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Noah Cates

Noah Cates

PHI·FJersey number #27
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 325 game sample
PTS
41.9
SOG
123.0
G
16.1
A
25.8
PPP
6.7
HIT
100.3
BLK
54.2
PIM
28.0

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 325 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
−0.86
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −2.5 goals over 184
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.16
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.3 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 325 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 · 325 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.51
G
0.20
A
0.32
SOG
1.50
PPP
0.08
HIT
1.22
BLK
0.66
PIM
0.34

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26821829470.5713216:14
2024-25781621370.4711015:53
2023-2459612180.317813:48
2022-23821325380.4610717:46
2021-22165490.562313:15

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2681340.501116:20

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineG 1/10A 4/10PPP 1/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 4@ CARPO100032020:53
May 2@ CARPO100060015:51
Apr 29vs PITPO101040016:43
Apr 27@ PITPO001031016:19
Apr 25vs PITPO200002014:35
Apr 22vs PITPO311110013:08
Apr 20@ PITPO100012017:43
Apr 18@ PITPO200010015:30
Apr 14vs MTL200021017:50
Apr 13vs CAR301010015:22

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
2025-2620.518minus 2.5 goals above expected70184
2024-2516.716minus 0.7 goals above expected66163
2023-248.56minus 2.5 goals above expected47113
2022-2315.613minus 2.6 goals above expected69151
2021-223.95plus 1.1 goals above expected1432

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
2025-2614 goals, 23 assists, 37 points3 goals, 6 assists, 9 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2024-2515 goals, 18 assists, 33 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2023-246 goals, 10 assists, 16 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points
2022-239 goals, 19 assists, 28 points3 goals, 5 assists, 8 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points
2021-224 goals, 4 assists, 8 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point0-0-0

Shot locations

184 attempts · 18 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (53)Shot on goal (113)Goal (18)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
26%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
23%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
8%
SOG
Shots on goal
No line posted.
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.