Regular season

Shane Pinto

Ottawa Senators · C · #12

Top-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 46 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'3"
WT: 206 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: R
From: Franklin Square, USA
Draft: 2019 OTT · R2 #32

78Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7979pctl

6262pctl

7777pctl

6969pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.6472pctl

0.3282pctl

0.3266pctl

2.279pctl

+677pctl

555pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

10.3%89pctl

3.0684pctl

0.1667pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5362pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

51.8%65pctl

D-Zone FO %?

55.8%85pctl

10.668pctl

0.4782pctl

1:4966pctl

2:1693pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 39 GP tracked · 12h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.3%70pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

50.0%52pctl

O-zone deployment?

26%2pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.9 min89pctl

Support received?

17.6 min39pctl

D-zone deployment?

74%98pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1795pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.5785pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.5690pctl

0.99×50pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.11/gm90pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.7%85pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1053 EV min

General Offense

6.0458

7.9852

Shot Setups/60?

1.0862

Chance Setups/60?

0.8561

Primary Contributions/60?

7.1260

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2320

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0027

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6863

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.5179

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0670

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1764

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6061

Rush Offense/60?

8.2057

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.8063

1.2079

0.1756

Deflections/60?

1.6063

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2374

Entries Finished/60?

0.9166

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4648

Entry → Chance %?

50%24

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.4269

0.4068

1.0365

Retrieval Success %?

28%58

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0665

Exit Success %?

4%57

Forechecking

3.5352

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

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

$3.75M

cap hit

$6.95M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Shane Pinto	78	Middle-Six Engine	46 P · 72 GP	$3.75M	$6.95M	A+$3.2M	this player
Dawson Mercer	72	Middle-Six Engine	42 P · 82 GP	$4.00M	$5.08M	B+$1.1M	84%
Logan Cooley	80	Middle-Six Engine	43 P · 54 GP	$0.95M	$7.61M	A++$6.7M	84%
Matty Beniers	75	Middle-Six Engine	50 P · 82 GP	$7.14M	$5.99M	D−$1.2M	84%
Logan Stankoven	75	Middle-Six Engine	44 P · 81 GP	$0.81M	$5.99M	A++$5.2M	80%

Chemistry

Top connection: Michael Amadio · 12 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Shane’s goals

Creates for

goals Shane assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 4 G · 3 A · 17 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:03 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:48 TOI

vs BUF

1P

1G 0A

vs BUF 04-02

1G 0A · 3 shots · 20:10 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:39 TOI

vs CAR

2P

1G 1A

vs CAR 04-05

1G 1A · 3 shots · 17:10 TOI

vs TBL

1P

1G 0A

vs TBL 04-07

1G 0A · 2 shots · 17:20 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:09 TOI

@ NYI

1P

0G 1A

@ NYI 04-11

0G 1A · 0 shots · 19:51 TOI

@ NJD

1P

1G 0A

@ NJD 04-12

1G 0A · 4 shots · 21:33 TOI

vs TOR

1P

0G 1A

vs TOR 04-15

0G 1A · 3 shots · 18:00 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)534 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 8 of 23 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 25 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 56 blocks · 11 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Ottawa Senators	12	1	6	7	6
2021-22	Ottawa Senators	5	0	1	1	0
2022-23	Ottawa Senators	82	20	15	35	-21
2023-24	Ottawa Senators	41	9	18	27	9
2024-25	Ottawa Senators	70	21	16	37	10
2025-26	Ottawa Senators	72	23	23	46	6
Career	1 team	282	74	79	153	10