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.

Shots risers

#	Player	Tm	Pos	25-26 Shots/gm	26-27 Shots/gm	Δ /gm	Proj Shots
1	Frank Vatrano ANA · R	ANA	R	1.58	2.1	+0.5	157
2	Matthew Schaefer NYI · D	NYI	D	2.71	3.2	+0.5	259
3	Macklin Celebrini SJS · C	SJS	C	3.5	3.98	+0.5	314
4	Beckett Sennecke ANA · R	ANA	R	2.4	2.83	+0.4	229
5	Martin Pospisil CGY · C	CGY	C	0.86	1.25	+0.4	53
6	David Jiricek PHI · D	PHI	D	0.62	1.01	+0.4	40
7	Sidney Crosby PIT · C	PIT	C	2.35	2.72	+0.4	185
8	Tyler Seguin DAL · C	DAL	C	1.15	1.51	+0.4	62
9	Ben Kindel PIT · C	PIT	C	1.96	2.32	+0.3	176
10	Daniil But UTA · L	UTA	L	1.48	1.82	+0.3	77
11	Ivan Demidov MTL · R	MTL	R	1.55	1.88	+0.3	137
12	Sam Lafferty FLA · C	FLA	C	0.31	0.64	+0.3	31
13	Dmitri Simashev UTA · D	UTA	D	0.93	1.26	+0.3	52
14	Nick Lardis CHI · L	CHI	L	1.39	1.72	+0.3	86
15	Matvei Michkov PHI · R	PHI	R	2.01	2.33	+0.3	182
16	Michael Misa SJS · C	SJS	C	1.29	1.61	+0.3	85
17	William Nylander TOR · R	TOR	R	2.4	2.71	+0.3	214
18	Jimmy Snuggerud STL · R	STL	R	2.41	2.7	+0.3	178
19	Lenni Hameenaho NJD · R	NJD	R	1.42	1.71	+0.3	77
20	Alex Ovechkin WSH · L	WSH	L	2.98	3.26	+0.3	208
21	Victor Hedman TBL · D	TBL	D	1.52	1.79	+0.3	120
22	Kris Letang PIT · D	PIT	D	1.41	1.69	+0.3	113
23	Zayne Parekh CGY · D	CGY	D	1.32	1.6	+0.3	85
24	Ryan Leonard WSH · R	WSH	R	2.04	2.31	+0.3	159
25	Logan Cooley UTA · C	UTA	C	1.89	2.15	+0.3	161
26	Jaroslav Chmelar NYR · R	NYR	R	0.82	1.08	+0.3	44
27	Dalibor Dvorsky STL · R	STL	R	1.31	1.57	+0.3	103
28	Ville Koivunen PIT · R	PIT	R	0.92	1.18	+0.3	65
29	Emmitt Finnie DET · C	DET	C	1.46	1.71	+0.3	135
30	Mikko Rantanen DAL · R	DAL	R	2.17	2.42	+0.3	189