HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Nazem Kadri

Colorado Avalanche · C · #91
Top-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 50 points and honest two-way play
HT
6'0"
WT
185 lb
Age
35
Shoots
L
From
London, CAN
Draft
2009 TOR · R1 #7
78Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
6868pctl
Playmaking?
7878pctl
Transition?
8686pctl
Defense?
4545pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.6573pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2158pctl
Assists / GP?
0.4481pctl
Shots / GP?
2.893pctl
Plus/Minus?
-301pctl
PP Points?
1985pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
10.9%91pctl
ZEIS?
4.0695pctl
PSPL?
0.2487pctl
Def Suppression?
0.3946pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
46.9%33pctl
D-Zone FO %?
43.2%21pctl
Draws / GP
12.877pctl
Take : Give?
0.2725pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:1588pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0324pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 15h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min62pctl
Support received?
18.3 min22pctl

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 · 1211 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

$7.00M

cap hit

$6.95M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal ($0.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Nazem Kadri78$7.00MC$0.1Mthis player
Sam Bennett82$8.00MC+$0.3M87%
Adam Fantilli82$0.95MA++$7.3M86%
Carter Verhaeghe80$7.00MC+$0.6M85%
Gabriel Vilardi81$7.50MC+$0.5M85%

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 3 G · 3 A · 22 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CHI

1P

1G 0A

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT

1P

0G 1A

@ WPG

1P

0G 1A

vs WPG

1P

0G 1A

vs CGY

2P

2G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL

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)710 events shown

The office: the left circle - 6 of 16 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 29 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 36 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2009-10Toronto Maple Leafs1000-1
2010-11Toronto Maple Leafs293912-3
2011-12Toronto Maple Leafs215272
2012-13Toronto Maple Leafs4818264415
2013-14Toronto Maple Leafs78203050-11
2014-15Toronto Maple Leafs73182139-7
2015-16Toronto Maple Leafs76172845-15
2016-17Toronto Maple Leafs82322961-7
2017-18Toronto Maple Leafs803223552
2018-19Toronto Maple Leafs73162844-2
2019-20Colorado Avalanche511917367
2020-21Colorado Avalanche56112132-7
2021-22Colorado Avalanche7128598713
2022-23Calgary Flames82243256-19
2023-24Calgary Flames822946750
2024-25Calgary Flames82353267-17
2025-26Calgary Flames61122941-27
2025-26Colorado Avalanche16459-3
Career3 teams1062323437760-80