Regular season

Adam Gaudette

San Jose Sharks · RW · #81

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?25 points in 66 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: R
From: Braintree, USA
Draft: 2015 VAN · R5 #149

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5858pctl

4545pctl

5757pctl

6262pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3844pctl

0.2671pctl

0.1218pctl

1.550pctl

-924pctl

659pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.5%69pctl

2.2768pctl

0.1873pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4451pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.670pctl

4.249pctl

0.5087pctl

2.6179pctl

0:5938pctl

0:0130pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 43 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

46.0%21pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

42.4%21pctl

O-zone deployment?

31%6pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.7 min9pctl

Support received?

16.4 min81pctl

D-zone deployment?

69%94pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0533pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.1167pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4069pctl

1.00×56pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.15/gm81pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.4%16pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 691 EV min

General Offense

7.2075

9.9876

Shot Setups/60?

1.3075

Chance Setups/60?

1.1378

Primary Contributions/60?

8.5077

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6975

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0029

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4335

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.5277

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1763

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.0076

Rush Offense/60?

9.2871

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7860

0.8757

0.0934

Deflections/60?

1.9173

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2674

Entries Finished/60?

1.3081

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.8783

Entry → Chance %?

67%59

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.0443

0.3560

0.6937

Retrieval Success %?

33%69

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0973

Exit Success %?

8%75

Forechecking

3.6453

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0043

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

$2.00M

cap hit

$3.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Adam Gaudette	67	Depth Forward	25 P · 66 GP	$2.00M	$3.68M	B+$1.7M	this player
Fabian Zetterlund	67	Depth Forward	33 P · 82 GP	$4.28M	$3.68M	C−$0.6M	88%
Ethen Frank	68	Depth Forward	24 P · 62 GP	$0.78M	$3.94M	A+$3.2M	87%
James van Riemsdyk	68	Depth Forward	31 P · 72 GP	-	$3.94M	-	84%
Joel Armia	64	Depth Forward	25 P · 67 GP	$2.50M	$2.92M	C+$0.4M	83%

Chemistry

Top connection: William Eklund · 7 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Adam’s goals

Creates for

goals Adam assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 2 G · 0 A · 12 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:07 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:41 TOI

vs STL

1P

1G 0A

vs STL 03-30

1G 0A · 3 shots · 10:00 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 04-01

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:45 TOI

vs TOR

1P

1G 0A

vs TOR 04-02

1G 0A · 3 shots · 11:02 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:39 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 04-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:27 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:18 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 04-13

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:17 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 04-15

0G 0A · 3 shots · 9:46 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)187 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 8 of 17 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 19 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 35 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2017-18	Vancouver Canucks	5	0	0	0	2
2018-19	Vancouver Canucks	56	5	7	12	-8
2019-20	Vancouver Canucks	59	12	21	33	-7
2020-21	Vancouver Canucks	33	4	3	7	-13
2020-21	Chicago Blackhawks	7	1	3	4	-2
2021-22	Chicago Blackhawks	8	1	1	2	-3
2021-22	Ottawa Senators	50	4	8	12	-6
2023-24	St. Louis Blues	2	0	0	0	0
2024-25	Ottawa Senators	81	19	7	26	12
2025-26	San Jose Sharks	66	17	8	25	-9
Career	5 teams	367	63	58	121	-34