Peripheral Breakouts · 2026-27

Biggest projected per-game increase in a peripheral category vs last season — role/usage-driven counting-cat value that wins deep and banger leagues.

PIM risers

#	Player	Tm	Pos	25-26 PIM/gm	26-27 PIM/gm	Δ /gm	Proj PIM
1	Matt Rempe NYR · C	NYR	C	0.42	0.91	+0.5	36
2	Josh Samanski EDM · C	EDM	C	0.25	0.53	+0.3	29
3	Jesperi Kotkaniemi CAR · C	CAR	C	0.19	0.4	+0.2	23
4	Miles Wood CBJ · L	CBJ	L	0.48	0.69	+0.2	41
5	Ben Jones CGY · C	CGY	C	0	0.21	+0.2	8
6	Adam Edstrom NSH · C	NSH	C	0.06	0.27	+0.2	12
7	Jake Walman EDM · D	EDM	D	0.19	0.39	+0.2	27
8	Liam O'Brien UTA · C	UTA	C	1.13	1.32	+0.2	65
9	Martin Pospisil CGY · C	CGY	C	0.77	0.96	+0.2	40
10	Stephen Halliday OTT · C	OTT	C	0.07	0.24	+0.2	10
11	Hunter Brzustewicz CGY · D	CGY	D	0.12	0.3	+0.2	16
12	Jason Zucker BUF · L	BUF	L	0.37	0.54	+0.2	34
13	Brady Tkachuk FLA · L	FLA	L	1.18	1.35	+0.2	102
14	Maxim Tsyplakov CGY · R	CGY	R	0.12	0.3	+0.2	17
15	Matvei Gridin CGY · R	CGY	R	0.05	0.22	+0.2	10
16	Jacob Trouba SJS · D	SJS	D	0.38	0.54	+0.2	42
17	Paul Cotter VAN · L	VAN	L	0.24	0.4	+0.2	31
18	Drew Helleson ANA · D	ANA	D	0.33	0.48	+0.1	29
19	Pierre-Luc Dubois WSH · C	WSH	C	0.66	0.81	+0.1	58
20	Maxim Shabanov MIN · R	MIN	R	0.05	0.19	+0.1	10
21	Mathieu Joseph EDM · R	EDM	R	0.18	0.33	+0.1	20
22	Isak Rosen WPG · R	WPG	R	0	0.15	+0.1	7
23	Timo Meier NJD · R	NJD	R	0.29	0.43	+0.1	33
24	Ryan Hartman MIN · R	MIN	R	0.63	0.77	+0.1	57
25	Michael Eyssimont BOS · C	BOS	C	0.55	0.7	+0.1	44
26	Nils Hoglander NSH · L	NSH	L	0.21	0.35	+0.1	18
27	Zayne Parekh CGY · D	CGY	D	0.22	0.36	+0.1	19
28	Michael Rasmussen DET · C	DET	C	0.12	0.25	+0.1	17
29	Nazem Kadri COL · C	COL	C	0.39	0.52	+0.1	38
30	Zach Metsa BUF · D	BUF	D	0.19	0.31	+0.1	16