HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Patrick Kane

Chicago Blackhawks · RW · #88
Top-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 57 points and honest two-way play
HT
5'10"
WT
176 lb
Age
37
Shoots
L
From
Buffalo, USA
Draft
2007 CHI · R1 #1
80Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
6666pctl
Playmaking?
7979pctl
Transition?
7272pctl
Defense?
1313pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.8586pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2465pctl
Assists / GP?
0.6193pctl
Shots / GP?
2.588pctl
Plus/Minus?
-154pctl
PP Points?
1985pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
8.5%82pctl
ZEIS?
2.7279pctl
PSPL?
0.2080pctl
Def Suppression?
0.0710pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
8.683pctl
Hits / 60?
1.19pctl
Take : Give?
0.135pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.2121pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:1187pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0021pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 41 GP tracked · 12h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.9 min87pctl
Support received?
19.0 min7pctl

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 · 972 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

$3.00M

cap hit

$7.61M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$4.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Patrick Kane80$3.00MA++$4.6Mthis player
Jesper Bratt82$7.88MC+$0.4M86%
Travis Konecny82$8.75MC$0.5M86%
Kevin Fiala80$7.88MC$0.3M85%
Jack Quinn77$3.38MA+$3.2M84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Alex DeBrincat · 22 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

13 pts · 3 G · 10 A · 21 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PHI

2P

0G 2A

@ PIT

1P

0G 1A

@ PHI

3P

1G 2A

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN

2P

1G 1A

vs CBJ

1P

0G 1A

vs PHI

3P

1G 2A

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL

1P

0G 1A

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

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)315 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 4 of 16 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 23 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 27 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2007-08Chicago Blackhawks82215172-5
2008-09Chicago Blackhawks80254570-2
2009-10Chicago Blackhawks8230588816
2010-11Chicago Blackhawks732746737
2011-12Chicago Blackhawks822343667
2012-13Chicago Blackhawks4723325511
2013-14Chicago Blackhawks692940697
2014-15Chicago Blackhawks6127376410
2015-16Chicago Blackhawks82466010617
2016-17Chicago Blackhawks8234558911
2017-18Chicago Blackhawks82274976-20
2018-19Chicago Blackhawks8144661102
2019-20Chicago Blackhawks703351848
2020-21Chicago Blackhawks56155166-7
2021-22Chicago Blackhawks78266692-19
2022-23Chicago Blackhawks54162945-23
2022-23New York Rangers1957121
2023-24Detroit Red Wings50202747-5
2024-25Detroit Red Wings72213859-16
2025-26Detroit Red Wings67164157-1
Career3 teams13695088921400-1