Regular season

Kyle MacLean

New York Islanders · C · #32

Depth playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 121 hits (11.7/60)

HT: 6'1"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: L
From: Verona, USA

50Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1313pctl

1919pctl

1111pctl

2828pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.124pctl

0.033pctl

0.089pctl

0.76pctl

-634pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3%31pctl

0.477pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2122pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

60.8%98pctl

1.316pctl

0.2725pctl

0:0212pctl

0:0932pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 38 GP tracked · 7h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.6%57pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

43.5%24pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%48pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.5 min3pctl

Support received?

15.6 min96pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%52pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0753pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8854pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3356pctl

0.91×13pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.13/gm86pctl

Pressure escape rate?

3.9%1pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 610 EV min

General Offense

4.2323

6.2025

Shot Setups/60?

1.1868

Chance Setups/60?

0.7954

Primary Contributions/60?

5.4128

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3943

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4941

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.5980

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1079

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1045

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.4854

Rush Offense/60?

5.4121

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6950

0.9865

0.1036

Deflections/60?

1.3851

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1045

Entries Finished/60?

0.4928

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2021

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.1853

0.1026

1.0867

Retrieval Success %?

8%20

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%33

Forechecking

8.1676

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

$0.80M

cap hit

$0.86M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Kyle MacLean	50	Depth Forward	7 P · 59 GP	$0.80M	$0.86M	C+$0.1M	this player
Hendrix Lapierre	52	Depth Forward	16 P · 74 GP	$0.85M	$0.86M	C+$0.0M	91%
Ben Jones	53	Depth Forward	3 P · 28 GP	$0.78M	$0.92M	C+$0.1M	89%
Isac Lundeström	50	Depth Forward	12 P · 68 GP	$1.30M	$0.86M	C−$0.4M	89%
Sam Lafferty	50	Depth Forward	2 P · 29 GP	$2.00M	$0.86M	D−$1.1M	89%

Chemistry

Top connection: Casey Cizikas · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Kyle’s goals

Creates for

goals Kyle assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 03-19

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:47 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 03-22

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:27 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 03-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:28 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-26

0G 0A · 2 shots · 10:00 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:47 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 03-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:55 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:18 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-03

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:15 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:19 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:45 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)142 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 11 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 29 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	New York Islanders	32	4	5	9	5
2024-25	New York Islanders	81	4	7	11	-15
2025-26	New York Islanders	59	2	5	7	-6
Career	1 team	172	10	17	27	-16