Per 82 GP	2026-27projection	2025-2681 GP	H239 GP	H142 GP	Prev 3245 GP · 3y
TOI	20.46	20.90	19.81	19.66	19.49
PP TOI	3.37	3.29	3.51	3.09	3.28
G	27	35	42	28	28
A	46	45	52	37	47
PTS	73	79	94	65	75
PPP	30	35	42	29	30
SOG	207	218	214	221	219
PIM	17	14	17	12	24
Hits	81	106	91	120	55
Blocks	50	51	51	50	47

Sample: 81 GP · 1,173 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingCentre · league-wide (of 271)

18Vincent Trocheck91

19Sebastian Aho89

20Mitch Marner88

21Mika Zibanejad84

22Nico Hischier84

23Sidney Crosby84

24Leo Carlsson82

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%

iSH% finished the year 98% above where it started (7.88 in the first half, 15.59 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Above his 3-year rate

Hits/60

Hits/60 ran 80% above his 3-year rate last season (5.21 against 2.89).

Second-half surge

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Goals ran at a 42 pace in the second half after 28 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

Aleksander BarkovC · Florida Panthers88% match
shared: PPP, A, Blocks, SOG
Sam ReinhartRW · Florida Panthers87% match
shared: PPP, Blocks, SOG, A
Nico HischierC · New Jersey Devils87% match
shared: PPP, Blocks, SOG, A
Nick SuzukiC · Montreal Canadiens87% match
shared: PPP, A, Blocks, G

Complementary Forward

Same position, opposite profile — strong where Mika Zibanejad 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 · Mike Sullivan (NYR)

Last year: Mike Sullivan full season (1st yr) — no change

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
TOI	20.46	20.90	19.49	+7%
5v5 TOI	13.97	14.49	13.06	+11%
PP TOI	3.37	3.29	3.28	+0%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 19 · 20

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 → 20.46: holds last year's role
5v5 TOI → 13.97: holds last year's role
PP TOI → 3.37: same coach (Mike Sullivan) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 3.5, Q4 3.6) over the full-year 3.3

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	7.04	7.26	6.43	+13%
G/60	0.77	0.82	0.66	+25%
iSH%	10.88	11.29	10.19	+11%
ixG/60	–	0.76	0.66	+16%
iCF/60	–	13.39	12.01	+12%
iSCF/60	–	7.26	6.25	+16%
iHDCF/60	–	3.32	2.81	+18%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 19 · 20

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)

TailwindProcess rising: 5v5 ixG/60 0.76 (70th pct league-wide) up on the 3-yr 0.66 — the shot quality is real, so the projected goal rate leans on chances, not a hot %.

TailwindShot volume up 13% (5v5 SOG/60 7.26 vs 6.43) — volume is the repeatable half, so this raises the goal ceiling.

ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.86 (1st half) to 0.64 (2nd) even though shot volume held — a chance-quality dip, not a volume one.

RiskAge 33 — modest past-prime drag on scoring rates.

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%	9.10	9.22	8.84	+4%
IPP	74.33	77.14	68.45	+13%
1A/60	0.80	0.77	0.86	-11%
2A/60	0.30	0.31	0.28	+12%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 19 · 20

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)

TailwindDo not regress; process indicators are stable, so hold a near-PPG baseline. · Analytics research compilation

ContextAssist environment looks normal (on-ice SH% 9.2%, IPP 77.1%).

TailwindShot-driving up (5v5 iCF/60 13.39 vs 12.01) — real creation underneath, so don't over-regress the helpers.

TailwindHigh-danger setups up (iHDCF/60 3.32 vs 2.81) — the dangerous chances that turn into primary assists are trending up.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
PP TOI	3.37	3.29	3.28	+0%
PP iSH%	19.27	29.06	16.51	+76%
PP SOG/60	12.72	12.39	17.61	-30%
PP ixG/60	–	2.36	2.45	-4%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 19 · 20

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 ~3.4 PP TOI/gp.

RiskPP finishing ran hot (29.1% vs 16.5% 3-yr) with flat PP chances (PP ixG/60 2.36) — expect PP goals to cool.

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	0.82	0.72	1.09	-34%
Hits/60	4.09	5.21	2.89	+80%
Blks/60	1.81	1.79	1.84	-3%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 19 · 20

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 4.51/60 and 2nd-half 4.50 below the 5.21 season rate — projected DOWN to 4.09/60, weighting the recent decline over the 2.89 3-yr mark.

ContextBlocks role-stable at 1.79/60 (25th pct league-wide) → 1.81 projected.