HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Victor Olofsson

Vegas Golden Knights · RW · #95
Middle-six playerDepth Forward?31 points in 78 games in a supporting role
HT
5'11"
WT
180 lb
Age
31
Shoots
L
From
Ornskoldsvik, SWE
Draft
2014 BUF · R7 #181
65Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4848pctl
Playmaking?
4444pctl
Transition?
5858pctl
Defense?
2929pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.4046pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1744pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2349pctl
Shots / GP?
1.968pctl
Plus/Minus?
+575pctl
PP Points?
763pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
5.9%63pctl
ZEIS?
2.3370pctl
PSPL?
0.1042pctl
Def Suppression?
0.2223pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
8.381pctl
Hits / 60?
1.07pctl
Take : Give?
0.2846pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.1919pctl
PP TOI / GP?
2:0566pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0016pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 47 GP tracked · 10h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.1 min33pctl
Support received?
16.9 min63pctl

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 · 895 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

$1.57M

cap hit

$3.17M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Victor Olofsson65$1.57MB+$1.6Mthis player
Michael Bunting67--93%
Jeff Skinner66--90%
Mackie Samoskevich67$0.78MA+$2.9M87%
Matthew Wood66$0.95MA+$2.5M87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Nathan MacKinnon · 7 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 17 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs LAK

1P

0G 1A

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ COL

1P

0G 1A

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA

1P

0G 1A

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK

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)265 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 5 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 19 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 26 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2018-19Buffalo Sabres62241
2019-20Buffalo Sabres54202242-1
2020-21Buffalo Sabres56131932-23
2021-22Buffalo Sabres72202949-16
2022-23Buffalo Sabres75281240-23
2023-24Buffalo Sabres517815-1
2024-25Vegas Golden Knights5615142917
2025-26Colorado Avalanche601114256
2025-26Calgary Flames18246-1
Career4 teams448118124242-41