HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Claude Giroux

Ottawa Senators · RW · #28
Middle-six playerDepth Forward?49 points in 82 games in a supporting role
HT
5'11"
WT
186 lb
Age
38
Shoots
R
From
Hearst, CAN
Draft
2006 PHI · R1 #22
71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4747pctl
Playmaking?
6565pctl
Transition?
4646pctl
Defense?
4242pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.6069pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1745pctl
Assists / GP?
0.4380pctl
Shots / GP?
1.762pctl
Plus/Minus?
+2095pctl
PP Points?
1376pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
5.8%63pctl
ZEIS?
1.8555pctl
PSPL?
0.1459pctl
Def Suppression?
0.2425pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
6.241pctl
Hits / 60?
2.936pctl
Take : Give?
0.4682pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.2121pctl
PP TOI / GP?
2:1168pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:2485pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 13h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min68pctl
Support received?
18.5 min16pctl

Micro-metrics

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

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1043 EV min

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

$2.00M

cap hit

$4.78M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Claude Giroux71$2.00MA+$2.8Mthis player
Alex Killorn67$6.25MF$2.6M85%
Marcus Johansson71--84%
Kaapo Kakko69$4.53MC$0.3M84%
Conor Garland71$4.95MC$0.2M83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Shane Pinto · 11 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 2 G · 3 A · 21 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR

1P

1G 0A

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA

1P

1G 0A

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

vs TOR

2P

0G 2A

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

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)248 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 6 of 14 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 31 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2007-08Philadelphia Flyers2000-2
2008-09Philadelphia Flyers429182710
2009-10Philadelphia Flyers82163147-9
2010-11Philadelphia Flyers8225517620
2011-12Philadelphia Flyers772865936
2012-13Philadelphia Flyers48133548-7
2013-14Philadelphia Flyers822858867
2014-15Philadelphia Flyers81254873-3
2015-16Philadelphia Flyers78224567-8
2016-17Philadelphia Flyers82144458-15
2017-18Philadelphia Flyers82346810228
2018-19Philadelphia Flyers822263859
2019-20Philadelphia Flyers692132537
2020-21Philadelphia Flyers54162743-4
2021-22Philadelphia Flyers57182442-12
2021-22Florida Panthers18320237
2022-23Ottawa Senators823544794
2023-24Ottawa Senators82214364-14
2024-25Ottawa Senators81153550-8
2025-26Ottawa Senators8214354920
Career3 teams1345379786116536