2026-27 projection

Projected 2026-27 player stat lines

Every skater with an NHL track record, projected forward: 695 players in all. A season line is games played, ice time and scoring rate, and each of those three ages differently — production peaks around 24 while ice time holds into the late twenties — so each is projected separately rather than by applying one age factor to points.

Top 120 by projected points

Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	Pts	80% range	Consistency
1Connor McDavid	C	30	79	40	87	127	96–163	STEADY100
2Nathan MacKinnon	C	31	80	38	70	108	80–142	STEADY98
3Nikita Kucherov	R	34	77	33	67	100	73–132	STEADY99
4Macklin Celebrini	C	21	78	39	60	99	72–131	STEADY88
5Leon Draisaitl	C	31	74	37	58	95	69–127	STEADY96
6David Pastrnak	R	31	79	35	57	92	66–123	STEADY95
7Tim Stützle	C	25	80	32	57	90	64–120	STEADY89
8Nick Suzuki	C	28	82	29	60	90	64–120	STEADY99
9Mitch Marner	R	30	79	25	63	87	62–118	STEADY69
10Jason Robertson	L	28	81	37	49	86	61–117	STEADY94
11Mikko Rantanen	R	30	76	30	55	85	60–115	STEADY98
12Wyatt Johnston	C	24	81	42	42	84	59–114	STEADY76
13Jack Hughes	C	26	67	31	53	84	59–113	STEADY85
14Cale Makar	D	28	78	23	60	84	62–107	STEADY97
15Connor Bedard	C	22	75	31	52	83	58–112	STEADY70
16Jack Eichel	C	30	73	27	55	82	58–112	STEADY84
17Kyle Connor	L	30	80	36	46	82	57–111	STEADY100
18Lucas Raymond	L	25	80	29	52	81	57–110	STEADY87
19Matt Boldy	L	26	77	35	45	80	56–109	STEADY77
20Clayton Keller	R	29	80	27	53	80	56–109	MIXED66
21Martin Necas	C	28	79	29	51	80	56–109	STEADY94
22Auston Matthews	C	29	70	40	39	79	55–108	MIXED64
23Kirill Kaprizov	L	30	70	38	41	79	55–108	STEADY97
24Quinn Hughes	D	27	77	12	67	78	57–101	STEADY82
25Lane Hutson	D	23	83	11	67	77	56–100	STEADY95
26Cole Caufield	R	26	77	41	35	76	53–104	STEADY88
27Sebastian Aho	C	30	79	29	47	76	52–104	STEADY78
28Evan Bouchard	D	27	83	17	59	76	55–98	STEADY87
29Sidney Crosby	C	40	75	29	47	76	52–104	STEADY93
30Brandon Hagel	L	28	77	31	43	74	51–102	MIXED62
31William Nylander	R	31	75	31	43	74	51–102	STEADY93
32Alex DeBrincat	R	29	81	35	39	74	51–102	STEADY81
33Mark Scheifele	C	34	80	28	45	73	50–101	STEADY91
34Artemi Panarin	L	35	79	25	47	72	50–100	STEADY74
35Jesper Bratt	L	29	80	22	51	72	49–100	MIXED46
36Jake Guentzel	C	32	78	32	40	72	49–100	STEADY95
37Robert Thomas	C	28	72	22	50	72	49–99	STEADY86
38Seth Jarvis	R	25	75	33	38	71	49–99	STEADY85
39Nico Hischier	C	28	78	29	40	68	46–95	MIXED34
40Tage Thompson	C	29	77	35	33	68	46–95	STEADY73
41Rasmus Dahlin	D	27	80	18	50	68	48–89	STEADY76
42Filip Forsberg	L	33	78	32	36	67	45–94	STEADY67
43Brady Tkachuk	L	27	71	29	38	67	45–94	STEADY76
44Zach Werenski	D	30	77	18	49	67	48–88	STEADY92
45Dylan Guenther	R	24	68	33	33	66	44–92	STEADY73
46Sam Reinhart	C	31	75	31	34	65	43–91	STEADY71
47Elias Pettersson	C	28	75	23	42	65	43–91	MIXED48
48Brayden Point	C	31	73	29	36	65	43–91	MIXED56
49Travis Konecny	R	30	77	25	39	64	43–90	STEADY90
50Andrei Svechnikov	R	27	73	26	37	63	42–89	MIXED50
51Matthew Tkachuk	L	29	57	23	41	63	42–89	no 2025-26 sample
52Cutter Gauthier	L	23	75	34	29	63	42–89	STEADY83
53Drake Batherson	R	29	78	26	37	63	42–89	STEADY79
54Alex Ovechkin	L	41	76	34	29	63	41–88	MIXED55
55Dylan Larkin	C	31	76	28	35	63	41–88	STEADY69
