HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Vladislav Namestnikov

Winnipeg Jets · C · #7
Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?14 points in 60 games in a supporting role
HT
6'0"
WT
181 lb
Age
33
Shoots
L
From
Zhukovskiy, RUS
Draft
2011 TBL · R1 #27
61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4242pctl
Playmaking?
4646pctl
Transition?
3535pctl
Defense?
4343pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.2321pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1333pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1014pctl
Shots / GP?
1.338pctl
Plus/Minus?
-1315pctl
PP Points?
241pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6.1%65pctl
ZEIS?
1.3334pctl
PSPL?
0.2080pctl
Def Suppression?
0.4148pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
40.9%11pctl
D-Zone FO %?
37.5%6pctl
Draws / GP
3.830pctl
Take : Give?
0.2215pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:2860pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:4146pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 32 GP tracked · 7h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.9 min19pctl
Support received?
17.0 min59pctl

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 · 697 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

$3.00M

cap hit

$2.24M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($0.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Vladislav Namestnikov61$3.00MD$0.8Mthis player
Shane Wright65$0.89MA+$2.3M89%
Emmitt Finnie64$0.82MA+$2.1M89%
Philipp Kurashev63--88%
Linus Karlsson67$0.78MA+$2.9M87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Nino Niederreiter · 7 goals together

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 14 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA

1P

1G 0A

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

vs 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)220 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 3 of 8 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 20 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 38 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2013-14Tampa Bay Lightning4000-1
2014-15Tampa Bay Lightning4397161
2015-16Tampa Bay Lightning8014213517
2016-17Tampa Bay Lightning74101828-4
2017-18Tampa Bay Lightning6220244411
2017-18New York Rangers19224-5
2018-19New York Rangers78112031-7
2019-20New York Rangers2000-2
2019-20Ottawa Senators54131225-5
2019-20Colorado Avalanche94262
2020-21Detroit Red Wings538917-5
2021-22Detroit Red Wings601312251
2021-22Dallas Stars153251
2022-23Tampa Bay Lightning576915-2
2022-23Winnipeg Jets2028107
2023-24Winnipeg Jets7811263717
2024-25Winnipeg Jets7811273820
2025-26Winnipeg Jets608614-13
Career7 teams84614520535033