HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Bobby Brink

Minnesota Wild · RW · #10
Middle-six playerDepth Forward?30 points in 68 games in a supporting role
HT
5'8"
WT
169 lb
Age
25
Shoots
R
From
Minnetonka, USA
Draft
2019 PHI · R2 #34
69Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5959pctl
Playmaking?
5454pctl
Transition?
6060pctl
Defense?
5252pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.4452pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2261pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2247pctl
Shots / GP?
1.554pctl
Plus/Minus?
-730pctl
PP Points?
763pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
7.2%75pctl
ZEIS?
2.3069pctl
PSPL?
0.1667pctl
Def Suppression?
0.4756pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
6.138pctl
Hits / 60?
4.755pctl
Take : Give?
0.2742pctl
Blocks / 60?
2.2770pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:5863pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0239pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 41 GP tracked · 10h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.3 min42pctl
Support received?
17.8 min36pctl

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 · 896 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

$1.50M

cap hit

$4.22M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Bobby Brink69$1.50MA+$2.7Mthis player
Taylor Hall73$3.17MA+$2.2M89%
James van Riemsdyk68--86%
Gabe Perreault72$0.94MA++$4.1M85%
Erik Haula68$3.15MB+$0.8M85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Noah Cates · 13 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 1 G · 2 A · 11 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL

2P

1G 1A

@ TBL

1P

0G 1A

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA

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)206 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 7 of 15 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 18 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 47 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2021-22Philadelphia Flyers10044-5
2023-24Philadelphia Flyers571112231
2024-25Philadelphia Flyers79122941-11
2025-26Philadelphia Flyers55131326-5
2025-26Minnesota Wild13224-2
Career2 teams214386098-22