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Regular season

Eric Robinson

Carolina Hurricanes · LW · #50
Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 90 hits (7.0/60)
HT
6'2"
WT
220 lb
Age
31
Shoots
L
From
Bellmawr, USA
60Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4444pctl
Playmaking?
3232pctl
Transition?
5151pctl
Defense?
3636pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.2729pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1847pctl
Assists / GP?
0.0911pctl
Shots / GP?
1.337pctl
Plus/Minus?
+780pctl
PP Points?
016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
4.3%48pctl
ZEIS?
2.1365pctl
PSPL?
0.1251pctl
Def Suppression?
0.2830pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
6.647pctl
Hits / 60?
7.071pctl
Take : Give?
0.3153pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.0111pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0313pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:0276pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 8h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.6 min6pctl
Support received?
16.3 min86pctl

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 · 693 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

$1.70M

cap hit

$2.03M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Eric Robinson60$1.70MC+$0.3Mthis player
Alexander Holtz61$0.84MB+$1.4M89%
Rutger McGroarty61$0.95MB+$1.3M89%
Cole Koepke58$1.00MC+$0.6M87%
Noah Gregor59$0.78MB+$1.1M86%

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

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)184 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 4 of 12 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 18 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 23 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2017-18Columbus Blue Jackets10001
2018-19Columbus Blue Jackets13000-4
2019-20Columbus Blue Jackets50751210
2020-21Columbus Blue Jackets56810186
2021-22Columbus Blue Jackets67101727-1
2022-23Columbus Blue Jackets72121224-21
2023-24Columbus Blue Jackets7101-3
2023-24Buffalo Sabres402790
2024-25Carolina Hurricanes8214183214
2025-26Carolina Hurricanes67126187
Career3 teams45566751419