HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Dylan Strome

Washington Capitals · C · #17
Top-six playerFaceoff General?58.2% on 1,334 draws - possession starts with him
HT
6'4"
WT
200 lb
Age
29
Shoots
L
From
Mississauga, CAN
Draft
2015 ARI · R1 #3
78Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
6060pctl
Playmaking?
8080pctl
Transition?
5858pctl
Defense?
5050pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.7279pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2465pctl
Assists / GP?
0.4986pctl
Shots / GP?
1.866pctl
Plus/Minus?
+266pctl
PP Points?
2188pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6.5%69pctl
ZEIS?
2.2167pctl
PSPL?
0.2386pctl
Def Suppression?
0.4654pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
58.2%95pctl
D-Zone FO %?
61.7%100pctl
Draws / GP
16.792pctl
Take : Give?
0.2521pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:0783pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0425pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 15h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min64pctl
Support received?
18.4 min19pctl

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 · 1189 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

$5.00M

cap hit

$6.95M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Dylan Strome78$5.00MB+$1.9Mthis player
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins80$5.13MA+$2.5M88%
Vincent Trocheck80$5.63MB+$2.0M88%
Robert Thomas83$8.13MC+$0.5M82%
Marco Rossi74$5.00MC+$0.7M79%

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 3 G · 4 A · 12 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ UTA

2P

0G 2A

@ VGK

1P

1G 0A

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF

1P

1G 0A

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR

2P

1G 1A

@ PIT

1P

0G 1A

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ

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)632 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 8 of 19 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 28 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 54 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2016-17Arizona Coyotes7011-5
2017-18Arizona Coyotes214594
2018-19Arizona Coyotes20336-10
2018-19Chicago Blackhawks581734512
2019-20Chicago Blackhawks581226381
2020-21Chicago Blackhawks409817-16
2021-22Chicago Blackhawks69222648-6
2022-23Washington Capitals81234265-4
2023-24Washington Capitals82274067-13
2024-25Washington Capitals822953822
2025-26Washington Capitals801939582
Career3 teams598165277442-43