Regular season

Michael Rasmussen

Detroit Red Wings · C · #27

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?Shot-eating depth: 63 blocks in 64 games

HT: 6'6"
WT: 222 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: L
From: Surrey, CAN
Draft: 2017 DET · R1 #9

56Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3030pctl

2222pctl

3535pctl

8181pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2218pctl

0.0921pctl

0.1321pctl

1.022pctl

-1022pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.6%51pctl

1.6046pctl

0.0414pctl

Def Suppression?

1.1496pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

46.2%30pctl

D-Zone FO %?

52.3%67pctl

4.535pctl

0.3654pctl

0:1431pctl

1:2262pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 39 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

39.7%2pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

38.7%13pctl

O-zone deployment?

42%22pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.0 min21pctl

Support received?

16.9 min61pctl

D-zone deployment?

58%78pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0210pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8351pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2335pctl

0.94×23pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.19/gm65pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.2%58pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 708 EV min

General Offense

4.5827

7.3744

Shot Setups/60?

0.5925

Chance Setups/60?

0.5935

Primary Contributions/60?

5.1725

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0815

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0029

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3425

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4266

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0843

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3648

Rush Offense/60?

6.8737

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7659

0.5931

0.1754

Deflections/60?

1.0231

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0021

Entries Finished/60?

0.5128

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4246

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.2513

0.0823

0.1713

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Forechecking

4.0755

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

$3.20M

cap hit

$1.30M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Michael Rasmussen	56	Depth Forward	14 P · 64 GP	$3.20M	$1.30M	D−$1.9M	this player
Colton Sissons	55	Depth Forward	11 P · 66 GP	$2.86M	$1.16M	D−$1.7M	91%
John Beecher	56	Depth Forward	7 P · 35 GP	$0.90M	$1.30M	C+$0.4M	90%
Michael McCarron	56	Depth Forward	17 P · 79 GP	$0.90M	$1.30M	C+$0.4M	90%
Brendan Gaunce	59	Faceoff General	6 P · 25 GP	$0.78M	$1.83M	B+$1.1M	89%

Chemistry

Top connection: J.T. Compher · 3 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

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 02-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:17 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 03-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:29 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 03-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:09 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 03-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:43 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:57 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 03-10

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:26 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:58 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:31 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:08 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:57 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)232 events shown

The office: the right circle - 2 of 6 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 8 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 73 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Detroit Red Wings	62	8	10	18	-8
2020-21	Detroit Red Wings	40	3	9	12	-5
2021-22	Detroit Red Wings	80	15	12	27	-25
2022-23	Detroit Red Wings	56	10	19	29	2
2023-24	Detroit Red Wings	75	13	20	33	8
2024-25	Detroit Red Wings	77	11	10	21	-12
2025-26	Detroit Red Wings	64	6	8	14	-10
Career	1 team	454	66	88	154	-50