Regular season

Miles Wood

Columbus Blue Jackets · LW · #11

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?14 points in 54 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'2"
WT: 209 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: L
From: Buffalo, USA
Draft: 2013 NJD · R4 #100

57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3838pctl

2525pctl

3535pctl

2121pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2627pctl

0.1537pctl

0.1117pctl

1.341pctl

-1022pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.9%55pctl

1.3535pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2021pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.749pctl

5.964pctl

0.156pctl

1.7853pctl

0:0212pctl

0:4467pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 38 GP tracked · 7h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

47.4%31pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

35.7%7pctl

O-zone deployment?

40%18pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.2 min36pctl

Support received?

17.7 min36pctl

D-zone deployment?

60%82pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0855pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.1669pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3761pctl

1.04×81pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.15/gm78pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.3%7pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 598 EV min

General Offense

6.7269

8.9366

Shot Setups/60?

0.4018

Chance Setups/60?

0.4024

Primary Contributions/60?

7.1259

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3031

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2019

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0016

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2068

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3046

Rush Offense/60?

8.7365

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7052

1.3079

0.3075

Deflections/60?

2.1179

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0022

Entries Finished/60?

0.9064

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.5056

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3060

0.0017

1.3076

Retrieval Success %?

0%15

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%33

Forechecking

4.5159

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

$2.50M

cap hit

$1.46M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Miles Wood	57	Depth Forward	14 P · 54 GP	$2.50M	$1.46M	D−$1.0M	this player
Tomas Nosek	56	Depth Forward	4 P · 21 GP	-	$1.30M	-	89%
Elmer Soderblom	57	Depth Forward	13 P · 59 GP	$1.13M	$1.46M	C+$0.3M	88%
Cole Reinhardt	55	Depth Forward	15 P · 59 GP	$0.81M	$1.16M	C+$0.3M	88%
Isaac Howard	55	Depth Forward	5 P · 29 GP	$0.95M	$1.16M	C+$0.2M	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Isac Lundeström · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Miles’s goals

Creates for

goals Miles assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 12 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:47 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 03-29

0G 0A · 4 shots · 12:53 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:34 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:45 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:44 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 04-07

0G 0A · 2 shots · 7:54 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:22 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:35 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 10:20 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:56 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)132 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 5 of 8 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 29 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2015-16	New Jersey Devils	1	0	0	0	0
2016-17	New Jersey Devils	60	8	9	17	-21
2017-18	New Jersey Devils	76	19	13	32	-6
2018-19	New Jersey Devils	63	10	14	24	-10
2019-20	New Jersey Devils	68	11	12	23	-19
2020-21	New Jersey Devils	55	17	8	25	-6
2021-22	New Jersey Devils	3	0	0	0	-2
2022-23	New Jersey Devils	76	13	14	27	1
2023-24	Colorado Avalanche	74	9	17	26	-5
2024-25	Colorado Avalanche	37	4	4	8	-5
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	54	8	6	14	-10
Career	3 teams	567	99	97	196	-83