Preseason NHL player projections

Preseason forecasts for today's teams

These projections were made for the season before play began. They are not updated game-day predictions. Today's schedule only determines which teams' players appear here; team membership does not confirm that a player will dress.

Preseason projections: average scoring rates across the season
Player	Team	Goals/game	Assists/game	Points/game	Forecast published
Leon Draisaitl	Edmonton Oilers	0.62	0.78	1.41	Jul 18, 2026
Connor McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	0.47	0.87	1.38	Jul 18, 2026
Macklin Celebrini	San Jose Sharks	0.42	0.57	1.00	Jul 18, 2026
Evan Bouchard	Edmonton Oilers	0.25	0.65	0.92	Jul 18, 2026
Mika Zibanejad	New York Rangers	0.40	0.53	0.91	Jul 18, 2026
Pavel Dorofeyev	New York Rangers	0.53	0.42	0.91	Jul 18, 2026
Travis Konecny	Philadelphia Flyers	0.29	0.52	0.80	Jul 18, 2026
Adam Fox	New York Rangers	0.17	0.58	0.78	Jul 18, 2026
Matvei Michkov	Philadelphia Flyers	0.33	0.46	0.78	Jul 18, 2026
Jake DeBrusk	Vancouver Canucks	0.45	0.37	0.77	Jul 18, 2026
J.T. Miller	New York Rangers	0.29	0.48	0.76	Jul 18, 2026
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Edmonton Oilers	0.33	0.43	0.74	Jul 18, 2026
Bo Horvat	New York Islanders	0.34	0.40	0.73	Jul 18, 2026
Zach Hyman	Edmonton Oilers	0.41	0.35	0.73	Jul 18, 2026
Will Smith	San Jose Sharks	0.32	0.41	0.71	Jul 18, 2026
Tyler Toffoli	San Jose Sharks	0.34	0.36	0.67	Jul 18, 2026
Trevor Zegras	Philadelphia Flyers	0.27	0.38	0.65	Jul 18, 2026
Alexis Lafrenière	New York Rangers	0.30	0.36	0.65	Jul 18, 2026
Marco Rossi	Vancouver Canucks	0.25	0.39	0.63	Jul 18, 2026
Oliver Bjorkstrand	New York Rangers	0.29	0.36	0.63	Jul 18, 2026
Mathew Barzal	New York Islanders	0.23	0.39	0.62	Jul 18, 2026
Brock Boeser	Vancouver Canucks	0.29	0.35	0.62	Jul 18, 2026
Elias Pettersson	Vancouver Canucks	0.24	0.40	0.62	Jul 18, 2026
Mason Marchment	San Jose Sharks	0.27	0.31	0.56	Jul 18, 2026
Alexander Wennberg	San Jose Sharks	0.22	0.34	0.54	Jul 18, 2026
Owen Tippett	Philadelphia Flyers	0.25	0.30	0.53	Jul 18, 2026
Jake Walman	Edmonton Oilers	0.12	0.38	0.51	Jul 18, 2026
Filip Hronek	Vancouver Canucks	0.09	0.40	0.49	Jul 18, 2026
Sean Couturier	Philadelphia Flyers	0.18	0.32	0.48	Jul 18, 2026
Tyson Foerster	Philadelphia Flyers	0.26	0.25	0.48	Jul 18, 2026
Brayden Schenn	New York Islanders	0.19	0.31	0.48	Jul 18, 2026
Tony DeAngelo	New York Islanders	0.10	0.35	0.47	Jul 18, 2026
Mattias Ekholm	Edmonton Oilers	0.10	0.35	0.45	Jul 18, 2026
Kyle Palmieri	New York Islanders	0.22	0.26	0.44	Jul 18, 2026
Simon Holmstrom	New York Islanders	0.18	0.27	0.44	Jul 18, 2026
Matias Maccelli	New York Islanders	0.19	0.26	0.43	Jul 18, 2026
Noah Cates	Philadelphia Flyers	0.20	0.25	0.42	Jul 18, 2026
Matt Savoie	Edmonton Oilers	0.20	0.23	0.42	Jul 18, 2026
Will Cuylle	New York Rangers	0.22	0.22	0.41	Jul 18, 2026
Kiefer Sherwood	San Jose Sharks	0.23	0.20	0.39	Jul 18, 2026
Brendan Gallagher	Vancouver Canucks	0.20	0.22	0.39	Jul 18, 2026
Christian Dvorak	Philadelphia Flyers	0.17	0.25	0.39	Jul 18, 2026
Calum Ritchie	New York Islanders	0.20	0.20	0.39	Jul 18, 2026
Jean-Gabriel Pageau	New York Islanders	0.14	0.26	0.38	Jul 18, 2026
Anthony Duclair	New York Islanders	0.20	0.20	0.37	Jul 18, 2026
Travis Sanheim	Philadelphia Flyers	0.07	0.31	0.37	Jul 18, 2026
Vladislav Gavrikov	New York Rangers	0.06	0.31	0.36	Jul 18, 2026
Darnell Nurse	San Jose Sharks	0.07	0.29	0.36	Jul 18, 2026
Filip Chytil	Vancouver Canucks	0.17	0.22	0.36	Jul 18, 2026
Scott Morrow	New York Rangers	0.08	0.25	0.35	Jul 18, 2026

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