56Juraj Slafkovský	L	23	77	24	38	62	41–88	MIXED65
57Adam Fox	D	29	71	11	51	61	43–82	STEADY84
58Logan Cooley	C	23	69	29	33	61	40–87	BOOM/BUST8
59Mika Zibanejad	C	34	80	24	37	61	40–86	STEADY68
60Matthew Knies	L	24	77	24	37	61	40–86	MIXED38
61Dylan Strome	C	30	79	21	39	60	40–86	BOOM/BUST20
62Will Smith	C	22	71	25	36	60	39–85	MIXED43
63Leo Carlsson	C	22	71	25	34	60	39–85	MIXED60
64Nick Schmaltz	C	31	78	22	37	59	39–84	MIXED50
65Evgeni Malkin	C	41	67	21	39	59	39–84	STEADY90
66Steven Stamkos	C	37	80	31	29	59	38–84	MIXED35
67Matvei Michkov	R	22	75	24	35	59	38–84	BOOM/BUST27
68Mathew Barzal	C	30	68	16	43	59	38–84	STEADY83
69Nikolaj Ehlers	L	31	74	22	36	58	38–83	MIXED56
70Kirill Marchenko	R	27	75	25	33	58	37–83	STEADY92
71John Tavares	C	36	78	25	33	58	37–83	STEADY74
72Adrian Kempe	R	30	79	27	31	58	37–82	STEADY89
73Gabriel Vilardi	C	28	70	26	31	57	37–82	MIXED66
74William Eklund	L	24	78	17	40	57	37–82	MIXED52
75Alex Tuch	R	31	77	26	30	57	36–81	STEADY85
76Jordan Kyrou	R	29	76	25	32	56	36–81	MIXED54
77J.T. Miller	C	34	73	19	37	56	36–81	MIXED58
78Beckett Sennecke	R	21	74	21	34	55	35–79	MIXED59
79Matthew Schaefer	D	19	82	21	34	55	37–74	STEADY79
80Roope Hintz	C	30	68	22	32	54	35–78	STEADY79
81Ivan Demidov	R	21	72	18	36	54	34–78	MIXED64
82Jake Sanderson	D	25	77	12	42	54	37–73	MIXED61
83Patrick Kane	R	38	69	18	36	54	34–78	STEADY68
84Pavel Dorofeyev	R	26	74	32	22	54	34–77	MIXED60
85Brock Boeser	R	30	76	25	29	53	34–77	BOOM/BUST10
86John-Jason Peterka	R	25	78	25	28	53	34–77	BOOM/BUST19
87Claude Giroux	R	39	80	16	37	53	33–77	MIXED42
88Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	34	76	18	34	53	33–76	MIXED63
89Quinton Byfield	R	25	76	22	31	52	33–76	BOOM/BUST26
90Moritz Seider	D	26	84	9	43	52	35–71	MIXED40
91Alexis Lafrenière	L	25	80	22	30	52	33–76	BOOM/BUST11
92Jimmy Snuggerud	R	23	69	22	31	52	33–76	BOOM/BUST32
93Dylan Cozens	C	26	80	21	31	52	33–75	BOOM/BUST33
94Carter Verhaeghe	C	32	77	23	29	52	33–75	BOOM/BUST25
95Brad Marchand	L	39	67	23	29	51	32–75	STEADY91
96Troy Terry	R	29	71	19	33	51	32–74	STEADY86
97Matty Beniers	C	24	80	21	31	51	32–74	BOOM/BUST31
98Miro Heiskanen	D	28	73	9	42	51	34–70	MIXED66
99Mark Stone	R	35	62	17	34	51	32–74	STEADY96
100Trevor Zegras	C	26	69	19	31	50	31–73	STEADY75
101Kevin Fiala	L	31	71	22	28	50	31–73	STEADY84
102Morgan Geekie	C	29	76	27	23	50	31–73	MIXED54
103Pavel Buchnevich	L	32	77	19	30	49	31–72	MIXED39
104Mikhail Sergachev	D	29	74	10	40	49	33–67	MIXED50
105Mats Zuccarello	R	39	68	14	35	49	30–72	STEADY82
106Ryan O'Reilly	C	36	77	17	32	49	30–72	MIXED61
107Erik Karlsson	D	37	79	11	38	49	32–67	MIXED55
108Mason McTavish	C	24	73	20	29	49	30–71	MIXED38
109Noah Dobson	D	27	79	12	37	48	32–66	BOOM/BUST29
110Charlie McAvoy	D	29	70	10	38	48	31–66	STEADY100
111Josh Morrissey	D	32	80	11	37	48	31–66	MIXED47
112Dylan Holloway	L	25	63	20	27	48	29–70	MIXED52
113Brock Faber	D	24	82	13	35	47	31–65	MIXED37
114Pavel Zacha	C	30	78	18	29	47	29–70	STEADY81
115Bryan Rust	R	35	71	21	26	47	29–70	STEADY80
116Darren Raddysh	D	31	76	13	34	47	31–65	STEADY68
117Jakob Chychrun	D	29	77	18	28	47	31–64	MIXED58
118Aliaksei Protas	L	26	73	20	27	47	28–69	MIXED53
119Luke Hughes	D	23	76	8	38	47	30–64	BOOM/BUST21
120Marco Rossi	C	25	68	18	28	46	28–68	BOOM/BUST28

