Regular season

Jeffrey Viel

Tampa Bay Lightning · LW · #25

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 121 hits (13.5/60)

HT: 6'1"
WT: 214 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: L
From: Rimouski, CAN

58Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3434pctl

2626pctl

3636pctl

6363pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2218pctl

0.0714pctl

0.1628pctl

1.444pctl

-346pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5%56pctl

1.4138pctl

0.0414pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6373pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.956pctl

13.588pctl

0.2740pctl

2.3473pctl

0:0920pctl

0:0136pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 30 GP tracked · 6h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.7%51pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

36.7%8pctl

O-zone deployment?

50%49pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.8 min12pctl

Support received?

17.4 min44pctl

D-zone deployment?

50%51pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0750pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.5384pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3763pctl

1.04×81pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.21/gm54pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.5%65pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 529 EV min

General Offense

6.5765

10.0975

Shot Setups/60?

1.0256

Chance Setups/60?

0.5735

Primary Contributions/60?

7.5964

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3435

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.2381

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5749

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2336

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1148

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.9372

Rush Offense/60?

9.0767

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6849

1.0267

0.2366

Deflections/60?

3.2984

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0023

Entries Finished/60?

1.3680

Entries w/ Chance/60?

1.0283

Entry → Chance %?

75%71

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.7076

0.7983

0.9155

Retrieval Success %?

47%81

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1176

Exit Success %?

7%69

Forechecking

9.4177

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

$0.78M

cap hit

$1.64M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jeffrey Viel	58	Depth Forward	10 P · 45 GP	$0.78M	$1.64M	B+$0.9M	this player
Danton Heinen	57	Depth Forward	12 P · 46 GP	$2.25M	$1.46M	D−$0.8M	94%
Andrew Mangiapane	57	Depth Forward	16 P · 62 GP	$3.60M	$1.46M	D−$2.1M	92%
Carl Grundstrom	60	Wrecking Ball	13 P · 47 GP	$1.80M	$2.03M	C+$0.2M	90%
William Carrier	58	Depth Forward	18 P · 70 GP	$2.05M	$1.64M	C−$0.4M	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Cutter Gauthier · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Jeffrey’s goals

Creates for

goals Jeffrey assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 1 G · 2 A · 17 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ EDM

1P

0G 1A

@ EDM 03-28

0G 1A · 3 shots · 14:21 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 03-30

0G 0A · 4 shots · 11:45 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-01

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:24 TOI

vs STL

1P

1G 0A

vs STL 04-03

1G 0A · 2 shots · 10:57 TOI

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 10:08 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-07

0G 0A · 3 shots · 8:49 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:43 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:12 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:16 TOI

@ NSH

1P

0G 1A

@ NSH 04-16

0G 1A · 1 shots · 11:58 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)128 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 10 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 30 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	San Jose Sharks	11	0	0	0	-7
2021-22	San Jose Sharks	34	3	2	5	-2
2022-23	San Jose Sharks	4	0	0	0	0
2024-25	Boston Bruins	5	0	0	0	-1
2025-26	Boston Bruins	10	0	0	0	-1
2025-26	Anaheim Ducks	35	3	7	10	-2
Career	3 teams	99	6	9	15	-13