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Regular season

Roman Josi

Nashville Predators · D · #59
Top-pair DOffensive QB?55 points from the blue line - runs the attack
HT
6'1"
WT
201 lb
Age
36
Shoots
L
From
Bern, CHE
Draft
2008 NSH · R2 #38
86Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
8888pctl
Playmaking?
9090pctl
Transition?
8989pctl
Defense?
6161pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.8194pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1994pctl
Assists / GP?
0.6294pctl
Shots / GP?
2.797pctl
Plus/Minus?
-1510pctl
PP Points?
2496pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
5.5%60pctl
ZEIS?
3.9393pctl
PSPL?
0.4399pctl
Def Suppression?
1.0393pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.4966pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.5831pctl
Hits / 60?
0.88pctl
Take : Give?
0.3067pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:1695pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:1239pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 19h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.8 min78pctl
Support received?
17.1 min56pctl

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 · 1388 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

$9.06M

cap hit

$10.44M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Roman Josi86$9.06MB+$1.4Mthis player
Matthew Schaefer85$0.97MA++$9.1M95%
Adam Fox87$9.50MB+$1.3M94%
Jackson LaCombe85$0.93MA++$9.1M92%
Jakob Chychrun85$9.00MB+$1.1M90%

Recent form · last 10 games

8 pts · 2 G · 6 A · 27 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.8 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs SJS

1P

1G 0A

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK

1P

0G 1A

@ SJS

2P

0G 2A

@ LAK

2P

1G 1A

@ ANA

1P

0G 1A

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS

1P

0G 1A

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)511 events shown

The office: the left circle - 5 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 35 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 100 blocks · 18 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2011-12Nashville Predators52511161
2012-13Nashville Predators4851318-7
2013-14Nashville Predators72132740-2
2014-15Nashville Predators8115405515
2015-16Nashville Predators81144761-3
2016-17Nashville Predators721237497
2017-18Nashville Predators7514395324
2018-19Nashville Predators821541569
2019-20Nashville Predators6916496522
2020-21Nashville Predators4882533-11
2021-22Nashville Predators8023739613
2022-23Nashville Predators671841595
2023-24Nashville Predators8223628512
2024-25Nashville Predators5392938-26
2025-26Nashville Predators68134255-15
Career1 team103020357677944