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The 2025-26 edition

400 reports, as they read that season. Back to the first page

Evidence

Page 4 of 7 · Jokiharju to MacKinnon

20

Henri Jokiharju

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Boston Bruins

A right-shot puck-mover acquired in a deadline salary trade, and a plus-13 in 60 games on two bad clubs.

64

Ben Jones

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 213 five-on-five minutes, a short report. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Minnesota Wild

26 games, 0 points, and 24 shots without a goal.

46

Max Jones

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 0 five-on-five minutes, a short report. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Edmonton Oilers

26 games, 2 points, and a minus-13 in nine minutes a night.

3

Seth Jones

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Florida Panthers

A 44.9 per cent chance share and a minus-24, and a Cup three months after arriving.

59

Roman Josi

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Nashville Predators

25:02 a night and the best chance share on the blue line at 35, shut down in March after 53 games, and a line that scored 25 goals on 42.9 expected.

17

Tyson Jost

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 325 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Nashville Predators

The 10th pick in 2016, five organisations later, 39 games and 9 points on ten minutes a night.

91

Nazem Kadri

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Calgary Flames

35 goals at 34 on 279 shots, 72 penalty minutes, and a minus-17 on the club's first line.

44

Wyatt Kaiser

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

57 games at 23 on 18 minutes a night, and a defenceman the club still has no read on.

88

Patrick Kane

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Detroit Red Wings

59 points at 36 on a rebuilt hip, and 12 power-play goals on the league's 7th-best unit.

42

Kasperi Kapanen

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Edmonton Oilers

14 points in 67 games and a minus-22, the worst rating on a club that won 48 games.

97

Kirill Kaprizov

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Minnesota Wild

56 points in 41 games — a 1.37 rate that nobody else on this club approaches — and a season lost at the halfway mark.

92

Marco Kasper

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Detroit Red Wings

19 goals as a rookie at 21, with half his shots taken from inside 20 feet.

47

Mark Kastelic

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Boston Bruins

6-4 and 234 pounds, 106 penalty minutes in 61 games, and a 45.1 per cent chance share.

17

Parker Kelly

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Colorado Avalanche

Undrafted, on the fourth line, and in the 78th percentile in chance share while killing penalties.

9

Adrian Kempe

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Los Angeles Kings

35 goals and 73 points on 237 shots, and a 49.3 per cent chance share on the club's hardest line.

7

Michael Kesselring

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Buffalo Sabres

29 points and 89 penalty minutes from a 6-5 right shot, and the larger half of the JJ Peterka trade.

92

Marat Khusnutdinov

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Boston Bruins

12 points, a 42.1 per cent chance share — the 6th percentile in the league — and a change of organisation at 23.

17

Alex Killorn

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

19 goals at 35 on a 14.2 per cent rate, and a plus-12 on a team that was minus-44.

23

Justin Kirkland

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 0 five-on-five minutes, a short report. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Calgary Flames

21 games at 29, 8 points, and a career American Leaguer getting a look.

22

Joel Kiviranta

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

16 goals on 84 shots, which is a 19 per cent conversion rate and will not happen again.

43

Adam Klapka

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 244 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Calgary Flames

6-8 and 235 pounds, 31 games, 6 goals, and the largest forward in the league.

30

Spencer Knight

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Knight did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Chicago Blackhawks

A .9011 across 38 games, and the goaltender the club got for Seth Jones.

52

Pyotr Kochetkov

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Kochetkov did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Carolina Hurricanes

An .8968 behind the best defensive team in the league, which is the worst combination of facts in this edition.

18

Vladislav Kolyachonok

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 442 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Dallas Stars

A left-shot depth defenceman with 35 games of NHL work and a minus-12 to explain them.

11

Anze Kopitar

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Los Angeles Kings

67 points at 37 on 98 shots — a 21.4 per cent rate — and 4 penalty minutes across the whole season.

70

Joonas Korpisalo

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Korpisalo did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Boston Bruins

An .8932 in 27 games, and a backup whose numbers are indistinguishable from the starter's.

82

Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

33 points and a 55.2 per cent chance share, on the seventh year of a contract nobody has stopped talking about.

8

Johnathan Kovacevic

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · New Jersey Devils

A 52.9 per cent chance share — the best on the blue line — from a defenceman claimed off waivers two years earlier.

48

Tyson Kozak

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 211 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Buffalo Sabres

21 games, 5 points, and a fourth-line centre getting his first look at 22.

