Page 5 of 7 · MacLean to Palat
Kyle MacLean
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 · New York Islanders
The 11th percentile in chance share, a line that outscored expectation by twenty goals, and a minus-15.
Cale Makar
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 · Colorado Avalanche
30 goals and 92 points from the blue line, a Norris, and the best skater at his position in the world.
Beck Malenstyn
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 · Buffalo Sabres
10 points in 76 games, a minus-16, and 652 minutes of fourth-line hockey at the 18th percentile.
Sam Malinski
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 · Colorado Avalanche
Undrafted out of Cornell, 76 games on the third pair, and an even chance share doing it.
Andrew Mangiapane
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 · Edmonton Oilers
28 points and a 14.7 per cent rate, and a winger who has not been the 35-goal player since 2022.
Josh Manson
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 · Colorado Avalanche
The only man on this blue line who can clear a crease, and he played 48 games.
Brad Marchand
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 · Florida Panthers
51 points at 36 across two clubs, and the most disruptive deadline acquisition of the year.
Kirill Marchenko
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 · Columbus Blue Jackets
31 goals, 74 points and a plus-29 — the best rating on the club by 9 — on a line that broke even in chances.
Jonathan Marchessault
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 · Nashville Predators
A Conn Smythe winner two years earlier: 21 goals in his first Nashville season after 42 in his last Vegas one.
Jacob Markstrom
Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Markstrom did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.G · New Jersey Devils
A .9003 across 49 games at 35, and a goaltender the club paid a first-round pick for.
Jordan Martinook
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 · Carolina Hurricanes
36 points at 33 and a 55.8 per cent chance share, from a winger nobody drafted to score.
Ethan Del Mastro
Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 410 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.D · Chicago Blackhawks
24 games at 22, 6-4, and a defensive defenceman with a 45.5 per cent share on a club whose average was 43.
Denton Mateychuk
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 · Columbus Blue Jackets
45 games at 21, 5-11, and a defenceman whose development matters more to this club than anybody's.
Mike Matheson
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 · Montreal Canadiens
25:05 a night — the heaviest workload on the club — and a 47.2 per cent chance share.
Scott Mayfield
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 York Islanders
Plus-18 — the best figure on the club by thirteen — at the 24th percentile in chance share.
Charlie McAvoy
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
50 games, 23:40 a night, and the only defenceman here whose absence changed the shape of the team.
Michael McCarron
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 · Nashville Predators
Six foot six, 102 penalty minutes, and a plus-3 at five-on-five sitting underneath a minus-21 — the clearest illustration in this edition of what plus-minus actually measures.
Connor McDavid
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 · Edmonton Oilers
100 points in 67 games and a 59.8 per cent chance share, and his line was outscored 28-41 against an expected 63-42.
Ryan McLeod
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
20 goals on 97 shots — 20.6 per cent — after scoring 12 in his best previous season.
Mason McTavish
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 · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
22 goals and 52 points, and a 42.4 per cent chance share that is the 6th percentile in the entire league.
Timo Meier
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 · New Jersey Devils
26 goals on 239 shots — a 10.9 per cent rate — on a 53.7 per cent chance share.
Dawson Mercer
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 · New Jersey Devils
36 points and 52 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and a fourth season that looked like the third.
Elvis Merzlikins
Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Merzlikins did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.G · Columbus Blue Jackets
An .8921 across 52 games, and the reason a club that finished 2nd in finishing missed the playoffs.
Jake Middleton
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 · Minnesota Wild
21 points, 6-3 and 219 pounds, and a 47.1 per cent chance share beside the club's most-used defenceman.
Keaton Middleton
Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 397 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.D · Colorado Avalanche
6-6 and 240 pounds, 41 games, 2 points, and no pretence about which of those three matters.
Ilya Mikheyev
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 · Chicago Blackhawks
20 goals and a plus-4 on a club that was minus-66, which is the strangest arithmetic in this edition.
Niko Mikkola
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
6-6, 70 penalty minutes, and on-ice goals of 56-33 in a shutdown role.
K'Andre Miller
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 · Carolina Hurricanes
6-5, 25 years old, and a defenceman the Rangers gave up on at exactly the age most defencemen arrive.
Fraser Minten
Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 0 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.C · Boston Bruins
21 NHL games at 21, acquired for a defenceman the club could not keep, and the best young centre in the organisation.
Pavel Mintyukov
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
A 21-year-old defenceman with a 43.7 per cent chance share, which is the 9th percentile in the league.
