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Regular season

Michael Carcone

Utah Mammoth · LW · #53
Middle-six playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 147 hits (8.8/60)
HT
5'9"
WT
182 lb
Age
30
Shoots
L
From
Ajax, CAN
68Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5757pctl
Playmaking?
5353pctl
Transition?
7272pctl
Defense?
2727pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.3945pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2056pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1938pctl
Shots / GP?
1.968pctl
Plus/Minus?
+473pctl
PP Points?
450pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6.6%70pctl
ZEIS?
3.1686pctl
PSPL?
0.1873pctl
Def Suppression?
0.1617pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
8.886pctl
Hits / 60?
8.879pctl
Take : Give?
0.3152pctl
Blocks / 60?
0.958pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:5737pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:009pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 10h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.1 min28pctl
Support received?
17.2 min52pctl

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 · 930 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

$0.78M

cap hit

$3.94M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Michael Carcone68$0.78MA+$3.2Mthis player
Jeff Skinner66--85%
Evander Kane69--83%
Michael Bunting67--83%
Egor Chinakhov71$2.10MA+$2.7M83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Lawson Crouse · 7 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 2 G · 2 A · 16 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA

1P

1G 0A

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM

2P

0G 2A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

1P

1G 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)318 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 5 of 16 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 29 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 22 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2021-22Arizona Coyotes21426-8
2022-23Arizona Coyotes92133
2023-24Arizona Coyotes7421829-2
2024-25Utah Hockey Club5371219-7
2025-26Utah Mammoth791615314
Career3 teams236503888-10