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Every 2021-22 skater, rated and typed from real play-by-play · 1,312 games analyzed

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The elite

Alpha Rating?· Archetype?

Top Center

97

Alpha Rating

Connor McDavid

EDM · C · 80 GP · 123 pts

Dual Threat

SCR 92

PLY 93

TRN 89

DEF 49

Top Winger

94

Alpha Rating

Jonathan Huberdeau

FLA · LW · 80 GP · 115 pts

Playmaker

SCR 81

PLY 91

TRN 77

DEF 58

Top Defenseman

91

Alpha Rating

Roman Josi

NSH · D · 80 GP · 96 pts

Offensive QB

SCR 93

PLY 92

TRN 93

DEF 66

Top Goalie

91

Alpha Rating

Juuse Saros

NSH · G · 67 GP

+41.7 GSAx

SAV 93

REB 91

WKL 31

HD 9

Six questions, answered by the data

Who finishes??

Goals - and the quality of chances behind them.

Auston Matthews

TOR · C · Alpha 97

60 G40.7 iXG

  1. 2Leon DraisaitlEDM55 G · 36.9 iXGAlpha 95
  2. 3Roman JosiNSH23 G · 17.1 iXGAlpha 91
  3. 4Cale MakarCOL28 G · 14.4 iXGAlpha 90
  4. 5Connor McDavidEDM44 G · 41.9 iXGAlpha 97

Who creates??

Assists plus the danger set up right before a shot.

Connor McDavid

EDM · C · Alpha 97

79 APSPL 0.45

  1. 2Nathan MacKinnonCOL56 A · PSPL 0.49Alpha 94
  2. 3Roman JosiNSH73 A · PSPL 0.24Alpha 91
  3. 4Cale MakarCOL58 A · PSPL 0.26Alpha 90
  4. 5Kris LetangPIT58 A · PSPL 0.26Alpha 89

Who moves the puck??

Transition score: rush volume, takeaways, and involvement.

Auston Matthews

TOR · C · Alpha 97

ZEIS 6.66210 rush shots

  1. 2Roman JosiNSHZEIS 5.60 · 237 rush shotsAlpha 91
  2. 3Alex OvechkinWSHZEIS 6.95 · 261 rush shotsAlpha 90
  3. 4Cale MakarCOLZEIS 5.97 · 234 rush shotsAlpha 90
  4. 5Timo MeierSJSZEIS 5.49 · 202 rush shotsAlpha 89

Who defends??

Blocks and D-zone steals, minus costly giveaways.

Anthony Cirelli

TBL · C · Alpha 73

67 blocksDefSup 1.39

  1. 2Nick BoninoSJS102 blocks · DefSup 1.56Alpha 61
  2. 3Tomas HertlSJS57 blocks · DefSup 1.12Alpha 83
  3. 4Brayden McNabbVGK179 blocks · DefSup 2.53Alpha 76
  4. 5Logan CoutureSJS58 blocks · DefSup 1.06Alpha 80

Who wins the dot??

Faceoff win rate, centers with 300+ draws.

Patrice Bergeron

BOS · C · Alpha 86

61.9%1,600 draws

  1. 2John TavaresTOR60.6% · 1,342 drawsAlpha 86
  2. 3Claude GirouxFLA60.3% · 1,216 drawsAlpha 80
  3. 4Jonathan ToewsCHI59.0% · 1,336 drawsAlpha 69
  4. 5Luke GlendeningDAL58.7% · 724 drawsAlpha 56

Who saves??

Goals saved above expected, from every shot faced.

Juuse Saros

NSH · G · Alpha 91

+41.7 GSAx67 GP

  1. 2Igor ShesterkinNYR+61.9 GSAxAlpha 88
  2. 3Ilya SorokinNYI+45.4 GSAxAlpha 88
  3. 4Andrei VasilevskiyTBL+42.9 GSAxAlpha 88
  4. 5Jacob MarkstromCGY+39.6 GSAxAlpha 88

The Board · all skaters ranked by Alpha Rating

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Connor McDavid

EDM · C · 80 GP · 123 pts

972

Auston Matthews

TOR · C · 73 GP · 106 pts

973

Leon Draisaitl

EDM · C · 80 GP · 110 pts

954

Jonathan Huberdeau

FLA · LW · 80 GP · 115 pts

945

Johnny Gaudreau

CGY · LW · 82 GP · 115 pts

946

Mitch Marner

TOR · RW · 72 GP · 97 pts

947

Nathan MacKinnon

COL · C · 65 GP · 88 pts

948

Steven Stamkos

TBL · C · 81 GP · 106 pts

939

Aleksander Barkov

FLA · C · 67 GP · 88 pts

9310

Kirill Kaprizov

MIN · LW · 81 GP · 108 pts

9211

Mikko Rantanen

COL · RW · 75 GP · 92 pts

9212

Filip Forsberg

NSH · LW · 69 GP · 84 pts

9213

Nikita Kucherov

TBL · RW · 47 GP · 69 pts

9214

Matthew Tkachuk

CGY · LW · 82 GP · 104 pts

9115

Roman Josi

NSH · D · 80 GP · 96 pts

9116

Nazem Kadri

COL · C · 71 GP · 87 pts

9117

Jake Guentzel

PIT · C · 76 GP · 84 pts

9118

Sidney Crosby

PIT · C · 69 GP · 84 pts

9119

J.T. Miller

VAN · C · 80 GP · 99 pts

9020

Kyle Connor

WPG · LW · 79 GP · 93 pts

9021

Alex Ovechkin

WSH · LW · 77 GP · 90 pts

9022

Cale Makar

COL · D · 77 GP · 86 pts

9023

Victor Hedman

TBL · D · 82 GP · 85 pts

9024

Adam Fox

NYR · D · 78 GP · 74 pts

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