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Every 2023-24 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

Nathan MacKinnon

COL · C · 82 GP · 140 pts

Dual Threat

SCR 93

PLY 92

TRN 92

DEF 61

Top Winger

96

Alpha Rating

Nikita Kucherov

TBL · RW · 81 GP · 144 pts

Dual Threat

SCR 92

PLY 93

TRN 92

DEF 19

Top Defenseman

93

Alpha Rating

Cale Makar

COL · D · 77 GP · 90 pts

Offensive QB

SCR 92

PLY 91

TRN 92

DEF 77

Top Goalie

89

Alpha Rating

Sergei Bobrovsky

FLA · G · 58 GP

+15.8 GSAx

SAV 92

REB 79

WKL 31

HD 33

Six questions, answered by the data

Who finishes??

Goals - and the quality of chances behind them.

Auston Matthews

TOR · C · Alpha 97

69 G45.5 iXG

  1. 2Roman JosiNSH23 G · 17.5 iXGAlpha 89
  2. 3Nathan MacKinnonCOL51 G · 37.3 iXGAlpha 97
  3. 4Sam ReinhartFLA57 G · 36.1 iXGAlpha 93
  4. 5Zach HymanEDM54 G · 46.6 iXGAlpha 88

Who creates??

Assists plus the danger set up right before a shot.

Quinn Hughes

VAN · D · Alpha 83

75 APSPL 0.42

  1. 2Nikita KucherovTBL100 A · PSPL 0.46Alpha 96
  2. 3Nathan MacKinnonCOL89 A · PSPL 0.38Alpha 97
  3. 4Connor McDavidEDM100 A · PSPL 0.42Alpha 96
  4. 5David PastrnakBOS63 A · PSPL 0.42Alpha 96

Who moves the puck??

Transition score: rush volume, takeaways, and involvement.

Auston Matthews

TOR · C · Alpha 97

ZEIS 7.42279 rush shots

  1. 2David PastrnakBOSZEIS 7.27 · 291 rush shotsAlpha 96
  2. 3Roman JosiNSHZEIS 6.11 · 269 rush shotsAlpha 89
  3. 4Nathan MacKinnonCOLZEIS 6.56 · 261 rush shotsAlpha 97
  4. 5Nikita KucherovTBLZEIS 6.62 · 254 rush shotsAlpha 96

Who defends??

Blocks and D-zone steals, minus costly giveaways.

Alex Tuch

BUF · RW · Alpha 83

82 blocksDefSup 1.76

  1. 2Brayden McNabbVGK207 blocks · DefSup 2.57Alpha 76
  2. 3Noel AcciariPIT85 blocks · DefSup 1.75Alpha 54
  3. 4Joel Eriksson EkMIN55 blocks · DefSup 1.34Alpha 85
  4. 5Colton ParaykoSTL218 blocks · DefSup 2.86Alpha 81

Who wins the dot??

Faceoff win rate, centers with 300+ draws.

Michael McLeod

NJD · C · Alpha 67

65.0%652 draws

  1. 2Jeff CarterPIT62.5% · 424 drawsAlpha 57
  2. 3Jamie BennDAL61.2% · 712 drawsAlpha 81
  3. 4Nico SturmSJS60.1% · 827 drawsAlpha 55
  4. 5John TavaresTOR59.3% · 1,352 drawsAlpha 85

Who saves??

Goals saved above expected, from every shot faced.

Sergei Bobrovsky

FLA · G · Alpha 89

+15.8 GSAx58 GP

  1. 2Jeremy SwaymanBOS+15.8 GSAxAlpha 88
  2. 3Charlie LindgrenWSH+11.3 GSAxAlpha 87
  3. 4Thatcher DemkoVAN+22.7 GSAxAlpha 85
  4. 5Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF+11.9 GSAxAlpha 85

The Board · all skaters ranked by Alpha Rating

721 rated · hover for detail
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Nathan MacKinnon

COL · C · 82 GP · 140 pts

972

Auston Matthews

TOR · C · 81 GP · 107 pts

973

Nikita Kucherov

TBL · RW · 81 GP · 144 pts

964

Connor McDavid

EDM · C · 76 GP · 132 pts

965

David Pastrnak

BOS · RW · 82 GP · 110 pts

966

Artemi Panarin

NYR · LW · 82 GP · 120 pts

957

Leon Draisaitl

EDM · C · 81 GP · 106 pts

948

Mikko Rantanen

COL · RW · 80 GP · 104 pts

949

William Nylander

TOR · RW · 82 GP · 98 pts

9410

Kirill Kaprizov

MIN · LW · 75 GP · 96 pts

9411

J.T. Miller

VAN · C · 81 GP · 103 pts

9312

Sam Reinhart

FLA · C · 82 GP · 94 pts

9313

Filip Forsberg

NSH · LW · 82 GP · 94 pts

9314

Cale Makar

COL · D · 77 GP · 90 pts

9315

Jake Guentzel

CAR · C · 67 GP · 77 pts

9316

Jack Hughes

NJD · C · 62 GP · 74 pts

9317

Sidney Crosby

PIT · C · 82 GP · 94 pts

9218

Brayden Point

TBL · C · 81 GP · 90 pts

9219

Jack Eichel

VGK · C · 63 GP · 68 pts

9120

Sebastian Aho

CAR · C · 78 GP · 89 pts

9021

Elias Pettersson

VAN · C · 82 GP · 89 pts

9022

Matthew Tkachuk

FLA · LW · 80 GP · 88 pts

9023

Mitch Marner

TOR · RW · 69 GP · 85 pts

9024

Aleksander Barkov

FLA · C · 73 GP · 80 pts

90