Regular season

Jack Quinn

Buffalo Sabres · RW · #22

Top-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 51 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'1"
WT: 185 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: R
From: Ottawa, CAN
Draft: 2020 BUF · R1 #8

77Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6969pctl

7878pctl

7474pctl

1414pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.6271pctl

0.2467pctl

0.3873pctl

2.383pctl

+473pctl

1172pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

8.8%83pctl

2.8581pctl

0.2993pctl

Def Suppression?

0.069pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

8.988pctl

2.429pctl

0.1915pctl

1.1618pctl

2:1471pctl

0:0853pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.3%38pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

55.2%74pctl

O-zone deployment?

51%57pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min45pctl

Support received?

18.4 min18pctl

D-zone deployment?

49%43pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0642pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.7847pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2129pctl

0.99×47pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.20/gm61pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.1%34pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1089 EV min

General Offense

8.0486

10.9185

Shot Setups/60?

1.2775

Chance Setups/60?

1.1683

Primary Contributions/60?

9.3186

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7783

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1170

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.0586

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2233

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0669

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2274

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.9377

Rush Offense/60?

11.7987

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4422

0.5526

0.1754

Deflections/60?

1.1637

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0018

Entries Finished/60?

0.7756

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3333

Entry → Chance %?

43%15

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.2760

0.2241

1.0567

Retrieval Success %?

17%29

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%30

Forechecking

1.4924

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

$3.38M

cap hit

$6.62M

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
Jack Quinn	77	Middle-Six Engine	51 P · 82 GP	$3.38M	$6.62M	A+$3.2M	this player
Ryan Leonard	75	Middle-Six Engine	45 P · 75 GP	$0.95M	$5.99M	A++$5.0M	93%
Matvei Michkov	75	Middle-Six Engine	51 P · 81 GP	$0.95M	$5.99M	A++$5.0M	88%
JJ Peterka	74	Middle-Six Engine	47 P · 82 GP	$7.70M	$5.68M	D−$2.0M	87%
Patrick Kane	80	Middle-Six Engine	57 P · 67 GP	$3.00M	$7.61M	A++$4.6M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jason Zucker · 16 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Jack’s goals

Creates for

goals Jack assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 3 G · 2 A · 39 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 03-27

0G 0A · 6 shots · 17:24 TOI

vs SEA

1P

0G 1A

vs SEA 03-28

0G 1A · 4 shots · 17:06 TOI

vs NYI

2P

1G 1A

vs NYI 03-31

1G 1A · 7 shots · 16:11 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:13 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 04-04

0G 0A · 6 shots · 18:27 TOI

vs TBL

1P

1G 0A

vs TBL 04-06

1G 0A · 4 shots · 14:24 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:24 TOI

vs CBJ

1P

1G 0A

vs CBJ 04-09

1G 0A · 3 shots · 14:48 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:02 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 04-15

0G 0A · 5 shots · 19:29 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)376 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 7 of 20 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 31 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 26 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Buffalo Sabres	2	1	1	2	0
2022-23	Buffalo Sabres	75	14	23	37	-7
2023-24	Buffalo Sabres	27	9	10	19	-1
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	74	15	24	39	-18
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	82	20	31	51	4
Career	1 team	260	59	89	148	-22