Regular season

Ethen Frank

Washington Capitals · RW · #53

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?24 points in 62 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'11"
WT: 188 lb
Age: 28
Shoots: R
From: Aurora, USA

68Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5353pctl

5656pctl

5555pctl

6767pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3945pctl

0.1952pctl

0.1939pctl

1.551pctl

+882pctl

450pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.3%67pctl

2.1466pctl

0.2080pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7078pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.263pctl

4.249pctl

0.2843pctl

3.5592pctl

1:2950pctl

0:0137pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 36 GP tracked · 7h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.3%38pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

60.0%90pctl

O-zone deployment?

34%7pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min15pctl

Support received?

16.8 min64pctl

D-zone deployment?

66%93pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1487pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.0966pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.5285pctl

0.96×34pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.17/gm70pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.3%15pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 665 EV min

General Offense

6.6868

9.8474

Shot Setups/60?

1.5383

Chance Setups/60?

1.5386

Primary Contributions/60?

8.2173

Rebounds Created/60?

0.8182

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0029

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6358

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.7285

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.4586

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2643

Rush Offense/60?

8.6665

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.0879

1.0871

0.1857

Deflections/60?

2.3583

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0943

Entries Finished/60?

0.6342

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3640

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.5418

0.0924

0.4519

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Forechecking

3.5251

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

$3.94M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ethen Frank	68	Depth Forward	24 P · 62 GP	$0.78M	$3.94M	A+$3.2M	this player
Daniil But	65	Depth Forward	7 P · 29 GP	$0.95M	$3.17M	A+$2.2M	90%
Braeden Bowman	69	Depth Forward	26 P · 54 GP	$0.88M	$4.22M	A+$3.3M	89%
Adam Gaudette	67	Depth Forward	25 P · 66 GP	$2.00M	$3.68M	B+$1.7M	87%
Fabian Zetterlund	67	Depth Forward	33 P · 82 GP	$4.28M	$3.68M	C−$0.6M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Dylan Strome · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Ethen’s goals

Creates for

goals Ethen assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS 03-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:36 TOI

vs CGY

1P

1G 0A

vs CGY 03-09

1G 0A · 3 shots · 14:18 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 03-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:46 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 03-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:30 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 03-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:32 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 03-18

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:26 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-20

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:23 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 03-22

0G 0A · 1 shots · 1:22 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:34 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:44 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)167 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 6 of 12 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 51 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Washington Capitals	24	4	3	7	3
2025-26	Washington Capitals	62	12	12	24	8
Career	1 team	86	16	15	31	11