🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Matthew Wood

NSH · Age 21.5 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 6′5″, 205 lb · Draft 2023, 15th overall (NSH)
NSHteam
RWposition
165position rank
478skater rank
-17overall
-18offense
2peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2671 GPH238 GPH133 GPPrev 3thin
TOI13.0112.3211.6612.39
PP TOI1.321.561.122.06
G21201821
A16151515
PTS37353436
PPP69612
SOG12911999142
PIM2316265
Hits67616755
Blocks29292237

Sample: 71 GP · 741 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingRight wing · league-wide (of 273)
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
PP TOI
1.25Q1Q2Q3Q4

PP TOI finished the year 45% below where it started (2.05 in the first half, 1.12 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half fade
PPP
622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27

Power play points ran at a 6 pace in the second half after 12 in the first, per 82 games.

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 Matthew Wood 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 · Andrew Brunette (NSH)
Last year: Andrew Brunette full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI13.0112.32n/a
5v5 TOI11.3310.44n/a
PP TOI1.321.56n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  13 · 20 · 19 · 19
TOI*
12.64Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
11.38Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
1.25Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
13.0122-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.3322-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
1.3222-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/606.256.07n/a
G/601.000.97n/a
iSH%15.9815.98n/a
ixG/600.71n/a
iCF/6011.98n/a
iSCF/607.45n/a
iHDCF/602.91n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  13 · 20 · 19 · 19
SOG/60
5.27Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
21.06Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
0.54Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
10.54Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
6.38Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
1.66Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
6.0722-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
15.9822-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.7122-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
11.9822-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
7.4522-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
2.9122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
2122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
12922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 0.91 (1st half) to 0.58 (2nd).
TailwindAge 21 — still on the up-slope of the scoring curve.
TailwindAge 21 on a single NHL season — projected a development step, not a flat repeat: scoring rates +8% and role +6% toward the mid-20s peak (a young riser improves on last year, not repeats it).

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%11.2311.23n/a
IPP56.6756.67n/a
1A/600.650.65n/a
2A/600.080.08n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  13 · 20 · 19 · 19
1A/60
0.83Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
0.28Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.6522-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.0822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
3722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 11.2%, IPP 56.7%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI1.321.56n/a
PP iSH%19.0419.04n/a
PP SOG/608.6911.40n/a
PP ixG/601.77n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  13 · 20 · 19 · 19
PP TOI/GP
1.25Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
5.06Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
1.13Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
1.5622-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
11.4022-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
1.7722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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: 1.6→1.3 PP TOI/gp (role tapered late (Q4 1.2 vs 1.6 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/601.531.13n/a
Hits/604.294.29n/a
Blks/601.832.02n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  13 · 20 · 19 · 19
PIMs/60
2.77Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
4.16Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
1.66Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.1322-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
4.2922-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.0222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
2322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
6722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
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)
ContextHits role-stable at 4.29/60 (53rd pct league-wide) → 4.29 projected.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 1.66/60 and 2nd-half 1.48 below the 2.02 season rate — projected DOWN to 1.83/60, weighting the recent decline over the n/a 3-yr mark.