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Every 2020-21 skater, rated and typed from real play-by-play · 868 games analyzed

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The elite

Alpha Rating?· Archetype?

Top Center

95

Alpha Rating

Connor McDavid

EDM · C · 56 GP · 105 pts

Dual Threat

SCR 90

PLY 91

TRN 89

DEF 50

Top Winger

95

Alpha Rating

Mikko Rantanen

COL · RW · 52 GP · 66 pts

Dual Threat

SCR 89

PLY 87

TRN 89

DEF 71

Top Defenseman

87

Alpha Rating

Jakob Chychrun

ARI · D · 56 GP · 41 pts

Offensive QB

SCR 90

PLY 85

TRN 90

DEF 67

Top Goalie

87

Alpha Rating

Andrei Vasilevskiy

TBL · G · 42 GP

+37.1 GSAx

SAV 98

REB 63

WKL 89

HD 80

Six questions, answered by the data

Who finishes??

Goals - and the quality of chances behind them.

Auston Matthews

TOR · C · Alpha 95

41 G30.6 iXG

  1. 2Connor McDavidEDM33 G · 26.3 iXGAlpha 95
  2. 3Leon DraisaitlEDM31 G · 21.6 iXGAlpha 95
  3. 4Jakob ChychrunARI18 G · 10.0 iXGAlpha 87
  4. 5Mikko RantanenCOL30 G · 18.7 iXGAlpha 95

Who creates??

Assists plus the danger set up right before a shot.

Connor McDavid

EDM · C · Alpha 95

72 APSPL 0.34

  1. 2Nathan MacKinnonCOL45 A · PSPL 0.60Alpha 94
  2. 3Leon DraisaitlEDM53 A · PSPL 0.27Alpha 95
  3. 4Mitch MarnerTOR47 A · PSPL 0.28Alpha 94
  4. 5Mark ScheifeleWPG42 A · PSPL 0.29Alpha 91

Who moves the puck??

Transition score: rush volume, takeaways, and involvement.

Nathan MacKinnon

COL · C · Alpha 94

ZEIS 5.75133 rush shots

  1. 2Jakob ChychrunARIZEIS 4.49 · 138 rush shotsAlpha 87
  2. 3Dougie HamiltonCARZEIS 4.57 · 147 rush shotsAlpha 82
  3. 4Connor McDavidEDMZEIS 4.65 · 117 rush shotsAlpha 95
  4. 5Leon DraisaitlEDMZEIS 4.49 · 121 rush shotsAlpha 95

Who defends??

Blocks and D-zone steals, minus costly giveaways.

Nick Bonino

MIN · C · Alpha 68

50 blocksDefSup 1.07

  1. 2Jared SpurgeonMIN102 blocks · DefSup 1.94Alpha 84
  2. 3Tyler PitlickARI41 blocks · DefSup 1.20Alpha 64
  3. 4Nic DowdWSH40 blocks · DefSup 0.90Alpha 63
  4. 5Tobias RiederBUF34 blocks · DefSup 0.94Alpha 55

Who wins the dot??

Faceoff win rate, centers with 300+ draws.

Patrice Bergeron

BOS · C · Alpha 86

62.2%1,147 draws

  1. 2Luke GlendeningDET60.9% · 859 drawsAlpha 59
  2. 3Pierre-Edouard BellemareCOL60.7% · 428 drawsAlpha 59
  3. 4Claude GirouxPHI59.6% · 812 drawsAlpha 80
  4. 5Ryan O'ReillySTL58.8% · 1,196 drawsAlpha 87

Who saves??

Goals saved above expected, from every shot faced.

Andrei Vasilevskiy

TBL · G · Alpha 87

+37.1 GSAx42 GP

  1. 2Semyon VarlamovNYI+25.6 GSAxAlpha 86
  2. 3Mike SmithEDM+20.9 GSAxAlpha 85
  3. 4Connor HellebuyckWPG+30.8 GSAxAlpha 82
  4. 5Thatcher DemkoVAN+29.6 GSAxAlpha 82

The Board · all skaters ranked by Alpha Rating

643 rated · hover for detail
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Connor McDavid

EDM · C · 56 GP · 105 pts

952

Leon Draisaitl

EDM · C · 56 GP · 84 pts

953

Auston Matthews

TOR · C · 52 GP · 66 pts

954

Mikko Rantanen

COL · RW · 52 GP · 66 pts

955

Brad Marchand

BOS · LW · 53 GP · 69 pts

946

Mitch Marner

TOR · RW · 55 GP · 67 pts

947

Nathan MacKinnon

COL · C · 48 GP · 65 pts

948

Aleksander Barkov

FLA · C · 50 GP · 58 pts

939

Sidney Crosby

PIT · C · 55 GP · 62 pts

9210

Artemi Panarin

NYR · LW · 42 GP · 58 pts

9211

Mark Scheifele

WPG · C · 56 GP · 63 pts

9112

Patrick Kane

CHI · RW · 56 GP · 66 pts

9013

Max Pacioretty

VGK · LW · 48 GP · 51 pts

9014

Mark Stone

VGK · RW · 55 GP · 61 pts

8915

Alex DeBrincat

CHI · RW · 52 GP · 56 pts

8916

David Pastrnak

BOS · RW · 48 GP · 48 pts

8917

Jonathan Huberdeau

FLA · LW · 55 GP · 61 pts

8818

Gabriel Landeskog

COL · LW · 54 GP · 52 pts

8819

Mika Zibanejad

NYR · C · 56 GP · 50 pts

8820

Evander Kane

SJS · LW · 56 GP · 49 pts

8821

David Perron

STL · LW · 56 GP · 58 pts

8722

Sebastian Aho

CAR · C · 56 GP · 57 pts

8723

Ryan O'Reilly

STL · C · 56 GP · 54 pts

8724

Nikolaj Ehlers

WPG · LW · 47 GP · 46 pts

87