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Regular season

Evander Kane

- · LW · #91
Middle-six playerDepth Forward?31 points in 71 games in a supporting role
HT
6'2"
WT
218 lb
Age
34
Shoots
L
From
Vancouver, CAN
Draft
2009 ATL · R1 #4
69Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5656pctl
Playmaking?
5858pctl
Transition?
7878pctl
Defense?
2828pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.4451pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1849pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2553pctl
Shots / GP?
2.485pctl
Plus/Minus?
-206pctl
PP Points?
659pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
8.3%81pctl
ZEIS?
3.3588pctl
PSPL?
0.1770pctl
Def Suppression?
0.2526pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
8.887pctl
Hits / 60?
5.763pctl
Take : Give?
0.2325pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.4433pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:3553pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0135pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 39 GP tracked · 10h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.3 min42pctl
Support received?
18.0 min30pctl

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 · 1052 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

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Evander Kane69--this player
Mackie Samoskevich67$0.78MA+$2.9M87%
Matvei Gridin70$0.94MA+$3.6M86%
Michael Carcone68$0.78MA+$3.2M83%
Michael Bunting67--83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jake DeBrusk · 4 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 2 G · 2 A · 25 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA

1P

1G 0A

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA

1P

0G 1A

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK

1P

1G 0A

vs UTA

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)357 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 4 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 26 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 30 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2009-10Atlanta Thrashers661412262
2010-11Atlanta Thrashers73192443-12
2011-12Winnipeg Jets7430275711
2012-13Winnipeg Jets48171633-3
2013-14Winnipeg Jets63192241-7
2014-15Winnipeg Jets37101222-1
2015-16Buffalo Sabres65201535-14
2016-17Buffalo Sabres70281543-17
2017-18Buffalo Sabres61202040-14
2017-18San Jose Sharks1795145
2018-19San Jose Sharks75302656-4
2019-20San Jose Sharks64262147-12
2020-21San Jose Sharks56222749-1
2021-22Edmonton Oilers4322173925
2022-23Edmonton Oilers41161228-4
2023-24Edmonton Oilers77242044-4
2025-26Vancouver Canucks71131831-20
Career6 teams1001339309648-70