Regular season

Daniil But

Utah Mammoth · LW · #19

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?7 points in 29 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'5"
WT: 203 lb
Age: 21
Shoots: R
From: Yaroslavl, RUS
Draft: 2023 ARI · R1 #12

65Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4444pctl

5858pctl

5858pctl

6262pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2423pctl

0.1024pctl

0.1423pctl

1.552pctl

+163pctl

346pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.6%70pctl

2.3671pctl

0.45100pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7279pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.161pctl

2.632pctl

0.2224pctl

2.9887pctl

1:2146pctl

0:0020pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 18 GP tracked · 4h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

53.4%80pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

36.4%8pctl

O-zone deployment?

59%87pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min17pctl

Support received?

16.8 min66pctl

D-zone deployment?

41%13pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1072pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.5184pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.5991pctl

1.01×62pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.21/gm56pctl

Pressure escape rate?

10.9%95pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 322 EV min

General Offense

6.7065

10.9875

Shot Setups/60?

1.8678

Chance Setups/60?

1.1271

Primary Contributions/60?

8.5671

Rebounds Created/60?

1.1279

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0034

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.9372

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1934

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1978

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0028

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3047

Rush Offense/60?

10.6174

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.6778

1.8678

0.0026

Deflections/60?

2.0571

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0028

Entries Finished/60?

0.3728

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1926

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.7431

0.1939

0.5633

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0039

Forechecking

2.4241

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.1978

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

$0.95M

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
Daniil But	65	Depth Forward	7 P · 29 GP	$0.95M	$3.17M	A+$2.2M	this player
Ethen Frank	68	Depth Forward	24 P · 62 GP	$0.78M	$3.94M	A+$3.2M	90%
Braeden Bowman	69	Depth Forward	26 P · 54 GP	$0.88M	$4.22M	A+$3.3M	86%
Anthony Duclair	65	Depth Forward	27 P · 62 GP	$3.50M	$3.17M	C−$0.3M	86%
Brendan Gallagher	63	Depth Forward	23 P · 77 GP	$6.50M	$2.68M	F−$3.8M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: JJ Peterka · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Daniil’s goals

Creates for

goals Daniil assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 1 G · 2 A · 13 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs TOR

2P

1G 1A

vs TOR 01-13

1G 1A · 2 shots · 12:14 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 01-15

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:11 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 01-17

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:05 TOI

vs PHI

1P

0G 1A

vs PHI 01-21

0G 1A · 0 shots · 11:26 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 01-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:51 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 01-26

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:50 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 01-27

0G 0A · 3 shots · 11:42 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 01-29

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:44 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 01-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:57 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:08 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)95 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 2 of 3 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 24 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Utah Mammoth	29	3	4	7	1
Career	1 team	29	3	4	7	1