Regular season

Denver Barkey

Philadelphia Flyers · C · #52

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?17 points in 43 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'10"
WT: 171 lb
Age: 21
Shoots: L
From: Newmarket, CAN
Draft: 2023 PHI · R3 #95

64Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3636pctl

6161pctl

2020pctl

4242pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4045pctl

0.1228pctl

0.2859pctl

1.021pctl

-634pctl

450pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.9%55pctl

0.6710pctl

0.1873pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3439pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

0.48pctl

0.3034pctl

1:3763pctl

0:006pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 30 GP tracked · 7h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

54.2%84pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

55.2%74pctl

O-zone deployment?

56%76pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min33pctl

Support received?

18.3 min22pctl

D-zone deployment?

44%24pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0214pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8954pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2947pctl

0.88×7pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.10/gm93pctl

Pressure escape rate?

13.2%100pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 507 EV min

General Offense

3.9021

4.8519

Shot Setups/60?

0.8343

Chance Setups/60?

0.8357

Primary Contributions/60?

4.7324

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3537

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.7163

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2438

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1251

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.2417

Rush Offense/60?

4.8519

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3523

0.4724

0.2467

Deflections/60?

1.6664

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0024

Entries Finished/60?

0.5939

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3539

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3059

0.1230

1.1870

Retrieval Success %?

9%23

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%34

Forechecking

2.9646

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

$0.88M

cap hit

$2.92M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Denver Barkey	64	Depth Forward	17 P · 43 GP	$0.88M	$2.92M	A+$2.0M	this player
Jonathan Toews	64	Faceoff General	29 P · 82 GP	-	$2.92M	-	86%
Shane Wright	65	Depth Forward	27 P · 74 GP	$0.89M	$3.17M	A+$2.3M	85%
Nate Danielson	61	Depth Forward	7 P · 28 GP	$0.89M	$2.24M	B+$1.4M	85%
Oliver Moore	61	Depth Forward	19 P · 51 GP	$0.94M	$2.24M	B+$1.3M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Owen Tippett · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Denver’s goals

Creates for

goals Denver assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

vs CHI

1P

1G 0A

vs CHI 03-26

1G 0A · 3 shots · 14:31 TOI

@ DET

1P

0G 1A

@ DET 03-28

0G 1A · 0 shots · 14:44 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:42 TOI

@ WSH

1P

1G 0A

@ WSH 03-31

1G 0A · 3 shots · 13:38 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:56 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:00 TOI

@ DET

1P

0G 1A

@ DET 04-09

0G 1A · 1 shots · 10:05 TOI

@ WPG

1P

0G 1A

@ WPG 04-11

0G 1A · 0 shots · 12:19 TOI

vs CAR

1P

0G 1A

vs CAR 04-13

0G 1A · 3 shots · 15:00 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:38 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)85 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 3 of 5 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 28 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Philadelphia Flyers	43	5	12	17	-6
Career	1 team	43	5	12	17	-6