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The 2025-26 edition

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

Evidence

Page 6 of 7 · Palmieri to Struble

21

Kyle Palmieri

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

24 goals at 34 on 14.2 per cent shooting, with 42 per cent of his attempts taken from inside 20 feet.

88

David Pastrnak

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 · Boston Bruins

106 points on a club that scored 210 goals, and an on-ice goal differential of minus-9 to go with it.

26

Andrew Peeke

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

1 goal in 76 games, a minus-10, and a right-shot defenceman playing 18 minutes because somebody has to.

3

Adam Pelech

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

The 89th percentile in chance share, and zero goals in 60 games on 109 shots.

48

Nick Perbix

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

Six foot four, right-handed, plus-8 in Tampa, and signed to be the settled top-four partner this blue line has not had.

CP

Corey Perry

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 40 on a 19 per cent rate, and a fifth Stanley Cup final appearance in six years.

22

Brett Pesce

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 52.3 per cent chance share in the club's hardest defensive minutes, and 17 points.

2

Jeff Petry

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

37 years old, 44 games, and a seventh defenceman signed for the depth a long spring requires.

31

Calvin Pickard

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

G · Edmonton Oilers

An .8999 in 36 games, and a backup who keeps being asked to be more.

92

Vasily Podkolzin

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

A 58.4 per cent chance share in thirteen minutes a night, from a winger Vancouver gave away for a fourth-round pick.

25

Ryan Poehling

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

31 points on a 16.9 per cent shooting rate, which is twice what he had ever managed before.

51

Matthew Poitras

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 391 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

33 games at 21, a 51.4 per cent chance share, and the best underlying numbers of any forward on the roster.

76

Martin Pospisil

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

25 points, 84 penalty minutes, and 173 pounds of the most irritating hockey in the league.

25

Owen Power

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

40 points at 22 from 6-6, and a minus-13 that says more about the club than about him.

9

Ivan Provorov

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

82 games at 23:21 a night, and on-ice goals of 76-65 against an expected 55-59.

6

Ryan Pulock

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

21:05 a night at the 15th percentile in chance share, and 3 per cent of his shots taken from inside 20 feet.

82

Mikael Pyyhtia

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 494 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 · Columbus Blue Jackets

A 39.5 per cent chance share — the 2nd percentile in the league — across 494 minutes.

22

Jack Quinn

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 · Buffalo Sabres

39 points and a minus-18, and a 24-year-old whose fourth season looked like his second.

96

Mikko Rantanen

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 · Dallas Stars

88 points across three clubs in one season, and the most expensive bet in hockey that the last two months meant nothing.

27

Michael Rasmussen

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

6-6 and 222 pounds, and 59 per cent of his shots taken from inside 20 feet.

23

Lucas Raymond

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 · Detroit Red Wings

80 points at 23 and a 52.4 per cent chance share, and a minus-15 that belongs to the goaltending rather than to him.

76

Lukas Reichel

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 · Chicago Blackhawks

22 points in 70 games at 23, and a first-round pick running out of seasons.

13

Sam Reinhart

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

39 goals on an 18.3 per cent rate, 5 shorthanded, and a 57.2 per cent chance share.

21

James van Riemsdyk

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 · Detroit Red Wings

16 goals at 36 on an 18.8 per cent rate, and a net-front specialist signed for a power play that is already 7th.

33

David Rittich

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

G · New York Islanders

A .8859 in 34 games with Los Angeles, signed to be the backup who lets Ilya Sorokin play sixty times.

21

Jason Robertson

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 · Dallas Stars

35 goals and a 16.6 per cent shooting rate, and the only forward here whose on-ice goal differential was better than his chance share earned.

50

Eric Robinson

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

14 goals from a fourth line, 55 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and a 56.9 per cent chance share.

17

Evan Rodrigues

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

32 points and 161 shots from a third line, and a 52.5 per cent chance share.

28

Alexander Romanov

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

22:18 a night at 25 — the heaviest workload on the club among men who played a full season — and 4 per cent shooting on 100 attempts.

28

Jack Roslovic

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

22 goals on a 15.8 per cent rate in thirteen minutes a night, and a minus-10.

