NHL Projections · Hits
Skaters · 2025-26 (model vs actual) · per-82-GP
58% of these 100 landed inside their p10–p90 band · a season projection is a full-health baseline over the top projected players, so a big miss is often missed games, not the model
Projected leaders · Top 100
2025-26 · actual vs p50
| # | Player | Pos | Tm | P | G | A | SOG | PPP | HIT ↓ | BLK | PIM | Range | Actual | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Lauzon | D | VGK | 13 | 4 | 10 | 87 | 0 | 297 | 102 | 90 | 207–340 | 251 | −46 |
| 2 | Kiefer Sherwood | L | SJS | 35 | 14 | 19 | 135 | 2 | 266 | 31 | 41 | 158–334 | 339 | +73 |
| 3 | Jack McBain | C | UTA | 27 | 11 | 17 | 97 | 1 | 266 | 51 | 67 | 187–316 | 271 | +5 |
| 4 | Will Cuylle | L | NYR | 40 | 17 | 23 | 145 | 4 | 265 | 43 | 50 | 169–325 | 302 | +37 |
| 5 | Mathieu Olivier | R | CBJ | 26 | 11 | 15 | 104 | 0 | 262 | 70 | 108 | 165–314 | 209 | −53 |
| 6 | Marc Gatcomb | C | NYI | 22 | 13 | 9 | 101 | 1 | 262 | 48 | 30 | 161–327 | 192 | −70 |
| 7 | Lian Bichsel | D | DAL | 22 | 7 | 15 | 100 | 1 | 257 | 52 | 71 | 173–328 | 139 | −118 |
| 8 | Michael Pezzetta | L | TOR | 13 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 255 | 40 | 80 | 210–355 | 30 | −225 |
| 9 | Tanner Jeannot | L | BOS | 19 | 8 | 9 | 81 | 0 | 253 | 48 | 94 | 198–307 | 239 | −14 |
| 10 | Marcus Foligno | L | MIN | 27 | 12 | 15 | 87 | 1 | 252 | 53 | 77 | 180–296 | 180 | −72 |
| 11 | Brady Tkachuk | L | OTT | 70 | 35 | 37 | 325 | 22 | 250 | 31 | 134 | 173–300 | 162 | −88 |
| 12 | Liam O'Brien | C | UTA | 13 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 0 | 250 | 36 | 143 | 179–328 | 115 | −135 |
| 13 | Dakota Joshua | C | TOR | 25 | 12 | 12 | 83 | 1 | 246 | 45 | 61 | 178–297 | 195 | −51 |
| 14 | Keegan Kolesar | R | VGK | 25 | 10 | 14 | 86 | 0 | 243 | 47 | 50 | 178–307 | 270 | +27 |
| 15 | Radko Gudas | D | ANA | 19 | 4 | 14 | 101 | 0 | 243 | 159 | 99 | 203–317 | 164 | −79 |
| 16 | Nathan Walker | L | STL | 17 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 0 | 242 | 59 | 48 | 162–310 | 179 | −63 |
| 17 | Yakov Trenin | C | MIN | 18 | 10 | 9 | 104 | 0 | 231 | 35 | 47 | 163–295 | 413 | +182 |
| 18 | Zachary L'Heureux | L | NSH | 26 | 10 | 15 | 109 | 2 | 228 | 36 | 70 | 146–301 | 64 | −164 |
| 19 | Samuel Helenius | C | LAK | 15 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 1 | 226 | 31 | 38 | 133–317 | 144 | −82 |
| 20 | Adam Klapka | R | CGY | 25 | 12 | 12 | 115 | 1 | 226 | 56 | 81 | 173–309 | 295 | +69 |
| 21 | Tom Wilson | R | WSH | 56 | 26 | 29 | 170 | 15 | 225 | 74 | 113 | 154–262 | 179 | −46 |
