Regular season

Radek Faksa

Dallas Stars · C · #12

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 78 hits (6.9/60)

HT: 6'3"
WT: 216 lb
Age: 32
Shoots: L
From: Vitkov, CZE
Draft: 2012 DAL · R1 #13

57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1414pctl

3838pctl

1515pctl

8787pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2932pctl

0.033pctl

0.2655pctl

0.75pctl

+266pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.9%30pctl

0.9720pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.8285pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

53.3%76pctl

D-Zone FO %?

50.4%58pctl

7.651pctl

0.7898pctl

0:015pctl

2:1191pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 28 GP tracked · 6h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

40.9%5pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

46.2%33pctl

O-zone deployment?

25%1pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.8 min11pctl

Support received?

16.3 min86pctl

D-zone deployment?

75%99pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0639pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8251pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1926pctl

1.01×66pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.10/gm94pctl

Pressure escape rate?

4.4%2pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 553 EV min

General Offense

3.4717

5.3119

Shot Setups/60?

0.5424

Chance Setups/60?

0.4326

Primary Contributions/60?

4.0118

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3333

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1167

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3327

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2235

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1147

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.8726

Rush Offense/60?

5.1019

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3321

0.6537

0.1140

Deflections/60?

1.5257

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2268

Entries Finished/60?

0.3321

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1119

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.8732

0.3357

0.5428

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Forechecking

5.6467

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0043

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

$2.00M

cap hit

$1.46M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Radek Faksa	57	Depth Forward	17 P · 58 GP	$2.00M	$1.46M	C−$0.5M	this player
Tyson Kozak	53	Depth Forward	6 P · 46 GP	$0.82M	$0.92M	C+$0.1M	88%
Tim Washe	57	Faceoff General	5 P · 39 GP	$0.81M	$1.46M	C+$0.7M	87%
Steven Lorentz	57	Depth Forward	18 P · 71 GP	$1.35M	$1.46M	C+$0.1M	86%
Nic Dowd	57	Depth Forward	21 P · 75 GP	$3.00M	$1.46M	D−$1.5M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jason Robertson · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Radek’s goals

Creates for

goals Radek assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 8 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs BOS

1P

0G 1A

vs BOS 01-20

0G 1A · 1 shots · 12:23 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 01-22

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:15 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 01-23

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:12 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 01-27

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:51 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 01-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:14 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 01-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:12 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 02-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:19 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 02-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:10 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 04-13

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:51 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 04-15

0G 0A · 3 shots · 13:09 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)233 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 5 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 49 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2015-16	Dallas Stars	45	5	7	12	9
2016-17	Dallas Stars	80	12	21	33	-6
2017-18	Dallas Stars	79	17	16	33	21
2018-19	Dallas Stars	81	15	15	30	-3
2019-20	Dallas Stars	66	11	9	20	-6
2020-21	Dallas Stars	55	6	8	14	-15
2021-22	Dallas Stars	77	5	14	19	-20
2022-23	Dallas Stars	81	11	9	20	9
2023-24	Dallas Stars	74	7	12	19	0
2024-25	St. Louis Blues	70	5	10	15	-2
2025-26	Dallas Stars	58	2	15	17	2
Career	2 teams	766	96	136	232	-11