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OddPuck projects NHL players and teams from five seasons of play-by-play, and shows how well those projections have held up. How to read it

2026-27 projection

Points leaders

Projected over each club’s full 2026-27 regular season, assuming the player plays every game.

  1. 1Connor McDavidEDM · C · 41.9 G · 94.1 A84 team games · sample 468136.0pts
  2. 2Nikita KucherovTBL · R · 41.5 G · 91.0 A84 team games · sample 411132.4pts
  3. 3Nathan MacKinnonCOL · C · 48.8 G · 78.8 A84 team games · sample 435127.5pts
  4. 4Leon DraisaitlEDM · C · 48.8 G · 74.4 A84 team games · sample 458123.2pts
  5. 5David PastrnakBOS · R · 39.4 G · 67.5 A84 team games · sample 428107.0pts
  6. 6Macklin CelebriniSJS · C · 41.0 G · 63.6 A84 team games · sample 152104.6pts
  7. 7Kirill KaprizovMIN · L · 48.2 G · 53.5 A84 team games · sample 371101.7pts
  8. 8Jack HughesNJD · C · 37.7 G · 63.6 A84 team games · sample 324101.4pts
Full board · 897 skaters

What the model sees — not what happened

The model rates the Boston Bruins 16 spots lower than the standings do

Boston Bruins (BOS): #8 in points, #24 by xG-Elo · gaps of 7+ spots

Rank gap in spots, 2025-26.
All 32 clubs

The model expects extreme finishers to move back toward average

Goals relative to each player’s position: 2025-26 beside the 2026-27 projection.

  • Mackie Samoskevich−8.6 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected −1.6 in 2026-27
  • Tomas Hertl−8.8 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected −1.6 in 2026-27
  • Andrew Copp−8.9 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected −1.6 in 2026-27
  • Timo Meier−10.0 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected −1.8 in 2026-27
  • Anders Lee−11.5 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected −2.1 in 2026-27
  • Cole Caufield+13.2 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected +2.4 in 2026-27
  • Macklin Celebrini+13.2 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected +2.4 in 2026-27
  • Filip Forsberg+13.8 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected +2.5 in 2026-27
  • Morgan Geekie+14.5 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected +2.6 in 2026-27
  • Anthony Mantha+15.5 goals relative to his position in 2025-26, projected +2.8 in 2026-27
What happened, 2025-26Projected for 2026-27, not a result

Measured against each player’s position rather than raw goals minus xG, so forwards and defencemen share one scale. Projected at the same shot volume. A gap that persists may be finishing skill or shots the model under-rates; the measurement cannot separate the two. How this is measured