HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Jeff Malott

Anaheim Ducks · LW · #39
Depth playerWrecking Ball?166 hits (19.5/60) - physically tilts every shift
HT
6'5"
WT
215 lb
Age
29
Shoots
L
From
Burlington, CAN
54Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
2424pctl
Playmaking?
1818pctl
Transition?
3232pctl
Defense?
7676pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.168pctl
Goals / GP?
0.059pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1015pctl
Shots / GP?
0.917pctl
Plus/Minus?
-924pctl
PP Points?
016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
4.6%51pctl
ZEIS?
1.5243pctl
PSPL?
0.0310pctl
Def Suppression?
0.6675pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
6.342pctl
Hits / 60?
19.597pctl
Take : Give?
0.4480pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.1690pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:001pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0349pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 35 GP tracked · 5h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.5 min4pctl
Support received?
15.6 min96pctl

Micro-metrics

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

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 508 EV min

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

$0.78M

cap hit

$1.03M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jeff Malott54$0.78MC+$0.3Mthis player
Adam Erne56--90%
Adam Klapka55$1.25MC$0.1M87%
Reid Schaefer55$0.89MC+$0.3M84%
Alexey Toropchenko53$1.70MD$0.8M84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Samuel Helenius · 3 goals together

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 10 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

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

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)126 events shown

The office: the left circle - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 35 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2021-22Winnipeg Jets10000
2024-25Los Angeles Kings12011-1
2025-26Los Angeles Kings58369-9
Career2 teams713710-10