Regular season

Michael Bunting

- · LW · #58

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?33 points in 74 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 186 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: L
From: Scarborough, CAN
Draft: 2014 ARI · R4 #117

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5151pctl

4747pctl

6161pctl

3232pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4552pctl

0.1950pctl

0.2655pctl

1.762pctl

-244pctl

1070pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.8%72pctl

2.3571pctl

0.1042pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3134pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.160pctl

2.530pctl

0.2120pctl

1.4030pctl

1:4860pctl

0:0022pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.2%70pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

40.8%17pctl

O-zone deployment?

57%79pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min42pctl

Support received?

17.5 min41pctl

D-zone deployment?

43%21pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1591pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.4080pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4576pctl

1.04×80pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.21/gm57pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.8%50pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 935 EV min

General Offense

6.7371

8.9868

Shot Setups/60?

1.4183

Chance Setups/60?

1.1581

Primary Contributions/60?

8.1574

Rebounds Created/60?

0.5158

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0658

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6460

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.5178

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2679

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2844

Rush Offense/60?

10.3980

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.8367

0.9665

0.0629

Deflections/60?

1.9275

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0634

Entries Finished/60?

0.9065

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.7179

Entry → Chance %?

79%78

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.9032

0.1936

0.7137

Retrieval Success %?

21%40

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%31

Forechecking

2.2436

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

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

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Michael Bunting	67	Depth Forward	33 P · 74 GP	-	$3.68M	-	this player
Victor Olofsson	65	Depth Forward	31 P · 78 GP	$1.57M	$3.17M	B+$1.6M	93%
Jeff Skinner	66	Depth Forward	13 P · 32 GP	-	$3.42M	-	91%
Mackie Samoskevich	67	Depth Forward	32 P · 77 GP	$0.78M	$3.68M	A+$2.9M	90%
Kaapo Kakko	69	Depth Forward	40 P · 65 GP	$4.53M	$4.22M	C−$0.3M	87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Erik Haula · 7 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Michael’s goals

Creates for

goals Michael assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 14 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs DET

1P

1G 0A

vs DET 03-14

1G 0A · 3 shots · 14:38 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 03-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:28 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 03-18

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:11 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 03-21

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:40 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 03-22

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:51 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:59 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:23 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 03-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 3:46 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:20 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 04-15

0G 0A · 5 shots · 12:36 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)279 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 7 of 14 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 27 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 38 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Arizona Coyotes	5	1	0	1	0
2020-21	Arizona Coyotes	21	10	3	13	-1
2021-22	Toronto Maple Leafs	79	23	40	63	27
2022-23	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	23	26	49	21
2023-24	Carolina Hurricanes	60	13	23	36	-15
2023-24	Pittsburgh Penguins	21	6	13	19	-4
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	58	14	15	29	-18
2024-25	Nashville Predators	18	5	4	9	-1
2025-26	Nashville Predators	61	13	18	31	-17
2025-26	Dallas Stars	13	1	1	2	-7
Career	6 teams	418	109	143	252	-15