🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Nils Hoglander

NSH · Age 25.6 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · 5′9″, 185 lb · Draft 2019, 40th overall (VAN)
NSHteam
LW,RWposition
236position rank
694skater rank
-41overall
-40offense
-1peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2638 GPH230 GPH18 GPPrev 3177 GP · 3y
TOI11.6511.5211.2011.6912.11
PP TOI0.290.200.190.270.55
G1345016
A1468-016
PTS271114-032
PPP00000
SOG95767674107
PIM3117162036
Hits9411210713390
Blocks2117191023

Sample: 38 GP · 421 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
Below his 3-year rate
iSH%
5.7922-2323-2424-2525-26

iSH% ran 64% below his 3-year rate last season (5.79 against 15.97).

Below his 3-year rate
1A/60
0.2822-2323-2424-2525-26

1A/60 ran 55% below his 3-year rate last season (0.28 against 0.63).

Second-half surge
iSCF/60
3-yr 7.185.70Q1Q2Q3Q4

iSCF/60 finished the year 83% above where it started (4.60 in the first half, 8.43 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half fade
HITS
9422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Hits ran at a 107 pace in the second half after 133 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 Nils Hoglander 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 (VAN, traded): Adam Foote full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI11.6511.5212.11-5%
5v5 TOI11.1711.1011.38-2%
PP TOI0.290.200.55-63%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 8 · 16 · 14
TOI*
3-yr 12.1111.55Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 11.3811.29Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.550.26Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
11.6522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.1722-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.2922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/604.844.846.35-24%
G/600.380.281.01-72%
iSH%11.695.7915.97-64%
ixG/600.540.84-36%
iCF/6012.3811.26+10%
iSCF/607.687.18+7%
iHDCF/602.854.17-32%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 8 · 16 · 14
SOG/60
3-yr 6.354.94Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 15.977.69Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.840.41Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 11.2611.01Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 7.185.70Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 4.172.28Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
4.8422-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
5.7922-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.5422-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
12.3822-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
7.6822-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
2.8522-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
9522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextFinishing looks earned: iSH% 5.8% sits near the 16.0% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.54 (42nd pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.
RiskShot volume down 24% (5v5 SOG/60 4.84 vs 6.35) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.23→0.62 across the year — process trending the right way into next season.

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%7.495.6211.10-49%
IPP59.5055.4767.25-18%
1A/600.430.280.63-55%
2A/600.340.140.39-64%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 8 · 16 · 14
1A/60
3-yr 0.630.38Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.390.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.2822-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.1422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
2722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindIPP 55.5% sits below the 67.3% 3-yr mark — participation should rebound, nudging assists up.
TailwindShot-driving up (5v5 iCF/60 12.38 vs 11.26) — real creation underneath, so don't over-regress the helpers.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.290.200.55-63%
PP iSH%n/a0.00
PP SOG/601.470.007.34-100%
PP ixG/600.851.22-30%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 8 · 16 · 14
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.550.26Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 7.340.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.220.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.2022-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
0.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
0.8522-2323-2424-2525-26
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)
TailwindPP role projected up: 0.2→0.3 PP TOI/gp (same coach (Andrew Brunette) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.2, Q4 0.3) over the full-year 0.2) — 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/601.451.142.29-50%
Hits/606.667.405.63+31%
Blks/601.261.141.43-20%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  0 · 8 · 16 · 14
PIMs/60
3-yr 2.290.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 5.637.22Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 1.431.14Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.1422-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
7.4022-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
1.1422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
3122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
9422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
2122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 7.40/60 (77th pct league-wide) → 6.66 projected.
RiskBottom-of-league blocks (6th pct) — no meaningful floor here, don't draft for it.