Regular season

Brendan Gaunce

Boston Bruins · C · #50

Bottom-six playerFaceoff General?56.9% on 181 draws - possession starts with him

HT: 6'2"
WT: 222 lb
Age: 32
Shoots: L
From: Sudbury, CAN
Draft: 2012 VAN · R1 #26

59Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3131pctl

3030pctl

4444pctl

8282pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2423pctl

0.0818pctl

0.1630pctl

1.231pctl

-154pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.2%46pctl

1.9258pctl

0.0414pctl

Def Suppression?

0.9089pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

56.9%90pctl

D-Zone FO %?

54.3%77pctl

7.249pctl

0.8699pctl

0:0318pctl

1:4174pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 12 GP tracked · 2h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

47.8%34pctl

O-zone deployment?

32%6pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.5 min5pctl

Support received?

16.8 min67pctl

D-zone deployment?

68%94pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1382pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.7445pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4271pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.13/gm87pctl

Pressure escape rate?

10.2%90pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 254 EV min

General Offense

5.6750

6.3734

Shot Setups/60?

1.4271

Chance Setups/60?

1.1872

Primary Contributions/60?

7.0856

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7169

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.2473

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.9470

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4765

Deflection Setups/60?

0.2475

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0030

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.1270

Rush Offense/60?

6.6138

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.6575

1.6575

0.4774

Deflections/60?

1.1843

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.2426

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0025

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.7130

0.2446

0.4729

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0040

Forechecking

7.7968

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0045

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

$0.78M

cap hit

$1.83M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Brendan Gaunce	59	Faceoff General	6 P · 25 GP	$0.78M	$1.83M	B+$1.1M	this player
Rodrigo Abols	57	Depth Forward	10 P · 42 GP	-	$1.46M	-	89%
Jack Drury	61	Faceoff General	27 P · 82 GP	$1.73M	$2.24M	C+$0.5M	89%
Michael Rasmussen	56	Depth Forward	14 P · 64 GP	$3.20M	$1.30M	D−$1.9M	89%
Alex Turcotte	57	Depth Forward	14 P · 62 GP	$0.80M	$1.46M	C+$0.7M	87%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Brendan’s goals

Creates for

goals Brendan assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 16 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs BUF

1P

1G 0A

vs BUF 01-03

1G 0A · 1 shots · 16:14 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 01-04

0G 0A · 3 shots · 14:13 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 01-06

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:29 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 01-08

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:06 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 01-10

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:29 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 01-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:32 TOI

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY 01-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:13 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 01-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:06 TOI

@ PIT

1P

0G 1A

@ PIT 01-17

0G 1A · 2 shots · 9:25 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 01-20

0G 0A · 2 shots · 9:30 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)125 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 6 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 24 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2015-16	Vancouver Canucks	20	1	0	1	-9
2016-17	Vancouver Canucks	57	0	5	5	-2
2017-18	Vancouver Canucks	37	4	2	6	0
2018-19	Vancouver Canucks	3	1	2	3	3
2019-20	Boston Bruins	1	0	1	1	1
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	30	5	2	7	2
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	5	0	1	1	-1
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	24	2	2	4	-7
2024-25	Minnesota Wild	12	0	1	1	-4
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	25	2	4	6	-1
Career	4 teams	214	15	20	35	-18