Regular season

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård

Detroit Red Wings · RW · #28

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?1 points in 14 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 204 lb
Age: 20
Shoots: R
From: Oslo, NOR
Draft: 2024 DET · R1 #15

60Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3131pctl

4242pctl

5757pctl

3535pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.072pctl

0.000pctl

0.077pctl

1.448pctl

-539pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.5%49pctl

2.4673pctl

0.1770pctl

Def Suppression?

-0.114pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.855pctl

14.790pctl

0.4277pctl

1.0211pctl

1:0340pctl

0:004pctl

On-ice impact

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

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

56.6%92pctl

O-zone deployment?

48%42pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min16pctl

Support received?

17.1 min56pctl

D-zone deployment?

52%58pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.2199pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.4631pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.5083pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.14/gm82pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 161 EV min

General Offense

6.7361

8.6056

Shot Setups/60?

1.5068

Chance Setups/60?

0.7550

Primary Contributions/60?

8.2263

Rebounds Created/60?

1.1270

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.3770

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.7560

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0031

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0043

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3769

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.8761

Rush Offense/60?

8.9760

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.1266

0.3733

0.7570

Deflections/60?

1.1242

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.7570

Entries Finished/60?

2.2470

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.7565

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.6270

0.3757

2.2470

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0042

Forechecking

11.5968

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

$0.94M

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
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård	60	Depth Forward	1 P · 14 GP	$0.94M	$2.03M	B+$1.1M	this player
Alexandre Texier	64	Depth Forward	21 P · 51 GP	$2.10M	$2.92M	B+$0.8M	89%
Alexander Holtz	61	Depth Forward	9 P · 28 GP	$0.84M	$2.24M	B+$1.4M	86%
Nick Paul	61	Depth Forward	15 P · 51 GP	$3.15M	$2.24M	D−$0.9M	86%
Brendan Gallagher	63	Depth Forward	23 P · 77 GP	$6.50M	$2.68M	F−$3.8M	85%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Michael’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Michael assisted on

Jonatan Berggren1

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 15 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 10-17

0G 0A · 4 shots · 13:36 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 10-19

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:11 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 10-22

0G 0A · 3 shots · 11:02 TOI

@ NYI

1P

0G 1A

@ NYI 10-23

0G 1A · 1 shots · 12:08 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 10-25

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:37 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-08

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:48 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 03-10

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:07 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:27 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:27 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-15

0G 0A · 3 shots · 16:22 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)46 events shown

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Detroit Red Wings	14	0	1	1	-5
Career	1 team	14	0	1	1	-5