Players

C · Nashville Predators

Forty-three points in fifty-one games at twenty-five, from the 96th percentile in zone starts.

C · Edmonton Oilers

A hundred and four points in his twelfth season, off the 5th-percentile shot.

D · Edmonton Oilers

One hundred and fourteen shots from beyond forty feet and three goals — the same line as his partner on the other pair.

RW · Toronto Maple Leafs

Forty goals, twenty-two per cent from inside twenty feet, and seven per cent from the mid-slot.

RW · Nashville Predators

Eleven seasons, 703 games, 428 points, and a fourth-round pick nobody has ever built a line around.

C · Arizona Coyotes

Two hundred and eighty-eight penalty minutes in a hundred and twenty-four games, and nine years in the minors to get them.

LW · Pittsburgh Penguins

Six-foot-four, undrafted, 2.2 sprints a game on 1.64 miles of ice, and the fourth percentile of zone starts.

RW · Colorado Avalanche

Two shorthanded goals, no power-play time, and the 93rd percentile in bursts over twenty miles an hour.

C · Nashville Predators

A minus-21 with a 72nd-percentile chance share, and his ice conceded thirteen more goals than the chances deserved.

D · Calgary Flames

Undrafted, 349 games, and the second percentile in top speed.

G · Dallas Stars

Three NHL seasons and a save percentage that has risen in every one.

RW · Buffalo Sabres

Nine hundred and eighty-four games, a captaincy, and the 97th percentile in top speed at thirty-five.

D · Seattle Kraken

Six-foot-seven, 252 pounds, and five goals from eight shots inside twenty feet.

RW · Columbus Blue Jackets

Eighty-one penalty minutes in eleven and a half minutes a night, and a 95.7 mph shot he takes from the goal line.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

Twenty-eight NHL games at 27, and the 2nd percentile in distance covered.

RW · Buffalo Sabres

Twenty-eight goals, a minus-23, and four penalty minutes all season.

D · Carolina Hurricanes

Five-eleven, a 101.6 mph shot at the 99th percentile, and three goals from beyond forty feet.

RW · Washington Capitals

A career 14.7 per cent shooter at thirty-six, on a nineteen-foot median.

LW · Washington Capitals

Eight hundred and twenty-two goals, forty-two of them at thirty-seven, and 9.52 per cent from beyond forty feet.

C · New York Islanders

Four hundred and fifty-four defensive-zone starts against a hundred and eighty, and a chance share above fifty out of it.

LW · New Jersey Devils

A seventh-round pick with a career plus-152, in the fewest games of any full season he has played.

C · New York Islanders

Fifteen per cent from twenty to forty feet, against a league rate of eleven, on the good end of the rink.

LW · New York Rangers

Undrafted, 661 points in 590 games, and nineteen per cent from twenty to forty feet against a league rate of eleven.

D · St. Louis Blues

Ninety-three shots on goal from beyond forty feet, a 99 mph shot, and not one goal.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

Sixty-two per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet, at 38, on the softest measured shot on the roster.

C · Nashville Predators

A seventh-round pick with twenty-five points in forty-five games as a rookie.

RW · Boston Bruins

Sixty-one goals on 407 shots, the 98th percentile in top speed and the 93rd in shot velocity.

LW · Tampa Bay Lightning

Six-foot-four and 234 pounds, thirty-seven backhands, and the hardest zone starts of any Tampa Bay forward who plays a regular shift.

C · Dallas Stars

Forty-one tip-ins, twelve deflections, and 77 points at 38.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Minus-41, and his ice went 44-91 at five-on-five — the worst goal differential in the National Hockey League by twelve.

D · New York Islanders

The best chance share on this blue line, taken from the 14th percentile of zone starts.

LW · Calgary Flames

Five-foot-ten, 172 pounds, twenty-four games, and the fourth percentile in shot velocity.

D · Tampa Bay Lightning

A sixth-round pick, sixty-nine games in his first season, and a thousand five-on-five minutes at a positive chance share.

C · Winnipeg Jets

Twenty-two assists in fifty-one games, and a top speed in the third percentile.

LW · Detroit Red Wings

Twenty-four goals off a top speed in the 2nd percentile — the third-slowest forward in the league.

RW · Chicago Blackhawks

Thirty-eight years old, the 3rd percentile in distance covered, and 57 per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet.

D · Carolina Hurricanes

Two goals on 114 shots from beyond forty feet, taken with an 87.9 mph shot at the 29th percentile.

RW · Buffalo Sabres

The 92nd percentile in sprints and the 6th in shot velocity, at twenty-one.

D · Detroit Red Wings

Eighty shots on goal from beyond forty feet, two goals, and a 99.3 mph shot behind them.

C · Vancouver Canucks

A hundred and two points, five shorthanded goals, and a career shooting percentage of 16.6.

D · Pittsburgh Penguins

One goal from ninety-three shots on goal, and fifty-one slap shots that produced nothing at all.

LW · Montreal Canadiens

Nine minutes a night, seventy-seven penalty minutes, and the lowest distance reading in these five chapters.

D · Vegas Golden Knights

A hundred and seventeen shots from beyond forty feet, five goals, and 3.32 miles a game at thirty-three.

C · Ottawa Senators

Twenty goals in a first full season, and eighteen goals fewer on his ice than the chances deserved.

D · Winnipeg Jets

Undrafted, a hundred and fifty-five career assists, and ninety shots from the point.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

The 0th percentile in expected-goal share, and six goals on thirty shots.

C · New York Rangers

Nine seasons, seven organisations, and 1.75 miles a game at the 5th percentile.

RW · Vancouver Canucks

Tenth overall two years ago, and thirty-nine games and seven points last season.

C · Philadelphia Flyers

The fastest measured skater in this book — 24.3 miles an hour, ahead of McDavid and MacKinnon — on twelve minutes a night.

C · Tampa Bay Lightning

Fifty-one goals at 21.7 per cent, a hundred and thirty-seven shots from inside twenty feet, and the fastest skater in this book but one.

D · Buffalo Sabres

First overall, 23:48 a night at twenty, and 3.44 miles a game at the 17th percentile in top speed.

G · Colorado Avalanche

Thirteen NHL games in three years and a save percentage that has never reached .890.

LW · Washington Capitals

Six foot six and two hundred and fifty pounds, on the fourth percentile of zone starts at twenty-two.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Seventy-four shots on goal from beyond forty feet and none of them went in — third in the league, on the same blue line as the man who was second.

RW · Pittsburgh Penguins

The 87th percentile of chance share and two goals from forty-six shots inside twenty feet.

D · New York Islanders

Five hundred and six defensive-zone starts, ninety-eight long shots on goal, three goals, and the fourth-fastest measured shot in the league.

G · New York Rangers

Seven hundred and fifty-three games, and a save percentage forty-first of forty-two.

RW · Buffalo Sabres

Thirty-seven points in a first full season, and the 18th percentile in shot velocity for a man drafted to score.

G · Carolina Hurricanes

Nineteen wins in 27 games, four shutouts, and an undrafted decade behind it.

RW · Chicago Blackhawks

Twenty goals, thirteen of them from inside twenty feet, on a club that could not manufacture a chance.