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Regular season

Cody Ceci

Los Angeles Kings · D · #5
Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?114 blocks in 82 games of hard minutes
HT
6'3"
WT
210 lb
Age
32
Shoots
R
From
Ottawa, CAN
Draft
2012 OTT · R1 #15
64Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
2828pctl
Playmaking?
3030pctl
Transition?
5050pctl
Defense?
5757pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.118pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0112pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1011pctl
Shots / GP?
0.717pctl
Plus/Minus?
-1018pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
1.6%13pctl
ZEIS?
1.5042pctl
PSPL?
0.0937pctl
Def Suppression?
0.8487pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.3959pctl
Blocks / 60?
4.7466pctl
Hits / 60?
1.529pctl
Take : Give?
0.2132pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0112pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:5868pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 15h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.3 min42pctl
Support received?
16.0 min90pctl

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 · 1278 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

$3.09M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($1.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Cody Ceci64$4.50MD$1.4Mthis player
Erik Gudbranson63$4.00MD$1.2M89%
Zach Whitecloud66$2.75MB+$0.9M88%
Will Borgen67$4.10MC$0.2M87%
Brandon Carlo62$4.10MD$1.5M87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Alex Laferriere · 3 goals together

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 4 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR

1P

0G 1A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY

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)315 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 23 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 115 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2013-14Ottawa Senators49369-5
2014-15Ottawa Senators8151621-4
2015-16Ottawa Senators751016269
2016-17Ottawa Senators7921517-11
2017-18Ottawa Senators8251419-27
2018-19Ottawa Senators7471926-22
2019-20Toronto Maple Leafs561787
2020-21Pittsburgh Penguins534131718
2021-22Edmonton Oilers78523288
2022-23Edmonton Oilers801141511
2023-24Edmonton Oilers795202512
2024-25San Jose Sharks5441115-9
2024-25Dallas Stars3109915
2025-26Los Angeles Kings82189-10
Career7 teams95353191244-8