Regular season

Frank Nazar

Chicago Blackhawks · C · #91

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 41 points and honest two-way play

HT: 5'10"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: R
From: Detroit, USA
Draft: 2022 CHI · R1 #13

75Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6868pctl

6161pctl

6767pctl

7777pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.6271pctl

0.2362pctl

0.3976pctl

2.175pctl

-215pctl

1274pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

11.6%94pctl

2.3169pctl

0.1355pctl

Def Suppression?

0.8084pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

47.4%36pctl

D-Zone FO %?

47.3%40pctl

12.877pctl

0.3657pctl

3:0984pctl

1:0757pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 43 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

42.4%8pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

44.6%28pctl

O-zone deployment?

44%25pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min65pctl

Support received?

17.8 min36pctl

D-zone deployment?

56%75pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1795pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.2271pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4677pctl

1.08×93pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.34/gm14pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.8%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 · 927 EV min

General Offense

5.8254

7.9652

Shot Setups/60?

0.9752

Chance Setups/60?

0.6539

Primary Contributions/60?

6.8053

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2624

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0659

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6560

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4571

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0674

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1353

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3648

Rush Offense/60?

7.9053

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4525

0.5224

0.1962

Deflections/60?

1.8171

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1353

Entries Finished/60?

0.7148

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.5867

Entry → Chance %?

82%83

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.0787

0.9190

1.1673

Retrieval Success %?

44%82

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0668

Exit Success %?

3%53

Forechecking

1.4925

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

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

$0.95M

cap hit

$5.99M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$5.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Frank Nazar	75	Middle-Six Engine	41 P · 66 GP	$0.95M	$5.99M	A++$5.0M	this player
Mikael Granlund	79	Middle-Six Engine	41 P · 58 GP	$7.00M	$7.28M	C+$0.3M	90%
Josh Norris	77	Middle-Six Engine	34 P · 44 GP	$7.95M	$6.62M	D−$1.3M	88%
Matty Beniers	75	Middle-Six Engine	50 P · 82 GP	$7.14M	$5.99M	D−$1.2M	88%
Elias Lindholm	79	Middle-Six Engine	48 P · 69 GP	$7.75M	$7.28M	C−$0.5M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Tyler Bertuzzi · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Frank’s goals

Creates for

goals Frank assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 3 G · 2 A · 24 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-27

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:33 TOI

@ NJD

2P

2G 0A

@ NJD 03-29

2G 0A · 7 shots · 19:00 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 03-31

0G 0A · 4 shots · 17:46 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-02

0G 0A · 3 shots · 17:41 TOI

@ SEA

1P

0G 1A

@ SEA 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:57 TOI

@ SJS

2P

1G 1A

@ SJS 04-06

1G 1A · 6 shots · 21:35 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:39 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:24 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:35 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:51 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)487 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 7 of 15 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 58 blocks · 15 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Chicago Blackhawks	3	1	0	1	-4
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	53	12	14	26	-11
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	66	15	26	41	-21
Career	1 team	122	28	40	68	-36