Regular season

Alex Laferriere

Los Angeles Kings · RW · #14

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 44 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'1"
WT: 205 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: R
From: Chatham, USA
Draft: 2020 LAK · R3 #83

75Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7373pctl

6262pctl

8484pctl

4949pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.5464pctl

0.2670pctl

0.2859pctl

2.588pctl

+370pctl

555pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

10.2%89pctl

3.7692pctl

0.1873pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4553pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

8.482pctl

10.282pctl

0.2636pctl

1.9559pctl

1:4156pctl

1:3988pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 16h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

51.0%60pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

57.4%82pctl

O-zone deployment?

46%35pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.7 min76pctl

Support received?

18.7 min11pctl

D-zone deployment?

54%65pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1795pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.3176pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.6896pctl

1.05×85pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.22/gm50pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.6%84pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1227 EV min

General Offense

7.8786

12.5791

Shot Setups/60?

1.4786

Chance Setups/60?

1.1784

Primary Contributions/60?

9.3487

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4955

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1579

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.0888

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3454

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0566

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2069

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.1584

Rush Offense/60?

12.3290

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9374

0.9867

0.2473

Deflections/60?

2.1584

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2477

Entries Finished/60?

1.1279

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.8385

Entry → Chance %?

74%73

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3766

0.2953

1.0870

Retrieval Success %?

21%40

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0560

Exit Success %?

4%56

Forechecking

6.9476

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

$4.10M

cap hit

$5.99M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Alex Laferriere	75	Middle-Six Engine	44 P · 82 GP	$4.10M	$5.99M	B+$1.9M	this player
Will Cuylle	73	Middle-Six Engine	38 P · 82 GP	$3.90M	$5.37M	B+$1.5M	86%
Owen Tippett	79	Middle-Six Engine	51 P · 81 GP	$6.20M	$7.28M	B+$1.1M	86%
Kiefer Sherwood	72	Wrecking Ball	36 P · 72 GP	$1.50M	$5.08M	A+$3.6M	85%
Anders Lee	75	Middle-Six Engine	42 P · 82 GP	$7.00M	$5.99M	D−$1.0M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Quinton Byfield · 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

8 pts · 3 G · 5 A · 34 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.8 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 03-28

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:36 TOI

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs STL 04-01

0G 1A · 3 shots · 19:56 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-02

0G 0A · 5 shots · 24:08 TOI

vs TOR

1P

1G 0A

vs TOR 04-04

1G 0A · 6 shots · 24:10 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-06

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:45 TOI

vs VAN

1P

0G 1A

vs VAN 04-09

0G 1A · 2 shots · 18:57 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 04-11

0G 0A · 4 shots · 21:40 TOI

@ SEA

2P

1G 1A

@ SEA 04-13

1G 1A · 5 shots · 21:10 TOI

@ VAN

2P

1G 1A

@ VAN 04-14

1G 1A · 3 shots · 20:34 TOI

@ CGY

1P

0G 1A

@ CGY 04-16

0G 1A · 2 shots · 20:02 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)458 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 10 of 21 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 33 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 59 blocks · 10 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Los Angeles Kings	81	12	11	23	-14
2024-25	Los Angeles Kings	77	19	23	42	22
2025-26	Los Angeles Kings	82	21	23	44	3
Career	1 team	240	52	57	109	11