Regular season

Egor Chinakhov

Pittsburgh Penguins · RW · #59

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 42 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'1"
WT: 203 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Omsk, RUS
Draft: 2020 CBJ · R1 #21

71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6565pctl

4141pctl

7878pctl

3636pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.5867pctl

0.2976pctl

0.2961pctl

1.970pctl

-250pctl

659pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.8%72pctl

3.5390pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3338pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

8.784pctl

3.038pctl

0.2427pctl

1.9158pctl

1:1945pctl

0:0013pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.4%39pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

50.9%57pctl

O-zone deployment?

57%79pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min43pctl

Support received?

17.9 min33pctl

D-zone deployment?

43%21pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0318pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.4933pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2333pctl

0.93×19pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.13/gm87pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.9%87pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 876 EV min

General Offense

8.2285

11.2385

Shot Setups/60?

0.8241

Chance Setups/60?

0.6944

Primary Contributions/60?

9.0483

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2120

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0028

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4839

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2745

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0019

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.6088

Rush Offense/60?

12.8888

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.5534

0.6939

0.0730

Deflections/60?

1.0331

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2169

Entries Finished/60?

1.3083

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.9686

Entry → Chance %?

74%71

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.0341

0.2750

0.7543

Retrieval Success %?

27%55

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1482

Exit Success %?

13%87

Forechecking

1.9232

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0782

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

$2.10M

cap hit

$4.78M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Egor Chinakhov	71	Middle-Six Engine	42 P · 72 GP	$2.10M	$4.78M	A+$2.7M	this player
Michael Carcone	68	Depth Forward	31 P · 79 GP	$0.78M	$3.94M	A+$3.2M	83%
Mackie Samoskevich	67	Depth Forward	32 P · 77 GP	$0.78M	$3.68M	A+$2.9M	80%
Kiefer Sherwood	72	Wrecking Ball	36 P · 72 GP	$1.50M	$5.08M	A+$3.6M	80%
Michael Bunting	67	Depth Forward	33 P · 74 GP	-	$3.68M	-	79%

Chemistry

Top connection: Evgeni Malkin · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Egor’s goals

Creates for

goals Egor assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

10 pts · 4 G · 6 A · 22 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 03-26

0G 0A · 2 shots · 21:24 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-28

0G 0A · 3 shots · 18:36 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 03-30

0G 0A · 3 shots · 14:58 TOI

vs DET

2P

1G 1A

vs DET 03-31

1G 1A · 1 shots · 17:05 TOI

@ TBL

2P

2G 0A

@ TBL 04-02

2G 0A · 4 shots · 18:19 TOI

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 17:10 TOI

vs FLA

2P

0G 2A

vs FLA 04-05

0G 2A · 1 shots · 13:37 TOI

@ NJD

3P

1G 2A

@ NJD 04-09

1G 2A · 2 shots · 14:23 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:08 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 04-12

0G 0A · 3 shots · 17:00 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)300 events shown

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

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

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

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	62	7	7	14	-27
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	30	4	9	13	-6
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	53	16	13	29	-3
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	30	7	8	15	-6
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	29	3	3	6	-6
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	43	18	18	36	4
Career	2 teams	247	55	58	113	-44