Regular season

Kent Johnson

Columbus Blue Jackets · C · #91

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?22 points in 76 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 170 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Port Moody, CAN
Draft: 2021 CBJ · R1 #5

60Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3434pctl

3333pctl

5858pctl

4747pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2932pctl

0.0920pctl

0.2039pctl

1.553pctl

-827pctl

241pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.3%58pctl

2.3671pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4553pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

0.00pctl

0.2216pctl

1:3964pctl

0:0219pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.9%60pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

47.6%42pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%48pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min31pctl

Support received?

18.2 min24pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%52pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0859pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.6943pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2538pctl

1.01×64pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.15/gm79pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.5%19pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 879 EV min

General Offense

6.1459

9.0169

Shot Setups/60?

0.7534

Chance Setups/60?

0.6136

Primary Contributions/60?

6.8955

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2019

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0028

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5547

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4874

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0738

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6463

Rush Offense/60?

9.2170

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7558

0.4820

0.0730

Deflections/60?

0.6115

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0737

Entries Finished/60?

0.7552

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4143

Entry → Chance %?

55%35

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.8931

0.2750

0.6131

Retrieval Success %?

31%65

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0770

Exit Success %?

8%74

Forechecking

0.9615

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

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

$1.80M

cap hit

$2.03M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Kent Johnson	60	Depth Forward	22 P · 76 GP	$1.80M	$2.03M	C+$0.2M	this player
Philipp Kurashev	63	Depth Forward	20 P · 43 GP	-	$2.68M	-	84%
Ryan Donato	63	Depth Forward	30 P · 82 GP	$4.00M	$2.68M	D−$1.3M	82%
Vladislav Namestnikov	61	Depth Forward	14 P · 60 GP	$3.00M	$2.24M	D−$0.8M	80%
Jonny Brodzinski	60	Depth Forward	16 P · 55 GP	$0.79M	$2.03M	B+$1.2M	80%

Chemistry

Top connection: Adam Fantilli · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Kent’s goals

Creates for

goals Kent assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 03-22

0G 0A · 2 shots · 10:59 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:21 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:37 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:48 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:22 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:24 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 04-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 9:18 TOI

@ MTL

1P

0G 1A

@ MTL 04-11

0G 1A · 1 shots · 9:12 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:57 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:51 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)233 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 4 of 7 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 13 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 41 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	9	0	3	3	2
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	79	16	24	40	-19
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	42	6	10	16	-2
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	68	24	33	57	2
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	76	7	15	22	-8
Career	1 team	274	53	85	138	-25