Daniil Miromanov
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 · Calgary Flames
44 games, 9 points, and a 6-4 right shot on his third organisation at 28.
Casey Mittelstadt
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
40 points, a minus-29, and a 46.1 per cent chance share — the second club in two years to decide he was not the centre they wanted.
Sean Monahan
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
57 points in 54 games, and a body that has now cost him parts of six consecutive seasons.
Samuel Montembeault
Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Montembeault did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.G · Montreal Canadiens
A .9011 across 62 games and the fourth-most shots faced in the league, on a club with the worst chance suppression but one.
Trevor Moore
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
18 goals in 71 games and a 55.6 per cent chance share, from an undrafted winger in his eleventh season.
Jacob Moverare
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 · Los Angeles Kings
A 57.7 per cent chance share in 530 minutes, and 0 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet.
Petr Mrazek
Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Mrazek did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.G · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
An .8912 across two clubs at 33, brought in to give the starter 25 nights off.
Connor Murphy
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
68 games at 32 on a club that conceded 284 goals, and 19 points to show for it.
Frank Nazar
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 · Chicago Blackhawks
12 goals in 53 games at 21, and the second-most important forward in the organisation.
Martin Necas
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 return for Mikko Rantanen, an 83-point season, and the fastest man on the roster with the puck on his stick.
Brock Nelson
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
26 goals at 33, acquired for the second line the club has not had since Nazem Kadri left, and a 49.5 per cent chance share that says the job was harder than the total.
Simon Nemec
Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 340 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.D · New Jersey Devils
27 games at 21 and a 39 per cent chance share — the 1st percentile in the league.
Nikita Nesterenko
Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 0 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.C · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
20 NHL games, 4 goals, and a first look at a 24-year-old the organisation has been patient with.
Alex Newhook
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 · Montreal Canadiens
26 points and a minus-21, and a 50.8 per cent chance share that says the rating is not his.
Valeri Nichushkin
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 · Colorado Avalanche
21 goals in 43 games, which is the best rate on the club and, again, less than half a season of them.
Stefan Noesen
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 · New Jersey Devils
22 goals with 64 per cent of his shots taken from inside 20 feet — the most extreme interior profile in this edition.
Josh Norris
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
21 goals in 56 games at a 21.9 per cent rate, on shoulders that have now ended four seasons early.
Tomas Nosek
Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 490 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 · Florida Panthers
A 57.2 per cent chance share in the smallest role on the roster, and 9 points.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
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 · Edmonton Oilers
49 points in a third-line role, and a minus-16 goal differential on a 53.5 per cent chance share.
Darnell Nurse
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
33 points, 72 penalty minutes, and a 53.4 per cent chance share on the most criticised contract in the league.
Logan O'Connor
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 · Colorado Avalanche
10 goals from 21 feet out, a 53.4 per cent chance share, and the club's most-used penalty killer.
Ryan O'Reilly
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 · Nashville Predators
57 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet at 34, 24 penalty minutes in 79 games, and the hardest defensive assignment on a club whose penalty kill finished 2nd in the league.
Jordan Oesterle
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
Even in plus-minus while his line was outscored 17-29 at five-on-five, and 4 penalty minutes in 37 games.
Jake Oettinger
Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Oettinger did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.G · Dallas Stars
36 wins and 19.7 goals saved above the chances faced, 3rd in the league — and the reason this club's record outran its play.
Liam Ohgren
Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 247 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.LW · Minnesota Wild
24 games at 21 and a 40.8 per cent chance share, and a first NHL look that did not go well.
Mathieu Olivier
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 · Columbus Blue Jackets
18 goals and 139 penalty minutes, and 56 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet.
Victor Olofsson
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 · Colorado Avalanche
15 goals in 56 games on a one-year deal, and a shot that is still worth a power-play spot at 30.
Brayden Pachal
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 · Calgary Flames
88 penalty minutes, a 47 per cent chance share, and a third-pair right shot playing 14 minutes.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau
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 · New York Islanders
51 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet at 33, 42 points, and the defensive centre on a penalty kill that finished 31st.
Ondrej Palat
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 Jersey Devils
28 points at 34 on a 15.6 per cent rate, in the fourth year of a contract that has not worked.