Regular season

Maxim Shabanov

Minnesota Wild · RW · #49

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?18 points in 44 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'9"
WT: 167 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Chelyabinsk, RUS

62Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

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4444pctl

3939pctl

2626pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4147pctl

0.1127pctl

0.3062pctl

1.339pctl

-539pctl

555pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.6%51pctl

1.4942pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

0.0710pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

5.626pctl

2.733pctl

0.3154pctl

1.5941pctl

1:3754pctl

0:004pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 25 GP tracked · 6h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

40.8%4pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

39.4%14pctl

O-zone deployment?

48%40pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.2 min34pctl

Support received?

17.7 min37pctl

D-zone deployment?

52%60pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1997pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5636pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4067pctl

0.95×26pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.19/gm65pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.4%7pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 531 EV min

General Offense

5.3143

6.7834

Shot Setups/60?

0.4521

Chance Setups/60?

0.3421

Primary Contributions/60?

5.7736

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1118

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2321

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0017

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0038

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1148

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1338

Rush Offense/60?

6.5633

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6849

0.9060

0.3477

Deflections/60?

0.6821

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1149

Entries Finished/60?

1.1375

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.5763

Entry → Chance %?

50%28

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.9280

0.2343

1.7083

Retrieval Success %?

12%26

Exit Involvements/60?

0.2384

Exit Success %?

12%81

Forechecking

1.5829

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.1182

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

$0.97M

cap hit

$2.46M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Maxim Shabanov	62	Depth Forward	18 P · 44 GP	$0.97M	$2.46M	B+$1.5M	this player
Nino Niederreiter	61	Depth Forward	19 P · 61 GP	$4.00M	$2.24M	D−$1.8M	92%
Jonatan Berggren	62	Depth Forward	22 P · 51 GP	$1.82M	$2.46M	C+$0.6M	90%
Easton Cowan	65	Depth Forward	29 P · 66 GP	$0.87M	$3.17M	A+$2.3M	88%
Dalibor Dvorsky	61	Depth Forward	21 P · 71 GP	$0.89M	$2.24M	B+$1.4M	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Calum Ritchie · 5 goals together

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

3 pts · 1 G · 2 A · 17 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 01-17

0G 0A · 3 shots · 12:47 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 01-21

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:23 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 01-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:43 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 01-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:51 TOI

@ NYR

1P

0G 1A

@ NYR 01-29

0G 1A · 2 shots · 7:59 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 01-31

0G 0A · 4 shots · 14:12 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 03-10

0G 0A · 2 shots · 10:07 TOI

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 03-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:12 TOI

@ CAR

1P

1G 0A

@ CAR 04-04

1G 0A · 1 shots · 13:35 TOI

vs TOR

1P

0G 1A

vs TOR 04-09

0G 1A · 1 shots · 12:51 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)115 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 2 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 6 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 18 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	New York Islanders	44	5	13	18	-5
Career	1 team	44	5	13	18	-5