🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Sonny Milano

WSH · Age 30.2 · 🇺🇸 USA · 6′0″, 194 lb · Draft 2014, 16th overall (CBJ)
WSHteam
LWposition
262position rank
782skater rank
-55overall
-25offense
-29peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2631 GPH27 GPH124 GPPrev 3113 GP · 2y
TOI9.758.887.519.2312.73
PP TOI1.051.051.280.980.85
G151101419
A1611121022
PTS3121122441
PPP70007
SOG7887858894
PIM141101420
Hits3324352043
Blocks13801020

Sample: 31 GP · 241 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingLeft wing · league-wide (of 281)
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/60
3-yr 2.592.75Q1Q2Q3Q4

Hits/60 finished the year 83% above where it started (1.50 in the first half, 2.75 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half surge
1A/60
3-yr 0.551.38Q1Q2Q3Q4

1A/60 finished the year 71% above where it started (0.81 in the first half, 1.38 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

We project it up
PTS
3122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting points 48% above last season, 21 to 31.

We project it up
G
1522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting goals 36% above last season, 11 to 15.

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 Sonny Milano 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 · Spencer Carbery (WSH)
Last year: Spencer Carbery full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI9.758.8812.73-30%
5v5 TOI8.427.8011.69-33%
PP TOI1.051.050.85+23%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 14 · 7 · 0
TOI*
3-yr 12.737.51Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 11.696.23Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 0.851.28Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
9.7522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
8.4222-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
1.0522-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/607.056.955.18+34%
G/601.140.991.00-1%
iSH%16.1814.2419.33-26%
ixG/600.870.62+40%
iCF/6012.669.49+33%
iSCF/608.696.13+42%
iHDCF/603.723.27+14%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 14 · 7 · 0
SOG/60
3-yr 5.188.25Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 19.330.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.620.82Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 9.4916.50Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 6.139.63Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 3.271.38Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
6.9522-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
14.2422-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.8722-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
12.6622-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
8.6922-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.7222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
1522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
7822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindGoals projected UP: iSH% cratered to 14.2% vs 19.3% 3-yr while 5v5 ixG/60 0.87 (84th pct league-wide) held/rose — the chances say the finishing rebounds toward 16.2%, lifting the goal rate ~15%.
TailwindShot volume up 34% (5v5 SOG/60 6.95 vs 5.18) — volume is the repeatable half, so this raises 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%10.4010.2611.24-9%
IPP67.3566.7870.86-6%
1A/600.790.990.55+81%
2A/600.320.000.55-100%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 14 · 7 · 0
1A/60
3-yr 0.551.38Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.550.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.9922-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.0022-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
1622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
3122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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% 10.3%, IPP 66.8%).
TailwindShot-driving up (5v5 iCF/60 12.66 vs 9.49) — real creation underneath, so don't over-regress the helpers.
TailwindHigh-danger setups up (iHDCF/60 3.72 vs 3.27) — the dangerous chances that turn into primary assists are trending up.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI1.051.050.85+23%
PP iSH%28.390.0036.39-100%
PP SOG/607.277.396.83+8%
PP ixG/600.741.40-47%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 14 · 7 · 0
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 0.851.28Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 6.836.69Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.400.74Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
1.0522-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
7.3922-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
0.7422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 ~1.0 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/600.890.991.18-16%
Hits/602.261.742.59-33%
Blks/600.770.741.14-35%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  10 · 14 · 7 · 0
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.180.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 2.592.75Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 1.140.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
0.9922-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
1.7422-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
0.7422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
1422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
3322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
1322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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 2.75/60 and 2nd-half 2.75 vs a 1.74 season rate (2.59 3-yr) (21st pct league-wide) — reads as a real role/confidence step, so projected UP to 2.26/60, weighting the finish over the 3-yr baseline.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 0.00/60 and 2nd-half 0.00 below the 0.74 season rate — projected DOWN to 0.77/60, weighting the recent decline over the 1.14 3-yr mark.