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Neal Pionk

Neal Pionk

WPG·DJersey number #4
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 8:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 384 game sample
PTS
32.1
SOG
149.0
G
7.1
A
25.0
PPP
8.3
HIT
180.7
BLK
119.7
PIM
57.6

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 384 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
−0.61
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −0.5 goals over 144
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.11
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.2 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 384 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 · 384 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.39
G
0.09
A
0.30
SOG
1.82
PPP
0.10
HIT
2.21
BLK
1.46
PIM
0.70

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-265139120.249722:43
2024-25691029390.5712322:04
2023-2482528330.4014620:50
2022-23821023330.4014221:56
2021-2277331340.4414021:08

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2024-25131670.542324:25
2023-2450110.20521:58
2022-2350771.40927:18

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 5/10G 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 11vs PHI000001020:00
Apr 9@ STL500032224:04
Apr 6vs SEA101050022:15
Apr 4@ CBJ201020023:56
Apr 2@ DAL1000211218:50
Mar 31@ CHI001031022:55
Mar 28@ COL200062025:04
Mar 26vs COL000031220:38
Mar 24vs VGK300011220:57
Mar 22@ NYR500010025:27

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 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
2025-263.53minus 0.5 goals above expected44144
2024-254.710plus 5.3 goals above expected63210
2023-246.25minus 1.2 goals above expected78212
2022-237.210plus 2.8 goals above expected76215
2021-227.33minus 4.3 goals above expected71203

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
2025-262 goals, 8 assists, 10 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points0-0-0
2024-256 goals, 20 assists, 26 points4 goals, 8 assists, 12 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2023-244 goals, 21 assists, 25 points1 goal, 7 assists, 8 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2022-239 goals, 20 assists, 29 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2021-222 goals, 20 assists, 22 points1 goal, 11 assists, 12 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

144 attempts · 3 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (47)Shot on goal (94)Goal (3)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
9%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.4
P(over)
40%
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.