HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Jack Finley

St. Louis Blues · C · #37
Depth playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 75 hits (10.5/60)
HT
6'6"
WT
227 lb
Age
23
Shoots
R
From
St. Louis, USA
Draft
2020 TBL · R2 #57
53Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
1414pctl
Playmaking?
4242pctl
Transition?
1111pctl
Defense?
1616pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.114pctl
Goals / GP?
0.056pctl
Assists / GP?
0.076pctl
Shots / GP?
0.63pctl
Plus/Minus?
+266pctl
PP Points?
016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
2.3%23pctl
ZEIS?
0.253pctl
PSPL?
0.1977pctl
Def Suppression?
0.0911pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP
Faceoff %?
50.9%59pctl
D-Zone FO %?
52.1%66pctl
Draws / GP
9.060pctl
Take : Give?
0.081pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0928pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:4347pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 29 GP tracked · 5h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.5 min5pctl
Support received?
15.9 min91pctl

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 · 389 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

$0.82M

cap hit

$0.92M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jack Finley53$0.82MC+$0.1Mthis player
Jesper Boqvist52$1.50MC$0.6M86%
Jesperi Kotkaniemi55$4.82MF$3.7M84%
Isac Lundeström50$1.30MC$0.4M80%
Justin Kirkland53$0.90MC+$0.0M80%

Chemistry

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 5 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA

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)162 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 2 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 7 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 13 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2024-25Tampa Bay Lightning10001
2025-26Tampa Bay Lightning222132
2025-26St. Louis Blues220220
Career2 teams452353