HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Phillip Danault

Montréal Canadiens · C · #24
Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?17 points in 75 games in a supporting role
HT
6'1"
WT
200 lb
Age
33
Shoots
L
From
Victoriaville, CAN
Draft
2011 CHI · R1 #26
55Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
2929pctl
Playmaking?
2121pctl
Transition?
3636pctl
Defense?
2828pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.2320pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0818pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1525pctl
Shots / GP?
1.235pctl
Plus/Minus?
-346pctl
PP Points?
016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
4.5%49pctl
ZEIS?
1.4138pctl
PSPL?
0.0310pctl
Def Suppression?
0.2425pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
54.8%83pctl
D-Zone FO %?
54.4%78pctl
Draws / GP
13.280pctl
Take : Give?
0.2520pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:3641pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:5984pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 11h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.4 min50pctl
Support received?
17.5 min43pctl

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 · 974 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

$1.16M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

F

Well above market ($4.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Phillip Danault55$5.50MF$4.3Mthis player
Brett Howden60$2.50MC$0.5M81%
Jesperi Kotkaniemi55$4.82MF$3.7M79%
Ben Meyers59$0.78MB+$1.1M79%
Nicolas Roy60$3.00MD$1.0M79%

Chemistry

Top connection: Lane Hutson · 3 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 12 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ 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

vs FLA

1P

1G 0A

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI

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)467 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 3 of 6 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 12 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 45 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2014-15Chicago Blackhawks20000
2015-16Chicago Blackhawks30145-3
2015-16Montréal Canadiens21325-2
2016-17Montréal Canadiens821327405
2017-18Montréal Canadiens52817250
2018-19Montréal Canadiens8112415317
2019-20Montréal Canadiens7113344718
2020-21Montréal Canadiens53519249
2021-22Los Angeles Kings7927245114
2022-23Los Angeles Kings82183654-8
2023-24Los Angeles Kings7817304712
2024-25Los Angeles Kings808354320
2025-26Los Angeles Kings300553
2025-26Montréal Canadiens456612-6
Career3 teams78613128041179