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Regular season

Drew Doughty

Los Angeles Kings · D · #8
Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?23 points and 76 blocks in 72 games in a supporting role
HT
6'1"
WT
210 lb
Age
36
Shoots
R
From
London, CAN
Draft
2008 LAK · R1 #2
67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
6565pctl
Playmaking?
6060pctl
Transition?
7373pctl
Defense?
2222pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.3260pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0760pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2560pctl
Shots / GP?
1.471pctl
Plus/Minus?
+462pctl
PP Points?
159pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
2.9%30pctl
ZEIS?
2.0162pctl
PSPL?
0.1355pctl
Def Suppression?
0.0710pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.0626pctl
Blocks / 60?
2.748pctl
Hits / 60?
1.937pctl
Take : Give?
0.2235pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:4181pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:1741pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 19h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min68pctl
Support received?
17.4 min46pctl

Micro-metrics

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

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1449 EV min

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

$11.00M

cap hit

$3.91M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

F

Well above market ($7.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Drew Doughty67$11.00MF$7.1Mthis player
Philip Broberg68$4.58MC$0.4M85%
Oliver Ekman-Larsson65$8.25MF$4.9M83%
Tony DeAngelo68$1.75MA+$2.4M82%
Vladislav Gavrikov71$7.00MD$1.9M81%

Chemistry

Top connection: Quinton Byfield · 5 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 14 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN

1P

0G 1A

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

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

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)354 events shown

The office: the left point - 2 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 24 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 77 blocks · 10 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2008-09Los Angeles Kings8162127-17
2009-10Los Angeles Kings8216435920
2010-11Los Angeles Kings7611294013
2011-12Los Angeles Kings77102636-2
2012-13Los Angeles Kings48616224
2013-14Los Angeles Kings7810273717
2014-15Los Angeles Kings82739463
2015-16Los Angeles Kings8214375124
2016-17Los Angeles Kings821232448
2017-18Los Angeles Kings8210506023
2018-19Los Angeles Kings8283745-34
2019-20Los Angeles Kings6772835-16
2020-21Los Angeles Kings5682634-14
2021-22Los Angeles Kings39724314
2022-23Los Angeles Kings819435212
2023-24Los Angeles Kings8215355015
2024-25Los Angeles Kings30413179
2025-26Los Angeles Kings72518234
Career1 team127916554470973