Regular season

Easton Cowan

Toronto Maple Leafs · RW · #53

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?29 points in 66 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 21
Shoots: L
From: Mount Brydges, CAN
Draft: 2023 TOR · R1 #28

65Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4242pctl

5151pctl

4646pctl

2727pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4451pctl

0.1744pctl

0.2757pctl

1.446pctl

-539pctl

659pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.5%60pctl

1.7249pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2830pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

5.729pctl

4.453pctl

0.168pctl

1.9760pctl

1:3351pctl

0:0012pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 41 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

45.0%16pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

48.7%45pctl

O-zone deployment?

52%62pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min43pctl

Support received?

18.2 min24pctl

D-zone deployment?

48%38pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0644pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8149pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2231pctl

0.99×49pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.33/gm16pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.2%58pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 868 EV min

General Offense

5.4647

6.9836

Shot Setups/60?

0.7635

Chance Setups/60?

0.6945

Primary Contributions/60?

6.2244

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2826

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0028

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2820

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4166

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2170

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5257

Rush Offense/60?

8.5764

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2815

0.4821

0.0018

Deflections/60?

0.9026

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0738

Entries Finished/60?

0.7653

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4853

Entry → Chance %?

64%53

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.5274

0.4170

1.1170

Retrieval Success %?

27%55

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%31

Forechecking

3.9455

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0782

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

$0.87M

cap hit

$3.17M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Easton Cowan	65	Depth Forward	29 P · 66 GP	$0.87M	$3.17M	A+$2.3M	this player
Kaapo Kakko	69	Depth Forward	40 P · 65 GP	$4.53M	$4.22M	C−$0.3M	89%
Kevin Hayes	64	Depth Forward	8 P · 28 GP	-	$2.92M	-	89%
Maxim Shabanov	62	Depth Forward	18 P · 44 GP	$0.97M	$2.46M	B+$1.5M	88%
Alexandre Texier	64	Depth Forward	21 P · 51 GP	$2.10M	$2.92M	B+$0.8M	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: John Tavares · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Easton’s goals

Creates for

goals Easton assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 2 G · 5 A · 11 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 03-25

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:07 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:44 TOI

@ ANA

2P

0G 2A

@ ANA 03-30

0G 2A · 3 shots · 19:08 TOI

@ SJS

1P

0G 1A

@ SJS 04-02

0G 1A · 0 shots · 19:22 TOI

@ LAK

1P

1G 0A

@ LAK 04-04

1G 0A · 3 shots · 18:06 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:44 TOI

@ NYI

1P

1G 0A

@ NYI 04-09

1G 0A · 1 shots · 18:54 TOI

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA 04-11

0G 1A · 1 shots · 16:59 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:10 TOI

@ OTT

1P

0G 1A

@ OTT 04-15

0G 1A · 2 shots · 20:17 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)186 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 4 of 11 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 35 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Toronto Maple Leafs	66	11	18	29	-5
Career	1 team	66	11	18	29	-5