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Regular season

Jared Spurgeon

Minnesota Wild · D · #46
Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?137 blocks across 79 games of regular duty
HT
5'9"
WT
166 lb
Age
36
Shoots
R
From
Edmonton, CAN
Draft
2008 NYI · R6 #156
73Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
6060pctl
Playmaking?
5151pctl
Transition?
5353pctl
Defense?
7272pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.2853pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0865pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2047pctl
Shots / GP?
1.152pctl
Plus/Minus?
+254pctl
PP Points?
678pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
2.2%21pctl
ZEIS?
1.4238pctl
PSPL?
0.1147pctl
Def Suppression?
1.0894pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.7383pctl
Blocks / 60?
5.3179pctl
Hits / 60?
3.256pctl
Take : Give?
0.2755pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:2978pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:4461pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 47 GP tracked · 15h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min66pctl
Support received?
16.9 min62pctl

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 · 1294 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

$7.58M

cap hit

$5.74M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($1.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jared Spurgeon73$7.58MD$1.8Mthis player
Rasmus Sandin74$4.60MB+$1.5M86%
Pavel Mintyukov74$0.92MA++$5.2M84%
Cam York75$5.15MB+$1.3M83%
Aaron Ekblad72$6.10MC$0.7M80%

Chemistry

Top connection: Marcus Johansson · 5 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 0 G · 4 A · 10 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL

1P

0G 1A

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT

1P

0G 1A

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA

1P

0G 1A

@ DAL

1P

0G 1A

@ STL

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)357 events shown

The office: the left point - 2 of 6 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 16 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 137 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2010-11Minnesota Wild534812-1
2011-12Minnesota Wild7032023-4
2012-13Minnesota Wild39510151
2013-14Minnesota Wild675212615
2014-15Minnesota Wild66916253
2015-16Minnesota Wild7711182911
2016-17Minnesota Wild7610283833
2017-18Minnesota Wild6192837-6
2018-19Minnesota Wild82142943-1
2019-20Minnesota Wild62122032-1
2020-21Minnesota Wild5471825-2
2021-22Minnesota Wild6510304032
2022-23Minnesota Wild7911233432
2023-24Minnesota Wild160555
2024-25Minnesota Wild66725328
2025-26Minnesota Wild79616222
Career1 team1012123315438127