Top 25 defencemen

A points leaderboard buries them — a 60-point defenceman is a far rarer season than a 60-point forward.

Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	Pts	80% range	Consistency
1Cale Makar	D	28	78	23	60	84	62–107	STEADY97
2Quinn Hughes	D	27	77	12	67	78	57–101	STEADY82
3Lane Hutson	D	23	83	11	67	77	56–100	STEADY95
4Evan Bouchard	D	27	83	17	59	76	55–98	STEADY87
5Rasmus Dahlin	D	27	80	18	50	68	48–89	STEADY76
6Zach Werenski	D	30	77	18	49	67	48–88	STEADY92
7Adam Fox	D	29	71	11	51	61	43–82	STEADY84
8Matthew Schaefer	D	19	82	21	34	55	37–74	STEADY79
9Jake Sanderson	D	25	77	12	42	54	37–73	MIXED61
10Moritz Seider	D	26	84	9	43	52	35–71	MIXED40
11Miro Heiskanen	D	28	73	9	42	51	34–70	MIXED66
12Mikhail Sergachev	D	29	74	10	40	49	33–67	MIXED50
13Erik Karlsson	D	37	79	11	38	49	32–67	MIXED55
14Noah Dobson	D	27	79	12	37	48	32–66	BOOM/BUST29
15Charlie McAvoy	D	29	70	10	38	48	31–66	STEADY100
16Josh Morrissey	D	32	80	11	37	48	31–66	MIXED47
17Brock Faber	D	24	82	13	35	47	31–65	MIXED37
18Darren Raddysh	D	31	76	13	34	47	31–65	STEADY68
19Jakob Chychrun	D	29	77	18	28	47	31–64	MIXED58
20Luke Hughes	D	23	76	8	38	47	30–64	BOOM/BUST21
21Jackson LaCombe	D	26	80	10	36	46	30–63	STEADY90
22Filip Hronek	D	29	77	7	36	43	27–60	MIXED45
23Thomas Harley	D	26	74	11	32	43	27–60	BOOM/BUST32
24Roman Josi	D	37	71	10	32	43	27–59	STEADY71
25Shea Theodore	D	32	69	8	34	42	26–58	MIXED53

