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Cale Makar

Cale Makar

COL·DJersey number #8
vsMIN
Latest captured market
Mar 8 · 2:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 424 game sample
PTS
86.2
SOG
234.1
G
24.9
A
61.3
PPP
32.4
HIT
46.3
BLK
135.5
PIM
23.2

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 424 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
+0.73
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +3.2 goals over 326
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.13
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.4 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 424 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 · 424 games incl. playoffs
PTS
1.05
G
0.30
A
0.75
SOG
2.86
PPP
0.40
HIT
0.56
BLK
1.66
PIM
0.28

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26752059791.0519924:51
2024-25803062921.1524625:43
2023-24772169901.1723124:46
2022-23601749661.1017626:23
2021-22772858861.1224025:40

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26114150.452925:25
2024-2571450.712626:47
2023-2411510151.363626:58
2022-2361450.832025:40
2021-2220821291.457127:04

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Mar 8 lineSOG 7/10G 3/10A 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 26@ VGKPO400001027:30
May 24@ VGKPO300006027:14
May 13vs MINPO000001025:50
May 11@ MINPO300001026:09
May 9@ MINPO300002029:06
May 5vs MINPO100001024:06
May 3vs MINPO321002217:11
Apr 26@ LAKPO110000023:17
Apr 23@ LAKPO410006025:58
Apr 21vs LAKPO300002228:49

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Mar 8 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
2025-2616.820plus 3.2 goals above expected74326
2024-2521.430plus 8.6 goals above expected80391
2023-2417.121plus 3.9 goals above expected77351
2022-2313.117plus 3.9 goals above expected60258
2021-2214.528plus 13.5 goals above expected76319

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
2025-2616 goals, 34 assists, 50 points4 goals, 25 assists, 29 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-2516 goals, 38 assists, 54 points12 goals, 23 assists, 35 points2 goals, 1 assist, 3 points
2023-2413 goals, 34 assists, 47 points7 goals, 32 assists, 39 points1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points
2022-2312 goals, 24 assists, 36 points5 goals, 25 assists, 30 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-2219 goals, 33 assists, 52 points9 goals, 25 assists, 34 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

326 attempts · 20 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (127)Shot on goal (179)Goal (20)

Markets · Mar 8

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
24%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
35%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
16%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.1
P(over)
34%
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.