Regular season

Roope Hintz

Dallas Stars · C · #24

Top-six playerFaceoff General?59.1% on 727 draws - possession starts with him

HT: 6'3"
WT: 217 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: L
From: Nokia, FIN
Draft: 2015 DAL · R2 #49

82Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7777pctl

8383pctl

6060pctl

2929pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.8385pctl

0.2875pctl

0.5592pctl

2.484pctl

+1692pctl

1985pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

11.8%95pctl

1.9861pctl

0.2892pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3134pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

59.1%96pctl

D-Zone FO %?

58.4%93pctl

13.783pctl

0.124pctl

3:0582pctl

0:3343pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 27 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.6%50pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

66.7%98pctl

O-zone deployment?

48%39pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.9 min85pctl

Support received?

19.7 min2pctl

D-zone deployment?

52%61pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0854pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.6487pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.6494pctl

0.99×50pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.25/gm38pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.3%78pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 726 EV min

General Offense

6.3663

8.7664

Shot Setups/60?

1.1667

Chance Setups/60?

0.8358

Primary Contributions/60?

7.5264

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6673

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0863

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.9981

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3352

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3384

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2441

Rush Offense/60?

7.6849

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.1682

1.2479

0.2571

Deflections/60?

1.4052

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0841

Entries Finished/60?

1.3282

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.9985

Entry → Chance %?

75%73

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.7424

0.0822

0.6634

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Forechecking

2.2336

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

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$8.45M

cap hit

$8.30M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Roope Hintz	82	Faceoff General	44 P · 53 GP	$8.45M	$8.30M	C−$0.2M	this player
Evgeni Malkin	87	Playmaker	61 P · 56 GP	$6.10M	$10.09M	A+$4.0M	89%
Trevor Zegras	81	Middle-Six Engine	67 P · 81 GP	$5.75M	$7.95M	A+$2.2M	87%
Brayden Point	82	Middle-Six Engine	50 P · 63 GP	$9.50M	$8.30M	D−$1.2M	86%
Dylan Cozens	81	Middle-Six Engine	59 P · 82 GP	$7.10M	$7.95M	B+$0.9M	83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jason Robertson · 17 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Roope’s goals

Creates for

goals Roope assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

8 pts · 1 G · 7 A · 20 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 01-18

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:57 TOI

vs BOS

2P

0G 2A

vs BOS 01-20

0G 2A · 1 shots · 16:06 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 01-22

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:50 TOI

vs STL

2P

0G 2A

vs STL 01-23

0G 2A · 1 shots · 20:12 TOI

@ STL

1P

1G 0A

@ STL 01-27

1G 0A · 3 shots · 16:07 TOI

@ VGK

1P

0G 1A

@ VGK 01-29

0G 1A · 2 shots · 15:20 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 01-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:56 TOI

vs WPG

1P

0G 1A

vs WPG 02-02

0G 1A · 1 shots · 19:30 TOI

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs STL 02-04

0G 1A · 5 shots · 15:08 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 03-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:26 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)405 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 6 of 15 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 26 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Dallas Stars	58	9	13	22	-11
2019-20	Dallas Stars	60	19	14	33	3
2020-21	Dallas Stars	41	15	28	43	13
2021-22	Dallas Stars	80	37	35	72	15
2022-23	Dallas Stars	73	37	38	75	31
2023-24	Dallas Stars	80	30	35	65	26
2024-25	Dallas Stars	76	28	39	67	18
2025-26	Dallas Stars	53	15	29	44	16
Career	1 team	521	190	231	421	111