Regular season

Philipp Kurashev

- · C · #96

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?20 points in 43 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: Munsingen, CHE
Draft: 2018 CHI · R4 #120

63Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3838pctl

3939pctl

4343pctl

3939pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4757pctl

0.1643pctl

0.3064pctl

1.449pctl

+163pctl

241pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.2%57pctl

1.7249pctl

0.0310pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3540pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

43.0%16pctl

D-Zone FO %?

41.4%15pctl

1.822pctl

0.2520pctl

1:5166pctl

0:3643pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 23 GP tracked · 6h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

47.8%33pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

44.8%29pctl

O-zone deployment?

34%7pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min57pctl

Support received?

18.1 min28pctl

D-zone deployment?

66%93pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.7043pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1722pctl

1.06×89pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.13/gm87pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.1%13pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 561 EV min

General Offense

5.1439

6.4228

Shot Setups/60?

1.2873

Chance Setups/60?

1.0774

Primary Contributions/60?

6.4249

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3232

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.9677

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.8684

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1146

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6059

Rush Offense/60?

6.4232

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.1116

0.2116

0.0021

Deflections/60?

1.0735

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2168

Entries Finished/60?

0.7551

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4346

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.1852

0.2141

0.9658

Retrieval Success %?

18%34

Exit Involvements/60?

0.2184

Exit Success %?

18%84

Forechecking

3.0046

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0043

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

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Philipp Kurashev	63	Depth Forward	20 P · 43 GP	-	$2.68M	-	this player
Vladislav Namestnikov	61	Depth Forward	14 P · 60 GP	$3.00M	$2.24M	D−$0.8M	88%
Connor Zary	63	Depth Forward	25 P · 74 GP	$3.77M	$2.68M	D−$1.1M	86%
Emmitt Finnie	64	Depth Forward	30 P · 82 GP	$0.82M	$2.92M	A+$2.1M	85%
Kent Johnson	60	Depth Forward	22 P · 76 GP	$1.80M	$2.03M	C+$0.2M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Alexander Wennberg · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Philipp’s goals

Creates for

goals Philipp assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 1 G · 3 A · 13 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ COL

1P

1G 0A

@ COL 02-04

1G 0A · 2 shots · 17:09 TOI

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY 02-26

0G 0A · 3 shots · 15:18 TOI

vs EDM

1P

0G 1A

vs EDM 02-28

0G 1A · 0 shots · 13:32 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 03-01

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:07 TOI

vs MTL

1P

0G 1A

vs MTL 03-03

0G 1A · 1 shots · 12:58 TOI

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs STL 03-06

0G 1A · 3 shots · 15:58 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 03-10

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:29 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 03-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:00 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 03-21

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:28 TOI

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:47 TOI

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

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)140 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 5 of 7 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 24 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Chicago Blackhawks	54	8	8	16	-9
2021-22	Chicago Blackhawks	67	6	15	21	-16
2022-23	Chicago Blackhawks	70	9	16	25	-32
2023-24	Chicago Blackhawks	75	18	36	54	-44
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	51	7	7	14	-28
2025-26	San Jose Sharks	43	7	13	20	1
Career	2 teams	360	55	95	150	-128