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

PIM

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Penalty minutes ran at a 22 pace in the second half after 43 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half surge

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Assists ran at a 16 pace in the second half after 13 in the first, per 82 games.

Below his 3-year rate

Hits/60

Hits/60 ran 38% below his 3-year rate last season (1.48 against 2.37).

Bottom of the league

PP TOI

PP TOI sits in the 3th percentile league-wide (0.01).

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 Defense

Closest across all seven categories — match % is the whole-profile fit

Owen PowerD · Buffalo Sabres74% match
Vladislav GavrikovD · New York Rangers72% match
Rasmus RistolainenD · Philadelphia Flyers71% match
Dmitry OrlovD · San Jose Sharks69% match

Complementary Defense

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

Cale MakarD · Colorado Avalanchecovers 3
fills: A, PPP, SOG
Quinn HughesD · Minnesota Wildcovers 3
fills: A, PPP, SOG
Evan BouchardD · Edmonton Oilerscovers 3
fills: A, PPP, SOG
Zach WerenskiD · Columbus Blue Jacketscovers 3
fills: SOG, A, PPP

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 · Mike Sullivan (NYR)

Last year: Mike Sullivan full season (1st yr) — no change

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
TOI	14.55	13.86	16.93	-18%
5v5 TOI	13.53	13.11	15.32	-14%
PP TOI	0.01	0.01	0.04	-77%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 14 · 5 · 8 · 7

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 → 14.55: reverts toward the 3-yr 16.9
5v5 TOI → 13.53: holds last year's role
PP TOI → 0.01: same coach (Mike Sullivan) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.0, Q4 0.0) over the full-year 0.0

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	Diff
SOG/60	2.96	2.96	3.64	-19%
G/60	0.00	0.00	0.08	-100%
iSH%	1.13	0.00	2.27	-100%
ixG/60	–	0.13	0.12	+6%
iCF/60	–	8.75	8.55	+2%
iSCF/60	–	1.75	1.90	-8%
iHDCF/60	–	0.00	0.25	-100%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 14 · 5 · 8 · 7

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)

TailwindGoals projected UP: iSH% cratered to 0.0% vs 2.3% 3-yr while 5v5 ixG/60 0.13 (8th pct league-wide) held/rose — the chances say the finishing rebounds toward 1.1%, lifting the goal rate ~0%.

RiskShot volume down 19% (5v5 SOG/60 2.96 vs 3.64) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.

ContextTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 fell from 0.21 (1st half) to 0.10 (2nd) even though shot volume held — a chance-quality dip, not a volume one.

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	Diff
on-ice SH%	9.08	9.93	8.52	+17%
IPP	38.15	37.67	38.74	-3%
1A/60	0.33	0.27	0.36	-25%
2A/60	0.51	0.54	0.41	+30%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 14 · 5 · 8 · 7

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% 9.9%, IPP 37.7%).

RiskAssist gain leans on secondary helpers (2A/60 0.54 vs 3-yr 0.41) — the least repeatable slice; projected back toward baseline.

ContextDefenseman — weight transition/PP facilitation over raw 2A; secondary assists read a touch better for D than forwards.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric	26-27 proj	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
PP TOI	0.01	0.01	0.04	-77%
PP iSH%	–	n/a	n/a
PP SOG/60	0.00	0.00	0.00
PP ixG/60	–	0.00	0.00

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 14 · 5 · 8 · 7

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)

TailwindPP role projected up: 0.0→0.0 PP TOI/gp (same coach (Mike Sullivan) — carries the elevated finish (2nd half 0.0, Q4 0.0) over the full-year 0.0) — 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	2025-26	Prev 3	Diff
PIMs/60	1.41	1.88	1.16	+62%
Hits/60	1.89	1.48	2.37	-38%
Blks/60	3.30	3.09	3.55	-13%

By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline

GP 14 · 5 · 8 · 7

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)

ContextHits role-stable at 1.48/60 (16th pct league-wide) → 1.89 projected.

ContextBlocks role-stable at 3.09/60 (64th pct league-wide) → 3.30 projected.