Players

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

The most defensive-zone usage in the National Hockey League, and his ice went 23-55.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

Twenty-five points at seventeen minutes a night, and the 7th percentile in expected-goal share.

LW · Vancouver Canucks

Thirty-nine goals on a hundred and forty-three shots, at the highest shooting percentage in this book.

C · Washington Capitals

Forty-three assists, a minus-26, and the twelfth percentile of chance share out of the 94th percentile of starts.

RW · St. Louis Blues

Thirty-seven goals and a minus-38, and a hundred and thirty-eight shots from the mid-slot.

RW · San Jose Sharks

Ten goals from fifty-six shots in the mid-slot — 17.86 per cent against a league rate of 11.05.

C · Vancouver Canucks

Three bursts above twenty miles an hour a game, and the eighth percentile of zone starts.

LW · New York Rangers

Twenty-three per cent from inside twenty feet, and a chance share of forty-nine from the 89th percentile of zone starts.

LW · Columbus Blue Jackets

A 101.1 mph shot, 45 slap shots, and five goals on 67 attempts from beyond forty feet — the exception this book keeps failing to find.

G · Nashville Predators

Undrafted, a .9160 in nineteen games, and the best backup season of a three-year career.

C · Detroit Red Wings

Seventy-nine points, a career high at 26, on the club with the fewest chances in the league.

D · Seattle Kraken

Sixteen hundred and thirty five-on-five minutes, second only to Erik Karlsson in this book, at the eleventh percentile of top speed.

C · Philadelphia Flyers

Ten seasons in one uniform, three shorthanded goals, and the 29th percentile of zone starts.

C · Boston Bruins

Twenty-three games, four goals, and the lowest distance covered of any forward in the book.

D · Nashville Predators

Sixty-six penalty minutes and the tenth percentile in zone starts, on a third pair.

C · New Jersey Devils

A 78.2 mph shot, one slap shot in sixty-nine attempts, and a first-round pick with ninety-five points in nine seasons.

RW · Anaheim Ducks

Six-foot-five, and the worst five-on-five share of anybody who played fifty games.

D · St. Louis Blues

Nine hundred and twenty-nine games, seventy goals, and forty-four shots from the point that produced none.

LW · New York Islanders

Seventy-eight tip-ins, third in the league — a quarter of everything he throws at the net.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

Twenty-one goals in 64 games and twenty minutes a night — a checking winger who became a first-line one.

LW · Carolina Hurricanes

Seventy-four penalty minutes in 45 games, two goals, and the 4th percentile in distance covered.

C · New York Rangers

No points in thirty-five games, and three goals for on his ice across 313 five-on-five minutes.

D · Pittsburgh Penguins

The fifth-highest mileage in the league at thirty-six, and three goals from a hundred and nine shots from the point.

C · Los Angeles Kings

Two Stanley Cups, 892 games, and back where he started at thirty-six.

D · Toronto Maple Leafs

Eleven goals fewer against than the chances called for, and four goals from nineteen mid-slot shots.

LW · San Jose Sharks

Six goals in seventy-three games, all but none of them from inside twenty feet, at 1.65 miles a night.

D · Dallas Stars

Plus-29 and ten penalty minutes in 82 games, off a 97.7 mph shot that produced eight goals.

G · Washington Capitals

Undrafted, right-handed, and sixty NHL games spread across seven seasons.

D · New York Rangers

One goal on seventy-two shots on goal, and a plus-29 that is the best figure on the club.

C · Calgary Flames

Sixty-four points and ten power-play goals, on a club that was second in the league in shot attempts and missed the playoffs.

D · Boston Bruins

A plus-49 and fifty-three points at twenty-nine, in a first full season in Boston.

D · Montreal Canadiens

Eighteen shots on goal in thirty-six games, and two goals in a 128-game career.

C · Los Angeles Kings

Five foot nine, seventy penalty minutes, and the fourth percentile for registered shot speed.

LW · Florida Panthers

Five foot nine, the 93rd percentile in top speed, and the 6th percentile in distance covered.

C · Florida Panthers

A seventh-round pick, six foot four, and his ice scored twenty-two goals against an expectation of thirty-two.

C · Winnipeg Jets

A hundred and eighty-one attacking draws against four hundred and six defensive ones.

LW · Boston Bruins

One thousand one hundred and seventy-three games, 1,299 penalty minutes, and a 100 mph shot that produced seven goals.

C · Florida Panthers

Forty-four points as a rookie, thirty-three as a sophomore, and the softest registered shot among Florida's regular forwards.

C · Anaheim Ducks

Two penalty minutes in sixty-one games, the second-softest shot measured in the league, and the hardest starts on the club.

D · Dallas Stars

A first-round pick who asked to be traded, and 60 games and sixteen points later he is a third pair.

C · Florida Panthers

Six shots on goal from beyond forty feet in eighty-two games — fewer than McDavid took.

G · Buffalo Sabres

An .891 in thirty-three games, and the club's least bad answer to its worst problem.

D · Anaheim Ducks

Undrafted out of Moscow, 279 NHL games as a shutdown defenceman, and the ninth-slowest top speed in the league.

D · Detroit Red Wings

Two Stanley Cups, ten seasons, and 0.2 bursts over twenty miles an hour a game.

LW · Arizona Coyotes

Thirty-eight assists on eleven goals, from a fourth-round pick, in a first full season.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

Listed as a winger and shoots like a defenceman — 71 per cent of his attempts from beyond forty feet.

D · San Jose Sharks

Undrafted, thirty years old, and one goal from seventy-four shots on goal.

C · Ottawa Senators

Six-foot-four and 226 pounds with a 99.6 mph shot and four goals in fifty-six games.

D · New York Rangers

Undrafted, thirty-nine NHL games at twenty-seven, and the 8th percentile of chance share.

C · Colorado Avalanche

366 shots, second in the league, and more bursts over twenty miles an hour per game than anyone alive.

D · Florida Panthers

Anaheim gave him seventy-nine games in four seasons; Florida gave him eighty-two in one.

D · Colorado Avalanche

Seven goals on 104 shots from beyond forty feet, on a rate more than double what a defenceman manages there.

C · Pittsburgh Penguins

Eighty-three points at thirty-six, out of the softest deployment of any forward in this book but four.

LW · Calgary Flames

A sixth-round pick, 5-10, 95 goals in 342 games, and the 93rd percentile in five-on-five share.

D · Colorado Avalanche

Twenty-seven games, plus-13, and forty-two penalty minutes — the whole profile in three numbers.

RW · Washington Capitals

Six foot five, two hundred and forty pounds, and below the league rate from every distance.

LW · Boston Bruins

Nine hundred and forty-seven games, 973 penalty minutes, and the 18th percentile in top speed at thirty-five.

RW · Columbus Blue Jackets

Twenty-one goals and four assists — the most lopsided scoring line of any rookie in this book.

C · Vegas Golden Knights

Undrafted, five foot nine, and twenty-six per cent from inside twenty feet.

LW · Dallas Stars

Six-foot-five, undrafted, and eighty penalty minutes in his first Dallas season.