🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Kyle Capobianco

DAL · Age 29.0 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 6′2″, 201 lb · Draft 2015, 63rd overall (ARI)
DALteam
Dposition
298position rank
847skater rank
-74overall
-57offense
-17peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2633 GPH214 GPH119 GPPrev 3thin
TOI12.1312.1311.8612.26
PP TOI0.350.400.080.61
G5574
A87-013
PTS1312717
PPP0000
SOG43453452
PIM19201426
Hits30303430
Blocks71679154

Sample: 33 GP · 384 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingDefense · league-wide (of 303)
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
iSH%
19.81Q1Q2Q3Q4

iSH% finished the year 150% above where it started (5.50 in the first half, 19.81 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half surge
Blks/60
5.52Q1Q2Q3Q4

Blks/60 finished the year 118% above where it started (2.54 in the first half, 5.52 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Bottom of the league
ixG/60
0.1122-2323-2424-2525-26

ixG/60 sits in the 5th percentile league-wide (0.11).

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
Complementary Defense
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Kyle Capobianco is weak or average, light where he’s strong
  • Quinn HughesD · Minnesota Wildcovers 3
    fills: A, PPP, SOG
  • Evan BouchardD · Edmonton Oilerscovers 3
    fills: A, PPP, SOG
  • Cale MakarD · Colorado Avalanchecovers 3
    fills: A, PPP, SOG
  • Zach WerenskiD · Columbus Blue Jacketscovers 3
    fills: SOG, A, PPP
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 · Glen Gulutzan (DAL)
Last year: Glen Gulutzan full season (1st yr) — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI12.1312.13n/a
5v5 TOI11.6711.65n/a
PP TOI0.350.40n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 13 · 12 · 2
TOI*
11.86Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
11.77Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
0.08Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
12.1322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.6722-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.3522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/602.582.65n/a
G/600.300.31n/a
iSH%11.7011.70n/a
ixG/600.11n/a
iCF/609.37n/a
iSCF/602.97n/a
iHDCF/600.31n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 13 · 12 · 2
SOG/60
2.12Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
19.81Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
0.07Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
9.35Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
2.12Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
2.6522-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
11.7022-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.1122-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
9.3722-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
2.9722-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
0.3122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
4322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.10 (1st half) to 0.07 (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
2025-26Prev 3Diff
on-ice SH%11.8211.82n/a
IPP26.2626.26n/a
1A/600.160.16n/a
2A/600.310.31n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 13 · 12 · 2
1A/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.1622-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.3122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
1322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 11.8%, IPP 26.3%).
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.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.350.40n/a
PP iSH%0.000.00n/a
PP SOG/603.624.50n/a
PP ixG/600.60n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 13 · 12 · 2
PP TOI/GP
0.08Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.4022-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
4.5022-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
0.6022-2323-2424-2525-26
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)
RiskPP role projected down: 0.4→0.3 PP TOI/gp (role tapered late (Q4 0.1 vs 0.4 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/601.181.25n/a
Hits/601.901.87n/a
Blks/604.324.06n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 13 · 12 · 2
PIMs/60
0.85Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
2.12Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
5.52Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.2522-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
1.8722-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
4.0622-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
1922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
3022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
7122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 2.12/60 and 2nd-half 2.12 vs a 1.87 season rate (n/a 3-yr) (22nd pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 1.90/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
TailwindBlocks surging late: Q4 5.52/60 and 2nd-half 5.52 vs a 4.06 season rate (n/a 3-yr) (82nd pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 4.32/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.