Regular season

Igor Chernyshov

San Jose Sharks · LW · #92

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 19 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'2"
WT: 195 lb
Age: 20
Shoots: R
From: Penza, RUS
Draft: 2024 SJS · R2 #33

74Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6868pctl

5656pctl

3737pctl

4040pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.6875pctl

0.3282pctl

0.3670pctl

1.660pctl

+266pctl

555pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

7.9%79pctl

1.2129pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3845pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.546pctl

2.429pctl

0.1710pctl

1.8556pctl

1:0842pctl

0:0019pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 21 GP tracked · 5h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

54.2%83pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

57.9%83pctl

O-zone deployment?

59%87pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min59pctl

Support received?

18.6 min14pctl

D-zone deployment?

41%13pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1896pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.2071pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4373pctl

0.97×36pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.18/gm68pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.4%63pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 390 EV min

General Offense

6.1658

8.9364

Shot Setups/60?

1.2367

Chance Setups/60?

0.9262

Primary Contributions/60?

7.3961

Rebounds Created/60?

0.9279

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1572

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.7767

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.6277

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0026

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.7725

Rush Offense/60?

7.8552

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4631

0.6236

0.0025

Deflections/60?

0.4620

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0026

Entries Finished/60?

0.7754

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6266

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3962

0.4669

0.9254

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0038

Forechecking

1.8534

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0044

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

$0.93M

cap hit

$5.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$4.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Igor Chernyshov	74	Middle-Six Engine	19 P · 28 GP	$0.93M	$5.68M	A++$4.7M	this player
Jamie Benn	71	Middle-Six Engine	36 P · 60 GP	$1.00M	$4.78M	A+$3.8M	87%
Ivan Barbashev	76	Middle-Six Engine	61 P · 82 GP	$5.00M	$6.30M	B+$1.3M	85%
Gabe Perreault	72	Middle-Six Engine	27 P · 49 GP	$0.94M	$5.08M	A++$4.1M	84%
Connor Brown	72	Middle-Six Engine	43 P · 75 GP	$3.00M	$5.08M	A+$2.1M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Macklin Celebrini · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Igor’s goals

Creates for

goals Igor assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 6 G · 1 A · 17 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CBJ

2P

2G 0A

@ CBJ 03-28

2G 0A · 3 shots · 15:31 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 03-30

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:06 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:24 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:15 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 04-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:27 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 04-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:25 TOI

vs VAN

2P

2G 0A

vs VAN 04-11

2G 0A · 4 shots · 17:59 TOI

@ NSH

2P

1G 1A

@ NSH 04-13

1G 1A · 3 shots · 15:02 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:33 TOI

@ WPG

1P

1G 0A

@ WPG 04-16

1G 0A · 2 shots · 15:23 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)81 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 4 of 9 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 15 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	San Jose Sharks	28	9	10	19	2
Career	1 team	28	9	10	19	2