Regular season

Alex Steeves

Boston Bruins · C · #21

Bottom-six playerWrecking Ball?144 hits (16.8/60) - physically tilts every shift

HT: 6'0"
WT: 199 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: Saint Paul, USA

63Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4848pctl

2323pctl

5454pctl

6969pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3742pctl

0.2159pctl

0.1630pctl

1.339pctl

+677pctl

346pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.3%58pctl

2.1967pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5969pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

0.23pctl

0.3966pctl

0:5348pctl

0:3040pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 24 GP tracked · 5h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

47.9%35pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

59.1%87pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%44pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.2 min38pctl

Support received?

17.5 min42pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%56pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0750pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.4832pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3559pctl

0.95×25pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.21/gm54pctl

Pressure escape rate?

13.1%100pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 454 EV min

General Offense

6.0857

7.5447

Shot Setups/60?

0.5325

Chance Setups/60?

0.2621

Primary Contributions/60?

6.6151

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0018

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1370

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2624

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2643

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1354

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.5181

Rush Offense/60?

7.0141

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.0676

0.9360

0.1346

Deflections/60?

0.7925

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1354

Entries Finished/60?

1.0671

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.5359

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.9338

0.2649

0.6637

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Forechecking

13.8881

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0043

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

$0.85M

cap hit

$2.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Alex Steeves	63	Wrecking Ball	16 P · 43 GP	$0.85M	$2.68M	B+$1.8M	this player
Parker Kelly	63	Depth Forward	35 P · 82 GP	$0.82M	$2.68M	B+$1.9M	85%
Alexander Kerfoot	62	Depth Forward	13 P · 34 GP	$3.00M	$2.46M	C−$0.5M	82%
Jake Evans	63	Depth Forward	24 P · 68 GP	$2.85M	$2.68M	C−$0.2M	79%
Matt Savoie	67	Depth Forward	37 P · 82 GP	$0.89M	$3.68M	A+$2.8M	79%

Chemistry

Top connection: Michael Eyssimont · 4 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

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 11 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 01-22

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:29 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 01-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:35 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 01-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:25 TOI

@ TBL

1P

1G 0A

@ TBL 02-01

1G 0A · 1 shots · 8:02 TOI

@ FLA

1P

0G 1A

@ FLA 02-04

0G 1A · 3 shots · 10:56 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 03-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:31 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 03-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 10:44 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:34 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:13 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 04-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:13 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)112 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 5 of 9 goals live there

Defensive floor: 30 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	0	1	1	-1
2022-23	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	0	0	0	-2
2023-24	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	0	0	-1
2024-25	Toronto Maple Leafs	7	1	1	2	3
2025-26	Boston Bruins	43	9	7	16	6
Career	2 teams	57	10	9	19	5