Regular season

Nick Suzuki

Montréal Canadiens · C · #14

EliteTwo-Way Force?Scores while suppressing: Def Sup 0.89 plus 101 points

HT: 5'11"
WT: 207 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: R
From: London, CAN
Draft: 2017 VGK · R1 #13

91Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8282pctl

8181pctl

8181pctl

8383pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

1.2398pctl

0.3585pctl

0.8899pctl

2.280pctl

+3799pctl

43100pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

10.6%90pctl

3.4289pctl

0.1977pctl

Def Suppression?

0.8989pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

50.4%56pctl

D-Zone FO %?

47.1%39pctl

17.796pctl

0.4069pctl

3:3295pctl

0:4246pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 53 GP tracked · 19h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.1%68pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

60.0%90pctl

O-zone deployment?

53%64pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

18.2 min99pctl

Support received?

19.1 min5pctl

D-zone deployment?

47%36pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1590pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.3678pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.5286pctl

1.12×97pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.30/gm21pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.8%86pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1359 EV min

General Offense

4.7728

6.8031

Shot Setups/60?

0.7938

Chance Setups/60?

0.6236

Primary Contributions/60?

5.5628

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4954

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1377

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4434

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2232

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3186

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6866

Rush Offense/60?

6.9837

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6242

0.6636

0.1346

Deflections/60?

0.5311

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.4490

Entries Finished/60?

0.8461

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6272

Entry → Chance %?

74%73

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.9334

0.4475

0.4918

Retrieval Success %?

48%89

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1890

Exit Success %?

19%92

Forechecking

1.9030

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

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

$7.88M

cap hit

$12.02M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$4.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Nick Suzuki	91	Two-Way Force	101 P · 82 GP	$7.88M	$12.02M	A++$4.1M	this player
Nick Schmaltz	87	Two-Way Force	74 P · 82 GP	$5.85M	$10.09M	A++$4.2M	91%
Wyatt Johnston	90	Top-Six Threat	86 P · 82 GP	$8.40M	$11.21M	A+$2.8M	89%
Nico Hischier	85	Top-Six Threat	66 P · 82 GP	$7.25M	$9.36M	A+$2.1M	86%
Tage Thompson	89	Transition Engine	81 P · 81 GP	$7.14M	$10.83M	A+$3.7M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Cole Caufield · 38 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Nick’s goals

Creates for

goals Nick assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

13 pts · 5 G · 8 A · 24 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CAR

3P

2G 1A

@ CAR 03-29

2G 1A · 5 shots · 20:17 TOI

@ TBL

1P

1G 0A

@ TBL 03-31

1G 0A · 5 shots · 20:27 TOI

@ NYR

2P

0G 2A

@ NYR 04-02

0G 2A · 1 shots · 21:17 TOI

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ NJD 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 23:55 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:42 TOI

vs FLA

1P

1G 0A

vs FLA 04-07

1G 0A · 3 shots · 19:27 TOI

vs TBL

2P

0G 2A

vs TBL 04-09

0G 2A · 1 shots · 22:25 TOI

vs CBJ

1P

0G 1A

vs CBJ 04-11

0G 1A · 2 shots · 18:53 TOI

@ NYI

2P

1G 1A

@ NYI 04-12

1G 1A · 4 shots · 18:29 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 22:54 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)735 events shown

The office: the right circle - 10 of 29 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 32 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 72 blocks · 14 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	Montréal Canadiens	71	13	28	41	-15
2020-21	Montréal Canadiens	56	15	26	41	-5
2021-22	Montréal Canadiens	82	21	40	61	-29
2022-23	Montréal Canadiens	82	26	40	66	-13
2023-24	Montréal Canadiens	82	33	44	77	-14
2024-25	Montréal Canadiens	82	30	59	89	19
2025-26	Montréal Canadiens	82	29	72	101	37
Career	1 team	537	167	309	476	-20