Regular season

Tyson Foerster

Philadelphia Flyers · RW · #71

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 17 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'2"
WT: 215 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: R
From: Alliston, CAN
Draft: 2020 PHI · R1 #23

73Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6868pctl

5151pctl

6262pctl

8383pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.5968pctl

0.4593pctl

0.1423pctl

2.176pctl

+882pctl

450pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

7.8%78pctl

2.5575pctl

0.2182pctl

Def Suppression?

0.9591pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.364pctl

3.240pctl

0.6596pctl

2.9988pctl

2:1371pctl

1:1282pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 15 GP tracked · 4h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.5%57pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

63.2%94pctl

O-zone deployment?

40%17pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min68pctl

Support received?

18.4 min18pctl

D-zone deployment?

60%83pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0749pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.0664pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2844pctl

1.03×77pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.38/gm7pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.3%7pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 402 EV min

General Offense

6.4161

8.0654

Shot Setups/60?

1.0457

Chance Setups/60?

1.0470

Primary Contributions/60?

7.4661

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7574

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.7565

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0020

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0026

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.4954

Rush Offense/60?

7.9153

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4529

0.1519

0.3072

Deflections/60?

1.9471

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.3074

Entries Finished/60?

0.6041

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6064

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.0444

0.4568

0.6034

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1578

Forechecking

2.9846

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

$3.75M

cap hit

$5.37M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Tyson Foerster	73	Middle-Six Engine	17 P · 29 GP	$3.75M	$5.37M	B+$1.6M	this player
Gabriel Landeskog	74	Middle-Six Engine	35 P · 60 GP	$7.00M	$5.68M	D−$1.3M	91%
Noah Cates	74	Two-Way Force	47 P · 82 GP	$4.00M	$5.68M	B+$1.7M	88%
Zach Benson	73	Middle-Six Engine	43 P · 65 GP	$0.95M	$5.37M	A++$4.4M	86%
Jaden Schwartz	70	Depth Forward	26 P · 50 GP	$5.50M	$4.50M	D−$1.0M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Trevor Zegras · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Tyson’s goals

Creates for

goals Tyson assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 4 G · 1 A · 24 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 11-29

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:15 TOI

vs PIT

1P

1G 0A

vs PIT 12-01

1G 0A · 2 shots · 8:50 TOI

vs DET

1P

1G 0A

vs DET 04-02

1G 0A · 4 shots · 16:19 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 04-03

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:06 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-05

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:27 TOI

@ NJD

2P

2G 0A

@ NJD 04-07

2G 0A · 4 shots · 15:19 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 04-09

0G 0A · 4 shots · 18:08 TOI

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:07 TOI

vs CAR

1P

0G 1A

vs CAR 04-13

0G 1A · 0 shots · 18:36 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-14

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:17 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)104 events shown

The office: the high slot - 5 of 13 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 26 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Philadelphia Flyers	8	3	4	7	2
2023-24	Philadelphia Flyers	77	20	13	33	0
2024-25	Philadelphia Flyers	81	25	18	43	-9
2025-26	Philadelphia Flyers	29	13	4	17	8
Career	1 team	195	61	39	100	1