HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Sean Couturier

Philadelphia Flyers · C · #14
Middle-six playerDepth Forward?36 points in 78 games in a supporting role
HT
6'4"
WT
210 lb
Age
33
Shoots
L
From
Phoenix, USA
Draft
2011 PHI · R1 #8
69Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4646pctl
Playmaking?
6969pctl
Transition?
5050pctl
Defense?
5050pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.4655pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1539pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3164pctl
Shots / GP?
1.554pctl
Plus/Minus?
-539pctl
PP Points?
135pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6.6%70pctl
ZEIS?
1.8154pctl
PSPL?
0.2182pctl
Def Suppression?
0.3236pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
54.2%81pctl
D-Zone FO %?
56.0%86pctl
Draws / GP
14.986pctl
Take : Give?
0.4679pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:5248pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:2295pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 13h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.7 min72pctl
Support received?
17.6 min40pctl

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 · 1047 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

$7.75M

cap hit

$4.22M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

F

Well above market ($3.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Sean Couturier69$7.75MF$3.5Mthis player
Justin Sourdif68$0.82MA+$3.1M87%
Sean Monahan70$5.50MD$1.0M84%
Max Domi68$3.75MC+$0.2M83%
Michael Misa70$0.97MA+$3.5M81%

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 3 G · 2 A · 13 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ DET

1P

1G 0A

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ DET

1P

0G 1A

@ WPG

3P

2G 1A

vs CAR

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)567 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 3 of 12 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 24 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 46 blocks · 11 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2011-12Philadelphia Flyers7713142718
2012-13Philadelphia Flyers4641115-8
2013-14Philadelphia Flyers821326391
2014-15Philadelphia Flyers821522374
2015-16Philadelphia Flyers631128398
2016-17Philadelphia Flyers6614203412
2017-18Philadelphia Flyers8231457634
2018-19Philadelphia Flyers803343762
2019-20Philadelphia Flyers6922375921
2020-21Philadelphia Flyers45182341-4
2021-22Philadelphia Flyers2961117-6
2023-24Philadelphia Flyers74112738-10
2024-25Philadelphia Flyers791530451
2025-26Philadelphia Flyers78122436-5
Career1 team95221836157968