Regular season

Marc Gatcomb

Vegas Golden Knights · C · #17

Bottom-six playerWrecking Ball?192 hits (23.3/60) - physically tilts every shift

HT: 6'2"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: R
From: Woburn, USA

55Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2222pctl

3535pctl

2121pctl

6868pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.147pctl

0.0612pctl

0.088pctl

1.129pctl

-346pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.9%42pctl

1.1025pctl

0.1459pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5261pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

0.11pctl

0.5085pctl

0:028pctl

0:001pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 38 GP tracked · 6h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.0%68pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

45.0%30pctl

O-zone deployment?

55%73pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.5 min3pctl

Support received?

15.6 min96pctl

D-zone deployment?

45%27pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1382pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8149pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2947pctl

0.81×1pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.21/gm55pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.9%28pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 493 EV min

General Offense

6.4563

6.5731

Shot Setups/60?

1.8383

Chance Setups/60?

1.3481

Primary Contributions/60?

8.2872

Rebounds Created/60?

1.1083

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.4984

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.8572

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4972

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1252

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3447

Rush Offense/60?

8.1655

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3724

0.7344

0.1244

Deflections/60?

1.4654

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1251

Entries Finished/60?

1.4681

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6167

Entry → Chance %?

42%20

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.6122

0.1230

0.4925

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1276

Forechecking

14.0082

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0043

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

$0.90M

cap hit

$1.16M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Marc Gatcomb	55	Wrecking Ball	7 P · 49 GP	$0.90M	$1.16M	C+$0.3M	this player
Zack Ostapchuk	53	Depth Forward	7 P · 59 GP	$0.82M	$0.92M	C+$0.1M	92%
Steven Lorentz	57	Depth Forward	18 P · 71 GP	$1.35M	$1.46M	C+$0.1M	90%
Josh Samanski	55	Depth Forward	4 P · 24 GP	$0.97M	$1.16M	C+$0.2M	88%
Ozzy Wiesblatt	52	Wrecking Ball	5 P · 40 GP	$0.81M	$0.86M	C+$0.0M	87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Casey Cizikas · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Marc’s goals

Creates for

goals Marc assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 2 G · 1 A · 16 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 03-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:06 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:46 TOI

vs FLA

2P

1G 1A

vs FLA 03-28

1G 1A · 1 shots · 9:44 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 03-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:29 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 03-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:07 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-03

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:38 TOI

@ CAR

1P

1G 0A

@ CAR 04-04

1G 0A · 2 shots · 10:31 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 04-09

0G 0A · 5 shots · 10:20 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:19 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:57 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)95 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 30 blocks · 0 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	New York Islanders	39	8	1	9	-4
2025-26	New York Islanders	49	3	4	7	-3
Career	1 team	88	11	5	16	-7