NHL Player Cards
Player Card Explanation
Skater's Overall, 5v5 Offense, 5v5 Defense, Power Play, and Penalty Kill are calculated using a Wins Above Replacement (WAR) model: a regression that isolates each skater's own on-ice impact net of every teammate and opponent who shared the ice with them, converted to a wins-denominated scale. A larger write-up on my model and methodology will be written soon. Note that my goalie cards do not yet use a WAR model, but will be implemented soon.
All attributes are weighted based on the past 3 seasons, with the most recent season weighted the most. This gives a better overview of a player's overall skill instead of only single-season performance.
Each ranking section has the player's ranking for that attribute (the large number on the left), out of the total number of players that qualify for that attribute (the small number on the bottom), and a percentile bar showing the percentage of players that the selected player ranks above in that attribute (the bar on the right).
Graphs show the yearly attribute percentiles, not the weighted percentiles. This gives a clearer view of how player performance changes from season to season.
To qualify for rankings, skaters must have played at least 3.66 minutes per the total games in the season (300 minutes over an 82 game season), goalies must have played 15% of the total games in the season (13 games in an 82 game season).
Data includes all games played up to and including April 17, 2026.
Data used is from Natural Stat Trick.
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Skater Information
- Position - The skater's position (center, left wing, right wing, or defense).
- Role - The skater's role on his team based on time on ice.
- Age - The skater's age as of September 1 of the first year of the selected season.
- Size - The skater's height (in feet and inches) and weight (in pounds).
- Games - The skater's number of games played.
- G-A-P - The skater's goals, assists, and points in all situations.
- xG - The skater's expected goals in all situations.
- xGF % - The skater's 5-on-5 expected goals share (the percentage of expected goals the player's team scores versus concedes while the player is on the ice).
Skater Rankings
- Overall - The skater's total Wins Above Replacement (WAR), a statistic that estimates how many wins a player contributes compared to a replacement-level player.
- 5v5 Offense - The skater's 5-on-5 (even-strength) offensive WAR, a statistic that estimates how many wins a player contributes offensively compared to a replacement-level player.
- 5v5 Defense - The skater's 5-on-5 defensive WAR, a statistic that estimates how many wins a player contributes defensively compared to a replacement-level player.
- Power Play - The skater's 5-on-4 (power play) offensive Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Requires averaging over 45 seconds of 5v4 ice time per game.
- Penalty Kill - The skater's 4-on-5 (penalty kill) defensive Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Requires averaging over 45 seconds of 4v5 ice time per game.
- Finishing - The skater's 5-on-5 finishing, their goals scored above their own expected goals on the shots they took, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Goals - The skater's goal-scoring rate at 5-on-5, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- xGoals - The skater's individual expected goals rate at 5-on-5, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Assists - The skater's assist rate at 5-on-5 (weighted toward primary assists), adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Penalties - The skater's performance at drawing penalties versus taking penalties at 5-on-5, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Physicality - The skater's hitting and physical play at 5-on-5 (hits delivered, plus hits taken at half weight), adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- PDO (Luck) - The skater's on-ice shooting percentage plus on-ice save percentage at 5-on-5 (luck/sustainability context, not a skill rating).
- O-Zone Starts - The frequency of a skater's shifts starting in the offensive zone at 5-on-5, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate (deployment context, not a skill rating).
- Teammates - How good the skater's teammates were on average at 5-on-5, weighted by shared 5-on-5 ice time (deployment context, not a skill rating).
- Competition - How good the skater's opponents were on average at 5-on-5, weighted by shared 5-on-5 ice time (deployment context, not a skill rating).
Skater Graph
- Purple Line - The skater's yearly Overall percentile over the past 5 seasons.
- Red Line - The skater's yearly 5v5 Offense percentile over the past 5 seasons.
- Blue Line - The skater's yearly 5v5 Defense percentile over the past 5 seasons.
Goalie Information
- Position - The goalie's position (goalie).
- Role - The goalie's role on his team based on games played.
- Age - The goalie's age as of September 1 of the first year of the selected season.
- Size - The goalie's height (in feet and inches) and weight (in pounds).
- Games - The goalie's number of games played.
- W-L-OTL - The goalie's wins, losses, and overtime losses.
- Save % - The goalie's save percentage (the percentage of shots on goal that they save).
- GSAx - The goalie's goals saved above expected (how many more goals they prevented compared to an average goalie facing the same shots).
Goalie Rankings
- Overall - The goalie's performance across all situations, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Even Strength - The goalie's performance at 5-on-5 (even strength), adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Penalty Kill - The goalie's performance on the penalty kill (4-on-5), adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Low Danger - The goalie's performance at stopping low-danger shots, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Medium Danger - The goalie's performance at stopping medium-danger shots, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- High Danger - The goalie's performance at stopping high-danger shots, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Rebounds - The goalie's performance at limiting rebound attempts, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Team Defense - Reflects the quality and quantity of shots a goalie faces. Higher rankings indicate stronger team defense, adjusted to a per 60 minute rate.
- Great Starts - The goalie's frequency of starts with a save percentage ≥0.915, adjusted to a per game rate.
- Quality Starts - The goalie's frequency of starts with a save percentage ≥0.900, adjusted to a per game rate.
- Bad Starts - The goalie's frequency of starts with a save percentage <0.900, adjusted to a per game rate.
- Awful Starts - The goalie's frequency of starts with a save percentage ≤0.885, adjusted to a per game rate.
- Fantasy - The goalie's fantasy points production in a typical fantasy league, adjusted to a per game rate.
Goalie Graph
- Purple Line - The goalie's yearly Overall percentile over the past 5 seasons.
- Red Line - The goalie's yearly Even Strength percentile over the past 5 seasons.
- Blue Line - The goalie's yearly Penalty Kill percentile over the past 5 seasons.