Regular season

Zachary Aston-Reese

Philadelphia Flyers · C · #27

Depth playerWrecking Ball?78 hits (17.8/60) - physically tilts every shift

HT: 6'1"
WT: 203 lb
Age: 31
Shoots: L
From: Staten Island, USA

54Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1818pctl

2727pctl

1616pctl

4747pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.1913pctl

0.044pctl

0.1526pctl

0.64pctl

-154pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.4%24pctl

0.315pctl

0.0310pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4654pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

0.913pctl

0.2012pctl

0:0211pctl

0:3643pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 11 GP tracked · 2h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

44.1%12pctl

O-zone deployment?

27%3pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.7 min9pctl

Support received?

16.8 min66pctl

D-zone deployment?

73%97pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5837pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2333pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.18/gm67pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.3%63pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 246 EV min

General Offense

3.9129

4.4026

Shot Setups/60?

0.7339

Chance Setups/60?

0.7349

Primary Contributions/60?

4.6429

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4953

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0036

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4944

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0026

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0041

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0030

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.7161

Rush Offense/60?

4.1626

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9867

0.2426

0.0029

Deflections/60?

1.4754

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.2427

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2433

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.2254

0.0027

1.2266

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0040

Forechecking

11.2472

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0045

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

$1.03M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Zachary Aston-Reese	54	Wrecking Ball	5 P · 27 GP	$0.78M	$1.03M	C+$0.3M	this player
Joel Kiviranta	54	Depth Forward	9 P · 51 GP	$1.25M	$1.03M	C−$0.2M	96%
Arshdeep Bains	54	Depth Forward	5 P · 28 GP	$0.81M	$1.03M	C+$0.2M	93%
Keegan Kolesar	54	Wrecking Ball	17 P · 82 GP	$2.50M	$1.03M	D−$1.5M	90%
Nathan Walker	54	Wrecking Ball	11 P · 46 GP	$0.78M	$1.03M	C+$0.3M	89%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Zachary’s goals

Creates for

goals Zachary assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 4 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 12-18

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:50 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 12-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:05 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 12-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 8:48 TOI

vs BUF

1P

0G 1A

vs BUF 01-03

0G 1A · 0 shots · 12:48 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 01-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:10 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 01-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:39 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 01-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:26 TOI

@ PIT

1P

1G 0A

@ PIT 01-17

1G 0A · 1 shots · 7:32 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 01-20

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:42 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:54 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)37 events shown

Defensive floor: 20 blocks · 0 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2017-18	Pittsburgh Penguins	16	4	2	6	2
2018-19	Pittsburgh Penguins	43	8	9	17	12
2019-20	Pittsburgh Penguins	57	6	7	13	6
2020-21	Pittsburgh Penguins	45	9	6	15	10
2021-22	Pittsburgh Penguins	52	2	9	11	8
2021-22	Anaheim Ducks	17	3	1	4	1
2022-23	Toronto Maple Leafs	77	10	4	14	-6
2023-24	Detroit Red Wings	3	0	0	0	0
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	79	6	11	17	-15
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	27	1	4	5	-1
Career	5 teams	416	49	53	102	17