Regular season

Arshdeep Bains

Vancouver Canucks · LW · #13

Depth playerDepth Forward?5 points in 28 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 184 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Surrey, CAN

54Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1717pctl

2424pctl

1919pctl

5353pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.1812pctl

0.044pctl

0.1424pctl

0.64pctl

-346pctl

135pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.5%25pctl

0.9519pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3439pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

4.26pctl

5.662pctl

0.5591pctl

1.1618pctl

0:1625pctl

0:1055pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 14 GP tracked · 2h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.8%43pctl

O-zone deployment?

58%83pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.8 min10pctl

Support received?

17.1 min54pctl

D-zone deployment?

42%17pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0962pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.9357pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3966pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.09/gm96pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.4%38pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 245 EV min

General Offense

4.1630

6.6036

Shot Setups/60?

0.0025

Chance Setups/60?

0.0025

Primary Contributions/60?

4.1627

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0025

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0036

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.0025

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0026

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0041

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0030

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.0025

Rush Offense/60?

4.6426

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7354

1.2269

0.0029

Deflections/60?

0.7330

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.0025

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0025

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.2254

0.7374

0.4931

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0040

Forechecking

4.4056

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0045

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

$1.03M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Arshdeep Bains	54	Depth Forward	5 P · 28 GP	$0.81M	$1.03M	C+$0.2M	this player
Zach Aston-Reese	54	Wrecking Ball	5 P · 27 GP	$0.78M	$1.03M	C+$0.3M	93%
Joel Kiviranta	54	Depth Forward	9 P · 51 GP	$1.25M	$1.03M	C−$0.2M	90%
Landon Slaggert	54	Depth Forward	7 P · 53 GP	$0.90M	$1.03M	C+$0.1M	90%
Reid Schaefer	55	Depth Forward	8 P · 47 GP	$0.89M	$1.16M	C+$0.3M	89%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Arshdeep’s goals

Creates for

goals Arshdeep assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 5 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 11-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 4:58 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 11-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 5:58 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 11-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:38 TOI

@ COL

1P

0G 1A

@ COL 12-02

0G 1A · 0 shots · 11:44 TOI

vs UTA

1P

1G 0A

vs UTA 12-05

1G 0A · 1 shots · 9:23 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 12-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:27 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 12-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:00 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 12-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:20 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 01-15

0G 0A · 2 shots · 9:56 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 01-17

0G 0A · 2 shots · 10:01 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)31 events shown

Defensive floor: 8 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Vancouver Canucks	8	0	0	0	-5
2024-25	Vancouver Canucks	13	1	0	1	-5
2025-26	Vancouver Canucks	28	1	4	5	-3
Career	1 team	49	2	4	6	-13