Regular season

Max Sasson

Vancouver Canucks · C · #63

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?19 points in 66 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 181 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Birmingham, USA

56Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3838pctl

1313pctl

2020pctl

5050pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2931pctl

0.2054pctl

0.0911pctl

0.917pctl

-1315pctl

135pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4%43pctl

1.0121pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4249pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

42.1%13pctl

D-Zone FO %?

44.3%31pctl

4.434pctl

0.3241pctl

0:2438pctl

0:0934pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 40 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

43.7%10pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

36.1%7pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%47pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.0 min24pctl

Support received?

17.0 min58pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%53pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0747pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5837pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1618pctl

1.00×54pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.11/gm89pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.0%29pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 737 EV min

General Offense

4.6427

5.7820

Shot Setups/60?

0.4920

Chance Setups/60?

0.3318

Primary Contributions/60?

5.1324

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0013

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0029

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4133

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1625

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0842

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.0631

Rush Offense/60?

6.6834

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2415

0.4923

0.1652

Deflections/60?

1.0633

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0840

Entries Finished/60?

0.3318

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3333

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3865

0.3358

1.0667

Retrieval Success %?

24%45

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0872

Exit Success %?

6%68

Forechecking

1.3023

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

$0.78M

cap hit

$1.30M

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
Max Sasson	56	Depth Forward	19 P · 66 GP	$0.78M	$1.30M	C+$0.5M	this player
Casey Cizikas	55	Depth Forward	18 P · 81 GP	$2.50M	$1.16M	D−$1.3M	92%
Nico Sturm	56	Depth Forward	11 P · 49 GP	$2.00M	$1.30M	C−$0.7M	86%
Juuso Parssinen	56	Depth Forward	3 P · 20 GP	$1.25M	$1.30M	C+$0.1M	85%
Sam Carrick	55	Depth Forward	16 P · 73 GP	$1.00M	$1.16M	C+$0.2M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Linus Karlsson · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Max’s goals

Creates for

goals Max assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 2 G · 2 A · 6 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 03-17

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:59 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 03-19

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:23 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:30 TOI

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:16 TOI

@ COL

2P

1G 1A

@ COL 04-01

1G 1A · 2 shots · 15:18 TOI

@ MIN

1P

0G 1A

@ MIN 04-02

0G 1A · 0 shots · 13:30 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:08 TOI

vs VGK

1P

1G 0A

vs VGK 04-07

1G 0A · 1 shots · 10:57 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-09

0G 0A · 3 shots · 12:43 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:24 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)213 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 5 of 13 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 40 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Vancouver Canucks	29	3	4	7	1
2025-26	Vancouver Canucks	66	13	6	19	-13
Career	1 team	95	16	10	26	-12