Regular season

Yakov Trenin

Minnesota Wild · C · #13

Bottom-six playerWrecking Ball?413 hits (22.8/60) - physically tilts every shift

HT: 6'2"
WT: 201 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: L
From: Chelyabinsk, RUS
Draft: 2015 NSH · R2 #55

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3131pctl

5757pctl

3030pctl

4040pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2831pctl

0.0716pctl

0.2142pctl

1.234pctl

+1389pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.1%56pctl

1.2632pctl

0.1977pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2627pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

38.3%6pctl

D-Zone FO %?

37.5%6pctl

1.517pctl

0.3863pctl

0:0525pctl

1:2162pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

45.9%21pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

63.3%94pctl

O-zone deployment?

41%18pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.0 min22pctl

Support received?

16.9 min63pctl

D-zone deployment?

59%82pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1382pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.2071pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4170pctl

1.00×57pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm48pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.1%32pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 971 EV min

General Offense

5.6951

8.5962

Shot Setups/60?

1.2472

Chance Setups/60?

0.9972

Primary Contributions/60?

6.9257

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6876

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0657

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.9380

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.6285

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3788

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3044

Rush Offense/60?

7.0540

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7456

1.0572

0.0017

Deflections/60?

2.1081

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0019

Entries Finished/60?

0.7451

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3740

Entry → Chance %?

50%24

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.9886

0.4977

1.4885

Retrieval Success %?

25%48

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0668

Exit Success %?

3%53

Forechecking

14.4788

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

$3.50M

cap hit

$2.24M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Yakov Trenin	61	Wrecking Ball	23 P · 82 GP	$3.50M	$2.24M	D−$1.3M	this player
Peyton Krebs	64	Depth Forward	39 P · 82 GP	$1.45M	$2.92M	B+$1.5M	90%
Aatu Räty	57	Faceoff General	14 P · 66 GP	$0.81M	$1.46M	C+$0.7M	85%
Robby Fabbri	61	Depth Forward	5 P · 21 GP	-	$2.24M	-	84%
Yanni Gourde	61	Depth Forward	28 P · 82 GP	$2.33M	$2.24M	C−$0.1M	83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Danila Yurov · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Yakov’s goals

Creates for

goals Yakov assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 16 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ FLA

1P

0G 1A

@ FLA 03-26

0G 1A · 2 shots · 13:10 TOI

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS 03-28

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:46 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-02

0G 0A · 4 shots · 11:57 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:32 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:36 TOI

vs SEA

1P

0G 1A

vs SEA 04-07

0G 1A · 1 shots · 12:34 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-09

0G 0A · 3 shots · 12:53 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:23 TOI

@ STL

1P

0G 1A

@ STL 04-13

0G 1A · 2 shots · 16:28 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:49 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)236 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 3 of 6 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 20 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 47 blocks · 10 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	Nashville Predators	21	2	4	6	1
2020-21	Nashville Predators	45	5	6	11	4
2021-22	Nashville Predators	80	17	7	24	7
2022-23	Nashville Predators	77	12	12	24	-7
2023-24	Nashville Predators	60	10	4	14	12
2023-24	Colorado Avalanche	16	2	1	3	3
2024-25	Minnesota Wild	76	7	8	15	-1
2025-26	Minnesota Wild	82	6	17	23	13
Career	3 teams	457	61	59	120	32