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Bryan Rust

Bryan Rust

PIT·FJersey number #17
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 359 game sample
PTS
70.4
SOG
217.8
G
32.3
A
38.1
PPP
22.8
HIT
57.9
BLK
69.7
PIM
28.1

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 359 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+0.85
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +1.7 goals over 298
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.16
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.5 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 359 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 359 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.86
G
0.40
A
0.47
SOG
2.66
PPP
0.28
HIT
0.70
BLK
0.85
PIM
0.34

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26722936650.9018319:56
2024-25713134650.9219119:45
2023-24622828560.9019619:35
2022-23812026460.5721117:54
2021-22602434580.9718018:46

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2661120.331520:44
2021-2272681.142522:37

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 4/10G 3/10A 2/10PPP 2/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 29@ PHIPO500001022:17
Apr 27vs PHIPO200030020:37
Apr 25@ PHIPO100012019:19
Apr 22@ PHIPO301120420:25
Apr 20vs PHIPO100000020:48
Apr 18vs PHIPO310110020:55
Apr 12@ WSH000011020:21
Apr 9@ NJD210010016:21
Apr 5vs FLA311001618:50
Apr 4vs FLA100000015:16

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2627.329plus 1.7 goals above expected72298
2024-2525.731plus 5.3 goals above expected70282
2023-2426.328plus 1.7 goals above expected61286
2022-2327.820minus 7.8 goals above expected80301
2021-2225.424minus 1.4 goals above expected59252

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2620 goals, 19 assists, 39 points8 goals, 16 assists, 24 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points
2024-2526 goals, 21 assists, 47 points5 goals, 13 assists, 18 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-2424 goals, 22 assists, 46 points3 goals, 6 assists, 9 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2022-2318 goals, 16 assists, 34 points2 goals, 9 assists, 11 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2021-2215 goals, 22 assists, 37 points9 goals, 12 assists, 21 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

298 attempts · 29 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (115)Shot on goal (154)Goal (29)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
27%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.5
P(over)
37%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
8%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.4
P(over)
42%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.