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Regular season

Steven Lorentz

Toronto Maple Leafs · C · #18
Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 154 hits (11.0/60)
HT
6'4"
WT
219 lb
Age
30
Shoots
L
From
Kitchener, CAN
Draft
2015 CAR · R7 #186
57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
2525pctl
Playmaking?
3535pctl
Transition?
2020pctl
Defense?
7575pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.2525pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1023pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1528pctl
Shots / GP?
1.020pctl
Plus/Minus?
-250pctl
PP Points?
016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
4.1%44pctl
ZEIS?
1.0422pctl
PSPL?
0.1042pctl
Def Suppression?
0.5969pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
45.5%25pctl
D-Zone FO %?
37.9%8pctl
Draws / GP
1.722pctl
Take : Give?
0.5085pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:012pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:1493pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 8h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.0 min22pctl
Support received?
16.6 min75pctl

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 · 683 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

$1.35M

cap hit

$1.46M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Steven Lorentz57$1.35MC+$0.1Mthis player
Marc Gatcomb55$0.90MC+$0.3M90%
Alex Turcotte57$0.80MC+$0.7M89%
Nic Dowd57$3.00MD$1.5M89%
Colton Sissons55$2.86MD$1.7M88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Scott Laughton · 3 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 2 G · 1 A · 14 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK

1P

1G 0A

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI

1P

1G 0A

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL

1P

0G 1A

@ OTT

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)173 events shown

The office: the high slot - 3 of 7 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 51 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2020-21Carolina Hurricanes452681
2021-22Carolina Hurricanes6785130
2022-23San Jose Sharks8010919-18
2023-24Florida Panthers38123-9
2024-25Toronto Maple Leafs80811196
2025-26Toronto Maple Leafs7171118-2
Career4 teams381364480-22