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Regular season

Brendan Gallagher

Vancouver Canucks · RW · #7
Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?23 points in 77 games in a supporting role
HT
5'9"
WT
185 lb
Age
34
Shoots
R
From
Edmonton, CAN
Draft
2010 MTL · R5 #147
63Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
3838pctl
Playmaking?
5050pctl
Transition?
5454pctl
Defense?
4848pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.3033pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0920pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2143pctl
Shots / GP?
1.656pctl
Plus/Minus?
058pctl
PP Points?
555pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6%64pctl
ZEIS?
2.1666pctl
PSPL?
0.1563pctl
Def Suppression?
0.4047pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
7.670pctl
Hits / 60?
6.267pctl
Take : Give?
0.3049pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.2624pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:2246pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0014pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 10h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.8 min10pctl
Support received?
16.7 min71pctl

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 · 846 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

$6.50M

cap hit

$2.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

F

Well above market ($3.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Brendan Gallagher63$6.50MF$3.8Mthis player
Zachary Bolduc64$0.86MA+$2.1M91%
Daniil But65$0.95MA+$2.2M86%
Alexandre Texier64$2.10MB+$0.8M86%
Nick Paul61$3.15MD$0.9M85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Zachary Bolduc · 4 goals together

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 12 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NYI

1P

0G 1A

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI

1P

1G 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)237 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 4 of 7 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 40 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2012-13Montréal Canadiens4415132810
2013-14Montréal Canadiens811922414
2014-15Montréal Canadiens8224234718
2015-16Montréal Canadiens5319214013
2016-17Montréal Canadiens641019297
2017-18Montréal Canadiens82312354-13
2018-19Montréal Canadiens8233195210
2019-20Montréal Canadiens592221439
2020-21Montréal Canadiens351492310
2021-22Montréal Canadiens5671724-7
2022-23Montréal Canadiens378614-5
2023-24Montréal Canadiens77161531-24
2024-25Montréal Canadiens82211738-6
2025-26Montréal Canadiens77716230
Career1 team91124624148726