Regular season

Alex Newhook

Montréal Canadiens · C · #15

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?25 points in 42 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'11"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: St. John's, CAN
Draft: 2019 COL · R1 #16

70Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5959pctl

4747pctl

4747pctl

3333pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.6069pctl

0.3180pctl

0.2960pctl

1.550pctl

+984pctl

346pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.1%56pctl

1.8755pctl

0.0937pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3236pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

47.5%38pctl

D-Zone FO %?

52.6%68pctl

6.343pctl

0.157pctl

1:0151pctl

0:5753pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 32 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

45.3%18pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

52.8%65pctl

O-zone deployment?

58%84pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.2 min34pctl

Support received?

17.6 min40pctl

D-zone deployment?

42%16pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1068pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.9356pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2945pctl

1.06×89pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.36/gm10pctl

Pressure escape rate?

4.3%2pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 526 EV min

General Offense

4.7933

7.1941

Shot Setups/60?

0.5727

Chance Setups/60?

0.5735

Primary Contributions/60?

5.3728

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3435

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3428

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3453

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1149

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.7164

Rush Offense/60?

6.8537

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4628

0.5731

0.1141

Deflections/60?

1.2644

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0023

Entries Finished/60?

0.3422

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2324

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.6823

0.1128

0.5731

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Forechecking

2.9746

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

$2.90M

cap hit

$4.50M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Alex Newhook	70	Depth Forward	25 P · 42 GP	$2.90M	$4.50M	B+$1.6M	this player
Cody Glass	65	Depth Forward	26 P · 70 GP	$2.50M	$3.17M	C+$0.7M	86%
Mavrik Bourque	71	Middle-Six Engine	41 P · 82 GP	$0.95M	$4.78M	A+$3.8M	84%
Teddy Blueger	69	Depth Forward	17 P · 35 GP	$1.80M	$4.22M	A+$2.4M	83%
Linus Karlsson	67	Depth Forward	35 P · 79 GP	$0.78M	$3.68M	A+$2.9M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Oliver Kapanen · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Alex’s goals

Creates for

goals Alex assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 2 G · 1 A · 16 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 03-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:14 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:45 TOI

@ NYR

1P

1G 0A

@ NYR 04-02

1G 0A · 2 shots · 12:32 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 04-04

0G 0A · 4 shots · 15:15 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:13 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:15 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 04-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:56 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:44 TOI

@ NYI

2P

1G 1A

@ NYI 04-12

1G 1A · 1 shots · 13:16 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:39 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)198 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 4 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 5 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 18 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Colorado Avalanche	6	0	3	3	5
2021-22	Colorado Avalanche	71	13	20	33	11
2022-23	Colorado Avalanche	82	14	16	30	0
2023-24	Montréal Canadiens	55	15	19	34	-11
2024-25	Montréal Canadiens	82	15	11	26	-21
2025-26	Montréal Canadiens	42	13	12	25	9
Career	2 teams	338	70	81	151	-7