HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Chris Tanev

Toronto Maple Leafs · D · #8
Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?2 points and 15 blocks in 11 games in a supporting role
HT
6'3"
WT
200 lb
Age
36
Shoots
R
From
Toronto, CAN
67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
2828pctl
Playmaking?
3636pctl
Transition?
4040pctl
Defense?
6464pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.1823pctl
Goals / GP?
0.006pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1838pctl
Shots / GP?
0.718pctl
Plus/Minus?
+874pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
0.6%1pctl
ZEIS?
1.0924pctl
PSPL?
0.002pctl
Def Suppression?
0.9591pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.3658pctl
Blocks / 60?
4.5561pctl
Hits / 60?
0.63pctl
Take : Give?
0.6399pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0326pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:0871pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 8 GP tracked · 3h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.8 min80pctl
Support received?
17.6 min40pctl

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 · 174 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

$4.50M

cap hit

$3.91M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal ($0.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Chris Tanev67$4.50MC$0.6Mthis player
Cody Ceci64$4.50MD$1.4M89%
Jacob Middleton67$4.35MC$0.4M89%
Zach Whitecloud66$2.75MB+$0.9M89%
Will Borgen67$4.10MC$0.2M89%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Chris’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Chris assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ DET

1P

0G 1A

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI

1P

0G 1A

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ DET

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)38 events shown

Defensive floor: 15 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2010-11Vancouver Canucks290110
2011-12Vancouver Canucks2502210
2012-13Vancouver Canucks382574
2013-14Vancouver Canucks646111712
2014-15Vancouver Canucks70218208
2015-16Vancouver Canucks6941418-8
2016-17Vancouver Canucks5328103
2017-18Vancouver Canucks4229117
2018-19Vancouver Canucks55210123
2019-20Vancouver Canucks69218204
2020-21Calgary Flames562101215
2021-22Calgary Flames826222835
2022-23Calgary Flames65112137
2023-24Calgary Flames561131416
2023-24Dallas Stars191456
2024-25Toronto Maple Leafs753151831
2025-26Toronto Maple Leafs110228
Career4 teams87836174210161