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Regular season

Lawson Crouse

Utah Mammoth · LW · #67
Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 44 points and honest two-way play
HT
6'4"
WT
214 lb
Age
29
Shoots
L
From
Mt. Brydges, CAN
Draft
2015 FLA · R1 #11
72Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
7373pctl
Playmaking?
3737pctl
Transition?
7272pctl
Defense?
6565pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.5464pctl
Goals / GP?
0.3078pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2552pctl
Shots / GP?
1.763pctl
Plus/Minus?
+2095pctl
PP Points?
135pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
8.5%82pctl
ZEIS?
2.8380pctl
PSPL?
0.0519pctl
Def Suppression?
0.6272pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
6.341pctl
Hits / 60?
9.580pctl
Take : Give?
0.2949pctl
Blocks / 60?
2.3273pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:0239pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:43100pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 13h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.9 min88pctl
Support received?
18.3 min22pctl

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 · 1040 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

$4.30M

cap hit

$5.08M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Lawson Crouse72$4.30MB+$0.8Mthis player
Emil Heineman68$1.10MA+$2.8M84%
Blake Coleman74$4.90MB+$0.8M80%
Will Cuylle73$3.90MB+$1.5M79%
Pavol Regenda67--76%

Chemistry

Top connection: Clayton Keller · 13 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 4 G · 2 A · 20 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN

2P

1G 1A

vs EDM

1P

0G 1A

vs NSH

1P

1G 0A

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY

1P

1G 0A

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

1P

1G 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)285 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 11 of 24 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 13 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 68 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2016-17Arizona Coyotes725712-20
2017-18Arizona Coyotes11101-6
2018-19Arizona Coyotes811114255
2019-20Arizona Coyotes661510250
2020-21Arizona Coyotes514913-10
2021-22Arizona Coyotes65201434-9
2022-23Arizona Coyotes77242145-3
2023-24Arizona Coyotes81231942-7
2024-25Utah Hockey Club8112618-4
2025-26Utah Mammoth8124204420
Career3 teams666139120259-34