The 2024-25 edition

G · Montreal Canadiens

One hundred and ninety-ninth overall, a career .8938, and a .9097 in twenty-three games that has to mean something.

LW · Washington Capitals

Six-six and 250 pounds — the third-heaviest man in this edition.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

All eighty-two games at 22:10, and six hundred and fourteen career games of it on clubs that concede.

RW · Pittsburgh Penguins

Fourth overall in 2016, 6-4, and 54 goals in 356 games at 8.19 per cent.

D · New York Islanders

A career plus-55 in 486 games, and fifty-eight of eighty-two.

RW · Pittsburgh Penguins

A seventh-round pick with the highest chance share on the club and fifteen assists in 52 games.

G · New York Rangers

Seven hundred and eighty games, 393 wins, 60 shutouts, and an 18-6-2 at 38.

RW · Buffalo Sabres

Nine goals in twenty-seven games at twenty-two, and eighth overall four years ago.

D · Tampa Bay Lightning

Undrafted, and 33 points in his first full season at 27.

RW · Washington Capitals

Fifteen goals for in 909 minutes — the largest finishing shortfall of anybody arriving here.

RW · Pittsburgh Penguins

Two hundred and one career goals and not one of them shorthanded in 721 games.

RW · Colorado Avalanche

Six foot four and 228 pounds with a career 16.09 per cent finishing rate across 1,628 shots — the heaviest forward on the roster and the best finisher on it.

C · Detroit Red Wings

Six foot six and 222 pounds, 51 per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet, and the lowest chance share on the club.

LW · Detroit Red Wings

Seventy-two points at twenty-two on a 19.02 per cent conversion — the best young forward in this chapter and the one number in it that will not repeat.

RW · Toronto Maple Leafs

One thousand and seventy-two career penalty minutes, the fifth-most in this edition.

LW · Chicago Blackhawks

A first-round pick, 170 pounds, and a chance share in the 2nd percentile in his third season.

D · New York Islanders

One hundred and four career assists against 18 goals, and a fourth-round pick's ninth season.

G · Anaheim Ducks

Five hundred and one games, a career .9103, and a third goaltender's job at thirty-six.

C · Florida Panthers

Fifty-seven goals and twenty-seven of them on the power play, the most of anybody in this edition.

D · Toronto Maple Leafs

Fifty-one assists in 72 games, and 392 in a career of 791.

LW · Columbus Blue Jackets

One thousand and eleven games, ninety-three career power-play goals, and sixty-five per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet.

D · Washington Capitals

Undrafted, 601 games, and no power-play goals at all.

D · Philadelphia Flyers

A career minus-182, the worst figure in this edition by fifty-two goals, and 57.2 per cent of the chances last season.

G · Los Angeles Kings

Undrafted out of Jihlava, and a .9211 in twenty-four games behind a .8904.

LW · Dallas Stars

Eighty points and the 96th percentile of chances, from a second-round pick with a career 14.86 per cent finishing rate.

LW · Toronto Maple Leafs

Five-nine, and 14 goals in 56 games at eleven minutes a night.

LW · Carolina Hurricanes

Undrafted, three hundred and six games, and three career shorthanded goals from a fourth line.

C · Florida Panthers

Undrafted, 5-11, and his ice conceded twelve fewer goals than the chances said it should.

D · New York Islanders

Plus-23 on a club that was outshot by all but seven others, and 2 per cent of his attempts from inside twenty feet.

RW · Vegas Golden Knights

Twenty games, no penalty minutes at all.

C · Calgary Flames

Undrafted, two hundred and sixty games, and two penalty minutes in thirty-three of them.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

Twenty-fifth overall in 2015, thirty-one points in fifty-nine games, and a career minus-twenty-seven.

C · Minnesota Wild

Five foot nine, 182 pounds, ninth overall, and 21 goals in a first full season.

RW · Montreal Canadiens

Twenty-three games at 20, and the best chance share on the roster while he was out there.

D · Washington Capitals

A seventh-round pick with a career plus-67, and no power-play goals at all.

C · Vegas Golden Knights

A fifteen-foot median attempt at 6-4, and a career high in points.

D · New York Rangers

Undrafted out of San Diego, twelve seasons, 364 games, and not one attempt from inside twenty feet.

RW · Pittsburgh Penguins

Twenty-eight goals in 62 games at 32, with nearly half his attempts taken from inside twenty feet.

D · San Jose Sharks

Undrafted, a career plus-28, and the second-lowest chance share in this edition over a thousand minutes.

C · Edmonton Oilers

Undrafted, a first NHL game at 28, and 570 games since.

LW · St. Louis Blues

Twenty-six goals at 18.06 per cent, and 47 career game-winners.

D · Winnipeg Jets

One attempt in a hundred and eight from inside twenty feet.

G · Vegas Golden Knights

A hundred and two career wins against 39 losses, and the third-lowest save percentage in this edition.

D · Buffalo Sabres

Six foot four and 229 pounds, twenty and a half minutes a night, and forty-one games of it.

D · Ottawa Senators

Twenty-three minutes a night at 21, and the best defenceman on the club by a distance.

D · Washington Capitals

Seventy career assists and no power-play goals at all.

D · Philadelphia Flyers

Forty-four points and twenty-four minutes a night, and twenty-one goals of goaltending lost behind him.

G · Nashville Predators

Five foot eleven, sixty-four games, and a career .9170 across 350 of them.

D · Montreal Canadiens

Seven hundred and ninety-five games, 431 penalty minutes, a Stanley Cup, and nine goals of finishing above expectation.

C · Winnipeg Jets

Seven hundred and seventeen points in 797 games, all of them for this club.

C · St. Louis Blues

Ninety career power-play goals in 940 games, and a minus-22 last season.

D · Nashville Predators

Nine hundred and ninety-six games, 807 penalty minutes, and forty-three goals in sixteen seasons.

C · Utah Hockey Club

Sixty-one points on ten penalty minutes in 79 games.

G · Vegas Golden Knights

Six-five and 190 pounds, and a .9216 across 18 games two seasons ago.

D · Florida Panthers

Undrafted with 661 games and a career plus-102, arriving at 33 to replace two departed defencemen.

D · New York Rangers

All 82 games at 23 on a first-place club, and nine goals of goaltending against him.

C · Seattle Kraken

The closest shot chart on the club at 32, with a 16-foot median attempt.

D · Philadelphia Flyers

Two hundred and sixty-three career penalty minutes, eight career goals, and a plus-9 on a club that was outscored.

C · Dallas Stars

Three hundred and fifty-one goals and 3,170 shots across fourteen seasons, and a third-line role at 32.

D · Detroit Red Wings

One hundred and thirteen assists in 246 games at 23, and twenty-two minutes a night against everybody's best line on a club ranked 27th at suppressing chances.