Regular season

Vasily Podkolzin

Edmonton Oilers · RW · #92

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 242 hits (11.5/60)

HT: 6'1"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Moscow, RUS
Draft: 2019 VAN · R1 #10

68Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5757pctl

4747pctl

4242pctl

6363pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4553pctl

0.2363pctl

0.2246pctl

1.762pctl

+1692pctl

346pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6%64pctl

1.6046pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5362pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.648pctl

11.586pctl

0.3563pctl

2.4777pctl

0:2829pctl

0:3865pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.7%58pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

56.7%80pctl

O-zone deployment?

58%84pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.9 min87pctl

Support received?

18.7 min12pctl

D-zone deployment?

42%16pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0644pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.1267pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3151pctl

0.96×32pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.20/gm58pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.6%84pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1172 EV min

General Offense

6.0458

7.1738

Shot Setups/60?

0.5621

Chance Setups/60?

0.4623

Primary Contributions/60?

6.6151

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4143

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0027

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4131

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2030

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0529

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.6713

Rush Offense/60?

7.7349

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4624

0.6737

0.1550

Deflections/60?

1.1838

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1046

Entries Finished/60?

0.4623

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3638

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.1852

0.2038

0.9762

Retrieval Success %?

17%28

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0562

Exit Success %?

4%60

Forechecking

8.6682

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

$1.00M

cap hit

$3.94M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Vasily Podkolzin	68	Depth Forward	37 P · 82 GP	$1.00M	$3.94M	A+$2.9M	this player
Joel Farabee	70	Depth Forward	38 P · 82 GP	$5.00M	$4.50M	C−$0.5M	85%
Michael Amadio	66	Depth Forward	35 P · 81 GP	$2.60M	$3.42M	B+$0.8M	84%
Pontus Holmberg	64	Depth Forward	22 P · 70 GP	$1.55M	$2.92M	B+$1.4M	84%
Braeden Bowman	69	Depth Forward	26 P · 54 GP	$0.88M	$4.22M	A+$3.3M	83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Leon Draisaitl · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Vasily’s goals

Creates for

goals Vasily assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 3 G · 3 A · 22 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VGK

1P

0G 1A

@ VGK 03-26

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:33 TOI

vs ANA

1P

0G 1A

vs ANA 03-28

0G 1A · 3 shots · 16:52 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:13 TOI

vs CHI

1P

1G 0A

vs CHI 04-02

1G 0A · 3 shots · 14:53 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-04

0G 0A · 3 shots · 13:34 TOI

@ UTA

1P

1G 0A

@ UTA 04-07

1G 0A · 2 shots · 15:43 TOI

@ SJS

2P

1G 1A

@ SJS 04-08

1G 1A · 3 shots · 16:48 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:27 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-13

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:15 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-16

0G 0A · 3 shots · 17:02 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)224 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 5 of 19 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 63 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Vancouver Canucks	79	14	12	26	7
2022-23	Vancouver Canucks	39	4	3	7	-5
2023-24	Vancouver Canucks	19	0	2	2	-4
2024-25	Edmonton Oilers	82	8	16	24	1
2025-26	Edmonton Oilers	82	19	18	37	16
Career	2 teams	301	45	51	96	15