Regular season

Nico Hischier

New Jersey Devils · C · #13

First-line playerTop-Six Threat?66 points in 82 games with strong all-around impact

HT: 6'1"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: L
From: Naters, CHE
Draft: 2017 NJD · R1 #1

85Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8383pctl

8484pctl

8383pctl

7676pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.8084pctl

0.3484pctl

0.4684pctl

2.689pctl

-634pctl

2391pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

11.4%94pctl

3.5290pctl

0.3095pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7078pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

55.8%87pctl

D-Zone FO %?

55.0%81pctl

22.0100pctl

0.3861pctl

3:0381pctl

1:4978pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 17h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

55.8%90pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

37.3%9pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%46pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.8 min78pctl

Support received?

18.9 min8pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%54pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.2098pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

2.1396pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.7296pctl

1.06×88pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.26/gm34pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.7%48pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1301 EV min

General Offense

5.4446

8.4460

Shot Setups/60?

1.2978

Chance Setups/60?

1.0174

Primary Contributions/60?

6.7353

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7482

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0026

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.9784

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4267

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0564

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1867

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6162

Rush Offense/60?

7.3344

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6951

0.7848

0.1860

Deflections/60?

1.6667

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2375

Entries Finished/60?

0.6542

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4243

Entry → Chance %?

64%55

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.1147

0.3765

0.7440

Retrieval Success %?

33%72

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0559

Exit Success %?

4%58

Forechecking

2.1733

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0575

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

$7.25M

cap hit

$9.36M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Nico Hischier	85	Top-Six Threat	66 P · 82 GP	$7.25M	$9.36M	A+$2.1M	this player
Nick Schmaltz	87	Two-Way Force	74 P · 82 GP	$5.85M	$10.09M	A++$4.2M	93%
Brock Nelson	84	Top-Six Threat	65 P · 81 GP	$7.50M	$9.00M	B+$1.5M	92%
Wyatt Johnston	90	Top-Six Threat	86 P · 82 GP	$8.40M	$11.21M	A+$2.8M	88%
Nick Suzuki	91	Two-Way Force	101 P · 82 GP	$7.88M	$12.02M	A++$4.1M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jesper Bratt · 18 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Nico’s goals

Creates for

goals Nico assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

10 pts · 2 G · 8 A · 20 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

2P

0G 2A

vs CHI 03-29

0G 2A · 2 shots · 21:25 TOI

@ NYR

1P

0G 1A

@ NYR 03-31

0G 1A · 1 shots · 19:38 TOI

vs WSH

2P

0G 2A

vs WSH 04-02

0G 2A · 0 shots · 21:08 TOI

vs MTL

1P

0G 1A

vs MTL 04-04

0G 1A · 3 shots · 23:47 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-05

0G 0A · 3 shots · 23:44 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-07

0G 0A · 3 shots · 17:56 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:06 TOI

@ DET

1P

0G 1A

@ DET 04-11

0G 1A · 3 shots · 20:13 TOI

vs OTT

3P

2G 1A

vs OTT 04-12

2G 1A · 5 shots · 22:40 TOI

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:47 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)809 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 13 of 28 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 38 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 68 blocks · 10 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2017-18	New Jersey Devils	82	20	32	52	10
2018-19	New Jersey Devils	69	17	30	47	0
2019-20	New Jersey Devils	58	14	22	36	-16
2020-21	New Jersey Devils	21	6	5	11	-9
2021-22	New Jersey Devils	70	21	39	60	-1
2022-23	New Jersey Devils	81	31	49	80	33
2023-24	New Jersey Devils	71	27	40	67	-5
2024-25	New Jersey Devils	75	35	34	69	9
2025-26	New Jersey Devils	82	28	38	66	-6
Career	1 team	609	199	289	488	15