Regular season

Ozzy Wiesblatt

Nashville Predators · C · #89

Depth playerWrecking Ball?100 hits (14.7/60) - physically tilts every shift

HT: 5'10"
WT: 183 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: R
From: Calgary, CAN
Draft: 2020 SJS · R1 #31

52Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1313pctl

2323pctl

2626pctl

6868pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.135pctl

0.032pctl

0.1014pctl

0.64pctl

-634pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.4%24pctl

1.3535pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5463pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

0.24pctl

0.4781pctl

0:014pctl

0:3945pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 20 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

47.8%34pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

52.2%62pctl

O-zone deployment?

27%3pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min15pctl

Support received?

16.1 min89pctl

D-zone deployment?

73%97pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0640pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5234pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1515pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.18/gm69pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.1%57pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 381 EV min

General Offense

3.7823

5.9927

Shot Setups/60?

0.6332

Chance Setups/60?

0.4730

Primary Contributions/60?

4.4123

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4752

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1673

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3229

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1629

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0040

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0026

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.0573

Rush Offense/60?

6.6236

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4733

0.3222

0.0025

Deflections/60?

0.7927

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1657

Entries Finished/60?

1.2675

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.9578

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.4722

0.1636

0.3222

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0038

Forechecking

8.6773

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0044

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

$0.81M

cap hit

$0.86M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ozzy Wiesblatt	52	Wrecking Ball	5 P · 40 GP	$0.81M	$0.86M	C+$0.0M	this player
Josh Samanski	55	Depth Forward	4 P · 24 GP	$0.97M	$1.16M	C+$0.2M	89%
Barclay Goodrow	51	Depth Forward	12 P · 82 GP	$3.64M	$0.86M	F−$2.8M	88%
Tyler Pitlick	53	Wrecking Ball	2 P · 32 GP	$0.81M	$0.92M	C+$0.1M	88%
Marc Gatcomb	55	Wrecking Ball	7 P · 49 GP	$0.90M	$1.16M	C+$0.3M	87%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Ozzy’s goals

Creates for

goals Ozzy assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 1 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 03-03

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:38 TOI

vs BOS

1P

0G 1A

vs BOS 03-05

0G 1A · 0 shots · 12:04 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 03-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:21 TOI

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN 03-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:21 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 03-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:14 TOI

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG 03-17

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:05 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 03-19

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:25 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 03-21

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:16 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:20 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:43 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)64 events shown

Defensive floor: 23 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Nashville Predators	5	0	1	1	1
2025-26	Nashville Predators	40	1	4	5	-6
Career	1 team	45	1	5	6	-5