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

Above his 3-year rate

iSH%

iSH% ran 116% above his 3-year rate last season (6.88 against 3.18).

Second-half fade

BLK

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Blocks ran at a 59 pace in the second half after 126 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half fade

HITS

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Hits ran at a 32 pace in the second half after 66 in the first, per 82 games.

Below his 3-year rate

SOG/60

SOG/60 ran 39% below his 3-year rate last season (3.20 against 5.23).

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

Rasmus RistolainenD · Philadelphia Flyers76% match
Owen PowerD · Buffalo Sabres76% match
Vladislav GavrikovD · New York Rangers76% match
Dmitry OrlovD · San Jose Sharks75% match

Complementary Defense

Same position, opposite profile — strong where Nils Lundkvist is weak or average, light where he’s strong

Quinn HughesD · Minnesota Wildcovers 3
fills: A, PPP, SOG
Zach WerenskiD · Columbus Blue Jacketscovers 3
fills: SOG, A, PPP
Cale MakarD · Colorado Avalanchecovers 3
fills: A, PPP, SOG
Evan BouchardD · Edmonton Oilerscovers 3
fills: A, PPP, SOG

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 · Glen Gulutzan (DAL)

Last year: Glen Gulutzan full season (1st yr) — no change

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
TOI	16.24	16.48	15.17	+9%
5v5 TOI	15.45	15.84	13.88	+14%
PP TOI	0.15	0.10	0.92	-89%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 4 · 10 · 22 · 16

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 → 16.24: holds last year's role
5v5 TOI → 15.45: holds last year's role
PP TOI → 0.15: same coach (Glen Gulutzan) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.1, Q4 0.2) over the full-year 0.1

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	3.20	3.20	5.23	-39%
G/60	0.16	0.22	0.17	+32%
iSH%	4.29	6.88	3.18	+116%
ixG/60	–	0.15	0.18	-17%
iCF/60	–	9.10	12.64	-28%
iSCF/60	–	1.60	3.26	-51%
iHDCF/60	–	0.15	0.25	-39%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 4 · 10 · 22 · 16

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

all5v5

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)

RiskGoals projected DOWN: iSH% ran hot at 6.9% vs a 3.2% 3-yr mark while 5v5 ixG/60 0.15 (13th pct league-wide) was flat — finishing, not process. Regressing iSH% toward 4.3% pulls the goal rate ~28% down.

RiskShot volume down 39% (5v5 SOG/60 3.20 vs 5.23) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.

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%	9.32	11.03	8.17	+35%
IPP	31.93	30.53	33.63	-9%
1A/60	0.35	0.29	0.44	-34%
2A/60	0.27	0.29	0.28	+5%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 4 · 10 · 22 · 16

1A/60

2A/60

By season — year over year

1A/60

2A/60

Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection

all5v5

PTS

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Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)

RiskOn-ice SH% hot at 11.0% vs a 8.2% 3-yr mark — teammate finishing regresses (~8% is league-normal), so some assists come off.

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.

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
PP TOI	0.15	0.10	0.92	-89%
PP iSH%	–	n/a	5.27
PP SOG/60	1.57	0.00	7.83	-100%
PP ixG/60	–	0.00	0.63	-100%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 4 · 10 · 22 · 16

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)

TailwindPP role projected up: 0.1→0.2 PP TOI/gp (same coach (Glen Gulutzan) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.1, Q4 0.2) over the full-year 0.1) — 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	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
PIMs/60	1.34	1.17	1.58	-26%
Hits/60	2.01	1.89	3.09	-39%
Blks/60	3.27	3.35	3.53	-5%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 4 · 10 · 22 · 16

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 0.97/60 and 2nd-half 1.40 below the 1.89 season rate — projected DOWN to 2.01/60, weighting the recent decline over the 3.09 3-yr mark.

RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 2.66/60 and 2nd-half 2.58 below the 3.35 season rate — projected DOWN to 3.27/60, weighting the recent decline over the 3.53 3-yr mark.