Goalies

91 goalies across all 32 teams — the top 2-3 per team by recent NHL starts on their CURRENT (2026-27) roster, not last season’s. Projected September 18, 2026.

Goalie	Role	GP	W	SV%	GAA	80% range (W)
1Karel Vejmelka	starter	60	36	.901	2.63	21–52
2Jeremy Swayman	starter	55	34	.906	2.79	20–49
3Andrei Vasilevskiy	starter	46	31	.911	2.41	18–44
4Jake Oettinger	starter	47	30	.904	2.57	17–43
5Logan Thompson	starter	48	30	.910	2.56	16–44
6John Gibson	starter	52	29	.900	2.79	15–44
7Ilya Sorokin	starter	49	29	.908	2.56	15–43
8Lukas Dostal	starter	49	28	.898	2.91	14–42
9Juuse Saros	starter	49	28	.898	3.01	14–42
10Joey Daccord	starter	51	28	.903	2.84	14–42
11Jacob Markstrom	starter	50	27	.895	2.85	13–42
12Igor Shesterkin	starter	46	27	.910	2.60	13–40
13Arturs Silovs	starter	48	27	.890	3.06	13–41
14Dustin Wolf	starter	47	26	.901	2.94	12–40
15Mackenzie Blackwood	starter	39	26	.905	2.54	14–38
16Filip Gustavsson	starter	42	26	.904	2.83	14–39
17Dan Vladar	starter	44	26	.901	2.61	13–40
18Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	starter	38	25	.903	2.81	13–36
19Darcy Kuemper	starter	46	25	.899	2.82	12–39
20Jake Allen	starter	43	25	.903	2.69	12–38
21Linus Ullmark	starter	41	25	.901	2.49	13–38
22Connor Hellebuyck	starter	43	25	.910	2.52	12–38
23Spencer Knight	starter	47	24	.902	2.92	10–38
24Sergei Bobrovsky	starter	47	24	.897	3.26	10–38
25Adin Hill	starter	41	24	.897	2.61	11–36
26Brandon Bussi	1B	36	23	.898	2.54	11–35
27Tristan Jarry	starter	40	23	.895	2.85	10–36
28Jordan Binnington	starter	41	23	.896	2.89	10–36
29Scott Wedgewood	1B	32	22	.909	2.44	11–32
30Pyotr Kochetkov	starter	33	21	.902	2.46	10–32
31Samuel Montembeault	starter	34	21	.896	2.93	9–32
32Jakub Dobes	1B	32	20	.904	2.71	9–31
33Alex Lyon	1B	29	19	.904	2.78	8–29
34Frederik Andersen	1B	32	19	.896	2.81	7–30
35Alex Nedeljkovic	starter	35	19	.898	3.00	7–31
36Joel Hofer	1B	32	19	.908	2.58	8–30
37Kevin Lankinen	starter	42	19	.892	3.20	6–32
38Elvis Merzlikins	starter	32	18	.892	3.13	7–29
39Akira Schmid	1B	32	18	.897	2.81	6–29
40Joseph Woll	1B	29	18	.902	2.58	7–28

League means this projection regresses toward: .900 SV%, 28.1 shots against/game. The 80% range on wins is an analytic binomial interval, not backtested the way the skater band above is — see “how much to trust this” below. Only the top 2-3 goalies per team by recent NHL starts are published. A team's full signed goalie depth (AHL/junior included) can run 4-6 deep; the rest have no realistic path to NHL starts and are omitted rather than projected as noise.