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.

Hits risers

#	Player	Tm	Pos	25-26 Hits/gm	26-27 Hits/gm	Δ /gm	Proj Hits
1	Nate Danielson DET · C	DET	C	0.29	1.3	+1.0	69
2	Josh Norris BUF · C	BUF	C	0.55	1.2	+0.7	77
3	Noel Acciari PHI · C	PHI	C	0.97	1.47	+0.5	91
4	Josh Samanski EDM · C	EDM	C	1.12	1.6	+0.5	88
5	Stefan Noesen NJD · R	NJD	R	0.87	1.31	+0.5	71
6	Jordan Greenway CHI · L	CHI	L	1.43	1.81	+0.4	114
7	Moritz Seider DET · D	DET	D	1.56	1.92	+0.4	158
8	Matthew Tkachuk FLA · L	FLA	L	0.94	1.28	+0.3	87
9	Sean Kuraly BOS · C	BOS	C	1.06	1.4	+0.3	105
10	Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L	MTL	L	1.28	1.61	+0.3	126
11	John Beecher FLA · C	FLA	C	0.66	0.98	+0.3	48
12	Michael Rasmussen DET · C	DET	C	1	1.32	+0.3	90
13	Ryker Evans SEA · D	SEA	D	0.72	1.03	+0.3	70
14	Luke Schenn VAN · D	VAN	D	2.98	3.28	+0.3	160
15	Sam Lafferty FLA · C	FLA	C	1.21	1.5	+0.3	74
16	Elias Lindholm BOS · C	BOS	C	0.59	0.87	+0.3	68
17	Rasmus Dahlin BUF · D	BUF	D	0.87	1.14	+0.3	90
18	Ryan Pulock NYI · D	NYI	D	0.64	0.91	+0.3	68
19	Rutger McGroarty PIT · L	PIT	L	1.08	1.34	+0.3	63
20	Michael Kesselring SJS · D	SJS	D	0.74	0.98	+0.2	70
21	Nino Niederreiter WPG · R	WPG	R	1.15	1.39	+0.2	90
22	Martin Fehérváry WSH · D	WSH	D	1.36	1.6	+0.2	125
23	Noah Juulsen COL · D	COL	D	2	2.23	+0.2	127
24	Michael Eyssimont BOS · C	BOS	C	0.96	1.19	+0.2	75
25	Pavel Mintyukov ANA · D	ANA	D	0.53	0.76	+0.2	57
26	Jake McCabe TOR · D	TOR	D	1.3	1.53	+0.2	114
27	Samuel Girard PIT · D	PIT	D	0.35	0.58	+0.2	42
28	Jake Walman EDM · D	EDM	D	0.28	0.5	+0.2	34
29	Brady Tkachuk FLA · L	FLA	L	2.7	2.92	+0.2	222
30	Justin Barron NSH · D	NSH	D	0.71	0.93	+0.2	64