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Regular season

Jamie Oleksiak

Vancouver Canucks · D · #4
Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?106 blocks in 78 games of hard minutes
HT
6'7"
WT
252 lb
Age
33
Shoots
L
From
Toronto, CAN
Draft
2011 DAL · R1 #14
63Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4646pctl
Playmaking?
2929pctl
Transition?
2424pctl
Defense?
5858pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.1928pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0656pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1320pctl
Shots / GP?
1.042pctl
Plus/Minus?
+977pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
1.8%16pctl
ZEIS?
0.598pctl
PSPL?
0.0728pctl
Def Suppression?
0.6171pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.3657pctl
Blocks / 60?
4.8168pctl
Hits / 60?
5.182pctl
Take : Give?
0.2754pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0111pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:3958pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 13h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.0 min21pctl
Support received?
16.1 min88pctl

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 · 1190 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

$4.60M

cap hit

$2.83M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($1.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jamie Oleksiak63$4.60MD$1.8Mthis player
Josh Mahura63$0.91MB+$1.9M90%
Ian Cole62$2.80MC$0.2M89%
Olli Maatta64$3.50MC$0.4M89%
Alexander Petrovic64$0.78MA+$2.3M88%

Chemistry

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 13 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY

1P

0G 1A

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK

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)290 events shown

The office: the high slot - 3 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 12 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 106 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2012-13Dallas Stars16022-5
2013-14Dallas Stars7000-3
2014-15Dallas Stars361780
2015-16Dallas Stars19022-5
2016-17Dallas Stars41527-4
2017-18Dallas Stars21123-6
2017-18Pittsburgh Penguins474101413
2018-19Pittsburgh Penguins3647115
2018-19Dallas Stars210110
2019-20Dallas Stars693710-6
2020-21Dallas Stars566814-3
2021-22Seattle Kraken7211617-1
2022-23Seattle Kraken759162513
2023-24Seattle Kraken8221315-2
2024-25Seattle Kraken8241317-2
2025-26Seattle Kraken78510159
Career3 teams758451161613