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Michael Bunting

Michael Bunting

NSH·FJersey number #58
Club as of this player’s most recent priced game
Latest captured market
Mar 3 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 406 game sample
PTS
42.3
SOG
153.6
G
17.9
A
24.4
PPP
13.9
HIT
62.0
BLK
24.3
PIM
48.3

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 406 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
−0.17
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −1.4 goals over 222
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.03
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.1 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 406 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 · 406 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.52
G
0.22
A
0.30
SOG
1.88
PPP
0.17
HIT
0.75
BLK
0.29
PIM
0.59

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26741419330.4512614:26
2024-25761919380.5015515:32
2023-24811936550.6816815:41
2022-23822326490.6017415:48
2021-22792340630.8017515:32

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2610111.0019:11
2022-2371120.29914:34
2021-2261230.50615:07

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Mar 3 lineSOG 2/10G 0/10A 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 30@ MINPO10102009:11
Apr 15@ BUF500010012:36
Apr 13@ TOR000020014:20
Mar 29@ PHI10001003:46
Mar 28@ PIT000002012:23
Mar 24vs NJD00000009:59
Mar 22vs VGK100020012:51
Mar 21@ MIN200001013:40
Mar 18@ COL100010215:11
Mar 16vs UTA100010213:28

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Mar 3 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
2025-2615.414minus 1.4 goals above expected67222
2024-2521.619minus 2.6 goals above expected67237
2023-2422.619minus 3.6 goals above expected76242
2022-2327.623minus 4.6 goals above expected72252
2021-2224.223minus 1.2 goals above expected76242

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
2025-268 goals, 15 assists, 23 points6 goals, 4 assists, 10 points0-0-0
2024-258 goals, 13 assists, 21 points11 goals, 6 assists, 17 points0-0-0
2023-2412 goals, 22 assists, 34 points7 goals, 14 assists, 21 points0-0-0
2022-2316 goals, 23 assists, 39 points7 goals, 3 assists, 10 points0-0-0
2021-2221 goals, 37 assists, 58 points2 goals, 3 assists, 5 points0-0-0

Shot locations

222 attempts · 14 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (96)Shot on goal (112)Goal (14)

Markets · Mar 3

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
23%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
18%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
7%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.9
P(over)
54%
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.