Regular season

Yan Kuznetsov

Calgary Flames · D · #37

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?102 blocks in 57 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'4"
WT: 209 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: L
From: Murmansk, RUS
Draft: 2020 CGY · R2 #50

66Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5252pctl

2727pctl

4343pctl

5757pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2135pctl

0.0761pctl

0.1424pctl

1.150pctl

-823pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.9%17pctl

0.9820pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.9591pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.7985pctl

5.3479pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

6.365pctl

4.170pctl

0.159pctl

0:0332pctl

1:4562pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 34 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

43.9%12pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

49.0%47pctl

O-zone deployment?

54%71pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min54pctl

Support received?

16.9 min63pctl

D-zone deployment?

46%29pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.168pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1413pctl

0.87×4pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.30/gm23pctl

Pressure escape rate?

10.4%92pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1042 EV min

General Offense

3.4648

2.0213

Shot Setups/60?

0.6333

Chance Setups/60?

0.5841

Primary Contributions/60?

4.0945

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2943

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4053

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1239

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0638

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6750

Rush Offense/60?

3.6911

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2339

0.2351

0.0026

Deflections/60?

0.0023

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0031

Entries Finished/60?

0.1220

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0018

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.2530

0.1715

2.0743

Retrieval Success %?

8%17

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.1719

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

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

$3.63M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Yan Kuznetsov	66	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 57 GP	$0.81M	$3.63M	A+$2.8M	this player
Tyler Myers	64	Depth Defenseman	11 P · 73 GP	$3.00M	$3.09M	C+$0.1M	87%
Mikey Anderson	67	Depth Defenseman	20 P · 80 GP	$4.13M	$3.91M	C−$0.2M	85%
Zach Whitecloud	66	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 78 GP	$2.75M	$3.63M	B+$0.9M	85%
Wyatt Kaiser	62	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 77 GP	$1.70M	$2.59M	B+$0.9M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Blake Coleman · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Yan’s goals

Creates for

goals Yan assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 11 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 03-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:37 TOI

@ WSH

1P

0G 1A

@ WSH 03-09

0G 1A · 0 shots · 22:38 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-10

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:01 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:09 TOI

@ NYI

1P

0G 1A

@ NYI 03-14

0G 1A · 2 shots · 17:40 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:46 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:20 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 24:04 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:31 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:02 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)246 events shown

The office: the right point - 1 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 11 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 101 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Calgary Flames	1	0	0	0	-1
2025-26	Calgary Flames	57	4	8	12	-8
Career	1 team	58	4	8	12	-9