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Defenseman•#8STEADYPPI 99Cale Makar is a 28-year-old defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche. Selected 4th overall by COL in the 2017 NHL Draft. Born in Calgary, CAN.
On the blue line this season, Cale has recorded 3 goals and 13 assists for 16 points across 14 games. He averages 1.14 points per game on 22:36 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
#18 NHL
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 62–107 pts
STEADY — 97th percentile at D, 71% hit rate (75 GP, 2025-26)
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Cale's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
18
Current: 3
Assists
76
Current: 13
Points
94
Current: 16
Strong production expected. Most likely outcome is 74-114 points, establishing this player as a top-line contributor.
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Art Ross
Most Points
0.0%
Rocket
Most Goals
0.3%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Cale was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 14 games, 354 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
57.7 vs 57.3 lg
44th percentile
Quality of teammates
78.8 vs 56.8 lg
99th percentile
Deployment
neutral
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Cale takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
53
Goals vs expected
3 vs 2.2 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
2%
With-or-without-you
Who Cale plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon ToewsD | 159 min | 59.4 | — | — |
| Nathan MacKinnonC | 129 min | 55.7 | — | — |
| Artturi LehkonenL | 119 min | 57.7 | — | — |
| Martin NecasC | 110 min | 59.4 | 58.6 | +0.8 |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Cale, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL defensemen
73
Offense
67
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, a top on-ice shot share, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, a heavy penalty-kill workload. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
6-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 6-point gap between offensive (73th) and defensive (67th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, a top on-ice shot share, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, a heavy penalty-kill workload. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
6-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 6-point gap between offensive (73th) and defensive (67th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Cale Makar's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | COL | 14 | 3 | 13 | 16 | +6 | 39 | 7.7% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | COL | 75 | 20 | 59 | 79 | +32 | 199 | 10.1% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | COL | 80 | 30 | 62 | 92 | +28 | 246 | 12.2% |
Form
Cale's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | @ CHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:00 |
| Oct 31 | vs CGY | 0 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 3 | 24:27 |
| Oct 28 | vs NJD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 25:51 |
| Oct 25 | @ NSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:16 |
| Oct 23 | vs TBL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 21:07 |
Similar defensemans
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Cale to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Colorado Avalanche this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a defenceman. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 23-242023-24 | COL | 77 | 21 | 69 | 90 | +15 | 231 | 9.1% |
| 22-232022-23 | COL | 60 | 17 | 49 | 66 | +16 | 176 | 9.7% |
| 21-222021-22 | COL | 77 | 28 | 58 | 86 | +48 | 240 | 11.7% |
| 20-212020-21 | COL | 44 | 8 | 36 | 44 | +17 | 104 | 7.7% |
| 19-202019-20 | COL | 57 | 12 | 38 | 50 | +12 | 121 | 9.9% |
| Career | — | 484 | 139 | 384 | 523 | +174 | 1356 | 10.3% |
Brock Nelson
C · 9 pts
