Per 82 GP	2026-27projection	2025-2652 GP	H237 GP	H115 GP	Prev 3241 GP · 3y
TOI	16.50	16.43	15.59	15.20	16.78
PP TOI	2.81	2.84	2.75	3.06	2.60
G	29	31	30	35	31
A	35	31	35	23	35
PTS	64	63	65	58	66
PPP	19	21	20	22	19
SOG	200	184	180	195	214
PIM	19	17	13	27	21
Hits	56	63	54	87	53
Blocks	35	40	41	37	34

Sample: 52 GP · 651 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingCentre · league-wide (of 271)

46Pierre-Luc Dubois52

47Will Smith49

48Nick Schmaltz49

49Jared McCann49

50Jack McBain45

51Josh Norris43

52Brayden Schenn42

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

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Assists ran at a 35 pace in the second half after 23 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half fade

Hits/60

Hits/60 finished the year 54% below where it started (5.12 in the first half, 2.35 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Below his 3-year rate

SOG/60

SOG/60 ran 28% below his 3-year rate last season (5.80 against 8.07).

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

Kirill MarchenkoRW · Columbus Blue Jackets89% match
shared: SOG, PPP
Valeri NichushkinLW,RW · Columbus Blue Jackets87% match
shared: SOG, G
Brock BoeserLW,RW · Vancouver Canucks87% match
shared: PPP, G
Jordan KyrouRW · Washington Capitals86% match
shared: SOG, G, PPP

Complementary Forward

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

Ross JohnstonLW · St. Louis Bluescovers 2
fills: PIM, Hits
Scott SabourinRW · Tampa Bay Lightningcovers 2
fills: PIM, Hits
Michael PezzettaLW,RW · Toronto Maple Leafscovers 2
fills: Hits, PIM
Jonah GadjovichLW,RW · Florida Pantherscovers 2
fills: PIM, Hits

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 · Lane Lambert (SEA)

Last year: Lane Lambert full season (1st yr) — no change

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
TOI	16.50	16.43	16.78	-2%
5v5 TOI	12.45	12.54	12.04	+4%
PP TOI	2.81	2.84	2.60	+9%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 5 · 10 · 23 · 14

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 → 16.50: holds last year's role
5v5 TOI → 12.45: holds last year's role
PP TOI → 2.81: established top role held near 2.8 — the late dip (Q4 2.6) reads mostly as rest / season wear, not lost usage

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	5.80	5.80	8.07	-28%
G/60	0.81	0.74	1.20	-38%
iSH%	13.98	12.76	14.86	-14%
ixG/60	–	0.64	0.67	-4%
iCF/60	–	12.15	16.42	-26%
iSCF/60	–	6.07	7.71	-21%
iHDCF/60	–	2.67	2.75	-3%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 5 · 10 · 23 · 14

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% 12.8% sits near the 14.9% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.64 (54th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.

RiskShot volume down 28% (5v5 SOG/60 5.80 vs 8.07) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.

ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.80 (1st half) to 0.56 (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	Diff
on-ice SH%	10.30	9.67	11.21	-14%
IPP	72.24	72.28	72.18	+0%
1A/60	0.91	0.92	0.85	+8%
2A/60	0.38	0.28	0.37	-25%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 5 · 10 · 23 · 14

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% 9.7%, IPP 72.3%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
PP TOI	2.81	2.84	2.60	+9%
PP iSH%	12.98	18.45	12.98	+42%
PP SOG/60	15.28	15.45	14.75	+5%
PP ixG/60	–	1.80	1.56	+16%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 5 · 10 · 23 · 14

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 ~2.8 PP TOI/gp.

TailwindPP chance quality up (PP ixG/60 1.80 vs 1.56) — a real process gain, the kind that sustains PP points.

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	0.86	1.01	1.01	-0%
Hits/60	2.84	3.04	3.04	-0%
Blks/60	1.50	1.66	1.59	+4%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 5 · 10 · 23 · 14

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)

RiskHits tailing off: Q4 2.08/60 and 2nd-half 2.35 below the 3.04 season rate — projected DOWN to 2.84/60, weighting the recent decline over the 3.04 3-yr mark.

RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 0.69/60 and 2nd-half 1.46 below the 1.66 season rate — projected DOWN to 1.50/60, weighting the recent decline over the 1.59 3-yr mark.

TailwindFights / takes majors (0.09/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.