Regular season

Michael Eyssimont

Boston Bruins · C · #81

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?18 points in 56 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 195 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: L
From: Littleton, USA
Draft: 2016 LAK · R5 #142

62Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4141pctl

4242pctl

5858pctl

1919pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3235pctl

0.1435pctl

0.1834pctl

1.970pctl

-346pctl

450pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.2%66pctl

2.1767pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1919pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

0.12pctl

0.113pctl

0:3943pctl

0:0220pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 30 GP tracked · 5h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.3%38pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

42.3%21pctl

O-zone deployment?

47%38pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.8 min13pctl

Support received?

17.0 min59pctl

D-zone deployment?

53%62pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0639pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.8090pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3966pctl

0.93×18pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.17/gm73pctl

Pressure escape rate?

13.3%100pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 572 EV min

General Offense

10.3885

10.0776

Shot Setups/60?

1.4780

Chance Setups/60?

1.1577

Primary Contributions/60?

11.8585

Rebounds Created/60?

0.8481

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.2181

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.1583

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.6382

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1079

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2169

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.3182

Rush Offense/60?

13.1185

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9472

0.9462

0.0021

Deflections/60?

0.9430

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0023

Entries Finished/60?

1.7885

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6369

Entry → Chance %?

35%15

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.5773

0.0018

1.5783

Retrieval Success %?

0%15

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%33

Forechecking

3.7854

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0043

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

$1.45M

cap hit

$2.46M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Michael Eyssimont	62	Depth Forward	18 P · 56 GP	$1.45M	$2.46M	B+$1.0M	this player
Dominic James	63	Depth Forward	15 P · 43 GP	$0.91M	$2.68M	B+$1.8M	83%
Ross Colton	65	Depth Forward	24 P · 73 GP	$4.00M	$3.17M	D−$0.8M	82%
Scott Laughton	62	Faceoff General	20 P · 64 GP	$3.00M	$2.46M	C−$0.5M	80%
Nikita Nesterenko	58	Depth Forward	9 P · 29 GP	$0.81M	$1.64M	B+$0.8M	80%

Chemistry

Top connection: Mason Lohrei · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Michael’s goals

Creates for

goals Michael assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 17 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PIT

1P

0G 1A

vs PIT 03-03

0G 1A · 1 shots · 9:22 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 03-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:17 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 03-08

0G 0A · 3 shots · 11:51 TOI

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 03-10

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:04 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 03-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:25 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 03-17

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:13 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-04

0G 0A · 3 shots · 12:00 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:44 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 04-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 10:35 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 04-14

0G 0A · 3 shots · 13:37 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)196 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 4 of 8 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 30 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Winnipeg Jets	1	0	0	0	0
2022-23	Winnipeg Jets	19	1	4	5	5
2022-23	San Jose Sharks	20	3	5	8	1
2022-23	Tampa Bay Lightning	15	1	1	2	-3
2023-24	Tampa Bay Lightning	81	11	14	25	7
2024-25	Tampa Bay Lightning	57	5	5	10	0
2024-25	Seattle Kraken	20	4	2	6	1
2025-26	Boston Bruins	56	8	10	18	-3
Career	5 teams	269	33	41	74	8