 2.47/60 and 2nd-half 2.31 below the 2.63 season rate — projected DOWN to 2.56/60, weighting the recent decline over the 2.53 3-yr mark.