Regular season

Samuel Helenius

Los Angeles Kings · C · #79

Depth playerWrecking Ball?144 hits (20.4/60) - physically tilts every shift

HT: 6'6"
WT: 225 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Dallas, USA
Draft: 2021 LAK · R2 #59

52Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1919pctl

1919pctl

2323pctl

4949pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.1710pctl

0.0921pctl

0.087pctl

0.76pctl

-634pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.5%25pctl

1.3033pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4451pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

45.2%23pctl

D-Zone FO %?

37.5%6pctl

4.837pctl

0.2929pctl

0:016pctl

0:0110pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 36 GP tracked · 4h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

51.5%64pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

41.2%18pctl

O-zone deployment?

32%6pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.2 min1pctl

Support received?

15.3 min99pctl

D-zone deployment?

68%94pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.6038pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2641pctl

0.93×20pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.20/gm58pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.9%53pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 421 EV min

General Offense

5.4146

6.6934

Shot Setups/60?

1.0053

Chance Setups/60?

1.0068

Primary Contributions/60?

6.4148

Rebounds Created/60?

0.5762

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2826

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.5776

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0025

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2845

Rush Offense/60?

8.1255

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7153

0.8554

0.4379

Deflections/60?

0.2818

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2873

Entries Finished/60?

0.5737

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2833

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.1419

0.0021

0.1419

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Forechecking

13.5380

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0044

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

$0.81M

cap hit

$0.86M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Samuel Helenius	52	Wrecking Ball	9 P · 53 GP	$0.81M	$0.86M	C+$0.1M	this player
Martin Pospisil	54	Wrecking Ball	3 P · 22 GP	$1.00M	$1.03M	C+$0.0M	91%
Juuso Parssinen	56	Depth Forward	3 P · 20 GP	$1.25M	$1.30M	C+$0.1M	89%
Matt Rempe	53	Wrecking Ball	1 P · 26 GP	$0.97M	$0.92M	C−$0.1M	89%
Curtis Lazar	54	Faceoff General	6 P · 45 GP	-	$1.03M	-	89%

Chemistry

Top connection: Taylor Ward · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Samuel’s goals

Creates for

goals Samuel assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN 03-26

0G 0A · 2 shots · 7:16 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:02 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:13 TOI

vs TOR

1P

1G 0A

vs TOR 04-04

1G 0A · 2 shots · 5:50 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:41 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:42 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:16 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 6:44 TOI

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 5:24 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 04-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:06 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)184 events shown

The office: the right circle - 4 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 7 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 25 blocks · 0 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Los Angeles Kings	50	4	3	7	1
2025-26	Los Angeles Kings	53	5	4	9	-6
Career	1 team	103	9	7	16	-5