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Regular season

Scott Laughton

Los Angeles Kings · C · #21
Bottom-six playerFaceoff General?57.7% on 768 draws - possession starts with him
HT
6'1"
WT
190 lb
Age
32
Shoots
L
From
Oakville, CAN
Draft
2012 PHI · R1 #20
62Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4848pctl
Playmaking?
4141pctl
Transition?
4040pctl
Defense?
2323pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.3134pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2057pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1116pctl
Shots / GP?
1.552pctl
Plus/Minus?
-539pctl
PP Points?
241pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
5.2%57pctl
ZEIS?
1.3836pctl
PSPL?
0.1667pctl
Def Suppression?
0.1819pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
57.7%93pctl
D-Zone FO %?
56.9%90pctl
Draws / GP
12.074pctl
Take : Give?
0.2418pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:2136pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:0186pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 10h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.2 min37pctl
Support received?
16.6 min74pctl

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 · 767 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

$2.46M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal ($0.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Scott Laughton62$3.00MC$0.5Mthis player
Dominic James63$0.91MB+$1.8M87%
Cody Glass65$2.50MC+$0.7M83%
Robby Fabbri61--81%
Ben Meyers59$0.78MB+$1.1M81%

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 2 G · 1 A · 20 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

1P

1G 0A

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

1P

1G 0A

vs VAN

1P

0G 1A

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY

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)408 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 7 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 45 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2012-13Philadelphia Flyers50000
2014-15Philadelphia Flyers31246-1
2015-16Philadelphia Flyers7171421-2
2016-17Philadelphia Flyers20000
2017-18Philadelphia Flyers81101020-10
2018-19Philadelphia Flyers82122032-11
2019-20Philadelphia Flyers4913142713
2020-21Philadelphia Flyers539112013
2021-22Philadelphia Flyers67111930-9
2022-23Philadelphia Flyers78182543-9
2023-24Philadelphia Flyers82132639-9
2024-25Philadelphia Flyers60111627-17
2024-25Toronto Maple Leafs20224-1
2025-26Toronto Maple Leafs438412-3
2025-26Los Angeles Kings21538-2
Career3 teams745121168289-48