Regular season

Sean Kuraly

Boston Bruins · C · #52

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?22 points in 82 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'2"
WT: 208 lb
Age: 33
Shoots: L
From: Niagara Falls, USA
Draft: 2011 SJS · R5 #133

58Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2222pctl

4646pctl

2929pctl

5757pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2728pctl

0.0716pctl

0.2039pctl

1.342pctl

058pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.1%44pctl

1.3434pctl

0.1355pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4857pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

51.1%60pctl

D-Zone FO %?

50.6%59pctl

8.154pctl

0.3241pctl

0:0316pctl

2:4499pctl

On-ice impact

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

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.4%48pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

42.1%20pctl

O-zone deployment?

35%9pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min15pctl

Support received?

16.7 min68pctl

D-zone deployment?

65%91pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0424pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8048pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2334pctl

0.99×52pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.29/gm24pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.3%38pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 865 EV min

General Offense

6.6669

6.4527

Shot Setups/60?

1.3278

Chance Setups/60?

0.9770

Primary Contributions/60?

7.9872

Rebounds Created/60?

0.8384

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1476

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.9079

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4975

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2170

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.7367

Rush Offense/60?

8.5363

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2815

0.6940

0.2165

Deflections/60?

1.1135

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.3584

Entries Finished/60?

1.3284

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6977

Entry → Chance %?

53%30

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.9738

0.2851

0.6936

Retrieval Success %?

29%59

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%31

Forechecking

4.0255

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

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

$1.85M

cap hit

$1.64M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Sean Kuraly	58	Depth Forward	22 P · 82 GP	$1.85M	$1.64M	C−$0.2M	this player
Otto Stenberg	60	Depth Forward	10 P · 32 GP	$0.92M	$2.03M	B+$1.1M	88%
Fedor Svechkov	56	Depth Forward	17 P · 70 GP	$0.93M	$1.30M	C+$0.4M	88%
Nick Bjugstad	56	Depth Forward	9 P · 61 GP	$1.75M	$1.30M	C−$0.4M	87%
Jason Dickinson	59	Depth Forward	17 P · 64 GP	$4.25M	$1.83M	D−$2.4M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Mark Kastelic · 11 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Sean’s goals

Creates for

goals Sean assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 1 G · 4 A · 15 shots in last 10Heating up(+1.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:27 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 03-29

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:41 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:43 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:09 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:04 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-05

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:20 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 04-07

0G 0A · 2 shots · 9:15 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:02 TOI

@ CBJ

3P

1G 2A

@ CBJ 04-12

1G 2A · 2 shots · 14:54 TOI

vs NJD

2P

0G 2A

vs NJD 04-14

0G 2A · 2 shots · 17:53 TOI

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

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)414 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 3 of 6 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 19 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 53 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2016-17	Boston Bruins	8	0	1	1	-1
2017-18	Boston Bruins	75	6	8	14	-5
2018-19	Boston Bruins	71	8	13	21	6
2019-20	Boston Bruins	69	6	17	23	-2
2020-21	Boston Bruins	47	4	5	9	-10
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	77	14	16	30	2
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	71	11	9	20	-28
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	62	9	9	18	-5
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	6	11	17	-4
2025-26	Boston Bruins	82	6	16	22	0
Career	2 teams	644	70	105	175	-47