Late-Season Trends · 2025-26
Per-game production in the 2nd half vs the earlier part of the season — who trended up or down into the offseason. Momentum the full-season totals hide, and a leading indicator for 2026-27.
📈 Finished hot
| # | Player | Tm | Pos | Earlier /gm | 2nd half /gm | Δ /gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnathan Kovacevic NJD · D | NJD | D | -0.53 (17g) | 0.53 (17g) | +1.1 |
| 2 | Rasmus Dahlin BUF · D | BUF | D | -0.29 (38g) | 0.74 (39g) | +1.0 |
| 3 | Dylan Holloway STL · L | STL | L | -0.28 (29g) | 0.7 (30g) | +1.0 |
| 4 | Logan Mailloux STL · D | STL | D | -0.64 (33g) | 0.32 (34g) | +1.0 |
| 5 | Matthew Tkachuk FLA · L | FLA | L | -0.67 (15g) | 0.25 (16g) | +0.9 |
| 6 | Tyler Seguin DAL · C | DAL | C | -0.08 (13g) | 0.79 (14g) | +0.9 |
| 7 | Jimmy Snuggerud STL · R | STL | R | -0.2 (35g) | 0.66 (35g) | +0.9 |
| 8 | Rasmus Ristolainen PHI · D | PHI | D | -0.18 (22g) | 0.64 (22g) | +0.8 |
| 9 | Tyler Kleven OTT · D | OTT | D | -0.37 (35g) | 0.43 (35g) | +0.8 |
| 10 | Robert Thomas STL · C | STL | C | -0.03 (32g) | 0.72 (32g) | +0.8 |
| 11 | Cam Fowler STL · D | STL | D | -0.49 (41g) | 0.22 (41g) | +0.7 |
| 12 | Jonathan Marchessault NSH · C | NSH | C | -0.65 (31g) | 0.06 (31g) | +0.7 |
| 13 | Brayden Point TBL · C | TBL | C | -0.16 (31g) | 0.53 (32g) | +0.7 |
| 14 | Mattias Ekholm EDM · D | EDM | D | 0.05 (41g) | 0.73 (41g) | +0.7 |
| 15 | Pius Suter STL · C | STL | C | -0.12 (32g) | 0.53 (32g) | +0.7 |
| 16 | Erik Karlsson PIT · D | PIT | D | -0.22 (37g) | 0.42 (38g) | +0.6 |
| 17 | Sean Walker CAR · D | CAR | D | -0.25 (40g) | 0.39 (41g) | +0.6 |
| 18 | Mavrik Bourque NSH · C | NSH | C | -0.24 (41g) | 0.39 (41g) | +0.6 |
| 19 | David Pastrnak BOS · R | BOS | R | -0.26 (38g) | 0.36 (39g) | +0.6 |
| 20 | Evan Bouchard EDM · D | EDM | D | 0 (41g) | 0.61 (41g) | +0.6 |
| 21 | Jayden Struble MTL · D | MTL | D | -0.24 (29g) | 0.37 (30g) | +0.6 |
| 22 | Jake Neighbours STL · L | STL | L | -0.41 (34g) | 0.2 (35g) | +0.6 |
| 23 | Mason Marchment SJS · L | SJS | L | -0.03 (34g) | 0.53 (34g) | +0.6 |
| 24 | Timothy Liljegren WSH · D | WSH | D | -0.43 (23g) | 0.12 (24g) | +0.6 |
| 25 | Connor Dewar PIT · C | PIT | C | -0.08 (39g) | 0.49 (39g) | +0.6 |
| 26 | Lukas Reichel · L | L | -0.36 (14g) | 0.2 (15g) | +0.6 | |
| 27 | Alexandre Carrier MTL · D | MTL | D | -0.25 (36g) | 0.3 (37g) | +0.6 |
| 28 | Jake Christiansen CBJ · D | CBJ | D | -0.45 (20g) | 0.1 (20g) | +0.6 |
