Players

C · Philadelphia Flyers

Undrafted, 585 games, and half his shots from the paint.

C · Carolina Hurricanes

80 points, and the 100th percentile in shot attempts while he was out there.

D · San Jose Sharks

43 games, 8 points, and no 5-on-5 record at all.

G · New Jersey Devils

A .903 in front of a club that could not score, and a .887 finish.

RW · Ottawa Senators

54 per cent of his shots from 18 feet, from a fourth-round pick.

G · Edmonton Oilers

One of the most efficient goaltenders of his generation, now 36, coming off the worst save percentage of his career.

RW · Montréal Canadiens

6-3, 226 pounds, and one of the fastest players on the team, which somehow keeps adding up to 14 goals.

D · Los Angeles Kings

A fourth-round pick who quietly plays the hardest defensive minutes on the team and produces almost nothing, on purpose.

D · Vegas Golden Knights

17 goals from a blue line, 23 minutes a night, and 48 goals for against 72.

D · Toronto Maple Leafs

5-9, plus 15, and the 61st percentile.

G · Nashville Predators

Stopped .938 over his last 10, behind the 27th-best defence in the league.

C · Detroit Red Wings

465 games, and the 5th percentile.

RW · Los Angeles Kings

A big Finnish winger who kills penalties, disappears for a month at a time, and then scores 3 goals in a week.

LW · Detroit Red Wings

5-10, 25 goals, and plus-20 on a club that was minus-17.

G · San Jose Sharks

47 appearances, a .8829, and .865 over the last 10.

D · Boston Bruins

Plus-30 as an undrafted rookie at 27, and a 5-on-5 record that says he broke even.

LW · Philadelphia Flyers

416 games, undrafted, and 5 points.

C · Dallas Stars

Two-thirds of his shots from inside 20 feet, and a median of 15.

C · Calgary Flames

1,148 games, and still first over the boards against the other team's best.

D · Calgary Flames

22 minutes a night, and the 11th percentile to show for them.

LW · Vancouver Canucks

Undrafted, 28 games, and 82 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet.

D · Florida Panthers

Undrafted out of Latvia, and 20 goals of bad luck in 770 minutes.

LW · Vegas Golden Knights

61 points, plus 20, and half his shots from inside 20 feet.

C · Colorado Avalanche

A seventh-round Russian who arrived at 24 and played 60 games without anyone noticing.

C · Philadelphia Flyers

5-10, 171 pounds, and a median shot from 14 feet.

C · Florida Panthers

He does not appear anywhere in last season, because he did not play a minute of it.

D · Nashville Predators

A first-round pick on his third club, and no goals in 52 games.

C · Winnipeg Jets

A 6-4 Cornell graduate who kills penalties and has quietly become a fixture on the fourth line.

C · New York Islanders

53 assists, and a club that could not finish them.

RW · Ottawa Senators

33 goals from a fourth-round pick, and the 94th percentile.

D · New York Islanders

275 games, and none in the last 2 seasons.

RW · Washington Capitals

713 games, 15 goals, and half his shots from inside 20 feet.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

75 points at 20, on the worst offensive team in the league.

C · Florida Panthers

A first-round pick, 6-3, and 28 points in 165 games.

RW · Montréal Canadiens

35 years old, undrafted, and finally getting a real run of NHL games.

C · Seattle Kraken

50 points at 23, and 43 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet.

LW · Dallas Stars

1,252 games, 992 points, and 8 to go.

C · Florida Panthers

82 penalty minutes, 26 goals, and the player other teams complain about in June.

D · Philadelphia Flyers

The 1st percentile in shot attempts, and no goals in 352 games.

LW · Buffalo Sabres

5-10, 177 pounds, and he does his shooting from 13 feet.

RW · St. Louis Blues

51 games, and the 77th percentile in shot attempts.

D · Detroit Red Wings

207 games, 29 points, and the 12th percentile.

LW · Chicago Blackhawks

32 goals from a median of 13 feet, which is the shortest in this book.

D · Dallas Stars

6-7, 237 pounds, 21 years old.

G · St. Louis Blues

A Stanley Cup, 377 games, and the lowest save percentage in the league.

RW · New York Rangers

9 power-play goals, and 175 pounds.

C · New Jersey Devils

6-6, 821 games, and 9 points.

C · Dallas Stars

5-8, a 194th overall, and 368 NHL games.

G · Colorado Avalanche

A big goaltender with a long history of carrying bad teams, finally on a good one.

RW · Carolina Hurricanes

A fourth-round pick with 53 points, shooting from 18 feet.

C · Toronto Maple Leafs

453 games, 9 goals in 35, and the 3rd percentile.

G · Toronto Maple Leafs

806 games, 456 wins, and a .8768.

RW · Vancouver Canucks

Minus 48 — the worst figure in the National Hockey League.

D · Minnesota Wild

18 years on from being the third pick, still playing a hard 14 minutes and hitting everything that moves.

RW · Montréal Canadiens

A first-round pick on his second organisation, still looking for the role that fits him.

LW · Minnesota Wild

A big, skilled winger who took the leap last season and is now the second thing opponents have to plan for.

C · New Jersey Devils

Drafted by New Jersey, gone for 3 seasons, and back again.

D · Boston Bruins

16th percentile in shot attempts, 20th in expected goals, and 18 minutes a night regardless.

D · Edmonton Oilers

A 95-point defenseman with the hardest shot on the team and a turnover in him that will take a year off your life.

C · Nashville Predators

20 goals as a rookie, and the 91st percentile behind them.