🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

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2026-27 Projection

Kirill Kaprizov

MIN · Age 29.3 · 🇷🇺 Russia · 5′10″, 202 lb · Draft 2015, 135th overall (MIN)
MINteam
LWposition
3position rank
10skater rank
151overall
98offense
53peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2678 GPH235 GPH143 GPPrev 3183 GP · 3y
TOI22.0822.1520.6520.6121.61
PP TOI3.933.993.734.203.87
G5047514550
A5146474652
PTS101949890102
PPP3634373139
SOG288281276284306
PIM3529322739
Hits6655743961
Blocks3328243236

Sample: 78 GP · 1,294 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingLeft wing · league-wide (of 281)
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
HITS
6622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Hits ran at a 74 pace in the second half after 39 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half surge
PP ixG/60
3-yr 3.245.60Q1Q2Q3Q4

PP ixG/60 finished the year 59% above where it started (2.90 in the first half, 4.62 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Top of the league
PP TOI
3.9322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

PP TOI sits in the 99th percentile league-wide (3.99).

Bottom of the league
Blks/60
1.0722-2323-2424-2525-26

Blks/60 sits in the 5th percentile league-wide (1.07).

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
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Kirill Kaprizov 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 · John Hynes (MIN)
Last year: John Hynes full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI22.0822.1521.61+3%
5v5 TOI16.4616.6016.22+2%
PP TOI3.933.993.87+3%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 22 · 21 · 14
TOI*
3-yr 21.6119.46Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 16.2215.98Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 3.873.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
22.0822-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
16.4622-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
3.9322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/607.327.327.80-6%
G/600.880.831.03-20%
iSH%12.0611.3413.23-14%
ixG/600.830.82+2%
iCF/6014.9216.66-10%
iSCF/608.209.01-9%
iHDCF/603.523.82-8%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 22 · 21 · 14
SOG/60
3-yr 7.806.71Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 13.2323.99Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.820.89Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 16.6613.14Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 9.018.31Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.823.22Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
7.3222-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
11.3422-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.8322-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
14.9222-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
8.2022-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.5222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
5022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
28822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindGoals projected UP: iSH% cratered to 11.3% vs 13.2% 3-yr while 5v5 ixG/60 0.83 (79th pct league-wide) held/rose — the chances say the finishing rebounds toward 12.1%, lifting the goal rate ~6%.

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%10.1910.1610.22-1%
IPP67.3163.3672.15-12%
1A/600.710.560.81-31%
2A/600.450.460.41+13%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 22 · 21 · 14
1A/60
3-yr 0.810.27Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.410.54Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.5622-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.4622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
5122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
10122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 10.2%, IPP 63.4%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI3.933.993.87+3%
PP iSH%19.4721.8117.77+23%
PP SOG/6017.4016.7819.05-12%
PP ixG/603.483.24+8%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 22 · 21 · 14
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 3.873.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 19.0521.20Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 3.245.60Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
3.9922-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
16.7822-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
3.4822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
3622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
1622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextPP role steady at ~3.9 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
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PIMs/601.100.931.47-37%
Hits/602.822.322.47-6%
Blks/601.221.071.45-26%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 22 · 21 · 14
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.470.54Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 2.473.49Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 1.451.34Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
0.9322-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
2.3222-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
1.0722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
3522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
6622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
3322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindHits surging late: Q4 3.49/60 and 2nd-half 3.13 vs a 2.32 season rate (2.47 3-yr) (29th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 2.82/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
RiskBottom-of-league blocks (5th pct) — no meaningful floor here, don't draft for it.