Players

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Fifth overall in 2021, a hundred and seventy pounds, and forty-two games.

C · Minnesota Wild

Undrafted, a career minus-50 in 141 games, and forty-two of them in Chicago on the sixteenth percentile.

D · Buffalo Sabres

Fifty-two point eight per cent of the chances in a first NHL season, and no goals.

C · Boston Bruins

Two Stanley Cups, seven hundred and thirty-eight games undrafted, and the fourth percentile of chances.

LW · Anaheim Ducks

Four hundred penalty minutes in 202 games, eight minutes a night, and the worst chance share on the roster.

C · Dallas Stars

Thirty-two goals and three shorthanded at twenty-one, with 49 per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet.

D · Buffalo Sabres

Eighty-three per cent of his attempts from beyond forty feet, and sixteen goals in 347 games.

D · Los Angeles Kings

Twenty-five games in Colorado, a career minus-35, and a fourth club looking for a seventh defenceman.

LW · Boston Bruins

Six foot three and 216 pounds of fourth-line forechecking, and nineteen goals for against thirty-four.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

Played 25:29 a night on the worst possession club in the league and finished with a career minus-115 behind him.

D · New York Rangers

Five foot eleven out of Richmond, Virginia, and 69 games in four seasons.

RW · St. Louis Blues

A career high of 35 points at 27, and the largest goaltending shortfall on the roster.

D · St. Louis Blues

A first-round pick who has never played for the club that drafted him.

C · Vancouver Canucks

The closest shot chart on the club, and 21.4 per cent of them went in.

D · Nashville Predators

Eighty-five points from the blue line at 34, and 505 career assists in 909 games.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

Tenth overall in 2016, four hundred and fifty-six games, and the fourth percentile of chances.

D · Vancouver Canucks

Fifty-four games last season, against 68 in his first five.

C · Calgary Flames

Seventy-five points at thirty-three on 277 shots, and nineteen goals underwater on his ice.

G · Colorado Avalanche

Seven wins and twenty-four losses in San Jose, signed to back up a goaltender who posted an .8966.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

Thirty-two games at 21 and the best chance share of any defenceman who actually played here.

RW · New York Rangers

Second overall in 2019, and 117 points in 300 games across five seasons.

RW · New York Rangers

The 98th percentile of chances in Los Angeles, and fifteen points to show for it.

C · Toronto Maple Leafs

Undrafted, no power-play goals in 477 games, and the lowest chance share of any forward on the club.

RW · Detroit Red Wings

One thousand two hundred and eighty-four points, and forty-seven more in fifty games at thirty-five on a rebuilt hip.

RW · St. Louis Blues

Six goals on 99 shots against a career rate nearly twice that.

LW · Minnesota Wild

One hundred and sixty goals in 278 games, at a career 16.26 per cent, on a club that creates nothing.

D · Pittsburgh Penguins

The most career assists of any defenceman in this edition, and the fourth-most five-on-five ice of anybody in it.

C · Vegas Golden Knights

Fifty-eight point two per cent of the chances — the highest share on the club.

LW · Seattle Kraken

Undrafted, and 77 games and 11 goals in the only season he has played.

C · Boston Bruins

Six foot four, 234 pounds, seven minutes and forty-three seconds a night.

RW · Utah Hockey Club

Thirty-three goals and 76 points at 5-10 and 175 pounds, on a club that finished twenty-seventh.

C · Colorado Avalanche

Undrafted, two shorthanded goals, and a chance share in the 26th percentile in Ottawa.

RW · Los Angeles Kings

Seventy-five points on the lowest chance share of any regular forward on the club.

C · Utah Hockey Club

A sixteen-foot median attempt, and 45 points in all 82 games.

D · St. Louis Blues

Thirty-nine games at 16:48 in a first season, from a fifth-round pick.

D · Utah Hockey Club

Six-five, a sixth-round pick, and 21 points in 65 games.

LW · Anaheim Ducks

Two Stanley Cups, five hundred and two points, and thirty-five years old on a club that will not win fifty games.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

Undrafted, fifty-three per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet, and nine points in fifty-six games.

LW · Toronto Maple Leafs

Six-three and 232 at 21, with 57 per cent of his attempts from inside twenty feet.

G · Carolina Hurricanes

A .9108 with four shutouts at twenty-four, behind the best chance suppression in hockey.

RW · Vegas Golden Knights

Two hundred and fifteen penalty minutes in 275 games.

RW · Philadelphia Flyers

Six shorthanded goals, the most of anybody in this edition, from a 5-10 winger who scored 33.

C · Los Angeles Kings

One thousand three hundred and seventy-three games, 1,211 points, and 70 of them last season at 36.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

Nineteen years old, 19:37 a night, and minus-39 — the price of a rebuild charged to a teenager.

D · Vegas Golden Knights

Twenty goals for and nine against, in 26 games.

G · Boston Bruins

An .8896 in fifty-five games, and he is what Boston received for a Vezina winner.

C · San Jose Sharks

Six-four and 232 pounds, with the fifth-highest career shooting rate of anybody in this edition.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

Third overall in 2018, forty-eight goals for against thirty-two on his ice, and twelve of his own.

D · New Jersey Devils

Six foot five, plus-11 in Montreal, and eleven goals of goaltending on his ice on a club that finished 28th.

C · Buffalo Sabres

Sixty-seven penalty minutes, four goals, and fifty goals for on his ice against thirty-seven expected.

LW · New York Rangers

One hundred and ten career power-play goals, 304 in total, and 59 per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet.

RW · Tampa Bay Lightning

A hundred assists and 144 points, both the most of anybody in this edition.

G · Los Angeles Kings

A .914 career save percentage, a Stanley Cup, and a .8904 in thirty-three games.

D · Edmonton Oilers

All 82 games at 15:23 for the club he grew up in, and a ledger that matched the chances.

D · Florida Panthers

Nine hundred and forty-eight games, 591 career penalty minutes, and back where he was drafted fifteen years ago.

C · San Jose Sharks

The lowest chance share of anybody in this edition who played a thousand minutes at five-on-five.

C · Winnipeg Jets

No goals in 28 games, from a twentieth-overall pick.

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Four hundred and eighty games of fourth-line work, and the fifteenth percentile of chances.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

Fifty-four points beside Connor Bedard and minus-44 — the two halves of the same season.

LW · Calgary Flames

Undrafted, sixty-one goals in 153 NHL games, and a career conversion rate of 23.11 per cent.