Regular season

Rodrigo Abols

- · C · #18

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?10 points in 42 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'4"
WT: 206 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: L
From: Riga, LVA
Draft: 2016 VAN · R7 #184

57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2424pctl

3030pctl

3636pctl

7878pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2422pctl

0.0715pctl

0.1731pctl

1.023pctl

-154pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4%43pctl

1.7149pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6473pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

52.1%67pctl

D-Zone FO %?

55.1%81pctl

7.249pctl

0.7998pctl

0:0214pctl

0:3944pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 23 GP tracked · 4h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

37.0%0pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

46.7%35pctl

O-zone deployment?

39%15pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.4 min3pctl

Support received?

15.6 min96pctl

D-zone deployment?

61%85pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0536pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.7848pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3150pctl

0.90×9pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.18/gm68pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.8%24pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 412 EV min

General Offense

5.8253

9.3268

Shot Setups/60?

0.2920

Chance Setups/60?

0.2922

Primary Contributions/60?

6.1244

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1523

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2927

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0020

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1578

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0025

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.1877

Rush Offense/60?

7.5748

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7354

1.0265

0.4479

Deflections/60?

1.6060

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.5881

Entries Finished/60?

0.4428

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2934

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.1651

0.5876

0.5832

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1577

Forechecking

5.5365

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0044

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Rodrigo Abols	57	Depth Forward	10 P · 42 GP	-	$1.46M	-	this player
Alex Turcotte	57	Depth Forward	14 P · 62 GP	$0.80M	$1.46M	C+$0.7M	94%
John Beecher	56	Depth Forward	7 P · 35 GP	$0.90M	$1.30M	C+$0.4M	92%
Brendan Gaunce	59	Faceoff General	6 P · 25 GP	$0.78M	$1.83M	B+$1.1M	89%
Michael Rasmussen	56	Depth Forward	14 P · 64 GP	$3.20M	$1.30M	D−$1.9M	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Carl Grundstrom · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Rodrigo’s goals

Creates for

goals Rodrigo assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 1 G · 3 A · 11 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VAN

1P

0G 1A

@ VAN 12-30

0G 1A · 1 shots · 13:24 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 12-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:12 TOI

@ EDM

1P

0G 1A

@ EDM 01-03

0G 1A · 2 shots · 10:41 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 01-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:07 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 01-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:04 TOI

vs TBL

1P

0G 1A

vs TBL 01-10

0G 1A · 0 shots · 11:10 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 01-12

0G 0A · 3 shots · 12:14 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 01-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:09 TOI

@ PIT

1P

1G 0A

@ PIT 01-15

1G 0A · 1 shots · 10:37 TOI

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 01-17

0G 0A · 0 shots · 1:19 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)206 events shown

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

Defensive floor: 27 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Philadelphia Flyers	22	2	3	5	-10
2025-26	Philadelphia Flyers	42	3	7	10	-1
Career	1 team	64	5	10	15	-11