HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Jared McCann

Seattle Kraken · LW · #19
Top-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 40 points and honest two-way play
HT
6'1"
WT
191 lb
Age
30
Shoots
L
From
Stratford, CAN
Draft
2014 VAN · R1 #24
79Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
7777pctl
Playmaking?
7070pctl
Transition?
7373pctl
Defense?
2929pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.7781pctl
Goals / GP?
0.3888pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3875pctl
Shots / GP?
2.381pctl
Plus/Minus?
-730pctl
PP Points?
1376pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
10.4%90pctl
ZEIS?
2.9182pctl
PSPL?
0.1977pctl
Def Suppression?
0.2526pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
8.278pctl
Hits / 60?
2.834pctl
Take : Give?
0.2428pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.7551pctl
PP TOI / GP?
2:5181pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0652pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 32 GP tracked · 9h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min68pctl
Support received?
18.7 min12pctl

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 · 701 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

$5.00M

cap hit

$7.28M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jared McCann79$5.00MA+$2.3Mthis player
Jake DeBrusk76$5.50MB+$0.8M93%
Anthony Mantha79$2.50MA++$4.8M90%
Nikolaj Ehlers82$8.50MC$0.2M88%
Beckett Sennecke80$0.94MA++$6.7M88%

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 3 G · 2 A · 18 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs TBL

1P

1G 0A

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA

1P

0G 1A

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG

1P

1G 0A

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK

1P

1G 0A

vs CGY

1P

0G 1A

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)229 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 5 of 20 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 27 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2015-16Vancouver Canucks699918-6
2016-17Florida Panthers29167-1
2017-18Florida Panthers689192811
2018-19Florida Panthers4681018-9
2018-19Pittsburgh Penguins32116178
2019-20Pittsburgh Penguins661421356
2020-21Pittsburgh Penguins4314183217
2021-22Seattle Kraken74272350-26
2022-23Seattle Kraken7940307018
2023-24Seattle Kraken80293362-10
2024-25Seattle Kraken822239618
2025-26Seattle Kraken52202040-7
Career4 teams7202042344389