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Nick Cousins

Nick Cousins

OTT·FJersey number #21
vsBUF
Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 392 game sample
PTS
22.6
SOG
92.5
G
8.6
A
14.0
PPP
0.2
HIT
160.6
BLK
40.4
PIM
78.7

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 392 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
+0.04
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −0.8 goals over 108
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.01
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.0 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 392 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 · 392 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.27
G
0.10
A
0.17
SOG
1.13
PPP
0.00
HIT
1.96
BLK
0.49
PIM
0.96

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2681914230.287911:25
2024-255069150.306811:54
2023-246978150.2211112:11
2022-2379918270.3410211:02
2021-2268913220.3210312:28

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2640110.25210:26
2024-2550000.0029:20
2023-24120110.0898:41
2022-23212570.332614:26
2021-2230000.00012:22

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 25vs CARPO20003007:18
Apr 23vs CARPO00105007:32
Apr 20@ CARPO000070015:04
Apr 18@ CARPO000010211:49
Apr 15vs TOR300011013:56
Apr 12@ NJD101010213:50
Apr 11@ NYI000001010:55
Apr 9vs FLA000020014:31
Apr 7vs TBL100000011:44
Apr 5vs CAR300062214:40

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
2025-269.89minus 0.8 goals above expected59108
2024-257.66minus 1.6 goals above expected4095
2023-2410.47minus 3.4 goals above expected59142
2022-2311.19minus 2.1 goals above expected59136
2021-2211.59minus 2.5 goals above expected61143

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
2025-269 goals, 14 assists, 23 points0-0-00-0-0
2024-256 goals, 9 assists, 15 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0-0-0
2023-247 goals, 8 assists, 15 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0-0-0
2022-239 goals, 18 assists, 27 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0-0-0
2021-226 goals, 12 assists, 18 points3 goals, 1 assist, 4 points0-0-0

Shot locations

108 attempts · 9 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (29)Shot on goal (70)Goal (9)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
12%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
5%
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.