Regular season

Maxim Tsyplakov

Calgary Flames · RW · #72

Depth playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 83 hits (11.1/60)

HT: 6'3"
WT: 203 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: L
From: Moscow, RUS

49Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1515pctl

1212pctl

1515pctl

2020pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.082pctl

0.045pctl

0.042pctl

0.912pctl

-179pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.7%28pctl

0.7313pctl

0.016pctl

Def Suppression?

-0.065pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

5.627pctl

11.184pctl

0.2947pctl

1.0714pctl

0:0718pctl

0:008pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 31 GP tracked · 5h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

46.9%26pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

23.8%1pctl

O-zone deployment?

57%82pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.6 min6pctl

Support received?

16.4 min83pctl

D-zone deployment?

43%18pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0214pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8150pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.095pctl

0.87×4pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.12/gm89pctl

Pressure escape rate?

10.6%94pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 441 EV min

General Offense

5.7151

7.3544

Shot Setups/60?

0.9551

Chance Setups/60?

0.4127

Primary Contributions/60?

6.6751

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2729

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1471

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5447

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2745

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1455

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6360

Rush Offense/60?

8.4360

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2721

0.5431

0.0023

Deflections/60?

1.2243

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.5481

Entries Finished/60?

1.3679

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.8277

Entry → Chance %?

60%45

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.4582

0.6879

1.7781

Retrieval Success %?

28%56

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1477

Exit Success %?

6%64

Forechecking

7.8973

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0044

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

$2.25M

cap hit

$0.86M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Maxim Tsyplakov	49	Depth Forward	4 P · 49 GP	$2.25M	$0.86M	D−$1.4M	this player
Ryan Lomberg	51	Wrecking Ball	9 P · 57 GP	$2.00M	$0.86M	D−$1.1M	91%
Nicolas Deslauriers	50	Wrecking Ball	2 P · 31 GP	$1.75M	$0.86M	D−$0.9M	91%
Brandon Tanev	48	Wrecking Ball	3 P · 56 GP	$2.50M	$0.86M	D−$1.6M	91%
Tanner Pearson	55	Depth Forward	15 P · 56 GP	-	$1.16M	-	83%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Maxim’s goals

Creates for

goals Maxim assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 8 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs BOS

1P

0G 1A

vs BOS 03-16

0G 1A · 0 shots · 7:39 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-18

0G 0A · 2 shots · 9:43 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 03-20

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:59 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 03-24

0G 0A · 2 shots · 6:24 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 03-26

0G 0A · 3 shots · 9:28 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:21 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:21 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:01 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:04 TOI

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:50 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)91 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 7 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 9 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	New York Islanders	77	10	25	35	4
2025-26	New York Islanders	27	1	1	2	-9
2025-26	New Jersey Devils	22	1	1	2	-8
Career	2 teams	126	12	27	39	-13