Regular season

Miro Heiskanen

Dallas Stars · D · #4

Top-pair DTwo-Way D?Trusted both ways: 63 points, 132 blocks

HT: 6'2"
WT: 197 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: L
From: Espoo, FIN
Draft: 2017 DAL · R1 #3

85Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8181pctl

8585pctl

7878pctl

6969pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.8295pctl

0.1281pctl

0.7096pctl

1.987pctl

+977pctl

2898pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.5%49pctl

2.1767pctl

0.2080pctl

Def Suppression?

0.9089pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.7181pctl

4.0348pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

6.874pctl

0.64pctl

0.4289pctl

3:2797pctl

3:0697pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 19h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.8%59pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

50.8%55pctl

O-zone deployment?

54%70pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

18.1 min96pctl

Support received?

17.9 min33pctl

D-zone deployment?

46%30pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0425pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.4028pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2335pctl

1.14×99pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.39/gm6pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.0%30pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1457 EV min

General Offense

4.1270

3.3458

Shot Setups/60?

0.9164

Chance Setups/60?

0.7867

Primary Contributions/60?

5.0370

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4975

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0461

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4563

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0831

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0465

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2586

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6953

Rush Offense/60?

6.2665

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3361

0.2553

0.1277

Deflections/60?

0.0440

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0460

Entries Finished/60?

0.2544

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1257

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.4281

0.7888

2.6473

Retrieval Success %?

23%74

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1288

Exit Success %?

4%85

Forechecking

0.1617

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

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

$8.45M

cap hit

$10.05M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Miro Heiskanen	85	Two-Way D	63 P · 77 GP	$8.45M	$10.05M	B+$1.6M	this player
Moritz Seider	86	Two-Way D	60 P · 82 GP	$8.55M	$10.44M	B+$1.9M	93%
Jackson LaCombe	85	Offensive QB	58 P · 82 GP	$0.93M	$10.05M	A++$9.1M	93%
Charlie McAvoy	86	Offensive QB	61 P · 69 GP	$9.50M	$10.44M	B+$0.9M	90%
Lane Hutson	89	Two-Way D	78 P · 82 GP	$0.95M	$12.00M	A++$11.0M	89%

Chemistry

Top connection: Wyatt Johnston · 21 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Miro’s goals

Creates for

goals Miro assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 0 G · 5 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs VGK

1P

0G 1A

vs VGK 03-22

0G 1A · 1 shots · 26:08 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-24

0G 0A · 3 shots · 24:50 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 03-26

0G 0A · 4 shots · 23:31 TOI

@ PIT

1P

0G 1A

@ PIT 03-28

0G 1A · 2 shots · 25:38 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 24:07 TOI

@ BOS

1P

0G 1A

@ BOS 03-31

0G 1A · 0 shots · 25:03 TOI

vs WPG

1P

0G 1A

vs WPG 04-02

0G 1A · 1 shots · 24:34 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 23:51 TOI

vs CGY

1P

0G 1A

vs CGY 04-07

0G 1A · 1 shots · 27:09 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 5:45 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)507 events shown

The office: the right circle - 2 of 9 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 30 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 130 blocks · 29 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Dallas Stars	82	12	21	33	-14
2019-20	Dallas Stars	68	8	27	35	14
2020-21	Dallas Stars	55	8	19	27	-9
2021-22	Dallas Stars	70	5	31	36	3
2022-23	Dallas Stars	79	11	62	73	12
2023-24	Dallas Stars	71	9	45	54	8
2024-25	Dallas Stars	50	5	20	25	7
2025-26	Dallas Stars	77	9	54	63	9
Career	1 team	552	67	279	346	30