Regular season

Calum Ritchie

New York Islanders · C · #64

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?30 points in 65 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'2"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 21
Shoots: R
From: Oakville, CAN
Draft: 2023 COL · R1 #27

65Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4747pctl

5050pctl

2323pctl

2222pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4655pctl

0.2055pctl

0.2655pctl

1.235pctl

-1414pctl

1172pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5%56pctl

0.9318pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2122pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

36.8%5pctl

D-Zone FO %?

38.2%8pctl

4.837pctl

0.178pctl

2:0470pctl

0:001pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

45.1%17pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

35.1%6pctl

O-zone deployment?

60%88pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min25pctl

Support received?

17.9 min32pctl

D-zone deployment?

40%12pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0858pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.4081pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3559pctl

0.88×6pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.24/gm41pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.8%26pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 741 EV min

General Offense

4.4525

5.1816

Shot Setups/60?

0.6528

Chance Setups/60?

0.3218

Primary Contributions/60?

5.1024

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2424

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1679

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3225

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0818

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0842

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.4013

Rush Offense/60?

6.1527

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2415

0.7343

0.2470

Deflections/60?

1.1336

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0021

Entries Finished/60?

0.6542

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4954

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.7079

0.1633

1.5485

Retrieval Success %?

10%21

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Exit Success %?

0%32

Forechecking

1.5426

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0882

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

$0.92M

cap hit

$3.17M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Calum Ritchie	65	Depth Forward	30 P · 65 GP	$0.92M	$3.17M	A+$2.2M	this player
Casey Mittelstadt	66	Depth Forward	42 P · 71 GP	$5.75M	$3.42M	D−$2.3M	87%
Jonathan Toews	64	Faceoff General	29 P · 82 GP	-	$2.92M	-	80%
Ryan Strome	64	Depth Forward	21 P · 52 GP	$5.00M	$2.92M	D−$2.1M	80%
Connor Zary	63	Depth Forward	25 P · 74 GP	$3.77M	$2.68M	D−$1.1M	80%

Chemistry

Top connection: Anthony Duclair · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Calum’s goals

Creates for

goals Calum assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

8 pts · 3 G · 5 A · 14 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs DAL

1P

1G 0A

vs DAL 03-26

1G 0A · 2 shots · 14:07 TOI

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA 03-28

0G 1A · 0 shots · 17:43 TOI

vs PIT

2P

0G 2A

vs PIT 03-30

0G 2A · 0 shots · 13:57 TOI

@ BUF

1P

1G 0A

@ BUF 03-31

1G 0A · 1 shots · 16:33 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-03

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:08 TOI

@ CAR

1P

0G 1A

@ CAR 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 17:13 TOI

vs TOR

2P

1G 1A

vs TOR 04-09

1G 1A · 4 shots · 15:31 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:48 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:11 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-14

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:55 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)232 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 7 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 12 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 39 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Colorado Avalanche	7	1	0	1	-7
2025-26	New York Islanders	65	13	17	30	-14
Career	2 teams	72	14	17	31	-21