
Brayden Point
Tampa Bay Lightning · C · #21- HT
- 5'11"
- WT
- 177 lb
- Age
- 30
- Shoots
- R
- From
- Calgary, CAN
- Draft
- 2014 TBL · R3 #79
Alpha sub-scores
what drives the rating · percentile vs position groupLeague profile
vs. forwards with 20+ GPHockeyAlpha advanced
event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzedCenter toolkit
vs. centers with 20+ GPOn-ice impact
shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 14h TOIUsage profile
assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher jobMicro-metrics
Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com
The Blueprint
Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 910 EV minGeneral Offense
Playmaking Sequences
Offense Types
Zone Entries
DZ Retrievals / Exits
Forechecking
Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed.
Contract & market
Contract value?
beta · cap data: CapWages$9.50M
cap hit
$8.30M
Alpha-market value
D
Paying a premium (−$1.2M)
Top comparables?
nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit| Player | Alpha | Archetype | Production | Cap hit | Market | Value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brayden Point | 82 | Middle-Six Engine | 50 P · 63 GP | $9.50M | $8.30M | D−$1.2M | this player |
Dylan Cozens | 81 | Middle-Six Engine | 59 P · 82 GP | $7.10M | $7.95M | B+$0.9M | 87% |
Trevor Zegras | 81 | Middle-Six Engine | 67 P · 81 GP | $5.75M | $7.95M | A+$2.2M | 87% |
Roope Hintz | 82 | Faceoff General | 44 P · 53 GP | $8.45M | $8.30M | C−$0.2M | 86% |
Evgeni Malkin | 87 | Playmaker | 61 P · 56 GP | $6.10M | $10.09M | A+$4.0M | 86% |
Chemistry
Top connection: Nikita Kucherov · 19 goals together
Finishes from
assisters on Brayden’s goals
From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.
Recent form · last 10 games
vs OTT
0P
0G 0A
vs OTT 03-28
0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:44 TOI
vs NSH
0P
0G 0A
vs NSH 03-29
0G 0A · 4 shots · 18:06 TOI
vs MTL
0P
0G 0A
vs MTL 03-31
0G 0A · 5 shots · 20:32 TOI
vs PIT
1P
1G 0A
vs PIT 04-02
1G 0A · 3 shots · 17:59 TOI
vs BOS
0P
0G 0A
vs BOS 04-04
0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:56 TOI
@ BUF
1P
0G 1A
@ BUF 04-06
0G 1A · 2 shots · 20:11 TOI
@ OTT
0P
0G 0A
@ OTT 04-07
0G 0A · 4 shots · 17:33 TOI
@ MTL
0P
0G 0A
@ MTL 04-09
0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:22 TOI
@ BOS
1P
0G 1A
@ BOS 04-11
0G 1A · 1 shots · 19:21 TOI
vs DET
1P
0G 1A
vs DET 04-13
0G 1A · 2 shots · 16:13 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
The office: the inner slot - 10 of 18 goals live there
Playmaking gravity: 25 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s
Defensive floor: 26 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone
NHL career · regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 68 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 4 |
| 2017-18 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 18 |
| 2018-19 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 79 | 41 | 51 | 92 | 27 |
| 2019-20 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 66 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 28 |
| 2020-21 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 56 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 66 | 28 | 30 | 58 | -5 |
| 2022-23 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 51 | 44 | 95 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 81 | 46 | 44 | 90 | -16 |
| 2024-25 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 77 | 42 | 40 | 82 | 17 |
| 2025-26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 63 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 12 |
| Career | 1 team | 720 | 324 | 361 | 685 | 89 |












