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Dylan DeMelo

Dylan DeMelo

WPG·DJersey number #2
Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 8:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 419 game sample
PTS
21.4
SOG
79.8
G
3.3
A
18.1
PPP
0.2
HIT
131.9
BLK
113.1
PIM
40.8

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 419 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 cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−0.31
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −0.1 goals over 132
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.06
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.1 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 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 419 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 · 419 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.26
G
0.04
A
0.22
SOG
0.97
PPP
0.00
HIT
1.61
BLK
1.38
PIM
0.50

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2682316190.237521:28
2024-2582316190.237521:32
2023-2482328310.388321:44
2022-2375621270.369319:34
2021-2276112130.177818:30

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2024-25121340.331821:52
2023-2450110.20522:24
2022-2350220.40424:49

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 16vs SJS000021019:45
Apr 14@ UTA100021217:57
Apr 13@ VGK000011023:36
Apr 11vs PHI100040022:02
Apr 9@ STL100001223:10
Apr 6vs SEA100001019:53
Apr 4@ CBJ100032022:08
Apr 2@ DAL000000022:40
Mar 31@ CHI000022023:44
Mar 28@ COL000001021:54

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 2 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
2025-263.13minus 0.1 goals above expected67132
2024-253.23minus 0.2 goals above expected65132
2023-242.73plus 0.3 goals above expected67126
2022-234.56plus 1.5 goals above expected64136
2021-223.41minus 2.4 goals above expected5598

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 cold 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
2025-263 goals, 14 assists, 17 points0-0-00 goals, 2 assists, 2 points
2024-253 goals, 16 assists, 19 points0-0-00-0-0
2023-243 goals, 27 assists, 30 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2022-235 goals, 19 assists, 24 points0-0-01 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
2021-220 goals, 11 assists, 11 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points

Shot locations

132 attempts · 3 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (57)Shot on goal (72)Goal (3)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
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.