Regular season

Elias Pettersson

Vancouver Canucks · D · #25

Depth DHeavy Hitter?136 hits (7.8/60) - punishes the forecheck

HT: 6'2"
WT: 185 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Vasteras, SWE
Draft: 2022 VAN · R3 #80

56Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2727pctl

2121pctl

1919pctl

4040pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1414pctl

0.0438pctl

0.1012pctl

0.712pctl

-168pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.1%5pctl

0.345pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2021pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.2143pctl

4.8669pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.958pctl

7.894pctl

0.2129pctl

0:0328pctl

1:1038pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

40.5%3pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

44.9%29pctl

O-zone deployment?

41%19pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min25pctl

Support received?

16.3 min84pctl

D-zone deployment?

59%81pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0210pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.114pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1210pctl

0.87×3pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.22/gm52pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.7%21pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 963 EV min

General Offense

2.6220

2.8038

Shot Setups/60?

0.5627

Chance Setups/60?

0.5640

Primary Contributions/60?

3.1820

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1217

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4459

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1959

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0675

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0020

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2527

Rush Offense/60?

5.2944

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3765

0.3164

0.0026

Deflections/60?

0.1269

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0032

Entries Finished/60?

0.5082

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0019

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.6184

0.3128

3.3087

Retrieval Success %?

9%19

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.6272

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

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

$0.84M

cap hit

$1.34M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Elias Pettersson	56	Heavy Hitter	10 P · 70 GP	$0.84M	$1.34M	C+$0.5M	this player
Philippe Myers	57	Depth Defenseman	2 P · 39 GP	$0.85M	$1.51M	C+$0.7M	93%
Dmitri Simashev	54	Depth Defenseman	1 P · 28 GP	$0.95M	$1.04M	C+$0.1M	91%
Luke Schenn	58	Heavy Hitter	7 P · 50 GP	$2.75M	$1.70M	D−$1.0M	91%
Pierre-Olivier Joseph	59	Depth Defenseman	6 P · 31 GP	-	$1.91M	-	89%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Elias’s goals

Creates for

goals Elias assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 6 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:35 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-30

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:53 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-01

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:31 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:28 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:09 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:20 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:48 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:07 TOI

vs LAK

1P

1G 0A

vs LAK 04-14

1G 0A · 1 shots · 13:15 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:53 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 right circle - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 9 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 86 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Vancouver Canucks	28	1	2	3	-4
2025-26	Vancouver Canucks	70	3	7	10	-16
Career	1 team	98	4	9	13	-20