Regular season

Taylor Ward

Los Angeles Kings · RW · #52

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?7 points in 36 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'2"
WT: 215 lb
Age: 28
Shoots: R
From: Kelowna, CAN

56Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2828pctl

2929pctl

4646pctl

2222pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.1915pctl

0.0818pctl

0.1117pctl

1.125pctl

058pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.2%46pctl

1.8956pctl

0.0832pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1919pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.749pctl

6.770pctl

0.102pctl

1.5840pctl

0:3732pctl

0:004pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 24 GP tracked · 4h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.9%52pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

45.5%31pctl

O-zone deployment?

21%1pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.6 min6pctl

Support received?

15.4 min98pctl

D-zone deployment?

79%99pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0961pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5636pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4676pctl

0.94×23pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.11/gm90pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.9%73pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 319 EV min

General Offense

6.4060

11.1176

Shot Setups/60?

2.2679

Chance Setups/60?

1.8879

Primary Contributions/60?

8.6772

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7572

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0034

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.5179

High-Danger Setups/60?

1.3279

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0040

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0028

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.4576

Rush Offense/60?

9.8069

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.5177

1.7077

0.1957

Deflections/60?

1.3248

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.3875

Entries Finished/60?

1.7078

Entries w/ Chance/60?

1.5179

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.1349

0.3861

0.7545

Exit Involvements/60?

0.3879

Forechecking

5.8465

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

$0.78M

cap hit

$1.30M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Taylor Ward	56	Depth Forward	7 P · 36 GP	$0.78M	$1.30M	C+$0.5M	this player
Elmer Soderblom	57	Depth Forward	13 P · 59 GP	$1.13M	$1.46M	C+$0.3M	88%
Isaac Howard	55	Depth Forward	5 P · 29 GP	$0.95M	$1.16M	C+$0.2M	88%
Nils Hoglander	54	Depth Forward	5 P · 38 GP	$3.00M	$1.03M	D−$2.0M	86%
Jani Nyman	60	Depth Forward	7 P · 28 GP	$0.89M	$2.03M	B+$1.1M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Samuel Helenius · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Taylor’s goals

Creates for

goals Taylor 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)

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 03-21

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:45 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-01

0G 0A · 1 shots · 5:36 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:13 TOI

vs TOR

1P

0G 1A

vs TOR 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 5:17 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:31 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:10 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:40 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:20 TOI

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 5:52 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 6:10 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)99 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 1 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 13 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 10 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Los Angeles Kings	1	1	0	1	0
2025-26	Los Angeles Kings	36	3	4	7	0
Career	1 team	37	4	4	8	0