Regular season

Colin Miller

- · D · #6

Third-pair DHeavy Hitter?29 hits (6.8/60) - punishes the forecheck

HT: 6'1"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 33
Shoots: R
From: Sault Ste. Marie, CAN
Draft: 2012 LAK · R5 #151

64Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3131pctl

2525pctl

6666pctl

4141pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.118pctl

0.006pctl

0.1114pctl

1.149pctl

-823pctl

159pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.6%13pctl

2.7880pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2223pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.723pctl

3.0315pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.011pctl

6.892pctl

0.3171pctl

0:4866pctl

0:086pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 9 GP tracked · 2h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

37.3%1pctl

O-zone deployment?

54%71pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min14pctl

Support received?

15.3 min99pctl

D-zone deployment?

46%29pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0639pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.114pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1719pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.33/gm15pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.1%33pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 241 EV min

General Offense

3.7455

3.4959

Shot Setups/60?

0.2526

Chance Setups/60?

0.2527

Primary Contributions/60?

3.9945

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0026

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0038

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2534

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0029

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0040

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0031

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.2568

Rush Offense/60?

8.9874

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.5069

0.0027

0.0035

Deflections/60?

0.0033

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2575

Entries Finished/60?

0.5070

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0030

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.9960

0.7570

2.2551

Retrieval Success %?

25%69

Exit Involvements/60?

0.2575

Exit Success %?

8%75

Forechecking

0.2538

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Colin Miller	64	Heavy Hitter	2 P · 18 GP	-	$3.09M	-	this player
Declan Carlile	64	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 42 GP	$0.78M	$3.09M	A+$2.3M	84%
Brayden Pachal	60	Heavy Hitter	7 P · 39 GP	$1.19M	$2.12M	B+$0.9M	78%
Adam Boqvist	64	Depth Defenseman	4 P · 28 GP	-	$3.09M	-	76%
Lian Bichsel	60	Heavy Hitter	8 P · 50 GP	$0.92M	$2.12M	B+$1.2M	76%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Colin’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Colin assisted on

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)

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 11-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:40 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 12-01

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:00 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 12-21

0G 0A · 4 shots · 12:48 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 01-01

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:00 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 01-03

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:29 TOI

vs LAK

1P

0G 1A

vs LAK 01-09

0G 1A · 2 shots · 16:02 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 01-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 4:14 TOI

@ VGK

1P

0G 1A

@ VGK 04-13

0G 1A · 2 shots · 16:11 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:46 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:38 TOI

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

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)77 events shown

Defensive floor: 13 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2015-16	Boston Bruins	42	3	13	16	0
2016-17	Boston Bruins	61	6	7	13	0
2017-18	Vegas Golden Knights	82	10	31	41	-4
2018-19	Vegas Golden Knights	65	3	26	29	0
2019-20	Buffalo Sabres	51	1	10	11	-9
2020-21	Buffalo Sabres	48	4	8	12	-20
2021-22	Buffalo Sabres	38	2	12	14	-2
2022-23	Dallas Stars	79	6	15	21	23
2023-24	New Jersey Devils	41	4	4	8	10
2023-24	Winnipeg Jets	5	0	1	1	-2
2024-25	Winnipeg Jets	60	4	11	15	10
2025-26	Winnipeg Jets	18	0	2	2	-8
Career	6 teams	590	43	140	183	-2