Regular season

Nikita Chibrikov

Winnipeg Jets · RW · #90

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?0 points in 11 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'10"
WT: 170 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Moscow, RUS
Draft: 2021 WPG · R2 #50

56Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2929pctl

2727pctl

3131pctl

3232pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.000pctl

0.000pctl

0.000pctl

0.89pctl

058pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.5%38pctl

0.7714pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

0.058pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

5.322pctl

9.581pctl

0.2532pctl

2.9687pctl

0:016pctl

0:0853pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 6 GP tracked · 1h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

44.2%12pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min61pctl

Support received?

16.7 min71pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1070pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3626pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3048pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.40/gm5pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 99 EV min

General Offense

5.4348

10.2661

Shot Setups/60?

0.0035

Chance Setups/60?

0.0035

Primary Contributions/60?

5.4341

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0036

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0042

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.0036

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0036

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0045

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0039

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.4163

Rush Offense/60?

9.0557

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6046

1.2161

0.0038

Deflections/60?

2.4163

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0039

Entries Finished/60?

0.6046

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6057

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.8162

0.0037

1.8164

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0044

Forechecking

3.6251

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0047

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

$0.88M

cap hit

$1.30M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Nikita Chibrikov	56	Depth Forward	0 P · 11 GP	$0.88M	$1.30M	C+$0.4M	this player
Jacob Melanson	54	Wrecking Ball	5 P · 36 GP	$0.83M	$1.03M	C+$0.2M	92%
Paul Cotter	54	Depth Forward	15 P · 79 GP	$0.78M	$1.03M	C+$0.3M	91%
Elmer Soderblom	57	Depth Forward	13 P · 59 GP	$1.13M	$1.46M	C+$0.3M	90%
Tanner Pearson	55	Depth Forward	15 P · 56 GP	-	$1.16M	-	88%

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 10-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:25 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 10-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:21 TOI

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY 10-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:20 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 10-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:15 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 11-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:22 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 11-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 6:09 TOI

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN 11-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:34 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:27 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 04-14

0G 0A · 3 shots · 9:28 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 04-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:37 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)24 events shown

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Winnipeg Jets	1	1	0	1	0
2024-25	Winnipeg Jets	4	2	1	3	1
2025-26	Winnipeg Jets	11	0	0	0	0
Career	1 team	16	3	1	4	1