| 22 | Evander Kane | L | VAN | 48 | 26 | 23 | 232 | 8 | 225 | 33 | 77 | 164–265 | 111 | −114 |
| 23 | Simon Benoit | D | TOR | 10 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 0 | 221 | 120 | 62 | 139–312 | 194 | −27 |
| 24 | Jonah Gadjovich | L | FLA | 13 | 8 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 218 | 36 | 137 | 157–299 | 30 | −188 |
| 25 | Colton Dach | C | EDM | 25 | 9 | 16 | 106 | 2 | 216 | 44 | 46 | 147–300 | 219 | +3 |
| 26 | Martin Pospisil | C | CGY | 30 | 10 | 19 | 119 | 2 | 214 | 29 | 91 | 130–269 | 84 | −130 |
| 27 | Arber Xhekaj | D | MTL | 16 | 4 | 11 | 93 | 1 | 213 | 92 | 122 | 153–254 | 178 | −35 |
| 28 | Moritz Seider | D | DET | 47 | 9 | 40 | 167 | 20 | 212 | 156 | 42 | 128–249 | 128 | −84 |
| 29 | Connor Clifton | D | PIT | 18 | 3 | 15 | 80 | 0 | 211 | 124 | 57 | 138–253 | 180 | −31 |
| 30 | Ryan Reaves | R | SJS | 9 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 209 | 32 | 62 | 142–336 | 160 | −49 |
| 31 | Luke Schenn | D | BUF | 13 | 3 | 10 | 83 | 0 | 207 | 82 | 57 | 55–255 | 149 | −58 |
| 32 | William Carrier | L | CAR | 24 | 13 | 10 | 109 | 0 | 206 | 27 | 34 | 136–274 | 172 | −34 |
| 33 | Emil Heineman | L | NYI | 24 | 10 | 14 | 89 | 3 | 206 | 34 | 24 | 133–274 | 247 | +41 |
| 34 | Ross Johnston | L | ANA | 8 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 206 | 34 | 136 | 161–278 | 192 | −14 |
| 35 | Adam Erne | L | DAL | 15 | 6 | 8 | 66 | 1 | 202 | 51 | 28 | 160–275 | 142 | −60 |
| 36 | Eeli Tolvanen | R | SEA | 37 | 18 | 19 | 146 | 6 | 200 | 66 | 23 | 158–266 | 187 | −13 |
| 37 | Martin Fehérváry | D | WSH | 22 | 5 | 16 | 86 | 0 | 199 | 112 | 30 | 33–239 | 110 | −89 |
| 38 | Matt Rempe | C | NYR | 17 | 8 | 9 | 70 | 1 | 198 | 29 | 151 | 109–291 | 86 | −112 |
| 39 | Noah Juulsen | D | PHI | 10 | 2 | 10 | 63 | 0 | 197 | 103 | 42 | 31–266 | 104 | −93 |
| 40 | Sammy Blais | L | MTL | 19 | 6 | 11 | 67 | 1 | 197 | 28 | 44 | 109–294 | 78 | −119 |
| 41 | Erik Cernak | D | TBL | 18 | 3 | 15 | 80 | 0 | 196 | 100 | 56 | 33–227 | 112 | −84 |
| 42 | Nick Foligno | L | MIN | 28 | 12 | 18 | 105 | 6 | 194 | 37 | 50 | 129–224 | 128 | −66 |
| 43 | MacKenzie Weegar | D | UTA | 44 | 11 | 32 | 176 | 14 | 193 | 159 | 41 | 145–238 | 167 | −26 |
| 44 | Cole Smith | R | VGK | 17 | 6 | 11 | 81 | 0 | 193 | 31 | 69 | 106–210 | 173 | −20 |
| 45 | Alexey Toropchenko | R | STL | 20 | 9 | 12 | 96 | 0 | 192 | 55 | 26 | 134–276 | 132 | −60 |
| 46 | Nikita Zadorov | D | BOS | 23 | 6 | 15 | 101 | 0 | 192 | 99 | 114 | 148–249 | 196 | +4 |
| 47 | Vasily Podkolzin | R | EDM | 25 | 10 | 15 | 105 | 0 | 190 | 46 | 37 | 140–225 | 242 | +52 |
