Regular season

William Eklund

Ottawa Senators · LW · #27

Top-six playerPlaymaker?38 assists · PSPL 0.31 - creates the danger before the shot

HT: 5'10"
WT: 185 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Stockholm, SWE
Draft: 2021 SJS · R1 #7

79Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6363pctl

8585pctl

7979pctl

6666pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.6875pctl

0.1951pctl

0.4986pctl

2.381pctl

-311pctl

1682pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

10.6%90pctl

3.1786pctl

0.3195pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6876pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.365pctl

3.037pctl

0.2742pctl

2.1164pctl

2:5582pctl

0:2561pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 15h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.9%59pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

43.5%24pctl

O-zone deployment?

44%25pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min65pctl

Support received?

18.3 min20pctl

D-zone deployment?

56%75pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0646pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.7890pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4778pctl

1.05×86pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.18/gm67pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.8%10pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1186 EV min

General Offense

6.5267

8.0955

Shot Setups/60?

0.9652

Chance Setups/60?

0.7652

Primary Contributions/60?

7.4866

Rebounds Created/60?

0.5158

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0549

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6662

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3557

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2071

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3748

Rush Offense/60?

8.3963

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.5129

0.8152

0.0524

Deflections/60?

1.6265

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1558

Entries Finished/60?

0.7148

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3537

Entry → Chance %?

50%23

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.8628

0.2038

0.6633

Retrieval Success %?

24%44

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1078

Exit Success %?

12%87

Forechecking

2.7842

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

$0.86M

cap hit

$7.28M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$6.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
William Eklund	79	Playmaker	53 P · 78 GP	$0.86M	$7.28M	A++$6.4M	this player
Mitch Marner	84	Playmaker	80 P · 81 GP	$12.00M	$9.00M	F−$3.0M	86%
Valeri Nichushkin	79	Middle-Six Engine	49 P · 72 GP	$6.13M	$7.28M	B+$1.2M	83%
Pavel Buchnevich	76	Middle-Six Engine	48 P · 81 GP	$8.00M	$6.30M	D−$1.7M	82%
Jordan Kyrou	79	Middle-Six Engine	46 P · 72 GP	$8.13M	$7.28M	D−$0.8M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Macklin Celebrini · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on William’s goals

Creates for

goals William assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

10 pts · 3 G · 7 A · 17 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 04-01

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:44 TOI

vs TOR

2P

1G 1A

vs TOR 04-02

1G 1A · 2 shots · 15:01 TOI

vs NSH

1P

0G 1A

vs NSH 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 14:49 TOI

vs CHI

2P

1G 1A

vs CHI 04-06

1G 1A · 1 shots · 15:03 TOI

vs EDM

1P

0G 1A

vs EDM 04-08

0G 1A · 2 shots · 17:20 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:23 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-11

0G 0A · 3 shots · 18:32 TOI

@ NSH

1P

0G 1A

@ NSH 04-13

0G 1A · 1 shots · 16:57 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 04-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:03 TOI

@ WPG

3P

1G 2A

@ WPG 04-16

1G 2A · 3 shots · 14:24 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)335 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 7 of 15 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 31 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 64 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	San Jose Sharks	9	0	4	4	-3
2022-23	San Jose Sharks	8	2	1	3	-5
2023-24	San Jose Sharks	80	16	29	45	-45
2024-25	San Jose Sharks	77	17	41	58	-7
2025-26	San Jose Sharks	78	15	38	53	-31
Career	1 team	252	50	113	163	-91