Regular season

Sandis Vilmanis

Florida Panthers · LW · #95

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?5 points in 19 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 192 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Riga, LVA
Draft: 2022 FLA · R5 #157

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3535pctl

4444pctl

2727pctl

3636pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2628pctl

0.1641pctl

0.1115pctl

0.88pctl

-154pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.9%30pctl

1.0021pctl

0.1770pctl

Def Suppression?

0.037pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

4.610pctl

11.586pctl

0.4580pctl

1.5135pctl

0:1424pctl

0:0550pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 9 GP tracked · 2h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

54.2%83pctl

O-zone deployment?

66%97pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min14pctl

Support received?

16.4 min79pctl

D-zone deployment?

34%3pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1281pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2417pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2947pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.29/gm24pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 191 EV min

General Offense

4.7038

6.5838

Shot Setups/60?

0.9450

Chance Setups/60?

0.9460

Primary Contributions/60?

5.6439

Rebounds Created/60?

0.9471

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0038

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3135

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3150

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0042

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3169

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.3128

Rush Offense/60?

6.2737

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9464

0.3130

0.0032

Deflections/60?

1.5756

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0033

Entries Finished/60?

0.3131

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3139

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.1971

0.6369

1.5771

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0041

Forechecking

7.5265

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0046

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

$0.88M

cap hit

$2.24M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Sandis Vilmanis	61	Depth Forward	5 P · 19 GP	$0.88M	$2.24M	B+$1.4M	this player
Rutger McGroarty	61	Depth Forward	6 P · 24 GP	$0.95M	$2.24M	B+$1.3M	86%
Alexander Holtz	61	Depth Forward	9 P · 28 GP	$0.84M	$2.24M	B+$1.4M	86%
Elmer Soderblom	57	Depth Forward	13 P · 59 GP	$1.13M	$1.46M	C+$0.3M	85%
Noah Gregor	59	Depth Forward	9 P · 37 GP	$0.78M	$1.83M	B+$1.1M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: A.J. Greer · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Sandis’s goals

Creates for

goals Sandis assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 2 G · 1 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ STL

1P

0G 1A

@ STL 01-29

0G 1A · 0 shots · 8:32 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 01-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:14 TOI

vs BUF

1P

1G 0A

vs BUF 02-02

1G 0A · 2 shots · 14:13 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 02-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 2:35 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 02-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:57 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 02-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:13 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 02-27

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:52 TOI

@ NYI

1P

1G 0A

@ NYI 03-01

1G 0A · 2 shots · 7:45 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-03

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:45 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 03-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:34 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)30 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 2 of 3 goals live there

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Florida Panthers	19	3	2	5	-1
Career	1 team	19	3	2	5	-1