HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Ryan Poehling

Anaheim Ducks · C · #25
Middle-six playerDepth Forward?Shot-eating depth: 86 blocks in 75 games
HT
6'2"
WT
206 lb
Age
27
Shoots
L
From
Lakeville, USA
Draft
2017 MTL · R1 #25
67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
3636pctl
Playmaking?
5959pctl
Transition?
4141pctl
Defense?
8181pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.4859pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1537pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3368pctl
Shots / GP?
1.337pctl
Plus/Minus?
+882pctl
PP Points?
135pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
4.2%46pctl
ZEIS?
1.7752pctl
PSPL?
0.1459pctl
Def Suppression?
1.1596pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
48.4%45pctl
D-Zone FO %?
46.1%36pctl
Draws / GP
13.782pctl
Take : Give?
0.3553pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:1935pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:2996pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 47 GP tracked · 12h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.1 min33pctl
Support received?
17.3 min49pctl

Micro-metrics

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

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 920 EV min

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

$1.90M

cap hit

$3.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Ryan Poehling67$1.90MB+$1.8Mthis player
Cole Sillinger67$2.25MB+$1.4M92%
Morgan Barron65$1.85MB+$1.3M88%
Adam Henrique61--85%
Eetu Luostarinen68$3.00MB+$0.9M85%

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 2 G · 3 A · 17 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS

1P

1G 0A

vs STL

2P

1G 1A

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN

1P

0G 1A

@ NSH

1P

0G 1A

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

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)469 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 7 of 11 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 95 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2018-19Montréal Canadiens13033
2019-20Montréal Canadiens27112-4
2021-22Montréal Canadiens579817-21
2022-23Pittsburgh Penguins537714-2
2023-24Philadelphia Flyers77111728-11
2024-25Philadelphia Flyers68121931-4
2025-26Anaheim Ducks751125368
Career4 teams3585477131-31