Regular season

Noah Laba

New York Rangers · C · #42

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?24 points in 74 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'3"
WT: 214 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: R
From: Northville, USA
Draft: 2022 NYR · R4 #111

59Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3333pctl

3434pctl

2525pctl

6161pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3235pctl

0.1229pctl

0.2040pctl

1.020pctl

+266pctl

555pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.2%57pctl

1.1928pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5564pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

50.8%58pctl

D-Zone FO %?

50.0%52pctl

8.858pctl

0.3136pctl

0:3340pctl

1:1158pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.7%42pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

55.9%77pctl

O-zone deployment?

40%18pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.8 min13pctl

Support received?

16.2 min87pctl

D-zone deployment?

60%82pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0640pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.0061pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3254pctl

0.91×12pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.38/gm7pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.3%6pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 869 EV min

General Offense

4.0118

6.9134

Shot Setups/60?

0.4819

Chance Setups/60?

0.2815

Primary Contributions/60?

4.4916

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3534

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0760

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2820

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2845

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0019

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1738

Rush Offense/60?

5.6620

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3518

1.1074

0.1447

Deflections/60?

1.3147

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2878

Entries Finished/60?

0.5532

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3536

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.6919

0.1429

0.5526

Retrieval Success %?

20%36

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0772

Exit Success %?

10%81

Forechecking

5.1165

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

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

$0.91M

cap hit

$1.83M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Noah Laba	59	Depth Forward	24 P · 74 GP	$0.91M	$1.83M	B+$0.9M	this player
Otto Stenberg	60	Depth Forward	10 P · 32 GP	$0.92M	$2.03M	B+$1.1M	90%
Blake Lizotte	60	Depth Forward	19 P · 55 GP	$1.85M	$2.03M	C+$0.2M	90%
Berkly Catton	57	Depth Forward	17 P · 66 GP	$0.94M	$1.46M	C+$0.5M	89%
Oskar Sundqvist	58	Depth Forward	17 P · 52 GP	-	$1.64M	-	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Will Cuylle · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Noah’s goals

Creates for

goals Noah assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-18

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:40 TOI

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA 03-29

0G 1A · 4 shots · 13:20 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:54 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:05 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:27 TOI

vs WSH

1P

0G 1A

vs WSH 04-05

0G 1A · 2 shots · 15:38 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:33 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:25 TOI

@ FLA

1P

0G 1A

@ FLA 04-13

0G 1A · 2 shots · 11:04 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:27 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)368 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 6 of 9 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 8 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 51 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	New York Rangers	74	9	15	24	2
Career	1 team	74	9	15	24	2