Regular season

Ryan McLeod

Buffalo Sabres · C · #71

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?54 points in 81 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'3"
WT: 204 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: Mississauga, CAN
Draft: 2018 EDM · R2 #40

69Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4343pctl

5757pctl

2929pctl

3434pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.6774pctl

0.1746pctl

0.4987pctl

1.128pctl

+2597pctl

763pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.9%55pctl

1.1427pctl

0.0832pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1919pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

47.7%40pctl

D-Zone FO %?

47.2%39pctl

15.990pctl

0.3863pctl

1:3562pctl

2:2696pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 15h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.0%53pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

55.4%76pctl

O-zone deployment?

50%52pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min64pctl

Support received?

18.5 min16pctl

D-zone deployment?

50%48pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0645pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3626pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1516pctl

0.99×51pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.32/gm18pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.6%68pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1101 EV min

General Offense

3.3211

4.9612

Shot Setups/60?

0.4918

Chance Setups/60?

0.3819

Primary Contributions/60?

3.8111

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2724

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0027

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2718

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0513

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0018

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.0931

Rush Offense/60?

5.5617

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3316

0.3314

0.1653

Deflections/60?

0.4911

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1661

Entries Finished/60?

0.2211

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1113

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.5191

0.7689

1.7489

Retrieval Success %?

30%64

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%30

Forechecking

0.499

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

$5.00M

cap hit

$4.22M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$0.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ryan McLeod	69	Depth Forward	54 P · 81 GP	$5.00M	$4.22M	D−$0.8M	this player
Denver Barkey	64	Depth Forward	17 P · 43 GP	$0.88M	$2.92M	A+$2.0M	81%
Shane Wright	65	Depth Forward	27 P · 74 GP	$0.89M	$3.17M	A+$2.3M	80%
Emmitt Finnie	64	Depth Forward	30 P · 82 GP	$0.82M	$2.92M	A+$2.1M	80%
Jonathan Toews	64	Faceoff General	29 P · 82 GP	-	$2.92M	-	80%

Chemistry

Top connection: Alex Tuch · 12 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Ryan’s goals

Creates for

goals Ryan assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 2 G · 2 A · 6 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.8 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 03-25

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:12 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 03-27

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:26 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:44 TOI

vs NYI

0P

0G 0A

vs NYI 03-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:38 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:41 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:53 TOI

vs TBL

1P

0G 1A

vs TBL 04-06

0G 1A · 0 shots · 17:31 TOI

@ NYR

2P

1G 1A

@ NYR 04-08

1G 1A · 2 shots · 17:10 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:53 TOI

@ CHI

1P

1G 0A

@ CHI 04-13

1G 0A · 1 shots · 16:08 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)518 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 7 of 14 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 36 blocks · 24 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Edmonton Oilers	10	0	1	1	-2
2021-22	Edmonton Oilers	71	9	12	21	-2
2022-23	Edmonton Oilers	57	11	12	23	4
2023-24	Edmonton Oilers	81	12	18	30	10
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	79	20	33	53	13
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	81	14	40	54	25
Career	2 teams	379	66	116	182	48