2023-24 PAL Rating and Value Rating: performance and contract value

Two scores from 0 to 100, where 50 is the average NHL player. PAL Rating measures performance: offense, creation, shooting, possession, defense, discipline, power play and penalty kill, compared with players at the same position and adjusted for ice time. A defensive player isn't punished for not scoring: the score starts from the player's strength, offensive or defensive, and every player gets a profile. Salary never enters it. Value Rating answers a different question: for what the player costs, does the return come in more or less than expected?

How it's calculated →WAR, in wins →

Top forward

100PAL84ValueAuston Matthews

TOR · Elite Top defenseman

100PAL87ValueAdam Fox

NYR · Elite Top goalie

99PAL95ValueFrederik Andersen

CAR · Elite

Best contracts

Highest Value Rating among players rated 70 or more.

99Seth JarvisCAR · 0.89 M$ · PAL 97 (expected 39)
99Jalen ChatfieldCAR · 0.76 M$ · PAL 96 (expected 38)
99Jacob MacDonaldSJS · 0.76 M$ · PAL 96 (expected 38)
98Wyatt JohnstonDAL · 0.89 M$ · PAL 94 (expected 39)
98Thomas HarleyDAL · 0.86 M$ · PAL 93 (expected 39)

Heaviest contracts

Lowest Value Rating among cap hits of $5M or more.

1Cam FowlerANA · 6.50 M$ · PAL 7 (expected 65)
1Josh AndersonMTL · 5.50 M$ · PAL 2 (expected 63)
1Ryan StromeANA · 5.00 M$ · PAL 0 (expected 62)
2Brayden SchennSTL · 6.50 M$ · PAL 13 (expected 66)
2Neal PionkWPG · 5.88 M$ · PAL 9 (expected 64)

The scale — PAL Rating

90–100 Elite
80–89 Excellent
70–79 Very good
60–69 Above average
40–59 Around average
20–39 Below average
0–19 Very poor

The scale — Value Rating

90–100 Exceptional value
75–89 Very good contract
55–74 Good value
45–54 Fair value
25–44 Poor return
0–24 Very poor return

