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Regular season

Conor Garland

Columbus Blue Jackets · RW · #83
Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 33 points and honest two-way play
HT
5'10"
WT
165 lb
Age
30
Shoots
R
From
Scituate, USA
Draft
2015 ARI · R5 #123
71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5353pctl
Playmaking?
7171pctl
Transition?
6161pctl
Defense?
5353pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.4656pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1745pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3062pctl
Shots / GP?
1.970pctl
Plus/Minus?
-215pctl
PP Points?
1070pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
7.7%78pctl
ZEIS?
2.2969pctl
PSPL?
0.2690pctl
Def Suppression?
0.3946pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
6.751pctl
Hits / 60?
2.225pctl
Take : Give?
0.3770pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.5739pctl
PP TOI / GP?
2:0565pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:1983pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 47 GP tracked · 12h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.5 min55pctl
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 · 980 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

$4.95M

cap hit

$4.78M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal ($0.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Conor Garland71$4.95MC$0.2Mthis player
Luke Evangelista75$3.00MA+$3.0M91%
Taylor Hall73$3.17MA+$2.2M84%
Claude Giroux71$2.00MA+$2.8M83%
Arseny Gritsyuk71$0.93MA+$3.9M83%

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 14 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS

1P

0G 1A

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH

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)273 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 5 of 12 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 22 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 34 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2018-19Arizona Coyotes47135181
2019-20Arizona Coyotes682217391
2020-21Arizona Coyotes49122739-3
2021-22Vancouver Canucks7719335218
2022-23Vancouver Canucks81172946-5
2023-24Vancouver Canucks8220274719
2024-25Vancouver Canucks81193150-13
2025-26Vancouver Canucks5071926-15
2025-26Columbus Blue Jackets21527-6
Career3 teams556134190324-3