HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Curtis Lazar

- · C · #20
Depth playerFaceoff General?61.2% on 291 draws - possession starts with him
HT
6'0"
WT
203 lb
Age
31
Shoots
R
From
Salmon Arm, CAN
Draft
2013 OTT · R1 #17
54Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
2323pctl
Playmaking?
2323pctl
Transition?
3232pctl
Defense?
5656pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.136pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0920pctl
Assists / GP?
0.043pctl
Shots / GP?
0.75pctl
Plus/Minus?
-346pctl
PP Points?
016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
3%31pctl
ZEIS?
1.5845pctl
PSPL?
0.0832pctl
Def Suppression?
0.4654pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
61.2%99pctl
D-Zone FO %?
61.3%99pctl
Draws / GP
6.545pctl
Take : Give?
0.3348pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:001pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:3342pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 26 GP tracked · 4h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.6 min6pctl
Support received?
15.3 min99pctl

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 · 376 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
Curtis Lazar54--this player
Martin Pospisil54$1.00MC+$0.0M92%
Juuso Parssinen56$1.25MC+$0.1M90%
Adam Edstrom55$0.97MC+$0.2M89%
Samuel Helenius52$0.81MC+$0.1M89%

Chemistry

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 6 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA

1P

1G 0A

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

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)165 events shown

The office: the left circle - 1 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 6 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 22 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2014-15Ottawa Senators6769151
2015-16Ottawa Senators7661420-1
2016-17Ottawa Senators33011-10
2016-17Calgary Flames41232
2017-18Calgary Flames6521012-8
2018-19Calgary Flames1000-1
2019-20Buffalo Sabres385510-3
2020-21Buffalo Sabres33549-4
2020-21Boston Bruins17224-2
2021-22Boston Bruins708816-2
2022-23Vancouver Canucks45325-5
2022-23New Jersey Devils4000-1
2023-24New Jersey Devils717182510
2024-25New Jersey Devils48235-6
2025-26Edmonton Oilers45426-3
Career7 teams6175180131-33