HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Anze Kopitar

- · C · #11
Middle-six playerFaceoff General?56.9% on 1,307 draws - possession starts with him
HT
6'3"
WT
225 lb
Age
38
Shoots
L
From
Jesenice, SVN
Draft
2005 LAK · R1 #11
72Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5555pctl
Playmaking?
5757pctl
Transition?
5858pctl
Defense?
8484pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.5766pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1847pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3975pctl
Shots / GP?
1.554pctl
Plus/Minus?
+1995pctl
PP Points?
1274pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
7.6%77pctl
ZEIS?
2.1265pctl
PSPL?
0.1147pctl
Def Suppression?
1.0794pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
56.9%91pctl
D-Zone FO %?
56.2%87pctl
Draws / GP
19.598pctl
Take : Give?
0.4067pctl
PP TOI / GP?
2:5780pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:4649pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 15h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.8 min80pctl
Support received?
19.0 min6pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1033 EV min

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Anze Kopitar72--this player
Alexander Wennberg73--87%
Frank Nazar75$0.95MA++$5.0M84%
Morgan Frost71$4.38MC+$0.4M80%
Josh Norris77$7.95MD$1.3M79%

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 1 G · 4 A · 17 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs UTA

1P

1G 0A

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs NSH

1P

0G 1A

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA

1P

0G 1A

@ VAN

1P

0G 1A

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)546 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 6 of 12 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 11 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 75 blocks · 15 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2006-07Los Angeles Kings72204161-12
2007-08Los Angeles Kings82324577-15
2008-09Los Angeles Kings82273966-17
2009-10Los Angeles Kings823447816
2010-11Los Angeles Kings7525487325
2011-12Los Angeles Kings8225517612
2012-13Los Angeles Kings4710324214
2013-14Los Angeles Kings8229417034
2014-15Los Angeles Kings79164864-2
2015-16Los Angeles Kings8125497434
2016-17Los Angeles Kings76124052-10
2017-18Los Angeles Kings8235579221
2018-19Los Angeles Kings81223860-20
2019-20Los Angeles Kings702141626
2020-21Los Angeles Kings56133750-7
2021-22Los Angeles Kings81194867-6
2022-23Los Angeles Kings8228467420
2023-24Los Angeles Kings8126447011
2024-25Los Angeles Kings8121466714
2025-26Los Angeles Kings6712263819
Career1 team15214528641316127