Regular season

Kailer Yamamoto

Utah Mammoth · RW · #56

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?23 points in 59 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'9"
WT: 178 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: R
From: Spokane, USA
Draft: 2017 EDM · R1 #22

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4444pctl

2626pctl

2323pctl

6666pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3945pctl

0.2260pctl

0.1731pctl

1.022pctl

+1186pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.2%46pctl

1.2129pctl

0.0414pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4553pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

5.219pctl

4.047pctl

0.7197pctl

1.7249pctl

0:2527pctl

0:0550pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 37 GP tracked · 7h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

53.5%80pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

61.8%93pctl

O-zone deployment?

43%23pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.0 min21pctl

Support received?

17.2 min52pctl

D-zone deployment?

57%77pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1386pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.6239pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3150pctl

0.96×29pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.10/gm94pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.6%44pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 667 EV min

General Offense

5.2240

6.5729

Shot Setups/60?

0.6328

Chance Setups/60?

0.4525

Primary Contributions/60?

5.8536

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2726

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1880

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2721

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2744

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0021

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1738

Rush Offense/60?

5.0417

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.8163

0.6335

0.1857

Deflections/60?

1.5358

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0021

Entries Finished/60?

0.6342

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2728

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.1752

0.6382

0.5426

Retrieval Success %?

54%85

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Exit Success %?

0%32

Forechecking

3.0646

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

$2.24M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Kailer Yamamoto	61	Depth Forward	23 P · 59 GP	$0.78M	$2.24M	B+$1.5M	this player
Jeffrey Truchon-Viel	58	Depth Forward	10 P · 45 GP	$0.78M	$1.64M	B+$0.9M	87%
Carl Grundstrom	60	Wrecking Ball	13 P · 47 GP	$1.80M	$2.03M	C+$0.2M	86%
Danton Heinen	57	Depth Forward	12 P · 46 GP	$2.25M	$1.46M	D−$0.8M	84%
Taylor Raddysh	56	Depth Forward	19 P · 68 GP	$1.50M	$1.30M	C−$0.2M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Logan Cooley · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Kailer’s goals

Creates for

goals Kailer assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 3 G · 2 A · 16 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:38 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:29 TOI

@ SEA

2P

0G 2A

@ SEA 04-02

0G 2A · 0 shots · 11:23 TOI

@ VAN

1P

1G 0A

@ VAN 04-04

1G 0A · 2 shots · 11:13 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 04-07

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:10 TOI

vs NSH

1P

1G 0A

vs NSH 04-09

1G 0A · 2 shots · 14:02 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-11

0G 0A · 4 shots · 11:21 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 04-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:21 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-14

0G 0A · 3 shots · 10:14 TOI

vs STL

1P

1G 0A

vs STL 04-16

1G 0A · 2 shots · 14:11 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)94 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 5 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 6 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 25 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2017-18	Edmonton Oilers	9	0	3	3	-2
2018-19	Edmonton Oilers	17	1	1	2	-6
2019-20	Edmonton Oilers	27	11	15	26	17
2020-21	Edmonton Oilers	52	8	13	21	9
2021-22	Edmonton Oilers	81	20	21	41	-1
2022-23	Edmonton Oilers	58	10	15	25	12
2023-24	Seattle Kraken	59	8	8	16	-9
2024-25	Utah Hockey Club	12	2	1	3	-1
2025-26	Utah Mammoth	59	13	10	23	11
Career	4 teams	374	73	87	160	30