HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Alexander Wennberg

San Jose Sharks · C · #21
Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 55 points and honest two-way play
HT
6'2"
WT
190 lb
Age
31
Shoots
L
From
Stockholm, SWE
Draft
2013 CBJ · R1 #14
73Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5252pctl
Playmaking?
5757pctl
Transition?
4848pctl
Defense?
9292pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.6976pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2361pctl
Assists / GP?
0.4684pctl
Shots / GP?
1.232pctl
Plus/Minus?
-253pctl
PP Points?
1580pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6%64pctl
ZEIS?
1.9157pctl
PSPL?
0.0937pctl
Def Suppression?
1.3398pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
46.8%33pctl
D-Zone FO %?
43.6%25pctl
Draws / GP
17.594pctl
Take : Give?
0.6595pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:2191pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:0991pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 17h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.8 min81pctl
Support received?
18.0 min31pctl

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 · 1197 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

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Alexander Wennberg73--this player
Anze Kopitar72--87%
Frank Nazar75$0.95MA++$5.0M77%
Chandler Stephenson68$6.25MD$2.3M76%
Elias Pettersson78$11.60MF$4.7M75%

Recent form · last 10 games

9 pts · 4 G · 5 A · 11 shots in last 10Cooling off(-1.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs STL

3P

2G 1A

vs ANA

1P

1G 0A

vs TOR

1P

0G 1A

vs NSH

1P

1G 0A

vs CHI

1P

0G 1A

vs EDM

1P

0G 1A

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH

1P

0G 1A

@ CHI

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)502 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 8 of 18 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 108 blocks · 18 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2014-15Columbus Blue Jackets6841620-19
2015-16Columbus Blue Jackets6983240-1
2016-17Columbus Blue Jackets801346599
2017-18Columbus Blue Jackets668273522
2018-19Columbus Blue Jackets7522325-1
2019-20Columbus Blue Jackets5751722-5
2020-21Florida Panthers561712296
2021-22Seattle Kraken80112637-26
2022-23Seattle Kraken82132538-7
2023-24Seattle Kraken60916251
2023-24New York Rangers19145-1
2024-25San Jose Sharks77102535-21
2025-26San Jose Sharks80183755-25
Career5 teams869119306425-68