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Regular season

Andrew Copp

Detroit Red Wings · C · #18
Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 43 points and honest two-way play
HT
6'1"
WT
200 lb
Age
32
Shoots
L
From
Ann Arbor, USA
Draft
2013 WPG · R4 #104
71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4848pctl
Playmaking?
7373pctl
Transition?
3636pctl
Defense?
6868pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.5464pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1128pctl
Assists / GP?
0.4380pctl
Shots / GP?
1.550pctl
Plus/Minus?
+370pctl
PP Points?
866pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
7.7%78pctl
ZEIS?
1.2832pctl
PSPL?
0.1977pctl
Def Suppression?
0.6876pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
54.2%81pctl
D-Zone FO %?
53.4%73pctl
Draws / GP
12.575pctl
Take : Give?
0.2932pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:2157pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:2765pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 14h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.8 min78pctl
Support received?
18.3 min22pctl

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 · 1088 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

$5.63M

cap hit

$4.78M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($0.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Andrew Copp71$5.63MD$0.8Mthis player
Michael Misa70$0.97MA+$3.5M84%
Marco Rossi74$5.00MC+$0.7M80%
Sean Monahan70$5.50MD$1.0M80%
Sean Couturier69$7.75MF$3.5M79%

Chemistry

Top connection: Alex DeBrincat · 13 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 0 G · 4 A · 15 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI

2P

0G 2A

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN

1P

0G 1A

vs CBJ

1P

0G 1A

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA

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)533 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 4 of 9 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 22 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 74 blocks · 10 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2014-15Winnipeg Jets10112
2015-16Winnipeg Jets7776138
2016-17Winnipeg Jets6498178
2017-18Winnipeg Jets829192817
2018-19Winnipeg Jets6911142520
2019-20Winnipeg Jets63101626-3
2020-21Winnipeg Jets551524392
2021-22Winnipeg Jets561322352
2021-22New York Rangers168101813
2022-23Detroit Red Wings82933422
2023-24Detroit Red Wings79132033-2
2024-25Detroit Red Wings561013234
2025-26Detroit Red Wings79934433
Career3 teams77912322034376