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Regular season

Dougie Hamilton

New Jersey Devils · D · #7
Third-pair DOffensive QB?39 points from the blue line - runs the attack
HT
6'6"
WT
230 lb
Age
33
Shoots
R
From
Toronto, CAN
Draft
2011 BOS · R1 #9
72Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
8686pctl
Playmaking?
7979pctl
Transition?
8888pctl
Defense?
1111pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.5185pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1690pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3580pctl
Shots / GP?
2.696pctl
Plus/Minus?
-240pctl
PP Points?
1490pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
4.6%51pctl
ZEIS?
3.3689pctl
PSPL?
0.2080pctl
Def Suppression?
-0.272pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.0023pctl
Blocks / 60?
2.789pctl
Hits / 60?
3.155pctl
Take : Give?
0.124pctl
PP TOI / GP?
2:0486pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:2747pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 47 GP tracked · 17h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.5 min54pctl
Support received?
17.3 min49pctl

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

$9.00M

cap hit

$5.42M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

F

Well above market ($3.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Dougie Hamilton72$9.00MF$3.6Mthis player
Luke Hughes74$9.00MF$2.9M84%
John Klingberg70--78%
Shea Theodore75$7.42MD$1.0M78%
Brandon Montour77$7.14MC$0.1M77%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jack Hughes · 13 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 2 G · 5 A · 23 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

1P

1G 0A

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH

1P

1G 0A

vs MTL

1P

0G 1A

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT

1P

0G 1A

@ DET

2P

0G 2A

vs OTT

1P

0G 1A

@ BOS

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)551 events shown

The office: the left circle - 4 of 12 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 41 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 80 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2012-13Boston Bruins42511164
2013-14Boston Bruins647182522
2014-15Boston Bruins72103242-3
2015-16Calgary Flames82123143-14
2016-17Calgary Flames8113375012
2017-18Calgary Flames821727441
2018-19Carolina Hurricanes821821390
2019-20Carolina Hurricanes4714264030
2020-21Carolina Hurricanes5510324220
2021-22New Jersey Devils6292130-19
2022-23New Jersey Devils8222527423
2023-24New Jersey Devils2051116-8
2024-25New Jersey Devils64931408
2025-26New Jersey Devils77122739-2
Career4 teams91216337754074