Regular season

Isac Lundeström

Columbus Blue Jackets · C · #21

Depth playerDepth Forward?12 points in 68 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 192 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: Gallivare, SWE
Draft: 2018 ANA · R1 #23

50Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1414pctl

2020pctl

99pctl

1717pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.1811pctl

0.0611pctl

0.1218pctl

0.88pctl

-250pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.5%25pctl

0.253pctl

0.0414pctl

Def Suppression?

0.0810pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

52.1%67pctl

D-Zone FO %?

53.6%74pctl

3.831pctl

0.2114pctl

0:0316pctl

1:2663pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

44.5%14pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

42.3%21pctl

O-zone deployment?

37%11pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min18pctl

Support received?

17.6 min40pctl

D-zone deployment?

63%89pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0211pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3626pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.119pctl

0.98×44pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.19/gm63pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.4%7pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 742 EV min

General Offense

3.4815

3.9613

Shot Setups/60?

0.4016

Chance Setups/60?

0.1614

Primary Contributions/60?

3.8814

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3231

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1679

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.1616

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0818

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1662

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.9727

Rush Offense/60?

4.4514

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.1614

0.0812

0.0019

Deflections/60?

0.9730

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.3280

Entries Finished/60?

0.5734

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4954

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.9483

0.0822

1.8687

Retrieval Success %?

4%14

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Exit Success %?

0%32

Forechecking

1.7028

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

$1.30M

cap hit

$0.86M

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
Isac Lundeström	50	Depth Forward	12 P · 68 GP	$1.30M	$0.86M	C−$0.4M	this player
Calle Jarnkrok	51	Depth Forward	8 P · 56 GP	-	$0.86M	-	91%
Kyle MacLean	50	Depth Forward	7 P · 59 GP	$0.80M	$0.86M	C+$0.1M	89%
Jesper Boqvist	52	Depth Forward	13 P · 73 GP	$1.50M	$0.86M	C−$0.6M	88%
Sam Lafferty	50	Depth Forward	2 P · 29 GP	$2.00M	$0.86M	D−$1.1M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Miles Wood · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Isac’s goals

Creates for

goals Isac assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:49 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:28 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:07 TOI

@ CAR

1P

0G 1A

@ CAR 04-02

0G 1A · 0 shots · 15:34 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:50 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:51 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:29 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:38 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:36 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:39 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)191 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 3 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 5 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 37 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Anaheim Ducks	15	0	2	2	-1
2019-20	Anaheim Ducks	15	0	4	4	-2
2020-21	Anaheim Ducks	41	6	3	9	-9
2021-22	Anaheim Ducks	80	16	13	29	-3
2022-23	Anaheim Ducks	61	4	10	14	-13
2023-24	Anaheim Ducks	46	5	6	11	-1
2024-25	Anaheim Ducks	79	4	11	15	-12
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	68	4	8	12	-2
Career	2 teams	405	39	57	96	-43