23

Marco Rossi

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 · Minnesota Wild

60 points at 24 from 5-9 and 182 pounds, with 53 per cent of his shots taken from inside 20 feet.

11

Mackie Samoskevich

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 · Florida Panthers

15 goals as a rookie and a 55.8 per cent chance share, from the club's only young forward.

23

Mattias Samuelsson

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

6-4, 229 pounds, 62 games, and a 45.3 per cent chance share on a long contract.

74

Juuse Saros

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

G · Nashville Predators

.8951 across 58 games, the worst season of his career, in the first year of an eight-year contract.

79

Cole Schwindt

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 368 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 · Florida Panthers

8 points in 42 games, and a fourth-line centre who has never taken a penalty.

91

Tyler Seguin

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 260 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Dallas Stars

20 games and 21 points before hip surgery, and a career that has now been interrupted more often than it has run.

53

Moritz Seider

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 · Detroit Red Wings

46 points and 25:04 a night at 24, and on-ice goals of 50-66 in the hardest minutes on the club.

78

Damon Severson

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

25 points, a 50.4 per cent chance share, and on-ice goals of 60-43 that flattered all of it.

17

Yegor Sharangovich

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

32 points after 59, and the most straightforward regression in this chapter.

71

Jonas Siegenthaler

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 52.6 per cent chance share in 55 games, and a shutdown defenceman who cannot stay available.

4

Cole Sillinger

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

33 points, a minus-11, and a 44.6 per cent chance share in his fourth NHL season at 22.

74

Stuart Skinner

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

G · Edmonton Oilers

An .8958 across 51 games, and the position that has now cost this club two Cup finals.

76

Brady Skjei

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

Seven years and $49 million for a defenceman who played 21:53 a night at the 23rd percentile in chance share and took 72 per cent of his shots from beyond 40 feet.

20

Juraj Slafkovský

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

6-3 and 225 pounds at 21, and 56 per cent of his shots taken from inside 20 feet.

84

Landon Slaggert

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 340 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 · Chicago Blackhawks

33 games, 6 points, and 62 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet.

74

Jaccob Slavin

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

8 penalty minutes in 80 games while playing the hardest defensive assignments in the league.

7

Brendan Smith

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 369 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

36 years old, 32 games, and a seventh defenceman signed to be a presence rather than a player.

22

Cole Smith

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 · Nashville Predators

Undrafted out of North Dakota, 46 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and a penalty-killing winger on the 2nd-best unit in the league.

40

Arvid Soderblom

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

G · Chicago Blackhawks

An .8979 across 36 games, and 21.9 goals of goaltending given away by a club that finished 8th in finishing.

25

Elmer Soderblom

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 328 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Detroit Red Wings

6-8 and 252 pounds, 26 games, and the largest forward in the league after Adam Klapka.

30

Ilya Sorokin

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

G · New York Islanders

.9068 across 61 games on 1,695 shots faced, and 10 goals better than the chances behind a club that missed the playoffs.

46

Jared Spurgeon

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 · Minnesota Wild

5-9 and 166 pounds at 35, a 53 per cent chance share, and 14 penalty minutes.

11

Jordan Staal

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

37 years old, 56 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and a 55.2 per cent chance share in the hardest minutes on the roster.

91

Steven Stamkos

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

27 goals in his first season outside Tampa, 14 of them on the power play, and a minus-36 that is the worst figure in this edition.

22

Logan Stankoven

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

5-8 and 165 pounds, 38 points, and the centrepiece of the return for Mikko Rantanen.

24

Spencer Stastney

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 · Nashville Predators

Notre Dame, a fifth-round pick, sixteen minutes a night in 23 games and no goals on 15 shots.

28

Troy Stecher

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 · Edmonton Oilers

5-10, 66 games, 7 points, and a seventh defenceman who played like a sixth.

18

Sam Steel

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 · Dallas Stars

A fourth-line centre who took the defensive-zone draws and finished minus-6 doing it.

22

Ryan Strome

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

41 points, 70 penalty minutes, and a second-line centre job on a club that has three better options coming.

47

Jayden Struble

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

A 56.3 per cent chance share — the best on the blue line — in the smallest defensive role.