🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Ryan Poehling

ANA · Age 27.6 · 🇺🇸 USA · 6′2″, 196 lb · Draft 2017, 25th overall (MTL)
ANAteam
Cposition
117position rank
408skater rank
-8overall
-23offense
15peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2675 GPH241 GPH134 GPPrev 3198 GP · 3y
TOI14.9015.0715.3713.4813.75
PP TOI0.480.330.480.140.31
G141215812
A2627272718
PTS4039423530
PPP31202
SOG10810312180102
PIM1513141212
Hits5748593560
Blocks99949010089

Sample: 75 GP · 877 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
Second-half surge
HITS
5722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Hits ran at a 59 pace in the second half after 35 in the first, per 82 games.

Above his 3-year rate
1A/60
1.0922-2323-2424-2525-26

1A/60 ran 74% above his 3-year rate last season (1.09 against 0.62).

Second-half surge
SOG/60
3-yr 5.697.18Q1Q2Q3Q4

SOG/60 finished the year 46% above where it started (4.28 in the first half, 6.24 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

We project it up
G
1422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting goals 17% above last season, 12 to 14.

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 Poehling 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 · Joel Quenneville (ANA)
Last year: Joel Quenneville full season (1st yr) — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI14.9015.0713.75+10%
5v5 TOI11.9011.7011.19+5%
PP TOI0.480.330.31+7%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  16 · 18 · 22 · 19
TOI*
3-yr 13.7515.18Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 11.1911.87Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.310.82Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
14.9022-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
11.9022-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
0.4822-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/605.575.405.69-5%
G/600.560.550.57-3%
iSH%10.0710.199.99+2%
ixG/600.630.65-3%
iCF/6010.4610.46+0%
iSCF/605.606.01-7%
iHDCF/603.013.38-11%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  16 · 18 · 22 · 19
SOG/60
3-yr 5.697.18Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 9.9911.14Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.650.65Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 10.4612.50Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 6.016.65Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.383.72Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.4022-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
10.1922-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.6322-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
10.4622-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
5.6022-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.0122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
10822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 10.2% sits near the 10.0% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.63 (52nd pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.

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%10.1411.447.49+53%
IPP66.5365.7868.79-4%
1A/600.901.090.62+74%
2A/600.350.340.30+14%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  16 · 18 · 22 · 19
1A/60
3-yr 0.621.06Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.300.27Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
1.0922-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.3422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
2622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
4022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskOn-ice SH% hot at 11.4% vs a 7.5% 3-yr mark — teammate finishing regresses (~8% is league-normal), so some assists come off.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI0.480.330.31+7%
PP iSH%29.250.0037.50-100%
PP SOG/605.922.447.91-69%
PP ixG/600.620.97-36%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  16 · 18 · 22 · 19
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.310.82Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 7.910.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 0.970.93Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
0.3322-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
2.4422-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
0.6222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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: 0.3→0.5 PP TOI/gp (same coach (Joel Quenneville) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.5, Q4 0.8) over the full-year 0.3) — 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/600.750.680.70-3%
Hits/603.412.943.77-22%
Blks/604.144.034.31-6%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  16 · 18 · 22 · 19
PIMs/60
3-yr 0.701.06Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 3.773.99Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 4.313.99Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
0.6822-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
2.9422-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
4.0322-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
1522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
5722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
9922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 3.99/60 and 2nd-half 3.48 vs a 2.94 season rate (3.77 3-yr) (38th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 3.41/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
ContextBlocks role-stable at 4.03/60 (81st pct league-wide) → 4.14 projected.