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Dawson Mercer

Dawson Mercer

NJD·FJersey number #91
vsPIT
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 427 game sample
PTS
40.1
SOG
149.8
G
20.3
A
19.9
PPP
6.8
HIT
38.3
BLK
50.0
PIM
28.3

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 427 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
−1.85
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −6.4 goals over 247
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.34
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.8 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 427 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 · 427 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.49
G
0.25
A
0.24
SOG
1.83
PPP
0.08
HIT
0.46
BLK
0.61
PIM
0.34

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26822022420.5115818:14
2024-25821917360.4414117:53
2023-24822013330.4013417:13
2022-23822729560.6816116:34
2021-22821725420.5115416:32

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2024-2552020.40821:05
2022-23123470.581616:38

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 6/10G 4/10A 2/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 14@ BOS200010016:25
Apr 12vs OTT511000018:56
Apr 11@ DET310000020:58
Apr 9vs PIT000000017:21
Apr 7vs PHI100000017:45
Apr 5@ MTL100011021:34
Apr 4vs MTL310001021:47
Apr 2vs WSH620011020:00
Mar 31@ NYR100001017:51
Mar 29vs CHI201001021:10

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
2025-2626.420minus 6.4 goals above expected79247
2024-2521.119minus 2.1 goals above expected78207
2023-2419.320plus 0.7 goals above expected76182
2022-2325.827plus 1.2 goals above expected74216
2021-2219.217minus 2.2 goals above expected71193

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
2025-2613 goals, 19 assists, 32 points4 goals, 3 assists, 7 points3 goals, 0 assists, 3 points
2024-2513 goals, 15 assists, 28 points5 goals, 2 assists, 7 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2023-2416 goals, 12 assists, 28 points4 goals, 1 assist, 5 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2022-2324 goals, 20 assists, 44 points2 goals, 8 assists, 10 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points
2021-2214 goals, 21 assists, 35 points2 goals, 3 assists, 5 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points

Shot locations

247 attempts · 20 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (89)Shot on goal (138)Goal (20)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
31%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
27%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
7%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
2.0
P(over)
58%
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.