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Noah Dobson

Noah Dobson

MTL·DJersey number #53
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Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 412 game sample
PTS
47.1
SOG
179.2
G
10.9
A
36.1
PPP
11.4
HIT
70.5
BLK
172.4
PIM
32.0

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 412 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
+0.57
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +2.0 goals over 249
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.10
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.3 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 412 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 · 412 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.57
G
0.13
A
0.44
SOG
2.19
PPP
0.14
HIT
0.86
BLK
2.11
PIM
0.39

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26801235470.5915822:29
2024-25711029390.5519623:16
2023-24791060700.8917424:31
2022-23781336490.6320620:23
2021-22801338510.6419021:28

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26130110.082122:03
2023-2450110.20624:06
2022-2360220.331220:11

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 4/10G 0/10A 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 29@ CARPO200001020:37
May 27vs CARPO200042020:05
May 25vs CARPO300012225:34
May 23@ CARPO000011024:34
May 21@ CARPO100003022:35
May 18@ BUFPO100001026:30
May 16vs BUFPO100021025:22
May 14@ BUFPO100023020:20
May 12vs BUFPO200012024:09
May 10vs BUFPO100002017:45

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
2025-2610.012plus 2.0 goals above expected74249
2024-2510.310minus 0.3 goals above expected69295
2023-246.710plus 3.3 goals above expected74253
2022-2311.013plus 2.0 goals above expected77309
2021-229.713plus 3.3 goals above expected74269

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
2025-2610 goals, 29 assists, 39 points2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2024-259 goals, 17 assists, 26 points1 goal, 11 assists, 12 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2023-249 goals, 36 assists, 45 points1 goal, 23 assists, 24 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2022-238 goals, 22 assists, 30 points5 goals, 14 assists, 19 points0-0-0
2021-2210 goals, 19 assists, 29 points3 goals, 19 assists, 22 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

249 attempts · 12 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (91)Shot on goal (146)Goal (12)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
10%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
23%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
5%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.6
P(over)
45%
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.