Regular season

Pius Suter

St. Louis Blues · C · #22

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?29 points in 64 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'11"
WT: 172 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: L
From: Zurich, CHE

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5757pctl

4141pctl

5151pctl

5555pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4554pctl

0.2057pctl

0.2553pctl

1.552pctl

+1389pctl

450pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

7.8%78pctl

1.8454pctl

0.0728pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4148pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

48.4%44pctl

D-Zone FO %?

43.3%23pctl

8.657pctl

0.3864pctl

1:0854pctl

1:4475pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 12h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.8%51pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

55.3%75pctl

O-zone deployment?

40%17pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min31pctl

Support received?

17.2 min52pctl

D-zone deployment?

60%83pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1175pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.6086pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.6795pctl

0.96×28pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.20/gm57pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.0%31pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 834 EV min

General Offense

5.7552

8.0554

Shot Setups/60?

0.6527

Chance Setups/60?

0.6540

Primary Contributions/60?

6.4048

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3637

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0028

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4334

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1421

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0020

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2240

Rush Offense/60?

6.4029

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.0178

1.3783

0.0731

Deflections/60?

1.6565

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1456

Entries Finished/60?

0.1412

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0713

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.5015

0.0720

0.4317

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Forechecking

2.0934

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

$4.13M

cap hit

$3.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Pius Suter	67	Depth Forward	29 P · 64 GP	$4.13M	$3.68M	C−$0.4M	this player
Matt Savoie	67	Depth Forward	37 P · 82 GP	$0.89M	$3.68M	A+$2.8M	90%
Jordan Staal	70	Depth Forward	36 P · 75 GP	$2.92M	$4.50M	B+$1.6M	87%
Emmitt Finnie	64	Depth Forward	30 P · 82 GP	$0.82M	$2.92M	A+$2.1M	87%
Justin Sourdif	68	Depth Forward	35 P · 78 GP	$0.82M	$3.94M	A+$3.1M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Dylan Holloway · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Pius’s goals

Creates for

goals Pius assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 2 G · 4 A · 9 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs TOR

1P

1G 0A

vs TOR 03-28

1G 0A · 1 shots · 13:09 TOI

@ SJS

1P

0G 1A

@ SJS 03-30

0G 1A · 1 shots · 12:44 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-01

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:40 TOI

@ ANA

2P

1G 1A

@ ANA 04-03

1G 1A · 1 shots · 15:41 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-05

0G 0A · 3 shots · 15:10 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:16 TOI

@ CHI

1P

0G 1A

@ CHI 04-11

0G 1A · 0 shots · 14:49 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:36 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:00 TOI

@ UTA

1P

0G 1A

@ UTA 04-16

0G 1A · 1 shots · 13:38 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)360 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 6 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 10 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 28 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Chicago Blackhawks	55	14	13	27	-5
2021-22	Detroit Red Wings	82	15	21	36	-11
2022-23	Detroit Red Wings	79	14	10	24	-3
2023-24	Vancouver Canucks	67	14	15	29	17
2024-25	Vancouver Canucks	81	25	21	46	2
2025-26	St. Louis Blues	64	13	16	29	13
Career	4 teams	428	95	96	191	13