Regular season

Brandon Duhaime

Toronto Maple Leafs · RW · #22

Depth playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 159 hits (10.5/60)

HT: 6'2"
WT: 210 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: L
From: Coral Springs, USA
Draft: 2016 MIN · R4 #106

50Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1414pctl

1414pctl

2323pctl

6262pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.113pctl

0.057pctl

0.065pctl

0.88pctl

-250pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3%31pctl

1.2230pctl

0.0414pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6373pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

4.26pctl

10.583pctl

0.2429pctl

3.7694pctl

0:0315pctl

1:0778pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 9h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

46.1%22pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

43.5%24pctl

O-zone deployment?

24%1pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min17pctl

Support received?

16.4 min80pctl

D-zone deployment?

76%99pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0855pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8954pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3151pctl

0.93×17pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.21/gm55pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.1%32pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 812 EV min

General Offense

4.3622

6.5028

Shot Setups/60?

0.5220

Chance Setups/60?

0.2214

Primary Contributions/60?

4.8821

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1517

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0762

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3727

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0013

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1558

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.4854

Rush Offense/60?

6.5832

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2214

0.8152

0.1549

Deflections/60?

1.4855

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0020

Entries Finished/60?

0.5228

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3030

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.9638

0.1531

0.8148

Retrieval Success %?

15%27

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Exit Success %?

0%31

Forechecking

7.1775

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

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

$1.85M

cap hit

$0.86M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Brandon Duhaime	50	Depth Forward	9 P · 82 GP	$1.85M	$0.86M	D−$1.0M	this player
Alexey Toropchenko	53	Depth Forward	11 P · 65 GP	$1.70M	$0.92M	D−$0.8M	88%
Landon Slaggert	54	Depth Forward	7 P · 53 GP	$0.90M	$1.03M	C+$0.1M	86%
Arshdeep Bains	54	Depth Forward	5 P · 28 GP	$0.81M	$1.03M	C+$0.2M	86%
Reid Schaefer	55	Depth Forward	8 P · 47 GP	$0.89M	$1.16M	C+$0.3M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Nic Dowd · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Brandon’s goals

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 · 7 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:35 TOI

@ VGK

1P

0G 1A

@ VGK 03-28

0G 1A · 0 shots · 15:53 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:44 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:07 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:43 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-05

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:29 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 04-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:06 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:42 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 04-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:57 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:01 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)145 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 3 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 9 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 67 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Minnesota Wild	80	6	11	17	-2
2022-23	Minnesota Wild	51	9	1	10	6
2023-24	Minnesota Wild	62	4	4	8	-7
2023-24	Colorado Avalanche	18	1	4	5	2
2024-25	Washington Capitals	82	9	12	21	3
2025-26	Washington Capitals	82	4	5	9	-2
Career	3 teams	375	33	37	70	0