Regular season

Marco Kasper

Detroit Red Wings · C · #92

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 186 hits (10.0/60)

HT: 6'1"
WT: 202 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Innsbruck, AUT
Draft: 2022 DET · R1 #8

60Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4040pctl

3737pctl

3939pctl

5858pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2321pctl

0.1127pctl

0.1220pctl

1.659pctl

-206pctl

241pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6%64pctl

1.5744pctl

0.1355pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5665pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

51.5%63pctl

D-Zone FO %?

52.6%68pctl

5.540pctl

0.2522pctl

0:4645pctl

0:4648pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.5%40pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

37.0%9pctl

O-zone deployment?

43%25pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.2 min36pctl

Support received?

17.3 min50pctl

D-zone deployment?

57%75pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1070pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.3075pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4677pctl

0.97×38pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.26/gm33pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.8%25pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 993 EV min

General Offense

6.8974

8.4660

Shot Setups/60?

0.9148

Chance Setups/60?

0.6641

Primary Contributions/60?

7.7970

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7380

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0656

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5446

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2437

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1866

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1536

Rush Offense/60?

9.1871

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9777

0.7948

0.1858

Deflections/60?

2.6088

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2475

Entries Finished/60?

1.2181

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.7380

Entry → Chance %?

60%44

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.6618

0.0618

0.6030

Retrieval Success %?

9%18

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%31

Forechecking

8.4680

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0681

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

$0.89M

cap hit

$2.03M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Marco Kasper	60	Depth Forward	19 P · 81 GP	$0.89M	$2.03M	B+$1.1M	this player
Noah Laba	59	Depth Forward	24 P · 74 GP	$0.91M	$1.83M	B+$0.9M	88%
Noah Ostlund	63	Depth Forward	27 P · 60 GP	$0.89M	$2.68M	B+$1.8M	88%
Nicolas Roy	60	Depth Forward	25 P · 74 GP	$3.00M	$2.03M	D−$1.0M	87%
Berkly Catton	57	Depth Forward	17 P · 66 GP	$0.94M	$1.46M	C+$0.5M	87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Lucas Raymond · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Marco’s goals

Creates for

goals Marco assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 16 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:51 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:57 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 5:59 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-04

0G 0A · 3 shots · 10:07 TOI

vs MIN

1P

0G 1A

vs MIN 04-05

0G 1A · 3 shots · 12:02 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:06 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:29 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:14 TOI

@ TBL

1P

1G 0A

@ TBL 04-13

1G 0A · 4 shots · 13:32 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-15

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:41 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)403 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 4 of 9 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 59 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Detroit Red Wings	1	0	0	0	0
2024-25	Detroit Red Wings	77	19	18	37	1
2025-26	Detroit Red Wings	81	9	10	19	-20
Career	1 team	159	28	28	56	-19