#	Player			Profile
1	Auston MatthewsTOR · F	100	84	Two-way	100	88	11.64 M$	8.3	81	98	100	100	98	76	87	98	75
2	Sam ReinhartFLA · F	100	90	Two-way	99	100	6.50 M$	6.0	82	97	98	99	95	100	41	96	97
3	Nathan MacKinnonCOL · F	99	82	Offensive	99	54	12.60 M$	7.0	82	100	82	96	99	32	89	100	50
4	Connor McDavidEDM · F	99	83	Two-way	99	77	12.50 M$	4.9	76	99	80	84	100	45	98	99	68
5	Zach HymanEDM · F	99	91	Two-way	100	71	5.50 M$	4.3	80	92	100	100	100	49	25	95	10
6	Aleksander BarkovFLA · F	99	85	Two-way	95	99	10.00 M$	2.8	73	95	77	62	97	97	65	97	97
7	Artemi PanarinNYR · F	98	82	Offensive	98	51	11.64 M$	6.6	82	99	50	98	95	34	80	98	28
8	Kirill KaprizovMIN · F	98	86	Offensive	99	60	9.00 M$	5.5	75	98	94	99	92	50	70	100	41
9	Filip ForsbergNSH · F	98	86	Offensive	98	44	8.50 M$	4.5	82	97	97	99	81	35	82	93	24
10	William KarlssonVGK · F	98	90	Two-way	93	98	5.90 M$	3.8	70	91	89	93	96	96	93	84	93
11	Nikita KucherovTBL · F	97	84	Offensive	98	20	9.50 M$	4.7	81	100	70	89	87	11	82	99	29
12	David PastrnakBOS · F	97	82	Offensive	98	22	11.25 M$	4.3	82	99	93	97	78	14	85	98	47
13	Seth JarvisCAR · F	97	99	Two-way	91	95	0.89 M$	2.6	81	81	85	95	92	92	85	89	91
14	Matthew TkachukFLA · F	97	84	Offensive	97	30	9.50 M$	2.5	80	98	96	69	93	16	95	99	57
15	Jason RobertsonDAL · F	96	86	Two-way	90	95	7.75 M$	4.1	82	87	70	74	95	97	63	91	35
16	Roope HintzDAL · F	96	85	Two-way	92	90	8.45 M$	3.4	80	83	80	91	94	65	78	95	95
17	Matt BoldyMIN · F	96	87	Two-way	94	84	7.00 M$	2.8	75	90	83	92	93	83	36	97	54
18	Brady TkachukOTT · F	96	85	Offensive	97	27	8.21 M$	2.6	81	93	100	87	94	15	86	92	43
19	Mitch MarnerTOR · F	95	80	Two-way	94	82	10.90 M$	3.5	69	96	46	80	80	70	64	97	82
20	Jack HughesNJD · F	95	84	Offensive	95	44	8.00 M$	2.4	62	95	90	86	76	36	98	94	48
21	Conor GarlandVAN · F	95	89	Two-way	78	97	4.95 M$	2.3	82	75	75	65	99	98	93	5	21
22	Noah CatesPHI · F	95	94	Defensive	37	100	2.63 M$	1.1	59	17	31	13	99	100	92	6	92
23	John TavaresTOR · F	95	80	Offensive	95	61	11.00 M$	0.2	80	80	100	89	77	58	73	92	36
24	Brayden PointTBL · F	94	81	Offensive	97	18	9.50 M$	4.0	81	96	97	99	66	14	78	95	40
25	Sebastian AhoCAR · F	94	83	Two-way	94	79	8.46 M$	3.4	78	96	73	91	83	30	30	90	100
26	Wyatt JohnstonDAL · F	94	98	Two-way	93	84	0.89 M$	2.6	82	91	96	94	89	74	45	79	78
27	Joel Eriksson EkMIN · F	94	88	Two-way	94	72	5.25 M$	0.7	77	70	99	83	88	80	70	96	4
28	Elias PetterssonVAN · F	93	83	Two-way	90	73	7.35 M$	4.5	82	95	41	80	75	70	98	95	62
29	William NylanderTOR · F	93	84	Offensive	96	21	6.96 M$	3.9	82	97	88	95	64	10	73	98	77
30	Jesper BrattNJD · F	93	83	Offensive	93	51	7.88 M$	2.6	82	94	91	71	92	26	88	89	76
31	Jake GuentzelCAR · F	93	86	Offensive	96	21	6.00 M$	0.6	67	96	99	88	81	13	91	81	42
32	J.T. MillerVAN · F	92	81	Offensive	97	37	8.00 M$	3.5	81	99	81	95	49	41	13	97	7
33	Jack EichelVGK · F	92	78	Two-way	88	74	10.00 M$	2.7	63	92	86	83	78	77	96	66	7
34	Chris KreiderNYR · F	92	84	Offensive	95	48	6.50 M$	2.1	82	92	98	96	67	33	30	89	79
35	Pius SuterVAN · F	92	96	Defensive	59	98	1.60 M$	1.6	67	45	64	67	85	98	81	48	92
36	Dylan LarkinDET · F	91	79	Offensive	92	42	8.70 M$	3.3	68	94	83	93	73	36	96	90	11
37	Nico HischierNJD · F	91	82	Offensive	92	41	7.25 M$	2.2	71	88	96	90	75	28	94	85	65
38	Brandon HagelTBL · F	91	95	Two-way	87	90	1.50 M$	2.2	82	93	75	63	92	78	53	70	87
39	Artturi LehkonenCOL · F	91	87	Two-way	87	93	4.50 M$	0.9	45	73	89	87	90	82	19	82	96
40	Leon DraisaitlEDM · F	90	78	Offensive	96	20	8.50 M$	4.3	81	98	53	97	84	9	14	100	66
41	Sidney CrosbyPIT · F	90	78	Offensive	96	17	8.70 M$	3.3	82	97	91	88	75	12	76	92	45
42	Trevor MooreLAK · F	90	87	Two-way	83	90	4.20 M$	2.2	82	71	93	73	95	86	69	42	69
43	Garnet HathawayPHI · F	90	92	Defensive	30	99	2.38 M$	1.0	82	10	28	13	95	99	91	20	91
44	Anthony ManthaVGK · F	89	83	Two-way	75	94	5.70 M$	3.2	74	74	42	92	93	96	37	21	22
45	Anthony CirelliTBL · F	89	82	Defensive	57	95	6.25 M$	2.2	79	50	38	60	79	91	92	69	94
46	Gabriel VilardiWPG · F	89	89	Offensive	90	34	3.44 M$	2.0	47	89	91	98	33	40	97	84	18
47	Valeri NichushkinCOL · F	89	82	Offensive	92	46	6.13 M$	1.7	54	87	92	95	65	32	48	92	81
48	Eetu LuostarinenFLA · F	88	94	Defensive	35	99	1.50 M$	1.5	82	18	43	18	88	94	83	23	98
49	Jordan MartinookCAR · F	88	93	Defensive	50	97	1.80 M$	1.2	82	39	52	23	98	94	39	19	94
50	Quinton ByfieldLAK · F	88	97	Two-way	82	89	0.89 M$	1.2	80	76	83	62	86	92	46	82	34

PickALeague calculation from the play-by-play and on-ice shifts of every game (NHL data) and the season's cap hits.