Regular season

Eetu Luostarinen

Florida Panthers · C · #27

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?33 points in 73 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'3"
WT: 191 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: L
From: Siilinjarvi, FIN
Draft: 2017 CAR · R2 #42

68Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4646pctl

5757pctl

4646pctl

8282pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4554pctl

0.1539pctl

0.3063pctl

1.551pctl

+473pctl

135pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.3%67pctl

1.7953pctl

0.1459pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7983pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

44.6%22pctl

D-Zone FO %?

43.7%26pctl

3.428pctl

0.4476pctl

1:0753pctl

1:5581pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 14h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

54.4%84pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

48.4%45pctl

O-zone deployment?

45%32pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

18.1 min95pctl

Support received?

18.9 min7pctl

D-zone deployment?

55%68pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0429pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.5284pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4474pctl

1.05×86pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.20/gm60pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.7%21pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 989 EV min

General Offense

4.8531

7.3443

Shot Setups/60?

0.7332

Chance Setups/60?

0.6135

Primary Contributions/60?

5.5829

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2422

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0656

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4940

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3050

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0673

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1252

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.4050

Rush Offense/60?

6.1926

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7963

0.7949

0.0627

Deflections/60?

2.4987

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0019

Entries Finished/60?

0.6139

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2423

Entry → Chance %?

40%14

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.9132

0.1835

0.7340

Retrieval Success %?

20%36

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%31

Forechecking

4.9164

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

$3.00M

cap hit

$3.94M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Eetu Luostarinen	68	Depth Forward	33 P · 73 GP	$3.00M	$3.94M	B+$0.9M	this player
Thomas Novak	70	Depth Forward	42 P · 82 GP	$3.50M	$4.50M	B+$1.0M	87%
Ryan Poehling	67	Depth Forward	36 P · 75 GP	$1.90M	$3.68M	B+$1.8M	85%
Cole Sillinger	67	Depth Forward	33 P · 81 GP	$2.25M	$3.68M	B+$1.4M	84%
Kirby Dach	67	Depth Forward	15 P · 37 GP	$3.36M	$3.68M	C+$0.3M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Anton Lundell · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Eetu’s goals

Creates for

goals Eetu assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 2 G · 5 A · 15 shots in last 10Heating up(+1.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-29

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:23 TOI

vs OTT

1P

0G 1A

vs OTT 03-31

0G 1A · 2 shots · 15:51 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:57 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:21 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:59 TOI

@ MTL

1P

1G 0A

@ MTL 04-07

1G 0A · 2 shots · 20:23 TOI

@ OTT

1P

0G 1A

@ OTT 04-09

0G 1A · 3 shots · 18:53 TOI

@ TOR

3P

1G 2A

@ TOR 04-11

1G 2A · 1 shots · 15:10 TOI

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:27 TOI

vs DET

1P

0G 1A

vs DET 04-15

0G 1A · 1 shots · 13:00 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)280 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 5 of 11 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 70 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	Carolina Hurricanes	8	0	1	1	-2
2020-21	Florida Panthers	44	3	5	8	-11
2021-22	Florida Panthers	78	9	17	26	1
2022-23	Florida Panthers	82	17	26	43	19
2023-24	Florida Panthers	82	12	15	27	1
2024-25	Florida Panthers	80	9	15	24	12
2025-26	Florida Panthers	73	11	22	33	4
Career	2 teams	447	61	101	162	24