Regular season

Ville Koivunen

Pittsburgh Penguins · RW · #41

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?7 points in 39 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 184 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Oulu, FIN
Draft: 2021 CAR · R2 #51

57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2323pctl

3636pctl

4848pctl

5858pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.1812pctl

0.058pctl

0.1322pctl

0.916pctl

-1022pctl

450pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.1%44pctl

2.0162pctl

0.1147pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3845pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

4.38pctl

0.62pctl

0.6194pctl

1.6946pctl

0:5637pctl

0:008pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 28 GP tracked · 6h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

56.4%91pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

40.0%15pctl

O-zone deployment?

63%92pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min17pctl

Support received?

16.8 min67pctl

D-zone deployment?

37%8pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0858pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8753pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3048pctl

0.91×14pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.19/gm64pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.4%81pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 460 EV min

General Offense

4.3026

7.6949

Shot Setups/60?

1.1766

Chance Setups/60?

1.1778

Primary Contributions/60?

5.4831

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3943

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.7868

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2642

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1353

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.0432

Rush Offense/60?

6.9139

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9168

0.5229

0.1346

Deflections/60?

1.0435

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.5282

Entries Finished/60?

0.5232

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2630

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3059

0.5274

0.7845

Retrieval Success %?

40%74

Exit Involvements/60?

0.2682

Exit Success %?

20%83

Forechecking

0.7818

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

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$0.81M

cap hit

$1.46M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ville Koivunen	57	Depth Forward	7 P · 39 GP	$0.81M	$1.46M	C+$0.7M	this player
Lenni Hameenaho	60	Depth Forward	8 P · 33 GP	$0.95M	$2.03M	B+$1.1M	88%
Tanner Jeannot	58	Wrecking Ball	22 P · 77 GP	$3.40M	$1.64M	D−$1.8M	85%
Lukas Reichel	59	Depth Forward	8 P · 29 GP	$1.20M	$1.83M	C+$0.6M	83%
William Carrier	58	Depth Forward	18 P · 70 GP	$2.05M	$1.64M	C−$0.4M	83%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Ville’s goals

Creates for

goals Ville assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 8 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CAR

1P

0G 1A

@ CAR 03-10

0G 1A · 1 shots · 10:37 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:47 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 03-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:28 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 03-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:09 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:06 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:18 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:36 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:49 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 04-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:39 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 04-14

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:09 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)87 events shown

The office: the right circle - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 8 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 18 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	8	0	7	7	0
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	39	2	5	7	-10
Career	1 team	47	2	12	14	-10