Regular season

Juraj Slafkovský

Montréal Canadiens · LW · #20

First-line playerSniper?30 goals on 33.6 expected - a volume shooter

HT: 6'3"
WT: 225 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Kosice, SVK
Draft: 2022 MTL · R1 #1

84Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8686pctl

6565pctl

8282pctl

6969pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.8989pctl

0.3787pctl

0.5289pctl

2.279pctl

+984pctl

2895pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

12.4%96pctl

3.2387pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

1.0193pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.161pctl

4.148pctl

0.2016pctl

3.0789pctl

3:1891pctl

0:0135pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 53 GP tracked · 17h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.5%40pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

60.9%92pctl

O-zone deployment?

54%69pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

18.1 min95pctl

Support received?

19.4 min4pctl

D-zone deployment?

46%31pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1282pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.3276pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.6092pctl

1.08×93pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.35/gm12pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.6%85pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1249 EV min

General Offense

5.3342

8.4160

Shot Setups/60?

0.7735

Chance Setups/60?

0.6236

Primary Contributions/60?

6.1041

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2926

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1067

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6258

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1419

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2479

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5960

Rush Offense/60?

8.3662

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7761

0.8253

0.1962

Deflections/60?

1.5460

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0527

Entries Finished/60?

0.3416

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2421

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.7723

0.0516

0.7238

Retrieval Success %?

6%11

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0033

Exit Success %?

0%30

Forechecking

3.5652

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

$7.60M

cap hit

$9.00M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Juraj Slafkovský	84	Sniper	73 P · 82 GP	$7.60M	$9.00M	B+$1.4M	this player
Seth Jarvis	83	Sniper	66 P · 71 GP	$7.42M	$8.65M	B+$1.2M	87%
Zach Hyman	85	Sniper	52 P · 58 GP	$5.50M	$9.36M	A+$3.9M	86%
Rickard Rakell	84	Top-Six Threat	48 P · 60 GP	$5.00M	$9.00M	A+$4.0M	86%
Mark Stone	90	Sniper	73 P · 60 GP	$9.50M	$11.21M	B+$1.7M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Nick Suzuki · 28 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Juraj’s goals

Creates for

goals Juraj assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

10 pts · 2 G · 8 A · 24 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CAR

1P

0G 1A

@ CAR 03-29

0G 1A · 2 shots · 19:49 TOI

@ TBL

2P

1G 1A

@ TBL 03-31

1G 1A · 1 shots · 19:12 TOI

@ NYR

1P

0G 1A

@ NYR 04-02

0G 1A · 2 shots · 20:38 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 22:46 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 04-05

0G 0A · 2 shots · 22:27 TOI

vs FLA

2P

0G 2A

vs FLA 04-07

0G 2A · 5 shots · 19:36 TOI

vs TBL

2P

1G 1A

vs TBL 04-09

1G 1A · 3 shots · 21:23 TOI

vs CBJ

1P

0G 1A

vs CBJ 04-11

0G 1A · 4 shots · 18:40 TOI

@ NYI

1P

0G 1A

@ NYI 04-12

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:53 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-14

0G 0A · 2 shots · 22:29 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)398 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 13 of 30 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 21 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 101 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Montréal Canadiens	39	4	6	10	-13
2023-24	Montréal Canadiens	82	20	30	50	-19
2024-25	Montréal Canadiens	79	18	33	51	4
2025-26	Montréal Canadiens	82	30	43	73	9
Career	1 team	282	72	112	184	-19