Regular season

Joe Veleno

New York Rangers · C · #90

Depth playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 166 hits (13.5/60)

HT: 6'1"
WT: 201 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: Montréal, CAN
Draft: 2018 DET · R1 #30

50Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1414pctl

1515pctl

1717pctl

7474pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.082pctl

0.033pctl

0.054pctl

0.911pctl

-1217pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.1%33pctl

1.0724pctl

0.0414pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6373pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

51.6%63pctl

D-Zone FO %?

56.6%88pctl

5.239pctl

0.4272pctl

0:0315pctl

1:3269pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 38 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.7%42pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

38.5%12pctl

O-zone deployment?

44%26pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min14pctl

Support received?

16.7 min71pctl

D-zone deployment?

56%74pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0212pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.7546pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1823pctl

0.90×10pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.33/gm17pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.9%27pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 642 EV min

General Offense

4.0220

5.2417

Shot Setups/60?

0.5624

Chance Setups/60?

0.5633

Primary Contributions/60?

4.5819

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2828

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2822

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0919

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0943

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2241

Rush Offense/60?

5.2419

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3722

0.7545

0.0935

Deflections/60?

1.5961

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0943

Entries Finished/60?

0.3722

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0917

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.5619

0.2851

0.2816

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Forechecking

11.5082

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0043

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

$2.27M

cap hit

$0.86M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Joe Veleno	50	Depth Forward	5 P · 61 GP	$2.27M	$0.86M	D−$1.4M	this player
Barclay Goodrow	51	Depth Forward	12 P · 82 GP	$3.64M	$0.86M	F−$2.8M	90%
Luke Glendening	50	Depth Forward	9 P · 70 GP	-	$0.86M	-	88%
Oskar Bäck	53	Depth Forward	12 P · 72 GP	$0.82M	$0.92M	C+$0.1M	88%
Tyson Kozak	53	Depth Forward	6 P · 46 GP	$0.82M	$0.92M	C+$0.1M	87%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Joe’s goals

Creates for

goals Joe assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:00 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:44 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:41 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:03 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:38 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:06 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 04-05

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:37 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:44 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:37 TOI

@ PHI

1P

0G 1A

@ PHI 04-14

0G 1A · 0 shots · 10:16 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)214 events shown

The office: the left circle - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 6 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 37 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Detroit Red Wings	5	1	0	1	0
2021-22	Detroit Red Wings	66	8	7	15	-14
2022-23	Detroit Red Wings	81	9	11	20	-12
2023-24	Detroit Red Wings	80	12	16	28	-16
2024-25	Detroit Red Wings	56	5	5	10	-14
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	18	3	4	7	-9
2025-26	Montréal Canadiens	61	2	3	5	-12
Career	3 teams	367	40	46	86	-77