🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Ryan Leonard

WSH · Age 21.5 · 🇺🇸 USA · 6′0″, 192 lb · Draft 2023, 8th overall (WSH)
WSHteam
RWposition
36position rank
97skater rank
70overall
15offense
55peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2675 GPH240 GPH135 GPPrev 3thin
TOI15.2214.4114.5313.44
PP TOI2.492.342.691.95
G25222519
A30272135
PTS55494554
PPP16151416
SOG192167164171
PIM54515547
Hits168136156112
Blocks29272531

Sample: 75 GP · 875 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingRight wing · league-wide (of 273)
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 fade
1A/60
0.57Q1Q2Q3Q4

1A/60 finished the year 51% below where it started (1.04 in the first half, 0.52 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half fade
A
3022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Assists ran at a 21 pace in the second half after 35 in the first, per 82 games.

We project it up
SOG
19222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting shots 15% above last season, 167 to 192.

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 Ryan Leonard is weak or average, light where he’s strong
  • Jack HughesC,LW · New Jersey Devilscovers 4
    fills: SOG, PPP, A, G
  • Jack EichelC · Vegas Golden Knightscovers 4
    fills: SOG, A, PPP, G
  • Artemi PanarinLW · Los Angeles Kingscovers 4
    fills: A, PPP, SOG, G
  • Kyle ConnorLW · Winnipeg Jetscovers 4
    fills: SOG, G, A, 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
TOI15.2214.41n/a
5v5 TOI12.4211.67n/a
PP TOI2.492.34n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 14 · 22 · 18
TOI*
13.75Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
11.78Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
1.97Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
15.2222-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
12.4222-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
2.4922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/608.047.81n/a
G/601.131.10n/a
iSH%14.0814.08n/a
ixG/600.71n/a
iCF/6016.86n/a
iSCF/608.16n/a
iHDCF/602.81n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 14 · 22 · 18
SOG/60
9.05Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
21.88Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
0.72Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
16.69Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
7.36Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3.39Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
7.8122-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
14.0822-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.7122-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
16.8622-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
8.1622-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
2.8122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
2522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
19222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.79 (1st half) to 0.64 (2nd).
TailwindAge 21 — still on the up-slope of the scoring curve.
TailwindAge 21 on a single NHL season — projected a development step, not a flat repeat: scoring rates +8% and role +6% 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
2025-26Prev 3Diff
on-ice SH%11.8211.82n/a
IPP71.8671.86n/a
1A/600.750.75n/a
2A/600.270.27n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 14 · 22 · 18
1A/60
0.57Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
0.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.7522-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.2722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
3022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
5522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 11.8%, IPP 71.9%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI2.492.34n/a
PP iSH%10.7810.78n/a
PP SOG/6012.6212.62n/a
PP ixG/601.68n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 14 · 22 · 18
PP TOI/GP
1.97Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
15.26Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
1.37Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
2.3422-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
12.6222-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
1.6822-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
1622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
1122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 ~2.5 PP TOI/gp.

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/602.812.81n/a
Hits/609.698.36n/a
Blks/601.671.71n/a
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  21 · 14 · 22 · 18
PIMs/60
3.11Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
12.45Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
1.41Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
2.8122-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
8.3622-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
1.7122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
5422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
16822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
2922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindHits surging late: Q4 12.45/60 and 2nd-half 9.79 vs a 8.36 season rate (n/a 3-yr) (80th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 9.69/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 1.41/60 and 2nd-half 1.51 below the 1.71 season rate — projected DOWN to 1.67/60, 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.