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Regular season

Taylor Hall

Carolina Hurricanes · LW · #71
Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 48 points and honest two-way play
HT
6'1"
WT
210 lb
Age
34
Shoots
L
From
Calgary, CAN
Draft
2010 EDM · R1 #1
73Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
6262pctl
Playmaking?
6161pctl
Transition?
6363pctl
Defense?
4747pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.6069pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2361pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3872pctl
Shots / GP?
1.763pctl
Plus/Minus?
+677pctl
PP Points?
763pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6.5%69pctl
ZEIS?
2.5274pctl
PSPL?
0.1459pctl
Def Suppression?
0.3743pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
7.160pctl
Hits / 60?
2.733pctl
Take : Give?
0.3357pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.5438pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:3955pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0131pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 12h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.9 min17pctl
Support received?
17.3 min48pctl

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 · 1029 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

$3.17M

cap hit

$5.37M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Taylor Hall73$3.17MA+$2.2Mthis player
Gabe Perreault72$0.94MA++$4.1M91%
Bobby Brink69$1.50MA+$2.7M89%
Arseny Gritsyuk71$0.93MA+$3.9M86%
Vladimir Tarasenko75--86%

Recent form · last 10 games

10 pts · 3 G · 7 A · 19 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD

2P

0G 2A

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ

2P

0G 2A

vs NYI

1P

0G 1A

@ OTT

1P

1G 0A

vs BOS

2P

1G 1A

@ CHI

2P

1G 1A

@ PHI

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)283 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 8 of 18 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 27 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 43 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2010-11Edmonton Oilers65222042-9
2011-12Edmonton Oilers61272653-3
2012-13Edmonton Oilers451634505
2013-14Edmonton Oilers75275380-15
2014-15Edmonton Oilers53142438-1
2015-16Edmonton Oilers82263965-4
2016-17New Jersey Devils72203353-9
2017-18New Jersey Devils7639549314
2018-19New Jersey Devils33112637-6
2019-20New Jersey Devils3061925-11
2019-20Arizona Coyotes35101727-3
2020-21Buffalo Sabres3721719-21
2020-21Boston Bruins16861415
2021-22Boston Bruins8120416111
2022-23Boston Bruins6116203611
2023-24Chicago Blackhawks10224-3
2024-25Chicago Blackhawks4691524-15
2024-25Carolina Hurricanes3199181
2025-26Carolina Hurricanes801830486
Career7 teams989302485787-37