HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Zach Hyman

Edmonton Oilers · LW · #18
First-line playerSniper?31 goals on 31.1 expected - a volume shooter
HT
6'1"
WT
206 lb
Age
34
Shoots
R
From
Toronto, CAN
Draft
2010 FLA · R5 #123
85Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
9191pctl
Playmaking?
7373pctl
Transition?
8181pctl
Defense?
5858pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.9089pctl
Goals / GP?
0.5398pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3671pctl
Shots / GP?
2.792pctl
Plus/Minus?
+1389pctl
PP Points?
1580pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
15.5%100pctl
ZEIS?
3.3288pctl
PSPL?
0.2487pctl
Def Suppression?
0.5362pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
8.279pctl
Hits / 60?
2.935pctl
Take : Give?
0.3049pctl
Blocks / 60?
0.936pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:3796pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0242pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 37 GP tracked · 12h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
18.1 min96pctl
Support received?
20.6 min0pctl

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 · 947 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

$5.50M

cap hit

$9.36M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Zach Hyman85$5.50MA+$3.9Mthis player
Juraj Slafkovský84$7.60MB+$1.4M86%
Tom Wilson84$6.50MA+$2.5M86%
Cole Caufield89$7.85MA+$3.0M85%
Seth Jarvis83$7.42MB+$1.2M85%

Recent form · last 10 games

8 pts · 4 G · 4 A · 17 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NSH

1P

1G 0A

vs SJS

1P

1G 0A

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA

1P

0G 1A

@ VGK

1P

1G 0A

vs ANA

2P

1G 1A

vs SEA

1P

0G 1A

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

1P

0G 1A

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)291 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 18 of 31 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 33 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2015-16Toronto Maple Leafs164260
2016-17Toronto Maple Leafs821018282
2017-18Toronto Maple Leafs8215254022
2018-19Toronto Maple Leafs7121204116
2019-20Toronto Maple Leafs5121163713
2020-21Toronto Maple Leafs4315183319
2021-22Edmonton Oilers76272754-9
2022-23Edmonton Oilers7936478313
2023-24Edmonton Oilers8054237736
2024-25Edmonton Oilers732717449
2025-26Edmonton Oilers5831215213
Career2 teams711261234495134