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Regular season

Adrian Kempe

Los Angeles Kings · RW · #9
First-line playerTransition Engine?ZEIS 5.53 with 229 rush shots - turns defense into offense
HT
6'2"
WT
205 lb
Age
29
Shoots
L
From
Kramfors, SWE
Draft
2014 LAK · R1 #29
85Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
8484pctl
Playmaking?
8080pctl
Transition?
9191pctl
Defense?
4747pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.9089pctl
Goals / GP?
0.4493pctl
Assists / GP?
0.4683pctl
Shots / GP?
2.893pctl
Plus/Minus?
+1491pctl
PP Points?
1274pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
11.1%93pctl
ZEIS?
5.5399pctl
PSPL?
0.2589pctl
Def Suppression?
0.3540pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
8.785pctl
Hits / 60?
4.958pctl
Take : Give?
0.3666pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.4935pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:0485pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:3362pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 16h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.9 min85pctl
Support received?
18.9 min8pctl

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 · 1271 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

$9.36M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Adrian Kempe85$5.50MA+$3.9Mthis player
Kirill Marchenko85$3.85MA++$5.5M95%
Filip Forsberg85$8.50MB+$0.9M94%
Troy Terry85$7.00MA+$2.4M88%
Tom Wilson84$6.50MA+$2.5M88%

Recent form · last 10 games

13 pts · 10 G · 3 A · 34 shots in last 10Cooling off(-1.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs UTA

2P

1G 1A

vs STL

1P

1G 0A

vs NSH

2P

2G 0A

vs TOR

4P

2G 2A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

2P

2G 0A

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA

1P

1G 0A

@ VAN

1P

1G 0A

@ CGY

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)510 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 13 of 36 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 42 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 42 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2016-17Los Angeles Kings25246-3
2017-18Los Angeles Kings8116213711
2018-19Los Angeles Kings81121628-10
2019-20Los Angeles Kings69112132-10
2020-21Los Angeles Kings56141529-18
2021-22Los Angeles Kings78351954-2
2022-23Los Angeles Kings8241266722
2023-24Los Angeles Kings7728477513
2024-25Los Angeles Kings8135387322
2025-26Los Angeles Kings8136377314
Career1 team71123024447439