Per 82 GP	2026-27projection	2025-2674 GP	H232 GP	H142 GP	Prev 3thin
TOI	14.04	13.47	13.25	13.24	–
PP TOI	0.46	0.55	0.52	0.57	–
G	10	10	9	11	–
A	16	17	20	14	–
PTS	26	27	29	24	–
PPP	4	6	5	6	–
SOG	88	81	70	89	–
PIM	37	34	31	37	–
Hits	129	121	140	106	–
Blocks	44	48	36	57	–

Sample: 74 GP · 851 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingCentre · league-wide (of 271)

137Vladislav Namestnikov-18

138Tommy Novak-19

139Sheldon Dries-21

140Noah Laba-21

141Michael Misa-21

142Nikita Nesterenko-22

143Noel Acciari-23

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

1A/60

1A/60 finished the year 77% above where it started (0.37 in the first half, 0.66 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half surge

all5v5

Assists ran at a 20 pace in the second half after 14 in the first, per 82 games.

We project it down

PPP

We’re projecting power play points 33% below last season, 6 to 4.

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

Scott LaughtonLW · Los Angeles Kings90% match
shared: Hits, Blocks
Jake NeighboursLW,RW · St. Louis Blues89% match
shared: Hits, Blocks
Lawson CrouseLW,RW · Utah Mammoth87% match
shared: Hits, Blocks
Vasily PodkolzinLW,RW · Edmonton Oilers86% match
shared: Hits, Blocks

Complementary Forward

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

Jack HughesC,LW · New Jersey Devilscovers 3
fills: SOG, PPP, A
Artemi PanarinLW · Los Angeles Kingscovers 3
fills: A, PPP, SOG
Jack EichelC · Vegas Golden Knightscovers 3
fills: SOG, A, PPP
William NylanderRW · Toronto Maple Leafscovers 3
fills: PPP, SOG, A

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
TOI	14.04	13.47	n/a
5v5 TOI	11.93	11.51	n/a
PP TOI	0.46	0.55	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 17 · 15

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 → 14.04: one NHL season — role grown +4% toward a sophomore workload
5v5 TOI → 11.93: one NHL season — role grown +4% toward a sophomore workload
PP TOI → 0.46: role tapered late (Q4 0.3 vs 0.6 full-year) — projected toward the softer finish

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
SOG/60	4.13	4.09	n/a
G/60	0.35	0.35	n/a
iSH%	8.56	8.56	n/a
ixG/60	–	0.62	n/a
iCF/60	–	8.45	n/a
iSCF/60	–	6.27	n/a
iHDCF/60	–	2.68	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 17 · 15

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)

TailwindAge 22 — still on the up-slope of the scoring curve.

TailwindAge 22 on a single NHL season — projected a development step, not a flat repeat: scoring rates +6% and role +4% 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	2025-26	Prev 3
on-ice SH%	9.59	9.59	n/a
IPP	62.25	62.25	n/a
1A/60	0.49	0.49	n/a
2A/60	0.42	0.42	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 17 · 15

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

all5v5

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

ContextAssist environment looks normal (on-ice SH% 9.6%, IPP 62.3%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3
PP TOI	0.46	0.55	n/a
PP iSH%	42.84	42.84	n/a
PP SOG/60	10.27	10.27	n/a
PP ixG/60	–	1.71	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 17 · 15

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)

RiskPP role projected down: 0.6→0.5 PP TOI/gp (role tapered late (Q4 0.3 vs 0.6 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	2025-26	Prev 3
PIMs/60	2.09	2.04	n/a
Hits/60	7.56	7.40	n/a
Blks/60	2.12	2.40	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 22 · 20 · 17 · 15

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

all5v5

BLK

all5v5

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

TailwindHits surging late: Q4 8.17/60 and 2nd-half 8.57 vs a 7.40 season rate (n/a 3-yr) (77th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 7.56/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.

RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 1.78/60 and 2nd-half 1.64 below the 2.40 season rate — projected DOWN to 2.12/60, weighting the recent decline over the n/a 3-yr mark.

TailwindFights / takes majors (0.07/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.