Regular season

Adam Sykora

New York Rangers · LW · #38

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?4 points in 11 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'11"
WT: 193 lb
Age: 21
Shoots: L
From: Piestany, SVK
Draft: 2022 NYR · R2 #63

66Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5454pctl

3030pctl

5656pctl

7373pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3639pctl

0.2774pctl

0.0911pctl

1.443pctl

058pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.3%58pctl

2.6478pctl

0.028pctl

Def Suppression?

1.5999pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.366pctl

9.881pctl

0.6796pctl

4.8899pctl

0:0718pctl

0:0345pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 10 GP tracked · 2h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.2%38pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

50.0%52pctl

O-zone deployment?

56%78pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.5 min5pctl

Support received?

17.2 min53pctl

D-zone deployment?

44%22pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1897pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.5083pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4576pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.73/gm0pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.6%8pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 121 EV min

General Offense

7.4263

10.3964

Shot Setups/60?

0.9952

Chance Setups/60?

0.4940

Primary Contributions/60?

8.4161

Rebounds Created/60?

0.9966

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0041

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.9964

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0034

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0044

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0037

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.4852

Rush Offense/60?

8.4155

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9962

0.9957

0.0036

Deflections/60?

1.4853

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0037

Entries Finished/60?

0.9959

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.9966

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.4935

0.4961

0.0033

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0043

Forechecking

7.4261

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

$0.81M

cap hit

$3.42M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Adam Sykora	66	Depth Forward	4 P · 11 GP	$0.81M	$3.42M	A+$2.6M	this player
Jordan Martinook	65	Depth Forward	29 P · 77 GP	$3.08M	$3.17M	C+$0.1M	85%
Joel Armia	64	Depth Forward	25 P · 67 GP	$2.50M	$2.92M	C+$0.4M	84%
Josh Anderson	63	Depth Forward	23 P · 72 GP	$5.50M	$2.68M	F−$2.8M	83%
Mathieu Olivier	68	Depth Forward	26 P · 61 GP	$3.00M	$3.94M	B+$0.9M	82%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Adam’s goals

Creates for

goals Adam assisted on

Jaroslav Chmelar1

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 3 G · 1 A · 12 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

1P

1G 0A

vs CHI 03-27

1G 0A · 3 shots · 13:56 TOI

vs FLA

1P

1G 0A

vs FLA 03-29

1G 0A · 1 shots · 10:03 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:02 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:16 TOI

vs DET

1P

0G 1A

vs DET 04-04

0G 1A · 0 shots · 11:10 TOI

vs WSH

1P

1G 0A

vs WSH 04-05

1G 0A · 3 shots · 13:36 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:16 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 10:22 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:57 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:44 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)27 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 2 of 3 goals live there

Defensive floor: 16 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	New York Rangers	11	3	1	4	0
Career	1 team	11	3	1	4	0