🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Pierre-Luc Dubois

WSH · Age 28.1 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 6′4″, 214 lb · Draft 2016, 3rd overall (CBJ)
WSHteam
Cposition
46position rank
140skater rank
52overall
13offense
39peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2629 GPH223 GPH16 GPPrev 3237 GP · 3y
TOI16.8916.8215.9214.4617.10
PP TOI2.372.292.381.942.58
G201418-022
A374048637
PTS575466659
PPP151721016
SOG155119116129171
PIM6626252777
Hits7665637480
Blocks5037373649

Sample: 29 GP · 381 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingCentre · league-wide (of 271)
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
We project it up
PIM
6622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting penalty minutes 150% above last season, 26 to 66.

Second-half surge
PP SOG/60
3-yr 13.088.84Q1Q2Q3Q4

PP SOG/60 finished the year 150% above where it started (5.16 in the first half, 12.92 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

We project it up
G
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting goals 43% above last season, 14 to 20.

Second-half surge
Blks/60
3-yr 2.520.81Q1Q2Q3Q4

Blks/60 finished the year 36% above where it started (1.62 in the first half, 2.20 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

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 Pierre-Luc Dubois is weak or average, light where he’s strong
  • Jake DeBruskLW,RW · Vancouver Canuckscovers 3
    fills: G, SOG, PPP
  • Owen TippettLW,RW · Philadelphia Flyerscovers 3
    fills: SOG, Hits, G
  • Cole CaufieldLW · Montreal Canadienscovers 3
    fills: G, SOG, PPP
  • Rickard RakellLW,RW · Pittsburgh Penguinscovers 4
    fills: G, SOG, Hits, PPP
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 · Spencer Carbery (WSH)
Last year: Spencer Carbery full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI16.8916.8217.10-2%
5v5 TOI13.2913.1413.58-3%
PP TOI2.372.292.58-11%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 0 · 6 · 17
TOI*
3-yr 17.1015.73Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 13.5813.15Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 2.582.40Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
16.8922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
13.2922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
2.3722-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/604.704.576.21-26%
G/600.400.310.61-49%
iSH%8.586.789.88-31%
ixG/600.610.82-26%
iCF/609.9212.77-22%
iSCF/605.988.28-28%
iHDCF/602.524.12-39%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 0 · 6 · 17
SOG/60
3-yr 6.212.42Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 9.880.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.820.34Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 12.777.25Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 8.285.10Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 4.121.88Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
4.5722-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
6.7822-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.6122-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
9.9222-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.9822-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
2.5222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
15522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 6.8% sits near the 9.9% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.61 (48th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.
RiskShot volume down 26% (5v5 SOG/60 4.57 vs 6.21) — 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
2025-26Prev 3Diff
on-ice SH%10.5810.8510.24+6%
IPP61.1157.8665.07-11%
1A/600.760.630.80-21%
2A/600.650.790.56+42%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 0 · 6 · 17
1A/60
3-yr 0.800.81Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.561.07Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.6322-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.7922-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
3722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
5722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 10.9%, IPP 57.9%).
RiskAssist gain leans on secondary helpers (2A/60 0.79 vs 3-yr 0.56) — the least repeatable slice; projected back toward baseline.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI2.372.292.58-11%
PP iSH%18.9027.2916.53+65%
PP SOG/6011.159.9313.08-24%
PP ixG/602.202.63-16%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 0 · 6 · 17
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 2.582.40Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 13.088.84Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 2.632.76Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
2.2922-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
9.9322-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
2.2022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
1522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextPP role steady at ~2.4 PP TOI/gp.
RiskPP finishing ran hot (27.3% vs 16.5% 3-yr) with flat PP chances (PP ixG/60 2.20) — 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
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PIMs/601.921.423.65-61%
Hits/603.683.314.04-18%
Blks/602.051.572.52-38%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  6 · 0 · 6 · 17
PIMs/60
3-yr 3.651.88Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 4.043.22Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.520.81Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.4222-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
3.3122-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
1.5722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
6622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
7622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
5022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 3.31/60 (42nd pct league-wide) → 3.68 projected.
ContextBlocks role-stable at 1.57/60 (18th pct league-wide) → 2.05 projected.
TailwindFights / takes majors (0.16/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.