Regular season

Yanni Gourde

Tampa Bay Lightning · C · #37

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?28 points in 82 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'9"
WT: 173 lb
Age: 34
Shoots: L
From: Saint-Narcisse, CAN

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3333pctl

4545pctl

3737pctl

4646pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3437pctl

0.1126pctl

0.2350pctl

1.446pctl

-634pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.6%51pctl

1.5845pctl

0.1042pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3540pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

44.9%23pctl

D-Zone FO %?

41.3%13pctl

10.769pctl

0.3450pctl

0:1129pctl

2:0387pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 52 GP tracked · 14h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

54.2%83pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

42.2%21pctl

O-zone deployment?

38%14pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.7 min70pctl

Support received?

17.0 min58pctl

D-zone deployment?

62%86pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0644pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.1669pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3048pctl

0.96×31pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.20/gm58pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.3%62pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1159 EV min

General Offense

5.1838

5.9018

Shot Setups/60?

0.8845

Chance Setups/60?

0.6742

Primary Contributions/60?

6.0639

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3637

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1069

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6762

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1621

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0567

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2172

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.7816

Rush Offense/60?

7.4044

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4725

0.7848

0.0524

Deflections/60?

1.4052

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2677

Entries Finished/60?

0.9872

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.5260

Entry → Chance %?

53%28

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.8829

0.4170

0.4716

Retrieval Success %?

47%87

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0033

Exit Success %?

0%30

Forechecking

4.6162

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.1087

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

$2.33M

cap hit

$2.24M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Yanni Gourde	61	Depth Forward	28 P · 82 GP	$2.33M	$2.24M	C−$0.1M	this player
Zemgus Girgensons	60	Depth Forward	20 P · 74 GP	$0.88M	$2.03M	B+$1.2M	91%
Peyton Krebs	64	Depth Forward	39 P · 82 GP	$1.45M	$2.92M	B+$1.5M	87%
Nicolas Roy	60	Depth Forward	25 P · 74 GP	$3.00M	$2.03M	D−$1.0M	86%
Otto Stenberg	60	Depth Forward	10 P · 32 GP	$0.92M	$2.03M	B+$1.1M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Zemgus Girgensons · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Yanni’s goals

Creates for

goals Yanni assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 03-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:29 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 03-31

0G 0A · 4 shots · 14:19 TOI

vs PIT

1P

0G 1A

vs PIT 04-02

0G 1A · 2 shots · 15:43 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:04 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 04-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:53 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:13 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:05 TOI

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:42 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:10 TOI

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 04-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:56 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)465 events shown

The office: the high slot - 3 of 9 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 18 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 36 blocks · 13 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2015-16	Tampa Bay Lightning	2	0	1	1	1
2016-17	Tampa Bay Lightning	20	6	2	8	-1
2017-18	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	25	39	64	34
2018-19	Tampa Bay Lightning	80	22	26	48	9
2019-20	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	10	20	30	-5
2020-21	Tampa Bay Lightning	56	17	19	36	10
2021-22	Seattle Kraken	74	21	27	48	-13
2022-23	Seattle Kraken	81	14	34	48	23
2023-24	Seattle Kraken	80	11	22	33	-11
2024-25	Seattle Kraken	36	6	11	17	-5
2024-25	Tampa Bay Lightning	21	1	13	14	4
2025-26	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	9	19	28	-6
Career	2 teams	684	142	233	375	40