Buy-Low and Sell-High: Skaters
Introduction
Welcome to Unsustainable - our weekly look at skaters performing at unsustainable levels. Below, you'll find a data table with an emphasis on shooting percentages. What we know, from years and years of data, is that it is unlikely that a player can maintain a shooting percentage that deviates significantly from his career numbers for long amounts of time (which translates to lots of shots).
The aim of this weekly article is to highlight players, that the data suggests, are playing at levels inconsistent with their actual talent. The last column (Dev) measures the deviation from career levels. As a fantasy hockey manager (at least one in a league that emphasizes goal scoring), you could interpret this data as a player's trade value. Today's article will include the requirements that a player has taken at least 40 shots on goal and has a deviation of at least 50% from his career numbers.
| Player | G | A | S | S/GP | 3YS/GP | SH% | CSH% | DEV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colton Parayko | 15 | 20 | 122 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 12.3 | 5.0 | 144 |
| Jonny Brodzinski | 9 | 7 | 55 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 16.4 | 7.9 | 107 |
| Blake Lizotte | 9 | 9 | 45 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 20.0 | 10.2 | 96 |
| Jamie Drysdale | 6 | 13 | 55 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 93 |
| Jonathan Drouin | 10 | 25 | 53 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 18.9 | 9.9 | 92 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 29 | 35 | 132 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 11.6 | 89 |
| Tyler Seguin | 9 | 11 | 43 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 20.9 | 11.2 | 87 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 27 | 16 | 125 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 21.6 | 11.5 | 87 |
| Joel Kiviranta | 16 | 7 | 77 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 20.8 | 11.2 | 86 |
| Mikhail Sergachev | 13 | 32 | 112 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 11.6 | 6.3 | 84 |
| Jake Evans | 12 | 19 | 67 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 17.9 | 9.8 | 82 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 19 | 11 | 89 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 21.4 | 11.9 | 79 |
| James van Riemsdyk | 14 | 16 | 71 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 19.7 | 12.0 | 65 |
| Nate Schmidt | 5 | 13 | 57 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 64 |
| Tom Wilson | 31 | 28 | 150 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 20.7 | 12.8 | 61 |
| Anze Kopitar | 18 | 39 | 86 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 20.9 | 13.2 | 59 |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 27 | 30 | 136 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 19.9 | 12.7 | 56 |
| Rickard Rakell | 32 | 30 | 177 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 18.1 | 11.7 | 55 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 16 | 16 | 98 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 16.3 | 10.6 | 54 |
| Trevor Lewis | 4 | 5 | 43 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 54 |
| Cam Fowler | 7 | 24 | 72 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 9.7 | 6.4 | 53 |
| Ryan McLeod | 17 | 26 | 79 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 21.5 | 14.1 | 53 |
| Nick Paul | 21 | 18 | 121 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 17.4 | 11.4 | 52 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 18 | 26 | 161 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 11.2 | 7.3 | 52 |
| Rasmus Andersson | 10 | 18 | 137 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 51 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 4 | 9 | 62 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 50 |
| Matt Duchene | 27 | 44 | 132 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 20.5 | 13.6 | 50 |
| David Savard | 1 | 13 | 42 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.8 | -50 |
| Sam Lafferty | 2 | 3 | 42 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 9.7 | -51 |
| Miles Wood | 2 | 2 | 51 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 8.2 | -52 |
| Alexander Holtz | 3 | 8 | 62 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 10.1 | -52 |
| Brent Burns | 5 | 20 | 162 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 6.4 | -52 |
| Mattias Janmark | 2 | 15 | 43 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 10.1 | -54 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 3 | 30 | 106 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 6.6 | -57 |
| Ryan Suter | 1 | 12 | 56 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 4.4 | -59 |
| Andrew Peeke | 1 | 15 | 70 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.7 | -61 |
| Ty Dellandrea | 1 | 6 | 41 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 6.9 | -65 |
| Tomas Nosek | 1 | 8 | 40 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 7.4 | -66 |
| Carl Grundstrom | 2 | 6 | 64 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 9.5 | -67 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 5 | 68 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 4.4 | -67 |
| Connor Murphy | 1 | 16 | 69 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4.4 | -67 |
| Josh Manson | 1 | 14 | 65 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 4.8 | -68 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 2 | 4 | 77 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 8.4 | -69 |
| Ryan Lomberg | 1 | 7 | 54 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 7.3 | -74 |
| Jacob Trouba | 1 | 13 | 100 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 4.3 | -77 |
| P.O Joseph | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3.5 | -100 |
| Josh Mahura | 0 | 8 | 54 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4.2 | -100 |
| Connor Clifton | 0 | 10 | 49 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.6 | -100 |
| Nils Lundkvist | 0 | 5 | 52 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 3.6 | -100 |
Legend
G: Goals
A: Assists
S: Shots on goal
S/GP: Shots on goal per game
3YS/GP: Three-year average shots on goal per game
SH%: 2024-2025 shooting percentage
CSH%: Career shooting percentage
DEV: Deviation from career shooting percentage
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