HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Andrei Svechnikov

Carolina Hurricanes · RW · #37
Top-six playerSniper?31 goals on 28.1 expected - a volume shooter
HT
6'3"
WT
200 lb
Age
26
Shoots
L
From
Barnaul, RUS
Draft
2018 CAR · R1 #2
83Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
8484pctl
Playmaking?
6969pctl
Transition?
8585pctl
Defense?
1919pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.8988pctl
Goals / GP?
0.3989pctl
Assists / GP?
0.4987pctl
Shots / GP?
2.689pctl
Plus/Minus?
+163pctl
PP Points?
2996pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
9.6%85pctl
ZEIS?
3.9994pctl
PSPL?
0.1563pctl
Def Suppression?
0.0911pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
9.190pctl
Hits / 60?
6.669pctl
Take : Give?
0.2532pctl
Blocks / 60?
0.712pctl
PP TOI / GP?
2:5883pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0014pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 14h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
18.1 min95pctl
Support received?
19.0 min7pctl

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 · 1107 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

$7.75M

cap hit

$8.65M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Andrei Svechnikov83$7.75MB+$0.9Mthis player
Dylan Guenther85$7.14MA+$2.2M92%
Cutter Gauthier86$0.95MA++$8.8M89%
Travis Konecny82$8.75MC$0.5M87%
Pavel Dorofeyev83$1.83MA++$6.8M85%

Recent form · last 10 games

11 pts · 6 G · 5 A · 29 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ PIT

1P

0G 1A

@ MTL

1P

0G 1A

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL

1P

1G 0A

@ CBJ

2P

1G 1A

vs CBJ

1P

1G 0A

vs NYI

1P

0G 1A

@ OTT

1P

1G 0A

vs BOS

2P

1G 1A

@ UTA

1P

1G 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)427 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 12 of 31 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 30 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 27 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2018-19Carolina Hurricanes822017370
2019-20Carolina Hurricanes682437619
2020-21Carolina Hurricanes551527421
2021-22Carolina Hurricanes7830396919
2022-23Carolina Hurricanes642332556
2023-24Carolina Hurricanes5919335213
2024-25Carolina Hurricanes72202848-8
2025-26Carolina Hurricanes793139701
Career1 team55718225243441