HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Sean Monahan

Columbus Blue Jackets · C · #23
Middle-six playerDepth Forward?36 points in 78 games in a supporting role
HT
6'2"
WT
206 lb
Age
31
Shoots
L
From
Brampton, CAN
Draft
2013 CGY · R1 #6
70Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5151pctl
Playmaking?
6868pctl
Transition?
5353pctl
Defense?
5454pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.4655pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1744pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2962pctl
Shots / GP?
1.761pctl
Plus/Minus?
-154pctl
PP Points?
1070pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
7%73pctl
ZEIS?
1.9258pctl
PSPL?
0.2182pctl
Def Suppression?
0.3642pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
52.3%69pctl
D-Zone FO %?
52.1%65pctl
Draws / GP
15.689pctl
Take : Give?
0.4680pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:5668pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:4174pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 14h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min66pctl
Support received?
18.1 min26pctl

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 · 1053 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

$5.50M

cap hit

$4.50M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($1.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Sean Monahan70$5.50MD$1.0Mthis player
Marco Rossi74$5.00MC+$0.7M88%
Evan Rodrigues70$3.02MB+$1.5M87%
Barrett Hayton67$2.65MB+$1.0M87%
Sean Couturier69$7.75MF$3.5M84%

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 15 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL

1P

1G 0A

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH

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)567 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 5 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 20 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 46 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2013-14Calgary Flames75221234-20
2014-15Calgary Flames813131628
2015-16Calgary Flames81273663-6
2016-17Calgary Flames82273158-1
2017-18Calgary Flames743133643
2018-19Calgary Flames783448827
2019-20Calgary Flames70222648-16
2020-21Calgary Flames50101828-6
2021-22Calgary Flames6581523-15
2022-23Montréal Canadiens2561117-5
2023-24Montréal Canadiens49132235-10
2023-24Winnipeg Jets341311249
2024-25Columbus Blue Jackets5419385719
2025-26Columbus Blue Jackets78132336-1
Career4 teams896276355631-34