| 29 | Jake Evans MTL · C | MTL | C | -0.38 (34g) | 0.15 (34g) | +0.5 |
| 30 | Brady Tkachuk FLA · L | FLA | L | -0.2 (30g) | 0.33 (30g) | +0.5 |
📉 Finished cold
| # | Player | Tm | Pos | Earlier /gm | 2nd half /gm | Δ /gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake McCabe TOR · D | TOR | D | 0.6 (40g) | -0.53 (40g) | -1.1 |
| 2 | Nathan MacKinnon COL · C | COL | C | 1.27 (40g) | 0.15 (40g) | -1.1 |
| 3 | Troy Stecher TOR · D | TOR | D | 0.41 (32g) | -0.66 (32g) | -1.1 |
| 4 | Connor Bedard CHI · C | CHI | C | 0.21 (34g) | -0.71 (35g) | -0.9 |
| 5 | Artturi Lehkonen COL · L | COL | L | 0.91 (35g) | 0 (35g) | -0.9 |
| 6 | Cale Makar COL · D | COL | D | 0.86 (37g) | 0 (38g) | -0.9 |
| 7 | Martin Necas COL · C | COL | C | 1.03 (39g) | 0.18 (39g) | -0.8 |
| 8 | Teddy Blueger TOR · C | TOR | C | 0.06 (17g) | -0.72 (18g) | -0.8 |
| 9 | Mikael Backlund CGY · C | CGY | C | 0.44 (41g) | -0.27 (41g) | -0.7 |
| 10 | Filip Hronek VAN · D | VAN | D | 0.07 (41g) | -0.63 (41g) | -0.7 |
| 11 | Uvis Balinskis FLA · D | FLA | D | 0.11 (27g) | -0.59 (27g) | -0.7 |
| 12 | Nikita Nesterenko ANA · C | ANA | C | 0.29 (14g) | -0.4 (15g) | -0.7 |
| 13 | Aliaksei Protas WSH · L | WSH | L | 0.61 (38g) | -0.08 (38g) | -0.7 |
| 14 | Pavol Regenda · L | L | 0.17 (12g) | -0.5 (12g) | -0.7 | |
| 15 | Jakob Chychrun WSH · D | WSH | D | 0.57 (40g) | -0.07 (40g) | -0.7 |
| 16 | Matthew Knies TOR · L | TOR | L | -0.05 (39g) | -0.7 (40g) | -0.7 |
| 17 | Jani Nyman SEA · C | SEA | C | 0.14 (14g) | -0.5 (14g) | -0.6 |
| 18 | Dmitry Orlov SJS · D | SJS | D | -0.02 (41g) | -0.66 (41g) | -0.6 |
| 19 | Artyom Levshunov CHI · D | CHI | D | -0.29 (34g) | -0.91 (34g) | -0.6 |
| 20 | Matt Grzelcyk · D | D | 0.18 (34g) | -0.43 (35g) | -0.6 | |
| 21 | Cutter Gauthier ANA · L | ANA | L | 0.26 (38g) | -0.32 (38g) | -0.6 |
| 22 | Evan Rodrigues NJD · C | NJD | C | 0.06 (34g) | -0.51 (35g) | -0.6 |
| 23 | Niko Mikkola FLA · D | FLA | D | 0.26 (34g) | -0.29 (34g) | -0.6 |
| 24 | Daemon Hunt MIN · D | MIN | D | 0.19 (16g) | -0.38 (16g) | -0.6 |
| 25 | Linus Karlsson VAN · C | VAN | C | -0.08 (39g) | -0.62 (40g) | -0.6 |
| 26 | Kasperi Kapanen EDM · R | EDM | R | 0.4 (20g) | -0.14 (21g) | -0.5 |
| 27 | Carson Soucy · D | D | 0.18 (38g) | -0.34 (38g) | -0.5 | |
| 28 | Alexander Petrovic FLA · D | FLA | D | 0.3 (27g) | -0.22 (27g) | -0.5 |
| 29 | Jeremy Lauzon VGK · D | VGK | D | 0.21 (34g) | -0.29 (34g) | -0.5 |
| 30 | Jacob Melanson · R | R | 0 (18g) | -0.5 (18g) | -0.5 |