HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Luke Glendening

- · C · #41
Depth playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 97 hits (7.9/60)
HT
5'11"
WT
190 lb
Age
37
Shoots
R
From
Grand Rapids, USA
50Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
1111pctl
Playmaking?
1818pctl
Transition?
1111pctl
Defense?
8585pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.135pctl
Goals / GP?
0.032pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1014pctl
Shots / GP?
0.76pctl
Plus/Minus?
-730pctl
PP Points?
016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
2.7%28pctl
ZEIS?
0.6912pctl
PSPL?
0.0414pctl
Def Suppression?
0.8185pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
52.8%73pctl
D-Zone FO %?
51.0%61pctl
Draws / GP
9.362pctl
Take : Give?
0.5589pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0213pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:3973pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 8h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.9 min16pctl
Support received?
16.6 min74pctl

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 · 619 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
Luke Glendening50--this player
Joseph Veleno50$2.27MD$1.4M88%
Tyson Kozak53$0.82MC+$0.1M88%
Josh Samanski55$0.97MC+$0.2M83%
Oskar Bäck53$0.82MC+$0.1M82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Sean Couturier · 4 goals together

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ DET

1P

1G 0A

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL

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)285 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 7 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 58 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2013-14Detroit Red Wings56167-8
2014-15Detroit Red Wings82126185
2015-16Detroit Red Wings81813214
2016-17Detroit Red Wings7431114-10
2017-18Detroit Red Wings6911819-14
2018-19Detroit Red Wings781013232
2019-20Detroit Red Wings60639-29
2020-21Detroit Red Wings5469153
2021-22Dallas Stars829716-17
2022-23Dallas Stars70336-9
2023-24Tampa Bay Lightning8110111-2
2024-25Tampa Bay Lightning77437-9
2025-26New Jersey Devils52044-11
2025-26Philadelphia Flyers182354
Career5 teams9348590175-91