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The 2025-26 edition

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Evidence

Page 8 of 10 · Podkolzin to Soderblom

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.

32

Jonathan Quick

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

G · New York Rangers

3 shutouts and an .8935 in 24 games at 39, in the eighteenth season of a career with 404 wins in it.

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.

14

Taylor Raddysh

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 York Rangers

27 points in 80 games in Washington, and a career plus-minus of minus-53 that says more about the clubs than the man.

67

Rickard Rakell

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 · Pittsburgh Penguins

35 goals at a 17.2 per cent conversion and half his attempts from inside 20 feet, on ice for 30 goals against an expectation of 53.

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.

75

Ryan Reaves

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 271 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · San Jose Sharks

1,100 career penalty minutes in 912 games, no goals in 35 last season, and 7:48 a night.

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.

47

James Reimer

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

G · Ottawa Senators

An .8958 across two clubs at 36, and 525 NHL games behind him.

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.

73

Matt Rempe

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 311 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · New York Rangers

6-9 and 261 with 67 penalty minutes in 42 games at eight and a half minutes a night.

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.

55

Rasmus Ristolainen

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 · Philadelphia Flyers

Twelve seasons, 776 games, a career minus-179, and the 64th percentile of chances in 63 games.

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.

17

Bryan Rust

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 · Pittsburgh Penguins

Fifty-two per cent of his shot attempts came from inside 20 feet — the highest share on the club — and he scored 31 goals in 71 games at 32.

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.

85

Jake Sanderson

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 · Ottawa Senators

57 points and 24:27 a night at 22, and a minus-14 that the chance model says he did not earn.

6

Travis Sanheim

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 · Philadelphia Flyers

82 games at 24:30 a night, and the only defenceman here whose on-ice goals came out ahead of the chances.

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.

10

Brayden Schenn

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 · St. Louis Blues

Sixty-one penalty minutes at 33 from a captain who takes 36 per cent of his shot attempts from inside 20 feet.

4

Braden Schneider

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 Rangers

80 games at 17:52 in his fourth season, 71 per cent of his shots from beyond 40 feet, and the offence has not arrived.

17

Jaden Schwartz

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 · Seattle Kraken

26 goals and six game-winners at 32, with 46 per cent of his shot attempts from inside 20 feet.

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.

24

Nick Seeler

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 · Philadelphia Flyers

Seventy-nine per cent of his shot attempts came from beyond 40 feet, and his ice conceded fourteen goals more than the chances said it should.

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.

6

Ryan Shea

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 · Pittsburgh Penguins

Seventy-six per cent of his shot attempts from beyond 40 feet, in a 39-game season that was his first extended run at 27.

31

Igor Shesterkin

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

G · New York Rangers

27-29-5 and a .9046 in the first season of the largest goaltending contract ever signed, and the club's goaltending still finished 10th.

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.

37

Arturs Silovs

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

G · Pittsburgh Penguins

An .8613 in ten NHL games, and a playoff run two years ago that is still the reason anybody is interested.

53

Jeff Skinner

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 · San Jose Sharks

1,078 games and 699 points, and a season in Edmonton that ended with 13 minutes a night and a buyout.

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.

2

Will 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.

C · San Jose Sharks

45 points in a rookie season at 19, on the club with the worst chance share 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.