Regular season

Drew O'Connor

Vancouver Canucks · LW · #18

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?29 points in 82 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'4"
WT: 209 lb
Age: 28
Shoots: L
From: Chatham, USA

66Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5656pctl

4747pctl

6666pctl

4343pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3539pctl

0.2158pctl

0.1525pctl

1.760pctl

-1217pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

7.5%76pctl

2.5776pctl

0.1873pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3033pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.854pctl

3.946pctl

0.3769pctl

1.3027pctl

0:2426pctl

1:0277pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 12h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

46.1%22pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

44.4%27pctl

O-zone deployment?

53%63pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min41pctl

Support received?

17.6 min39pctl

D-zone deployment?

47%37pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1591pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.7689pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.6695pctl

0.96×31pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.14/gm83pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.6%44pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1079 EV min

General Offense

6.1260

8.9067

Shot Setups/60?

1.0661

Chance Setups/60?

0.8360

Primary Contributions/60?

7.1861

Rebounds Created/60?

0.5663

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0652

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.8979

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2845

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0670

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0018

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6765

Rush Offense/60?

7.8452

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.1785

1.2883

0.1139

Deflections/60?

1.7871

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1762

Entries Finished/60?

0.5632

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2826

Entry → Chance %?

50%24

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.1752

0.3360

0.8349

Retrieval Success %?

29%60

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%30

Forechecking

3.4550

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0679

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

$2.50M

cap hit

$3.42M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Drew O'Connor	66	Depth Forward	29 P · 82 GP	$2.50M	$3.42M	B+$0.9M	this player
Zachary L'Heureux	63	Depth Forward	5 P · 25 GP	$0.86M	$2.68M	B+$1.8M	87%
Ilya Mikheyev	67	Depth Forward	36 P · 77 GP	$4.75M	$3.68M	D−$1.1M	85%
Michael Carcone	68	Depth Forward	31 P · 79 GP	$0.78M	$3.94M	A+$3.2M	82%
Pontus Holmberg	64	Depth Forward	22 P · 70 GP	$1.55M	$2.92M	B+$1.4M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Filip Hronek · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Drew’s goals

Creates for

goals Drew assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 18 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-30

0G 0A · 3 shots · 16:43 TOI

@ COL

2P

0G 2A

@ COL 04-01

0G 2A · 3 shots · 12:43 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:53 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:58 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:59 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-09

0G 0A · 3 shots · 18:06 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-11

0G 0A · 3 shots · 15:15 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:27 TOI

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 04-14

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:43 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:15 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)270 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 6 of 17 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 22 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 34 blocks · 10 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Pittsburgh Penguins	10	0	1	1	-2
2021-22	Pittsburgh Penguins	22	3	2	5	-1
2022-23	Pittsburgh Penguins	46	5	6	11	-3
2023-24	Pittsburgh Penguins	79	16	17	33	14
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	53	6	10	16	-14
2024-25	Vancouver Canucks	31	4	5	9	-2
2025-26	Vancouver Canucks	82	17	12	29	-12
Career	2 teams	323	51	53	104	-20