Regular season

Max Jones

Edmonton Oilers · LW · #46

Bottom-six playerWrecking Ball?56 hits (19.2/60) - physically tilts every shift

HT: 6'3"
WT: 216 lb
Age: 28
Shoots: L
From: Rochester, USA
Draft: 2016 ANA · R1 #24

59Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

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2929pctl

4444pctl

5151pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2422pctl

0.1435pctl

0.1012pctl

1.024pctl

+370pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.1%33pctl

1.9359pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3134pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.569pctl

19.296pctl

0.6395pctl

1.0211pctl

0:015pctl

0:004pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 21 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.7%74pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

61.5%93pctl

O-zone deployment?

50%51pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.6 min7pctl

Support received?

15.5 min97pctl

D-zone deployment?

50%49pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.6440pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2436pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.14/gm82pctl

Pressure escape rate?

3.6%1pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 175 EV min

General Offense

7.5566

9.6163

Shot Setups/60?

1.7270

Chance Setups/60?

1.0363

Primary Contributions/60?

9.2669

Rebounds Created/60?

1.0371

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0038

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.0368

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.6969

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0043

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3469

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3750

Rush Offense/60?

9.9565

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6950

1.3768

0.0033

Deflections/60?

2.0666

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0034

Entries Finished/60?

1.0363

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3442

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.7266

1.0371

0.6942

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0042

Forechecking

12.3569

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0046

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

$1.00M

cap hit

$1.83M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Max Jones	59	Wrecking Ball	5 P · 21 GP	$1.00M	$1.83M	B+$0.8M	this player
Noah Gregor	59	Depth Forward	9 P · 37 GP	$0.78M	$1.83M	B+$1.1M	91%
Cole Koepke	58	Wrecking Ball	17 P · 66 GP	$1.00M	$1.64M	C+$0.6M	88%
William Carrier	58	Depth Forward	18 P · 70 GP	$2.05M	$1.64M	C−$0.4M	83%
Tanner Jeannot	58	Wrecking Ball	22 P · 77 GP	$3.40M	$1.64M	D−$1.8M	83%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Max’s goals

Creates for

goals Max assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 6 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 03-21

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:27 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:32 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:41 TOI

vs ANA

1P

0G 1A

vs ANA 03-28

0G 1A · 2 shots · 10:06 TOI

vs SEA

1P

1G 0A

vs SEA 03-31

1G 0A · 1 shots · 9:53 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 04-02

0G 0A · 3 shots · 10:02 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:00 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:26 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:22 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 2:07 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)38 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 5 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Anaheim Ducks	30	2	3	5	-1
2019-20	Anaheim Ducks	59	8	4	12	-6
2020-21	Anaheim Ducks	46	7	4	11	-9
2021-22	Anaheim Ducks	2	0	0	0	-1
2022-23	Anaheim Ducks	69	9	10	19	-21
2023-24	Anaheim Ducks	52	5	10	15	-6
2024-25	Boston Bruins	7	0	0	0	-4
2024-25	Edmonton Oilers	19	1	1	2	-9
2025-26	Edmonton Oilers	21	3	2	5	3
Career	3 teams	305	35	34	69	-54