Players

C · Philadelphia Flyers

A 29-year-old rookie from Latvia who took 51 per cent of his shot attempts from inside 20 feet.

C · Pittsburgh Penguins

Undrafted, 5-11, and 54 per cent of his shot attempts from inside 20 feet on the club's worst chance-share line.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

74 points and a 58.4 per cent chance share, and an on-ice goal differential of minus-2 that should have been plus-15.

G · New Jersey Devils

A .906 in 31 games at 34, and a backup who outplayed the man the club traded a first for.

RW · Ottawa Senators

Forty-eight per cent of his attempts came from inside 20 feet, the highest share of any forward on the club.

G · Carolina Hurricanes

22 games at 36, an .8993, and a goaltender whose availability has decided two of this club's postseasons.

RW · Montreal Canadiens

27 points, 90 penalty minutes, and a 6-3 winger on a contract that runs to 2027.

D · Los Angeles Kings

A 53.8 per cent chance share in the hardest defensive minutes on the club with the best defence in the league.

D · Calgary Flames

31 points, 23:59 a night, and a minus-38 — the second-worst rating in the league.

D · Philadelphia Flyers

Five-foot-nine, and the 92nd percentile of chances across 42 games on the third pair.

G · Nashville Predators

Acquired from Colorado in December, .8833 across 34 games between the two clubs, and 6-4 in a crease where Juuse Saros is 5-11.

C · Detroit Red Wings

22 points and a plus-7 on a good club, and a fourth-line winger signed to kill penalties on a bad one.

RW · Los Angeles Kings

29 points and 3 shorthanded goals at 32, and a penalty killer signed for a unit already 5th.

LW · Boston Bruins

15 goals in 67 games at a career-low rate, and a winger signed to make the second line less thin.

G · San Jose Sharks

The most valuable goaltending prospect in hockey, and thirteen NHL games at an .8964.

LW · Columbus Blue Jackets

17 points, a minus-15, and a fourth-line winger who took 48 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet.

RW · Minnesota Wild

2 points in 22 games and 19 penalty minutes, and a depth winger on his fifth organisation.

C · Dallas Stars

6-4 and 207, 59 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and the only fourth-line centre here who wins a puck by force.

C · Calgary Flames

The captain at 36, 32 points, and a 50.9 per cent chance share in the club's hardest minutes.

D · Calgary Flames

6-6 and 230 pounds, 21:23 a night at 25, and the defenceman acquired for Jacob Markstrom.

D · Florida Panthers

A 54.8 per cent chance share and a minus-7, and the first Latvian to win a Stanley Cup as a skater.

LW · Vegas Golden Knights

Twenty-three goals on 111 shots — a 20.7 per cent conversion — and a plus-26.

C · Florida Panthers

The best two-way centre in hockey, a 58.3 per cent chance share, and a knee that will cost the champions their season.

D · Nashville Predators

Acquired for Alexandre Carrier in November and given 17:26 a night at 23, with 57 per cent of his shots from beyond 40 feet.

C · Winnipeg Jets

Six-four, two shorthanded goals, and the best chance share of any forward on a Presidents' Trophy club.

C · New York Islanders

A 58.7 per cent chance share — the 99th percentile in the league — across the thirty games he was able to play.

RW · Dallas Stars

A 6-4 fourth-line winger with 10 points and 31 penalty minutes, signed to make a fourth line heavier.

RW · Ottawa Senators

68 points and 13 power-play goals on the club with the most power-play time in the league.

D · Calgary Flames

7 points in 64 games, a 47.7 per cent chance share, and a puck-moving defenceman who has stopped moving pucks.

RW · Washington Capitals

Fifteen goals across three clubs in two seasons, and the worst on-ice goal differential on this roster.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

67 points at 19, a minus-36, and a 41.1 per cent chance share that is the 3rd percentile in the league.

C · Boston Bruins

11 points in 78 games, and a fourth-line centre who has not yet shown why he was a first-round pick.

C · Seattle Kraken

20 goals and 43 points at 22 in his third full season, on a club that has never given him a winger who can score.

LW · Dallas Stars

49 points at 35 in a third-line role, 70 penalty minutes, and a 48.6 per cent chance share that is the lowest of any regular forward here.

C · Florida Panthers

25 goals, 90 penalty minutes, and a Conn Smythe on a 53.4 per cent chance share.

D · Toronto Maple Leafs

Undrafted, 59 penalty minutes, and the ice he was on outscored its expectation by twenty-one goals.

LW · Buffalo Sabres

20 years old, 5-10, and 61 per cent of his shots taken from inside 20 feet — the highest share on the roster.

LW · New York Rangers

5-9 and 175, and he forechecks like the biggest man on the ice.

RW · Detroit Red Wings

24 points in 75 games at 25, from a winger the club keeps not quite trusting.

D · Detroit Red Wings

40 games, 8 points, and a right-shot depth defenceman acquired at the deadline for nothing much.

LW · Chicago Blackhawks

23 goals on a 17.6 per cent rate, 51 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and a minus-39.

D · Dallas Stars

6-7 and 237 pounds at 21, 41 penalty minutes in 38 games, and the most interesting young defenceman in the organisation.

G · St. Louis Blues

A .9005 in 56 games, a Stanley Cup, and a reputation built almost entirely on the games that matter most.

RW · Tampa Bay Lightning

21 goals across Seattle and Tampa Bay, and 31 per cent of his shot attempts from beyond 40 feet.

C · St. Louis Blues

Six-foot-six, 760 games, and 19 points in Utah before St. Louis signed him for the fourth line.

C · Dallas Stars

5-8, 181 pounds, 32 years old, and a fourth-liner who was on the ice for 29 goals and 21 against.

G · Colorado Avalanche

A .9116 across 56 games at 28, in his first season on a team that was actually good.

RW · Carolina Hurricanes

17 goals as a rookie and a 59.9 per cent chance share — the 99th percentile, and the best number on the best possession team in hockey.

D · Nashville Predators

5-9 and 177 pounds, undrafted out of Michigan, playing 19:33 a night — and minus-2 on a club where six regulars were worse than minus-23.

C · Vancouver Canucks

Twenty-six points from a defensive centre with 39 penalty minutes, and the worst chance share of any regular forward here.

G · Florida Panthers

A .9056 across 54 games at 36, and the goaltender who has now won two Cups after everyone decided he was finished.

RW · Vancouver Canucks

25 goals and a minus-25, in the last season of a contract he re-signed in the summer.

D · Minnesota Wild

35 years old, 81 games, and 89 per cent of his shots from beyond 40 feet.

RW · Montreal Canadiens

19 goals at 22 and a plus-20 on a club that missed the playoffs, acquired for a defenceman.

LW · Minnesota Wild

73 points and 271 shots — the most on the club by 113 — and 10 game-winning goals.

D · New York Islanders

The 8th overall pick in 2018, on his third organisation at 25, with 14 points in 35 games.

C · Florida Panthers

23 points in 78 games, a 13.8 per cent rate, and a fourth-line forward on a club that wins with them.

D · New York Rangers

84 games across two clubs, 81 per cent of his shots from beyond 40 feet, and an on-ice record twenty goals better than the chances.

D · Edmonton Oilers

67 points and a 58.5 per cent chance share, and 13 goals of finishing that never arrived.

C · Dallas Stars

A first full NHL season at 23 in twelve minutes a night, and 25 points to show for it.