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Regular season

Brian Dumoulin

Los Angeles Kings · D · #2
Depth DDepth Defenseman?89 blocks in 82 games of hard minutes
HT
6'4"
WT
215 lb
Age
34
Shoots
L
From
Biddeford, USA
Draft
2009 CAR · R2 #51
56Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
2323pctl
Playmaking?
2828pctl
Transition?
2222pctl
Defense?
3030pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.2134pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0219pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1838pctl
Shots / GP?
0.719pctl
Plus/Minus?
-144pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
1.3%9pctl
ZEIS?
0.406pctl
PSPL?
0.0310pctl
Def Suppression?
0.1314pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.0928pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.6633pctl
Hits / 60?
1.526pctl
Take : Give?
0.2237pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0746pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:2043pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 14h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.1 min28pctl
Support received?
16.1 min89pctl

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 · 1337 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

$4.00M

cap hit

$1.34M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

F

Well above market ($2.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Brian Dumoulin56$4.00MF$2.7Mthis player
Kaedan Korczak57$0.82MC+$0.7M89%
Dmitri Simashev54$0.95MC+$0.1M88%
Philippe Myers57$0.85MC+$0.7M85%
Elias Pettersson56$0.84MC+$0.5M84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Alex Laferriere · 4 goals together

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

1P

0G 1A

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

0P

0G 0A

@ 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)281 events shown

The office: the right point - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 89 blocks · 16 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2013-14Pittsburgh Penguins60111
2014-15Pittsburgh Penguins81010
2015-16Pittsburgh Penguins790161611
2016-17Pittsburgh Penguins70114150
2017-18Pittsburgh Penguins8051318-5
2018-19Pittsburgh Penguins763202331
2019-20Pittsburgh Penguins2817817
2020-21Pittsburgh Penguins414101418
2021-22Pittsburgh Penguins763151824
2022-23Pittsburgh Penguins8212425-4
2023-24Seattle Kraken80610163
2024-25Anaheim Ducks61214162
2024-25New Jersey Devils19156-3
2025-26Los Angeles Kings8221517-1
Career5 teams7883016419494