Regular season

Jani Nyman

Seattle Kraken · RW · #38

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?7 points in 28 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'2"
WT: 212 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Valkeakoski, FIN
Draft: 2022 SEA · R2 #49

60Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3939pctl

3838pctl

4141pctl

2222pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2525pctl

0.1435pctl

0.1115pctl

1.233pctl

-539pctl

241pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.6%62pctl

1.5543pctl

0.1355pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1415pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.750pctl

4.755pctl

0.081pctl

1.2121pctl

0:4835pctl

0:004pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 18 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.8%42pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

35.7%7pctl

O-zone deployment?

76%100pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.5 min5pctl

Support received?

16.7 min69pctl

D-zone deployment?

24%0pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1174pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.4732pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2945pctl

0.91×12pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.14/gm82pctl

Pressure escape rate?

12.5%99pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 273 EV min

General Offense

6.1557

9.0062

Shot Setups/60?

1.1059

Chance Setups/60?

1.1069

Primary Contributions/60?

7.2458

Rebounds Created/60?

0.8874

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0035

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.8868

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4463

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0041

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0029

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1039

Rush Offense/60?

9.2264

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.3274

0.4428

0.0028

Deflections/60?

1.3248

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0029

Entries Finished/60?

0.6646

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2229

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.8837

0.0026

0.8852

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0039

Forechecking

3.0748

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0045

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

$0.89M

cap hit

$2.03M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jani Nyman	60	Depth Forward	7 P · 28 GP	$0.89M	$2.03M	B+$1.1M	this player
Rutger McGroarty	61	Depth Forward	6 P · 24 GP	$0.95M	$2.24M	B+$1.3M	88%
Alexander Holtz	61	Depth Forward	9 P · 28 GP	$0.84M	$2.24M	B+$1.4M	88%
Jonatan Berggren	62	Depth Forward	22 P · 51 GP	$1.82M	$2.46M	C+$0.6M	87%
Taylor Ward	56	Depth Forward	7 P · 36 GP	$0.78M	$1.30M	C+$0.5M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Shane Wright · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Jani’s goals

Creates for

goals Jani assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 8 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 12-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:58 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 12-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:46 TOI

vs COL

1P

0G 1A

vs COL 12-16

0G 1A · 3 shots · 11:26 TOI

@ CGY

1P

0G 1A

@ CGY 12-18

0G 1A · 1 shots · 11:55 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 12-20

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:30 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 12-22

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:57 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 03-19

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:00 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 03-21

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:15 TOI

@ VGK

1P

0G 1A

@ VGK 04-15

0G 1A · 1 shots · 12:35 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:09 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)70 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 1 of 4 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 10 blocks · 0 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Seattle Kraken	12	3	3	6	-3
2025-26	Seattle Kraken	28	4	3	7	-5
Career	1 team	40	7	6	13	-8