Regular season

Andrei Kuzmenko

Pittsburgh Penguins · LW · #10

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?25 points in 52 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'11"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: R
From: Yakutsk, RUS

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5757pctl

3838pctl

7171pctl

2424pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4859pctl

0.2570pctl

0.2349pctl

1.342pctl

-442pctl

1376pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.2%66pctl

3.1686pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2021pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

5.322pctl

1.413pctl

0.2019pctl

1.0814pctl

2:5983pctl

0:004pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 26 GP tracked · 6h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

54.5%85pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

47.4%40pctl

O-zone deployment?

51%55pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.2 min37pctl

Support received?

18.2 min25pctl

D-zone deployment?

49%45pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0856pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.5584pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2947pctl

1.03×74pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.16/gm77pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.5%65pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 620 EV min

General Offense

4.1622

8.8164

Shot Setups/60?

1.3578

Chance Setups/60?

1.1679

Primary Contributions/60?

5.5230

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1922

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1065

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.2685

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3960

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1045

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.2381

Rush Offense/60?

8.7164

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2918

0.7748

0.1036

Deflections/60?

1.6463

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1044

Entries Finished/60?

0.5837

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4853

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.0645

0.1938

0.8752

Retrieval Success %?

18%33

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1074

Exit Success %?

9%77

Forechecking

1.6428

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

$4.30M

cap hit

$3.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Andrei Kuzmenko	67	Depth Forward	25 P · 52 GP	$4.30M	$3.68M	C−$0.6M	this player
Mackie Samoskevich	67	Depth Forward	32 P · 77 GP	$0.78M	$3.68M	A+$2.9M	84%
Victor Olofsson	65	Depth Forward	31 P · 78 GP	$1.57M	$3.17M	B+$1.6M	81%
Michael Bunting	67	Depth Forward	33 P · 74 GP	-	$3.68M	-	79%
Corey Perry	69	Depth Forward	37 P · 72 GP	$2.00M	$4.22M	A+$2.2M	78%

Chemistry

Top connection: Kevin Fiala · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Andrei’s goals

Creates for

goals Andrei assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 4 G · 3 A · 14 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ ANA

1P

0G 1A

@ ANA 01-17

0G 1A · 0 shots · 14:20 TOI

vs NYR

1P

1G 0A

vs NYR 01-20

1G 0A · 4 shots · 16:19 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 01-24

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:12 TOI

@ DET

1P

1G 0A

@ DET 01-27

1G 0A · 1 shots · 14:46 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 01-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:39 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 01-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:09 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 02-01

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:05 TOI

vs SEA

2P

2G 0A

vs SEA 02-04

2G 0A · 4 shots · 17:57 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 02-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:23 TOI

vs VGK

2P

0G 2A

vs VGK 02-25

0G 2A · 0 shots · 13:35 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)174 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 5 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 16 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 21 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Vancouver Canucks	81	39	35	74	9
2023-24	Vancouver Canucks	43	8	13	21	-1
2023-24	Calgary Flames	29	14	11	25	-8
2024-25	Calgary Flames	37	4	11	15	-7
2024-25	Philadelphia Flyers	7	2	3	5	-5
2024-25	Los Angeles Kings	22	5	12	17	6
2025-26	Los Angeles Kings	52	13	12	25	-4
Career	4 teams	271	85	97	182	-10