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Mathew Barzal

Mathew Barzal

NYI·FJersey number #13
vsOTT
Latest captured market
Apr 11 · 1:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 333 game sample
PTS
71.5
SOG
199.0
G
19.7
A
51.8
PPP
20.3
HIT
39.4
BLK
51.6
PIM
48.3

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 333 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
−1.14
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −5.4 goals over 283
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.21
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.6 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 333 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 · 333 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.87
G
0.24
A
0.63
SOG
2.43
PPP
0.25
HIT
0.47
BLK
0.63
PIM
0.59

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26811953720.8918420:39
2024-2530614200.677820:21
2023-24802357801.0024020:08
2022-23581437510.8813918:43
2021-22731544590.8116118:01

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2023-2452351.001521:08
2022-2362020.331417:07

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 11 lineSOG 5/10G 1/10PPP 1/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 14vs CAR301000019:55
Apr 12vs MTL400001022:40
Apr 11vs OTT100001022:49
Apr 9vs TOR401101021:36
Apr 4@ CAR201002016:30
Apr 3vs PHI101000024:06
Mar 31@ BUF301000020:24
Mar 30vs PIT311001218:21
Mar 28vs FLA200000017:52
Mar 26vs DAL100010017:48

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 11 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
2025-2624.419minus 5.4 goals above expected77283
2024-259.46minus 3.4 goals above expected30116
2023-2422.123plus 0.9 goals above expected78319
2022-2316.114minus 2.0 goals above expected56195
2021-2218.615minus 3.6 goals above expected70208

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
2025-2617 goals, 35 assists, 52 points2 goals, 18 assists, 20 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-255 goals, 11 assists, 16 points1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points0-0-0
2023-2418 goals, 37 assists, 55 points5 goals, 20 assists, 25 points0-0-0
2022-2310 goals, 21 assists, 31 points4 goals, 16 assists, 20 points0-0-0
2021-2214 goals, 25 assists, 39 points1 goal, 19 assists, 20 points0-0-0

Shot locations

283 attempts · 19 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (99)Shot on goal (165)Goal (19)

Markets · Apr 11

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
32%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
13%
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.