Regular season

Ryan Donato

Chicago Blackhawks · C · #8

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?30 points in 82 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: L
From: Boston, USA
Draft: 2014 BOS · R2 #56

63Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4949pctl

3636pctl

6161pctl

3333pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3740pctl

0.1848pctl

0.1836pctl

1.553pctl

-1610pctl

241pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

7.3%75pctl

2.3270pctl

0.0937pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1012pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

46.7%32pctl

D-Zone FO %?

44.1%29pctl

4.434pctl

0.4577pctl

1:2460pctl

0:004pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 12h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

44.2%13pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

44.0%26pctl

O-zone deployment?

40%16pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min52pctl

Support received?

17.1 min57pctl

D-zone deployment?

60%84pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0645pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.4482pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4779pctl

1.03×77pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.32/gm18pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.5%18pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1093 EV min

General Offense

4.8931

7.4745

Shot Setups/60?

0.8845

Chance Setups/60?

0.7753

Primary Contributions/60?

5.7632

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3839

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0027

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3827

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2744

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0018

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2139

Rush Offense/60?

8.8468

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.8266

0.8859

0.0016

Deflections/60?

1.0431

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2779

Entries Finished/60?

1.3787

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6070

Entry → Chance %?

44%16

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3263

0.4473

0.8853

Retrieval Success %?

33%71

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1180

Exit Success %?

8%78

Forechecking

2.7442

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0579

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

$4.00M

cap hit

$2.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ryan Donato	63	Depth Forward	30 P · 82 GP	$4.00M	$2.68M	D−$1.3M	this player
Connor Zary	63	Depth Forward	25 P · 74 GP	$3.77M	$2.68M	D−$1.1M	87%
Ross Colton	65	Depth Forward	24 P · 73 GP	$4.00M	$3.17M	D−$0.8M	85%
Yegor Sharangovich	66	Depth Forward	29 P · 78 GP	$5.75M	$3.42M	D−$2.3M	84%
Philipp Kurashev	63	Depth Forward	20 P · 43 GP	-	$2.68M	-	83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Ilya Mikheyev · 9 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Ryan’s goals

Creates for

goals Ryan assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 1 G · 2 A · 19 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-27

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:59 TOI

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ NJD 03-29

0G 1A · 1 shots · 14:52 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:06 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:16 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-04

0G 0A · 6 shots · 15:12 TOI

@ SJS

1P

1G 0A

@ SJS 04-06

1G 0A · 2 shots · 15:40 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:53 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-11

0G 0A · 3 shots · 16:53 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:49 TOI

vs SJS

1P

0G 1A

vs SJS 04-15

0G 1A · 5 shots · 16:03 TOI

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

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)391 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 5 of 15 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 18 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 23 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2017-18	Boston Bruins	12	5	4	9	2
2018-19	Boston Bruins	34	6	3	9	-11
2018-19	Minnesota Wild	22	4	12	16	-4
2019-20	Minnesota Wild	62	14	9	23	5
2020-21	San Jose Sharks	50	6	14	20	-11
2021-22	Seattle Kraken	74	16	15	31	-13
2022-23	Seattle Kraken	71	14	13	27	16
2023-24	Chicago Blackhawks	78	12	18	30	-14
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	80	31	31	62	-15
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	82	15	15	30	-16
Career	5 teams	565	123	134	257	-61