| 48 | Garrett Wilson | L | PHI | 9 | 5 | 5 | 91 | 0 | 189 | 30 | 39 | 121–251 | 6 | −183 |
| 49 | Bokondji Imama | L | PIT | 13 | 7 | 7 | 67 | 1 | 189 | 40 | 124 | 132–294 | 3 | −186 |
| 50 | Joona Koppanen | L | PIT | 15 | 5 | 10 | 85 | 1 | 188 | 42 | 32 | 129–253 | 11 | −177 |
| 51 | Vincent Trocheck | C | NYR | 61 | 23 | 39 | 192 | 15 | 187 | 73 | 48 | 154–226 | 193 | +6 |
| 52 | Cole Koepke | L | WPG | 18 | 10 | 9 | 91 | 0 | 185 | 30 | 17 | 125–215 | 186 | +1 |
| 53 | Lawson Crouse | L | UTA | 34 | 17 | 15 | 135 | 4 | 184 | 53 | 37 | 127–229 | 212 | +28 |
| 54 | Garnet Hathaway | R | PHI | 19 | 9 | 11 | 86 | 0 | 184 | 42 | 82 | 94–240 | 252 | +68 |
| 55 | Adam Edstrom | C | NYR | 15 | 10 | 6 | 78 | 2 | 183 | 33 | 34 | 120–282 | 65 | −118 |
| 56 | J.T. Miller | C | NYR | 76 | 27 | 51 | 162 | 27 | 183 | 51 | 54 | 120–231 | 123 | −60 |
| 57 | Luke Kunin | C | FLA | 20 | 11 | 11 | 114 | 2 | 182 | 77 | 67 | 136–233 | 123 | −59 |
| 58 | Curtis Lazar | C | EDM | 15 | 6 | 9 | 69 | 0 | 182 | 57 | 34 | 116–244 | 95 | −87 |
| 59 | Steven Lorentz | C | TOR | 18 | 7 | 9 | 84 | 0 | 179 | 49 | 15 | 119–225 | 154 | −25 |
| 60 | Alexander Romanov | D | NYI | 22 | 5 | 18 | 120 | 0 | 178 | 169 | 30 | 113–224 | 31 | −147 |
| 61 | Jayden Struble | D | MTL | 18 | 3 | 13 | 78 | 0 | 178 | 86 | 77 | 108–216 | 115 | −63 |
| 62 | Brandon Duhaime | R | WSH | 18 | 8 | 11 | 88 | 0 | 177 | 51 | 75 | 120–216 | 159 | −18 |
| 63 | Brenden Dillon | D | NJD | 17 | 4 | 12 | 60 | 0 | 176 | 106 | 67 | 104–228 | 202 | +26 |
| 64 | Juraj Slafkovský | L | MTL | 50 | 20 | 32 | 146 | 11 | 174 | 63 | 51 | 122–234 | 105 | −69 |
| 65 | Aatu Räty | C | VAN | 28 | 14 | 15 | 100 | 2 | 174 | 28 | 33 | 100–238 | 165 | −9 |
| 66 | Tye Kartye | L | NYR | 17 | 8 | 9 | 88 | 0 | 173 | 34 | 44 | 41–256 | 173 | −0 |
| 67 | Connor Dewar | C | PIT | 18 | 9 | 10 | 90 | 0 | 173 | 50 | 30 | 118–258 | 144 | −29 |
| 68 | Jordan Greenway | L | BUF | 22 | 10 | 13 | 105 | 1 | 171 | 61 | 66 | 114–249 | 57 | −114 |
| 69 | Mitchell Chaffee | R | TBL | 22 | 11 | 11 | 93 | 2 | 171 | 35 | 23 | 135–217 | 29 | −142 |
| 70 | Josh Manson | D | COL | 23 | 5 | 17 | 108 | 0 | 171 | 103 | 65 | 50–198 | 174 | +3 |
| 71 | Paul Cotter | L | NJD | 24 | 12 | 12 | 101 | 1 | 171 | 28 | 45 | 84–260 | 192 | +21 |
| 72 | Jacob Trouba | D | ANA | 21 | 4 | 18 | 124 | 1 | 169 | 200 | 65 | 105–224 | 143 | −26 |
| 73 | Nicolas Aube-Kubel | R | MIN | 16 | 7 | 10 | 81 | 0 | 169 | 33 | 48 | 120–217 | 7 | −162 |
| 74 | Bo Groulx | C | TOR | 11 | 5 | 10 | 69 | 1 | 169 | 57 | 33 | 96–233 | 34 | −135 |
