Regular season

Cole Sillinger

Columbus Blue Jackets · C · #4

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?33 points in 81 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 202 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Columbus, USA
Draft: 2021 CBJ · R1 #12

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3939pctl

6262pctl

4949pctl

7575pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4147pctl

0.1023pctl

0.3165pctl

1.761pctl

+266pctl

135pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.3%67pctl

1.9157pctl

0.1667pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5767pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

41.4%11pctl

D-Zone FO %?

35.0%3pctl

1.417pctl

0.5389pctl

0:1733pctl

0:4749pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.4%72pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

48.4%45pctl

O-zone deployment?

46%34pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.9 min84pctl

Support received?

18.6 min13pctl

D-zone deployment?

54%66pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1179pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8652pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2946pctl

1.04×78pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.16/gm74pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.7%47pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1146 EV min

General Offense

6.0759

7.5447

Shot Setups/60?

0.8442

Chance Setups/60?

0.7349

Primary Contributions/60?

6.9156

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6371

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0027

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2617

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4267

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1662

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2642

Rush Offense/60?

7.9655

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7962

0.6333

0.2675

Deflections/60?

1.2643

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1660

Entries Finished/60?

0.5229

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4244

Entry → Chance %?

80%82

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.1048

0.4271

0.6834

Retrieval Success %?

38%78

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0563

Exit Success %?

5%62

Forechecking

4.1457

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

$2.25M

cap hit

$3.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Cole Sillinger	67	Depth Forward	33 P · 81 GP	$2.25M	$3.68M	B+$1.4M	this player
Ryan Poehling	67	Depth Forward	36 P · 75 GP	$1.90M	$3.68M	B+$1.8M	92%
Morgan Barron	65	Depth Forward	23 P · 65 GP	$1.85M	$3.17M	B+$1.3M	88%
Eetu Luostarinen	68	Depth Forward	33 P · 73 GP	$3.00M	$3.94M	B+$0.9M	84%
Adam Henrique	61	Depth Forward	15 P · 65 GP	-	$2.24M	-	81%

Chemistry

Top connection: Charlie Coyle · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Cole’s goals

Creates for

goals Cole assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 15 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs SJS

1P

1G 0A

vs SJS 03-28

1G 0A · 2 shots · 16:23 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 03-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:29 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 03-31

0G 0A · 3 shots · 13:30 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:06 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:14 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:35 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:37 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-11

0G 0A · 4 shots · 17:23 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:58 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:01 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)291 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 2 of 8 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 16 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 51 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	79	16	15	31	-22
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	64	3	8	11	-23
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	77	13	19	32	-4
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	66	11	22	33	-11
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	81	8	25	33	2
Career	1 team	367	51	89	140	-58