HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Luke Schenn

Vancouver Canucks · D · #2
Depth DHeavy Hitter?149 hits (13.1/60) - punishes the forecheck
HT
6'2"
WT
225 lb
Age
36
Shoots
R
From
Saskatoon, CAN
Draft
2008 TOR · R1 #5
58Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
2323pctl
Playmaking?
1919pctl
Transition?
2828pctl
Defense?
4343pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.1413pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0217pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1217pctl
Shots / GP?
0.716pctl
Plus/Minus?
-1213pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
1.2%7pctl
ZEIS?
0.6811pctl
PSPL?
0.016pctl
Def Suppression?
0.3946pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.1434pctl
Blocks / 60?
5.0072pctl
Hits / 60?
13.199pctl
Take : Give?
0.1612pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:005pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:3756pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 24 GP tracked · 5h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.8 min10pctl
Support received?
16.0 min90pctl

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 · 602 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

$2.75M

cap hit

$1.70M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($1.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Luke Schenn58$2.75MD$1.0Mthis player
Philippe Myers57$0.85MC+$0.7M94%
Elias Pettersson56$0.84MC+$0.5M91%
Victor Mancini58$0.87MB+$0.8M89%
Pierre-Olivier Joseph59--89%

Chemistry

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 6 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN

1P

0G 1A

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL

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)160 events shown

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

Defensive floor: 57 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2008-09Toronto Maple Leafs7021214-12
2009-10Toronto Maple Leafs79512172
2010-11Toronto Maple Leafs8251722-7
2011-12Toronto Maple Leafs7922022-6
2012-13Philadelphia Flyers4738113
2013-14Philadelphia Flyers7948120
2014-15Philadelphia Flyers5831114-2
2015-16Philadelphia Flyers29235-7
2015-16Los Angeles Kings4329115
2016-17Arizona Coyotes78178-9
2017-18Arizona Coyotes64167-12
2018-19Anaheim Ducks8000-6
2018-19Vancouver Canucks18022-4
2019-20Tampa Bay Lightning25123-8
2020-21Tampa Bay Lightning382242
2021-22Vancouver Canucks665121715
2022-23Vancouver Canucks55318219
2022-23Toronto Maple Leafs15101-1
2023-24Nashville Predators631671
2024-25Nashville Predators61145-9
2024-25Winnipeg Jets150225
2025-26Winnipeg Jets46167-11
2025-26Buffalo Sabres4000-1
Career10 teams112245167212-53