Regular season

Zakhar Bardakov

Colorado Avalanche · C · #93

Depth playerDepth Forward?10 points in 60 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'2"
WT: 198 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Berdsk, RUS
Draft: 2021 NJD · R7 #203

50Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1010pctl

2323pctl

1212pctl

2828pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.179pctl

0.021pctl

0.1527pctl

0.63pctl

+677pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.9%17pctl

0.7212pctl

0.0310pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2122pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

42.4%14pctl

D-Zone FO %?

42.9%21pctl

2.926pctl

0.2623pctl

0:0319pctl

0:0527pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 30 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

56.1%90pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

30.0%3pctl

O-zone deployment?

45%32pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.2 min1pctl

Support received?

15.4 min97pctl

D-zone deployment?

55%68pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0213pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5033pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1516pctl

0.89×7pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.06/gm99pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.9%72pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 424 EV min

General Offense

4.9537

6.6533

Shot Setups/60?

1.2770

Chance Setups/60?

0.9968

Primary Contributions/60?

6.2245

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2831

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1472

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.1379

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4264

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0025

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5656

Rush Offense/60?

7.5047

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.5738

0.5732

0.1448

Deflections/60?

1.5659

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0025

Entries Finished/60?

0.8559

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0019

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.5670

0.1433

1.4177

Retrieval Success %?

9%24

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%35

Forechecking

4.9561

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.1481

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

$0.87M

cap hit

$0.86M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Zakhar Bardakov	50	Depth Forward	10 P · 60 GP	$0.87M	$0.86M	C−$0.0M	this player
Curtis Douglas	51	Depth Forward	4 P · 43 GP	$0.78M	$0.86M	C+$0.1M	93%
Hendrix Lapierre	52	Depth Forward	16 P · 74 GP	$0.85M	$0.86M	C+$0.0M	91%
Ben Jones	53	Depth Forward	3 P · 28 GP	$0.78M	$0.92M	C+$0.1M	89%
Sam Lafferty	50	Depth Forward	2 P · 29 GP	$2.00M	$0.86M	D−$1.1M	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Parker Kelly · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Zakhar’s goals

Creates for

goals Zakhar assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG 03-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 3:48 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 03-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:10 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-18

0G 0A · 0 shots · 3:23 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 03-20

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:52 TOI

@ WSH

1P

0G 1A

@ WSH 03-22

0G 1A · 1 shots · 4:28 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 03-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:41 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 4:45 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-13

0G 0A · 2 shots · 6:51 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:31 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:31 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)141 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 9 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 26 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Colorado Avalanche	60	1	9	10	6
Career	1 team	60	1	9	10	6