Players

RW · Vegas Golden Knights

Undrafted, 66 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and the 88th percentile.

LW · New Jersey Devils

The 92nd percentile, 61 expected goals for, and 38 actual ones.

RW · Pittsburgh Penguins

6-6, undrafted, and 69 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet.

C · Colorado Avalanche

5-8, 21 years old, and already holding down an NHL job on a contender.

RW · Minnesota Wild

5-8, no speed to speak of, and he keeps producing anyway.

D · St. Louis Blues

23 and a half minutes a night, and the 20th percentile in shot attempts.

D · Minnesota Wild

The quietest good defenceman in the league, and the one this team can least afford to lose.

RW · New Jersey Devils

18 goals from a median of 21 feet, at 32.

D · Detroit Red Wings

5-9, 304 games, and the 51st percentile.

D · Calgary Flames

34 games at 21, and nothing yet that says which way it goes.

LW · St. Louis Blues

674 games, 506 points, and 45 per cent of his shots from the slot.

D · Vancouver Canucks

20 years old, 26 points, and minus 33.

LW · Ottawa Senators

Minus 32, and the 17th percentile to go with it.

D · Colorado Avalanche

41 years old, 1,579 games, and he was plus-33 playing 19 minutes a night.

D · Dallas Stars

39 penalty minutes in under 8 minutes a night.

G · Carolina Hurricanes

31 wins in 39 games, on a .894, which tells you everything about the team in front of him.

LW · Utah Mammoth

6-5, 21 years old, and the 99th percentile.

RW · Los Angeles Kings

6-5, 230 pounds, and skates like a winger half his size — the question has always been what he does with it.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

22 minutes a night, 42 points, and the only defenceman here whose numbers are average.

D · Dallas Stars

107 games across 8 seasons, and not 1 shot from inside 20 feet.

LW · Utah Mammoth

5-9, undrafted, and the 96th percentile.

D · Pittsburgh Penguins

Undrafted, 46 games, and 2 goals.

D · St. Louis Blues

692 games, and no goals at all last season.

D · Tampa Bay Lightning

1,159 games, and 60 points at 36.

C · Anaheim Ducks

The centre the rebuild was for, and last season he started looking like it.

C · Buffalo Sabres

6 goals in his last 10 games, at 34, in 10 minutes a night.

D · Montréal Canadiens

An undersized right-shot defenceman who plays 19 honest minutes and asks for nothing.

LW · Carolina Hurricanes

10 and 3-quarter minutes a night, and half his shots from inside 20 feet.

LW · Philadelphia Flyers

Plus 26 from a fifth-round pick, and a median shot from 15 feet.

C · Seattle Kraken

20 years old, 5-10, and 47 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet.

RW · Montréal Canadiens

5-8, and he just scored 51 goals.

D · Los Angeles Kings

950 games of steady, unloved, entirely necessary defensive minutes.

C · San Jose Sharks

115 points at 20, and 46 goals from a median of 33 feet.

D · Tampa Bay Lightning

502 games, 26 goals, and 79 per cent of his shots from beyond 40 feet.

D · Ottawa Senators

569 games, and the quiet half of a very good blue line.

D · Carolina Hurricanes

Undrafted, 20 minutes a night, and 2 goals in 167 tries.

LW · San Jose Sharks

9 goals in 28 games, and the 69th percentile.

D · Detroit Red Wings

1,500 minutes, and the 9th percentile in every one of them.

RW · Pittsburgh Penguins

21 goals from 13 minutes a night, and a median shot from 33 feet.

D · New Jersey Devils

29 shots, and not one of them from inside 20 feet.

RW · New York Rangers

6-4, 28 games, and 5 points in his last 10.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Undrafted, 152 games, and no goals in 40 of them.

D · Washington Capitals

26 goals from a blue line, and 23 minutes a night.

C · Tampa Bay Lightning

52 points, plus 38, and a median shot from 15 feet.

C · New York Islanders

978 games in one uniform, and half his shots from the paint.

D · Los Angeles Kings

A 22-year-old right-shot defenceman who already runs a power play and is still learning where to stand without the puck.

D · Boston Bruins

Concedes the outside on purpose, and it worked better than almost anyone noticed.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

990 games, 37 years old, and the 82nd percentile.

LW · Minnesota Wild

2 Stanley Cups, a relentless motor, and a 20-goal season at 34.

C · Nashville Predators

64 goals for and 30 against while he was on the ice, in Colorado.

LW · Detroit Red Wings

658 games, and the 13th percentile last season.

G · San Jose Sharks

102 games across 10 seasons, and a .8899.

LW · Winnipeg Jets

A pure scorer who has quietly put up 300 goals without ever being talked about.

G · Calgary Flames

A .909 in 31 games, better than the starter, and nobody expects him to keep the job.

C · Utah Mammoth

24 goals in 54 games, and half his shots from inside 20 feet.

C · Detroit Red Wings

60 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet, and 9 goals.

RW · Calgary Flames

45 points, minus-29, and 200 shots taken from too far away.

LW · Vancouver Canucks

296 games, and 24 goals for against 45.

C · Ottawa Senators

92 penalty minutes at 33, and 723 games.

C · Philadelphia Flyers

952 games, a Selke, and a body that took 2 years back.