Regular season

Alexandre Texier

Montréal Canadiens · LW · #85

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?21 points in 51 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 196 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: Saint-Martin-d'Hères, FRA
Draft: 2017 CBJ · R2 #45

64Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4040pctl

4747pctl

5353pctl

3333pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4148pctl

0.1641pctl

0.2554pctl

1.549pctl

+984pctl

135pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.7%52pctl

2.2167pctl

0.1042pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2830pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.443pctl

5.662pctl

0.2637pctl

1.2926pctl

0:5937pctl

0:1456pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 31 GP tracked · 7h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

55.1%88pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

65.2%96pctl

O-zone deployment?

45%27pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min40pctl

Support received?

17.5 min42pctl

D-zone deployment?

55%73pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0426pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.9055pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3661pctl

1.03×75pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.22/gm49pctl

Pressure escape rate?

11.3%97pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 635 EV min

General Offense

6.3362

7.9451

Shot Setups/60?

0.6630

Chance Setups/60?

0.6641

Primary Contributions/60?

7.0057

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3840

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3829

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1930

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1966

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.9975

Rush Offense/60?

8.6063

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.8567

1.0469

0.1959

Deflections/60?

0.7622

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0022

Entries Finished/60?

0.6644

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2830

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.8530

0.2852

0.5729

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Forechecking

4.6361

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0982

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

$2.10M

cap hit

$2.92M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Alexandre Texier	64	Depth Forward	21 P · 51 GP	$2.10M	$2.92M	B+$0.8M	this player
Kevin Hayes	64	Depth Forward	8 P · 28 GP	-	$2.92M	-	91%
Easton Cowan	65	Depth Forward	29 P · 66 GP	$0.87M	$3.17M	A+$2.3M	88%
Nick Paul	61	Depth Forward	15 P · 51 GP	$3.15M	$2.24M	D−$0.9M	88%
Kaapo Kakko	69	Depth Forward	40 P · 65 GP	$4.53M	$4.22M	C−$0.3M	87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jake Evans · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Alexandre’s goals

Creates for

goals Alexandre assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 11 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 03-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:04 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 03-17

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:37 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 03-19

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:46 TOI

vs NYI

0P

0G 0A

vs NYI 03-21

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:38 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:54 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:18 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:03 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:42 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 04-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:27 TOI

@ PHI

1P

0G 1A

@ PHI 04-14

0G 1A · 0 shots · 16:54 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)150 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 4 of 8 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 19 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Columbus Blue Jackets	2	1	0	1	3
2019-20	Columbus Blue Jackets	36	6	7	13	3
2020-21	Columbus Blue Jackets	49	4	11	15	-13
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	36	11	9	20	0
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	78	12	18	30	-5
2024-25	St. Louis Blues	31	6	5	11	-3
2025-26	St. Louis Blues	8	0	1	1	0
2025-26	Montréal Canadiens	43	8	12	20	9
Career	3 teams	283	48	63	111	-6