| 75 | Parker Kelly | C | COL | 18 | 8 | 10 | 95 | 0 | 168 | 51 | 35 | 38–211 | 177 | +9 |
| 76 | Brayden Pachal | D | CGY | 14 | 3 | 10 | 78 | 0 | 168 | 99 | 84 | 120–225 | 89 | −79 |
| 77 | Mason Geertsen | D | BUF | 12 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 168 | 37 | 145 | 119–260 | 8 | −160 |
| 78 | Nathan Bastian | R | DAL | 17 | 8 | 10 | 77 | 0 | 167 | 45 | 45 | 30–237 | 85 | −82 |
| 79 | Brayden Schenn | C | NYI | 44 | 16 | 26 | 141 | 9 | 166 | 51 | 53 | 123–207 | 180 | +14 |
| 80 | Ross Colton | C | COL | 37 | 18 | 20 | 151 | 6 | 166 | 42 | 40 | 105–203 | 159 | −7 |
| 81 | Zachary Aston-Reese | L | CBJ | 18 | 9 | 10 | 91 | 0 | 166 | 54 | 30 | 97–221 | 78 | −88 |
| 82 | Marc McLaughlin | C | NJD | 18 | 9 | 8 | 88 | 1 | 165 | 39 | 20 | 90–233 | 4 | −161 |
| 83 | Sean Kuraly | C | BOS | 18 | 8 | 10 | 86 | 0 | 165 | 47 | 43 | 109–223 | 87 | −78 |
| 84 | Josh Norris | C | BUF | 53 | 26 | 26 | 166 | 16 | 165 | 64 | 53 | 107–238 | 24 | −141 |
| 85 | Scott Laughton | C | LAK | 29 | 12 | 20 | 130 | 3 | 164 | 54 | 44 | 111–206 | 121 | −43 |
| 86 | Sam Bennett | C | FLA | 55 | 26 | 27 | 241 | 13 | 164 | 47 | 91 | 109–191 | 115 | −49 |
| 87 | Josh Anderson | R | MTL | 24 | 12 | 13 | 124 | 1 | 164 | 44 | 76 | 119–208 | 129 | −35 |
| 88 | Zack Ostapchuk | C | SJS | 14 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 1 | 164 | 45 | 44 | 101–228 | 140 | −24 |
| 89 | Philippe Myers | D | TOR | 13 | 4 | 9 | 108 | 1 | 163 | 90 | 35 | 101–211 | 55 | −108 |
| 90 | Andrei Svechnikov | R | CAR | 62 | 24 | 36 | 210 | 18 | 162 | 29 | 71 | 121–213 | 148 | −14 |
| 91 | Noel Acciari | C | PIT | 14 | 6 | 7 | 78 | 0 | 162 | 78 | 18 | 48–203 | 65 | −97 |
| 92 | Zack MacEwen | C | NJD | 11 | 7 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 161 | 32 | 103 | 49–230 | 6 | −155 |
| 93 | Jesper Boqvist | C | FLA | 23 | 10 | 12 | 90 | 0 | 161 | 28 | 18 | 92–209 | 141 | −20 |
| 94 | Carl Grundstrom | R | PHI | 20 | 10 | 9 | 126 | 1 | 161 | 30 | 26 | 37–199 | 139 | −22 |
| 95 | Ty Dellandrea | C | SJS | 17 | 6 | 11 | 72 | 0 | 161 | 48 | 58 | 108–239 | 130 | −31 |
| 96 | Tyler Pitlick | R | MIN | 15 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 0 | 160 | 40 | 16 | 121–223 | 78 | −82 |
| 97 | Ben Jones | C | MIN | 12 | 7 | 7 | 80 | 1 | 160 | 42 | 36 | 113–231 | 58 | −102 |
| 98 | Dylan Holloway | L | STL | 55 | 22 | 32 | 166 | 13 | 160 | 44 | 32 | 116–211 | 129 | −31 |
| 99 | Michael McCarron | C | MIN | 18 | 8 | 9 | 88 | 0 | 159 | 63 | 101 | 106–221 | 205 | +46 |
| 100 | Ty Emberson | D | EDM | 16 | 3 | 13 | 78 | 1 | 158 | 108 | 23 | 109–197 | 107 | −51 |