Per 82 GP	2026-27projection	2025-2668 GP	H231 GP	H137 GP	Prev 3thin
TOI	12.48	11.98	12.58	11.37	–
PP TOI	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.03	–
G	6	5	3	7	–
A	19	17	24	11	–
PTS	25	22	26	18	–
PPP	0	0	0	0	–
SOG	127	105	132	82	–
PIM	16	18	19	18	–
Hits	111	89	99	81	–
Blocks	46	40	50	31	–

Sample: 68 GP · 741 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingCentre · league-wide (of 271)

173Samuel Helenius-31

174Ryan McLeod-31

175Dominic James-31

176Ryan Winterton-32

177Steven Lorentz-32

178Shane Wright-32

179Sean Kuraly-33

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

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Assists ran at a 24 pace in the second half after 11 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half fade

iSH%

iSH% finished the year 74% below where it started (8.74 in the first half, 2.25 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

We project it up

HITS

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We’re projecting hits 25% above last season, 89 to 111.

We project it up

SOG

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We’re projecting shots 21% above last season, 105 to 127.

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

Emil HeinemanLW,RW · New York Islanders84% match
shared: Hits
Cole PerfettiLW,RW · Winnipeg Jets82% match
Mackie SamoskevichLW,RW · Seattle Kraken81% match
shared: Hits
Ivan BarbashevLW · Vegas Golden Knights81% match
shared: Hits

Complementary Forward

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

Clayton KellerLW · Utah Mammothcovers 4
fills: PPP, A, SOG, G
Nikita KucherovRW · Tampa Bay Lightningcovers 5
fills: A, PPP, G, SOG
Evgeni MalkinC,LW · Pittsburgh Penguinscovers 5
fills: A, PIM, PPP, SOG
Jack HughesC,LW · New Jersey Devilscovers 4
fills: SOG, PPP, A, G

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 · Lane Lambert (SEA)

Last year: Lane Lambert full season (1st yr) — no change

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3
TOI	12.48	11.98	n/a
5v5 TOI	12.05	10.91	n/a
PP TOI	0.05	0.05	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 20 · 17 · 20 · 11

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 → 12.48: one NHL season — role grown +4% toward a sophomore workload
5v5 TOI → 12.05: same coach (Lane Lambert) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 11.7, Q4 12.3) over the full-year 10.9; one NHL season — role grown +4% toward a sophomore workload
PP TOI → 0.05: role tapered late (Q4 0.0 vs 0.1 full-year) — projected toward the softer finish; one NHL season — role grown +4% toward a sophomore workload

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	8.01	6.88	n/a
G/60	0.37	0.32	n/a
iSH%	4.65	4.65	n/a
ixG/60	–	0.86	n/a
iCF/60	–	12.46	n/a
iSCF/60	–	7.28	n/a
iHDCF/60	–	2.83	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 20 · 17 · 20 · 11

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)

TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.72→1.11 across the year — process trending the right way into next season.

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%	10.62	10.62	n/a
IPP	60.08	60.08	n/a
1A/60	0.89	0.89	n/a
2A/60	0.24	0.24	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 20 · 17 · 20 · 11

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

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

ContextAssist environment looks normal (on-ice SH% 10.6%, IPP 60.1%).

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3
PP TOI	0.05	0.05	n/a
PP iSH%	–	n/a	n/a
PP SOG/60	0.00	0.00	n/a
PP ixG/60	–	1.64	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 20 · 17 · 20 · 11

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)

ContextPP role steady at ~0.1 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	2025-26	Prev 3
PIMs/60	1.01	1.21	n/a
Hits/60	7.11	5.74	n/a
Blks/60	2.66	2.35	n/a

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 20 · 17 · 20 · 11

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)

TailwindHits surging late: Q4 10.22/60 and 2nd-half 6.86 vs a 5.74 season rate (n/a 3-yr) (67th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 7.11/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.

TailwindBlocks surging late: Q4 3.11/60 and 2nd-half 2.91 vs a 2.35 season rate (n/a 3-yr) (44th pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 2.66/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.

TailwindFights / takes majors (0.08/60) — a real PIM source, valuable in banger and PIM formats.