Regular season

Ben Meyers

Seattle Kraken · C · #59

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?15 points in 52 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'11"
WT: 194 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: L
From: Delano, USA

59Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3636pctl

3636pctl

3535pctl

3434pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2932pctl

0.1334pctl

0.1528pctl

1.232pctl

-1217pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.4%59pctl

1.3937pctl

0.1042pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1718pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

55.1%84pctl

D-Zone FO %?

54.3%77pctl

6.545pctl

0.3862pctl

0:0420pctl

1:3771pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 32 GP tracked · 6h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.3%56pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

31.4%3pctl

O-zone deployment?

23%1pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min29pctl

Support received?

16.4 min79pctl

D-zone deployment?

77%99pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0641pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.1167pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2028pctl

0.93×19pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.10/gm93pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.9%27pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 534 EV min

General Offense

6.5264

8.5460

Shot Setups/60?

1.3576

Chance Setups/60?

0.7954

Primary Contributions/60?

7.8767

Rebounds Created/60?

0.5662

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1167

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.0179

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1122

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.4584

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.9171

Rush Offense/60?

8.6564

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4528

0.7949

0.1140

Deflections/60?

1.1238

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2269

Entries Finished/60?

0.6746

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3437

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.1482

0.7983

1.3578

Retrieval Success %?

37%72

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1176

Exit Success %?

5%64

Forechecking

4.5058

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

$0.78M

cap hit

$1.83M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ben Meyers	59	Depth Forward	15 P · 52 GP	$0.78M	$1.83M	B+$1.1M	this player
Robby Fabbri	61	Depth Forward	5 P · 21 GP	-	$2.24M	-	93%
Peyton Krebs	64	Depth Forward	39 P · 82 GP	$1.45M	$2.92M	B+$1.5M	86%
Dominic James	63	Depth Forward	15 P · 43 GP	$0.91M	$2.68M	B+$1.8M	85%
Zemgus Girgensons	60	Depth Forward	20 P · 74 GP	$0.88M	$2.03M	B+$1.2M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Ryan Winterton · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Ben’s goals

Creates for

goals Ben assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 03-19

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:18 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 03-21

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:21 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:12 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:18 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:44 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:23 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:26 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:11 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:49 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-16

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:35 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)235 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 4 of 7 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 11 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 15 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Colorado Avalanche	5	1	0	1	-2
2022-23	Colorado Avalanche	39	4	0	4	-6
2023-24	Colorado Avalanche	9	1	0	1	-2
2023-24	Anaheim Ducks	14	0	2	2	-2
2024-25	Seattle Kraken	8	0	0	0	-2
2025-26	Seattle Kraken	52	7	8	15	-12
Career	3 teams	127	13	10	23	-26