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Paul Cotter

Paul Cotter

VAN·FJersey number #47
Played for NJD in the game shown
NJDvsWSH
Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 7:30 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 301 game sample
PTS
19.7
SOG
80.3
G
11.4
A
8.2
PPP
1.2
HIT
225.1
BLK
27.5
PIM
35.4

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 301 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
+0.55
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +0.1 goals over 106
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.10
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.1 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 301 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 · 301 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.24
G
0.14
A
0.10
SOG
0.98
PPP
0.01
HIT
2.75
BLK
0.33
PIM
0.43

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-267996150.196110:41
2024-2579166220.289013:05
2023-2476718250.3310012:44
2022-2355135180.337612:50
2021-2272020.29118:49

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2024-2550110.20514:25

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 14@ BOS400011012:31
Apr 12vs OTT000010010:23
Apr 11@ DET00002008:54
Apr 9vs PIT110010010:49
Apr 7vs PHI000050011:55
Apr 5@ MTL00001007:14
Apr 4vs MTL00000206:27
Apr 2vs WSH00003106:58
Mar 31@ NYR10003028:05
Mar 29vs CHI00000007:36

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 2 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
2025-268.99plus 0.1 goals above expected53106
2024-2513.416plus 2.6 goals above expected68146
2023-2412.57minus 5.5 goals above expected65154
2022-238.613plus 4.4 goals above expected4595
2021-221.02plus 1.0 goals above expected714

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
2025-269 goals, 5 assists, 14 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point0-0-0
2024-2516 goals, 6 assists, 22 points0-0-00-0-0
2023-245 goals, 16 assists, 21 points2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points0-0-0
2022-2313 goals, 5 assists, 18 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0-0-0
2021-222 goals, 0 assists, 2 points0-0-00-0-0

Shot locations

106 attempts · 9 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (45)Shot on goal (52)Goal (9)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
12%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
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.