🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

Overview

@HockeyBangers

2026-27 Projection

Vladimir Tarasenko

MIN · Age 34.6 · 🇷🇺 Russia · 6′1″, 228 lb · Draft 2010, 16th overall (STL)
MINteam
LW,RWposition
115position rank
337skater rank
1overall
-3offense
5peripherals

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

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2675 GPH239 GPH136 GPPrev 3225 GP · 3y
TOI14.8414.9414.0914.7415.72
PP TOI1.992.321.702.992.08
G2025321819
A2626272631
PTS4651584450
PPP1114131611
SOG155162173150167
PIM9119149
Hits6666656681
Blocks3636383439

Sample: 75 GP · 905 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
G
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

Goals ran at a 32 pace in the second half after 18 in the first, per 82 games.

Second-half surge
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.752.11Q1Q2Q3Q4

PP ixG/60 finished the year 73% above where it started (1.43 in the first half, 2.47 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

We project it down
PPP
1122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27

We’re projecting power play points 21% below last season, 14 to 11.

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 Vladimir Tarasenko 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 · John Hynes (MIN)
Last year: John Hynes full season — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI14.8414.9415.72-5%
5v5 TOI12.1912.0712.94-7%
PP TOI1.992.322.08+12%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  18 · 18 · 21 · 18
TOI*
3-yr 15.7214.23Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 12.9412.66Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 2.081.56Q1Q2Q3Q4
*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
14.8422-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
12.1922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
1.9922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

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/606.626.826.40+6%
G/600.951.060.79+35%
iSH%14.3015.5412.28+27%
ixG/600.760.67+14%
iCF/6012.8512.83+0%
iSCF/607.167.48-4%
iHDCF/603.112.93+6%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  18 · 18 · 21 · 18
SOG/60
3-yr 6.407.37Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 12.2817.91Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.670.86Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 12.8312.63Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 7.486.58Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 2.932.90Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
6.8222-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
15.5422-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.7622-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
12.8522-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
7.1622-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
3.1122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
15522-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
TailwindProcess rising: 5v5 ixG/60 0.76 (70th pct league-wide) up on the 3-yr 0.67 — the shot quality is real, so the projected goal rate leans on chances, not a hot %.
RiskAge 34 — modest past-prime drag on scoring rates.

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%9.448.9110.18-12%
IPP73.5182.7666.32+25%
1A/600.610.600.66-9%
2A/600.330.270.45-40%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  18 · 18 · 21 · 18
1A/60
3-yr 0.661.32Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.450.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.6022-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.2722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
2622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
4622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskIPP spiked to 82.8% vs 66.3% 3-yr — point participation this far above baseline rarely holds; assist share likely gives a little back.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI1.992.322.08+12%
PP iSH%8.9312.796.14+108%
PP SOG/6014.4513.4514.65-8%
PP ixG/601.841.75+5%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  18 · 18 · 21 · 18
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 2.081.56Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 14.6512.83Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.752.11Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
2.3222-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
13.4522-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
1.8422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
1122-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
422-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
RiskPP role projected down: 2.3→2.0 PP TOI/gp (role tapered late (Q4 1.6 vs 2.3 full-year) — projected toward the softer finish) — the biggest PPP lever.
RiskPP finishing ran hot (12.8% vs 6.1% 3-yr) with flat PP chances (PP ixG/60 1.84) — expect PP goals to cool.

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/600.550.660.54+23%
Hits/603.953.984.43-10%
Blks/602.102.122.08+2%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  18 · 18 · 21 · 18
PIMs/60
3-yr 0.540.53Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 4.435.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 2.082.37Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
0.6622-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
3.9822-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
2.1222-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
922-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
6622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
3622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
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)
ContextHits role-stable at 3.98/60 (49th pct league-wide) → 3.95 projected.
ContextBlocks role-stable at 2.12/60 (36th pct league-wide) → 2.10 projected.