Fantasy Hub Player Intelligence

Rickard Rakell

PIT · R · Age 33

GP 4 · G-A-PTS 0-2-2

Limited sample UNDERPERFORMING VERY LOW confidence

Expected P/G 0,71 Limited sample · Rank appears after 20 GP

Current trajectory Early season 4 GP · 3Y baseline 0,73

Actual P/G 0,50 Limited sample

Deployment 88 #3 among F on team

Driver 93 #3 among F on team

4 GP current season Process: 20% current Role: 40% current

Team context

Pittsburgh Penguins Balanced environment

Fantasy environment #17 of 32 NHL teams

Team xP/G #17 0,73 top-8 xP/G

Offensive environment Above Average EV OZ #14 · shot diff #11

Power-play environment Strong PP OZ #9

Pace & activity Average #13 NHL · 19,5 bursts/g · 55,5 km/g · 47,7 attempts/g

Balanced environment · above average offensive process · strong power-play environment.

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Usage & Deployment

Overall usageSeason rate

TOI/G19:04

PP TOI/G3:22

SOG/G2,25

5v5 roleObserved role

L25v5 usage band

Sidney Crosby · Rickard Rakell · Hendrix Lapierre

Line time · last game

5:25

TOI · With this line · last game

48%

TOI · With this line · last 3

16%

TOI · With this line · season

12%

Trend

+4 percentage points ↑+4 pts ↑

Power playObserved PP role

PP1Power-play unit

Sidney Crosby · Erik Karlsson · Rickard Rakell · Tommy Novak · Ben Kindel

PP share · last game

58%

PP share · last 3

55%

PP share · season

60%

First-unit starts · last 3

8 / 10

Trend

-5 percentage points ↓-5 pts ↓

SituationalLast 5

Vs empty net

40% · 0:57

Own goalie pulled

72% · 4:19

Derived from official NHL shift charts + play-by-play · Established · High confidence · 15 recent PP opportunities

Production

2026–27 season

PTS

P/G

0,50

SOG/G

2,25

TOI/G

19:04

PP TOI/G

3:22

Official NHL video

Recent highlights

Goals & assists · last 5 games

MTL @ PIT OKT 3

▶ Assist on D. Carlile goal P2 · 00:32

PIT @ PHI SEP 30

▶ Assist on E. Chinakhov goal P3 · 16:37

Performance

Process vs Deployment

0–100 · F/D percentile · sample-adjusted

Limited sample

The process-versus-Deployment profile is still sample-sensitive.

Process 93

Deployment 88

Offensive Driver High-end · limited sample

Shot Creation Elite · limited sample

Play Creation Above average · limited sample

Deployment High-end · limited sample

Median High-end Elite

Trajectory

Early season

3Y baseline 0,73 Historical P/G

2026–27 0,50 vs baseline −0,23

Expected P/G 0,71 vs baseline −0,02

Current-season production is still below the 20-game threshold; the historical baseline is shown without a strong trajectory call.

Intelligence

Model signals

MODEL

Strong Deployment provides a solid fantasy opportunity base.

Current usage ranks clearly above the position-group median.

MODEL

Elite underlying offensive process supports the profile.

Offensive Driver 93 is in the top range of the position group.

MODEL

Shot creation is the clearest offensive strength.

The scoring-process profile is stronger than the play-creation profile.

MODEL

Production is running below expectation.

Actual P/G trails Expected P/G by 0,21.

Current value

The current fantasy profile has both high-end process and high-end Deployment behind it. Expected P/G currently sits at 0,71.