Regular season

Jimmy Snuggerud

St. Louis Blues · RW · #21

Top-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 51 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'1"
WT: 193 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: R
From: Minneapolis, USA
Draft: 2022 STL · R1 #23

81Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7575pctl

7979pctl

8282pctl

5555pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.7380pctl

0.3078pctl

0.4380pctl

2.485pctl

+1692pctl

968pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

11.1%93pctl

3.4690pctl

0.2892pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3946pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

8.785pctl

3.645pctl

0.3974pctl

2.0062pctl

2:1672pctl

0:0017pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 38 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

51.6%64pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

63.0%93pctl

O-zone deployment?

52%57pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min55pctl

Support received?

18.6 min14pctl

D-zone deployment?

48%43pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1071pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.3678pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.6895pctl

0.98×42pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.32/gm19pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.2%58pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1010 EV min

General Offense

7.4881

10.0479

Shot Setups/60?

1.3178

Chance Setups/60?

1.2586

Primary Contributions/60?

8.7982

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6573

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0027

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6561

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3658

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0672

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1252

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.0279

Rush Offense/60?

9.6876

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9576

1.5488

0.1242

Deflections/60?

1.0130

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0631

Entries Finished/60?

0.9570

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6574

Entry → Chance %?

69%62

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3765

0.3663

1.0164

Retrieval Success %?

26%52

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%31

Forechecking

2.9144

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.1288

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

$7.95M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$7.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jimmy Snuggerud	81	Middle-Six Engine	51 P · 70 GP	$0.95M	$7.95M	A++$7.0M	this player
Jordan Kyrou	79	Middle-Six Engine	46 P · 72 GP	$8.13M	$7.28M	D−$0.8M	92%
Jackson Blake	79	Middle-Six Engine	53 P · 81 GP	$0.91M	$7.28M	A++$6.4M	89%
Valeri Nichushkin	79	Middle-Six Engine	49 P · 72 GP	$6.13M	$7.28M	B+$1.2M	89%
Artturi Lehkonen	80	Middle-Six Engine	48 P · 70 GP	$4.50M	$7.61M	A+$3.1M	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Robert Thomas · 14 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Jimmy’s goals

Creates for

goals Jimmy assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

12 pts · 4 G · 8 A · 28 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.8 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 03-30

0G 0A · 3 shots · 18:19 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-01

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:38 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-03

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:32 TOI

@ COL

3P

0G 3A

@ COL 04-05

0G 3A · 8 shots · 17:32 TOI

vs COL

1P

0G 1A

vs COL 04-07

0G 1A · 2 shots · 21:38 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:01 TOI

@ CHI

1P

1G 0A

@ CHI 04-11

1G 0A · 4 shots · 17:35 TOI

vs MIN

2P

1G 1A

vs MIN 04-13

1G 1A · 2 shots · 15:44 TOI

vs PIT

4P

2G 2A

vs PIT 04-14

2G 2A · 3 shots · 16:40 TOI

@ UTA

1P

0G 1A

@ UTA 04-16

0G 1A · 2 shots · 16:34 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)338 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 6 of 21 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 22 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 42 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	St. Louis Blues	7	1	3	4	0
2025-26	St. Louis Blues	70	21	30	51	16
Career	1 team	77	22	33	55	16