HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Connor Dewar

Pittsburgh Penguins · C · #19
Middle-six playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 144 hits (8.0/60)
HT
5'10"
WT
187 lb
Age
27
Shoots
L
From
The Pas, CAN
Draft
2018 MIN · R3 #92
65Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5151pctl
Playmaking?
4141pctl
Transition?
6161pctl
Defense?
6161pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.3845pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1848pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2141pctl
Shots / GP?
1.447pctl
Plus/Minus?
+1692pctl
PP Points?
016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6.3%67pctl
ZEIS?
2.3671pctl
PSPL?
0.1042pctl
Def Suppression?
0.5868pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
47.4%37pctl
D-Zone FO %?
44.6%32pctl
Draws / GP
1.519pctl
Take : Give?
0.2726pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0210pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:4199pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 11h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.3 min42pctl
Support received?
16.8 min66pctl

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 · 874 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

$1.10M

cap hit

$3.17M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Connor Dewar65$1.10MA+$2.1Mthis player
Jack McBain63$4.25MD$1.6M86%
Matt Savoie67$0.89MA+$2.8M84%
Jake Evans63$2.85MC$0.2M82%
Pius Suter67$4.13MC$0.4M80%

Chemistry

Top connection: Noel Acciari · 9 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 7 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI

1P

0G 1A

vs DET

1P

0G 1A

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA

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)280 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 8 of 14 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 19 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 60 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2021-22Minnesota Wild35246-4
2022-23Minnesota Wild8161218-5
2023-24Minnesota Wild5710414-6
2023-24Toronto Maple Leafs17145-2
2024-25Toronto Maple Leafs31033-3
2024-25Pittsburgh Penguins174370
2025-26Pittsburgh Penguins7814163016
Career3 teams316374683-4