19

Peyton Krebs

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Buffalo Sabres

28 points, 60 penalty minutes, and a fourth-line centre being carried by 17 goals of goaltending luck.

20

Chris Kreider

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

22 goals and 8 assists at 34 — the worst full season of his career, and the price of finding out whether it was the club or the man.

35

Darcy Kuemper

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Kuemper did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Los Angeles Kings

A .9211 across 50 games at 34, the best save percentage of any starter in this edition.

27

Brett Kulak

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Edmonton Oilers

A 54.5 per cent chance share on a third pair, and 25 points from a defenceman nobody discusses.

20

Jiri Kulich

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Buffalo Sabres

15 goals in 62 games at 21, on the second-best chance share of any forward here.

7

Dmitry Kulikov

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, a short report. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Florida Panthers

34 years old, a plus-12, and 51.7 per cent in the club's third-pair minutes.

71

Luke Kunin

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Florida Panthers

18 points, 55 penalty minutes, and a minus-28 — the worst rating in this chapter by 13.

52

Sean Kuraly

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Boston Bruins

A 32-year-old fourth-line centre back where he started, and 17 points to describe him with.

10

Andrei Kuzmenko

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Los Angeles Kings

37 points in 66 games across two clubs, and a winger nobody has been able to place since he scored 39.

68

Zachary L'Heureux

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Nashville Predators

63 penalty minutes in 62 games at 22, half his shots from inside 20 feet, and a junior suspension record the club drafted him knowing about.

2

Jackson LaCombe

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

14 goals and 43 points at 24, on the best chance share of any defenceman here — which is still the 35th percentile.

14

Alex Laferriere

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Los Angeles Kings

19 goals at 23, a 55.7 per cent chance share, and 193 shots from a third line.

18

Sam Lafferty

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, a short report. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

7 points in 60 games, and a fourth-line centre signed to kill penalties.

92

Patrik Laine

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Montreal Canadiens

20 goals in 52 games and 15 of them on the power play, which is the most lopsided line in this edition.

71

Dylan Larkin

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Detroit Red Wings

70 points and 234 shots at 29, and a minus-16 as the captain of a club that has missed nine straight playoffs.

20

Curtis Lazar

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 449 five-on-five minutes, a short report. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Edmonton Oilers

5 points in 48 games, and a fourth-line centre signed for the room and the kill.

72

Anders Lee

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · New York Islanders

A median shot distance of 13 feet with 64 per cent of his attempts from inside 20 — the most extreme interior profile in this edition — and 29 goals at 35.

62

Artturi Lehkonen

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

27 goals in 69 games from 19 feet out, plus-36, and the best chance share on the club's top line.

23

Esa Lindell

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Dallas Stars

Plus-34 on a pairing that took the hardest minutes, and a 49.5 per cent chance share that says how hard they were.

28

Elias Lindholm

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Boston Bruins

47 points on the second year of a long contract, and an on-ice goal differential of minus-18.

6

Mason Lohrei

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Boston Bruins

33 points at 24 and a minus-43 — the worst plus-minus in the league — from the same 77 games.

94

Ryan Lomberg

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Calgary Flames

5-9, 13 points, 57 penalty minutes, and a 41.5 per cent chance share — the 4th percentile in the league.

15

Anton Lundell

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Florida Panthers

45 points and a plus-17 at 24, from the centre who now has to take the hardest minutes in hockey.

21

Isac Lundeström

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

15 points in 79 games, a minus-12, and a fourth-line centre signed to take defensive-zone draws.

5

Nils Lundkvist

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Dallas Stars

39 games, no goals, and a right-shot defenceman who has now had two organisations decide he is not quite an NHL regular.

27

Eetu Luostarinen

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Florida Panthers

24 points, a plus-12, and half his shots taken from inside 20 feet on the league's best checking line.

1

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Luukkonen did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Buffalo Sabres

An .8866 across 55 games, and the single largest reason a club that finished 1st in finishing missed the playoffs.

34

Alex Lyon

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Lyon did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Buffalo Sabres

An .8965 in 30 games at 32, brought in to make sure the club has a second goaltender it can play.

46

Ilya Lyubushkin

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Dallas Stars

A right-shot defensive defenceman who played 80 games on the top pair, and 1 goal.

15

Zack MacEwen

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 0 five-on-five minutes, a short report. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · New Jersey Devils

3 points in 21 games and 21 penalty minutes, and a thirteenth forward.

29

Nathan MacKinnon

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Colorado Avalanche

The reigning Hart winner put up 116 points and drove a 58.3 per cent chance share, the highest figure on any first line in hockey.