Regular season

Stephen Halliday

Ottawa Senators · C · #34

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?11 points in 30 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'4"
WT: 214 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: L
From: Ajax, CAN
Draft: 2022 OTT · R4 #104

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3232pctl

4141pctl

2727pctl

2121pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3740pctl

0.1333pctl

0.2350pctl

1.129pctl

058pctl

346pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.3%35pctl

1.2029pctl

0.0728pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1314pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

38.8%7pctl

2.224pctl

0.134pctl

1:5667pctl

0:007pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 17 GP tracked · 2h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

55.9%90pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

50.0%52pctl

O-zone deployment?

62%92pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.3 min2pctl

Support received?

16.0 min91pctl

D-zone deployment?

38%8pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0753pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.3979pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3762pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.04/gm99pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.9%87pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 197 EV min

General Offense

8.5171

10.6469

Shot Setups/60?

1.2262

Chance Setups/60?

0.9159

Primary Contributions/60?

9.7371

Rebounds Created/60?

0.9171

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0037

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3034

High-Danger Setups/60?

1.2273

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0042

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0032

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5254

Rush Offense/60?

8.2154

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.5272

2.1373

0.0031

Deflections/60?

3.6573

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0032

Entries Finished/60?

0.3031

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3039

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.2253

0.0029

1.2264

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0041

Forechecking

5.4760

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0045

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

$0.95M

cap hit

$2.24M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Stephen Halliday	61	Depth Forward	11 P · 30 GP	$0.95M	$2.24M	B+$1.3M	this player
Brad Lambert	59	Depth Forward	6 P · 25 GP	$0.89M	$1.83M	B+$0.9M	88%
Nate Danielson	61	Depth Forward	7 P · 28 GP	$0.89M	$2.24M	B+$1.4M	83%
Gavin Brindley	56	Depth Forward	13 P · 56 GP	$0.95M	$1.30M	C+$0.4M	81%
Oliver Moore	61	Depth Forward	19 P · 51 GP	$0.94M	$2.24M	B+$1.3M	77%

Chemistry

Top connection: Fabian Zetterlund · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Stephen’s goals

Creates for

goals Stephen assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 3 G · 1 A · 13 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.8 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs VGK

3P

2G 1A

vs VGK 01-25

2G 1A · 3 shots · 7:39 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 01-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 5:47 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 02-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 6:46 TOI

@ CAR

1P

1G 0A

@ CAR 02-03

1G 0A · 1 shots · 7:12 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 02-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:34 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 02-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:38 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 02-28

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:06 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 03-03

0G 0A · 1 shots · 6:56 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 04-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:27 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 04-15

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:42 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)83 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 2 of 4 goals live there

Defensive floor: 10 blocks · 0 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Ottawa Senators	30	4	7	11	0
Career	1 team	30	4	7	11	0