Regular season

Brian Halonen

Boston Bruins · LW · #48

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?2 points in 15 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 207 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: R
From: Delano, USA

56Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2626pctl

2424pctl

2525pctl

5353pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.136pctl

0.0714pctl

0.076pctl

0.51pctl

-154pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.8%16pctl

0.9017pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3338pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

3.72pctl

14.790pctl

0.6094pctl

1.0513pctl

0:002pctl

0:004pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 10 GP tracked · 1h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

35.6%0pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.4 min2pctl

Support received?

15.1 min100pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0751pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.4129pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1414pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.14/gm82pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 114 EV min

General Offense

3.6835

4.2135

Shot Setups/60?

0.0034

Chance Setups/60?

0.0034

Primary Contributions/60?

3.6835

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0034

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0041

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.0034

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0035

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0045

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0037

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5854

Rush Offense/60?

6.8444

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.5343

1.0559

0.0037

Deflections/60?

1.0543

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0037

Entries Finished/60?

0.5342

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0034

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.0547

0.5362

0.5339

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0044

Forechecking

8.4162

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0047

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
Brian Halonen	56	Depth Forward	2 P · 15 GP	$0.78M	$1.30M	C+$0.5M	this player
Reid Schaefer	55	Depth Forward	8 P · 47 GP	$0.89M	$1.16M	C+$0.3M	91%
Arshdeep Bains	54	Depth Forward	5 P · 28 GP	$0.81M	$1.03M	C+$0.2M	89%
Landon Slaggert	54	Depth Forward	7 P · 53 GP	$0.90M	$1.03M	C+$0.1M	87%
Zach Aston-Reese	54	Wrecking Ball	5 P · 27 GP	$0.78M	$1.03M	C+$0.3M	86%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Brian’s goals

Creates for

goals Brian assisted on

Paul Cotter1

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 10-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:33 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 10-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:36 TOI

@ LAK

1P

1G 0A

@ LAK 11-01

1G 0A · 1 shots · 6:06 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 11-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:32 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 5:56 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 5:19 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:16 TOI

vs PIT

1P

0G 1A

vs PIT 04-09

0G 1A · 0 shots · 8:54 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 8:04 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 04-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:11 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)19 events shown

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	New Jersey Devils	2	0	0	0	0
2024-25	New Jersey Devils	2	0	0	0	-1
2025-26	New Jersey Devils	15	1	1	2	-1
Career	1 team	19	1	1	2	-2