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Regular season

Brandon Tanev

Utah Mammoth · LW · #13
Depth playerWrecking Ball?155 hits (17.7/60) - physically tilts every shift
HT
6'0"
WT
189 lb
Age
34
Shoots
L
From
Toronto, CAN
48Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
1111pctl
Playmaking?
1616pctl
Transition?
1111pctl
Defense?
2828pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.051pctl
Goals / GP?
0.000pctl
Assists / GP?
0.055pctl
Shots / GP?
0.87pctl
Plus/Minus?
-1512pctl
PP Points?
016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
2.5%25pctl
ZEIS?
0.294pctl
PSPL?
0.0414pctl
Def Suppression?
0.2627pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
4.813pctl
Hits / 60?
17.794pctl
Take : Give?
0.2018pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.8996pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:013pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0954pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 25 GP tracked · 4h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.4 min3pctl
Support received?
16.3 min84pctl

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 · 515 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

$2.50M

cap hit

$0.86M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($1.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Brandon Tanev48$2.50MD$1.6Mthis player
Nicolas Deslauriers50$1.75MD$0.9M93%
Maksim Tsyplakov49$2.25MD$1.4M91%
Ryan Lomberg51$2.00MD$1.1M91%
Ross Johnston53$1.10MC$0.2M85%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Brandon’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Brandon assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN

1P

0G 1A

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

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)86 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 8 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 37 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2015-16Winnipeg Jets30000
2016-17Winnipeg Jets51224-6
2017-18Winnipeg Jets618101813
2018-19Winnipeg Jets801415299
2019-20Pittsburgh Penguins68111425-1
2020-21Pittsburgh Penguins32791612
2021-22Seattle Kraken3096154
2022-23Seattle Kraken8216193521
2023-24Seattle Kraken6679162
2024-25Seattle Kraken609817-12
2024-25Winnipeg Jets191450
2025-26Utah Mammoth56033-15
Career4 teams608849918327