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Wyatt Kaiser

Wyatt Kaiser

CHI·DJersey number #44
Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 9:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 175 game sample
PTS
16.7
SOG
82.2
G
5.8
A
10.9
PPP
0.1
HIT
56.3
BLK
91.5
PIM
33.7

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 175 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
+1.26
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +1.8 goals over 118
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.23
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 175 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 · 175 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.20
G
0.07
A
0.13
SOG
1.00
PPP
0.00
HIT
0.68
BLK
1.12
PIM
0.41

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2677611170.227519:37
2024-25574480.146618:07
2023-24320770.221817:19
2022-2390330.331418:36

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 15vs SJS201012021:30
Apr 13vs BUF000001020:17
Apr 11vs STL100004023:18
Apr 9vs CAR100003017:56
Apr 6@ SJS000000021:54
Apr 4@ SEA102011020:41
Apr 2@ EDM100001022:01
Mar 31vs WPG200031023:07
Mar 29@ NJD000000222:27
Mar 27@ NYR000000017:44

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
2025-264.26plus 1.8 goals above expected54118
2024-252.64plus 1.4 goals above expected4491
2023-240.70minus 0.7 goals above expected2128
2022-230.90minus 0.9 goals above expected820

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
2025-266 goals, 11 assists, 17 points0-0-00 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-254 goals, 4 assists, 8 points0-0-00 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-240 goals, 7 assists, 7 points0-0-00-0-0
2022-230 goals, 3 assists, 3 points0-0-00 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

118 attempts · 6 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (43)Shot on goal (69)Goal (6)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
5%
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.