HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Jacob Trouba

San Jose Sharks · D · #65
Second-pair DSteady Blueliner?149 blocks across 81 games of regular duty
HT
6'3"
WT
212 lb
Age
32
Shoots
R
From
Rochester, USA
Draft
2012 WPG · R1 #9
79Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
7777pctl
Playmaking?
7171pctl
Transition?
7474pctl
Defense?
6363pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.4377pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1283pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3171pctl
Shots / GP?
2.091pctl
Plus/Minus?
-144pctl
PP Points?
159pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
2.9%30pctl
ZEIS?
2.0162pctl
PSPL?
0.1770pctl
Def Suppression?
0.9390pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.8486pctl
Blocks / 60?
4.8368pctl
Hits / 60?
4.675pctl
Take : Give?
0.2544pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:4163pctl
PK TOI / GP?
3:0597pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 19h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min60pctl
Support received?
17.4 min44pctl

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 · 1544 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

$8.00M

cap hit

$7.80M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal ($0.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jacob Trouba79$8.00MC$0.2Mthis player
K'Andre Miller78$7.50MC$0.1M88%
Sean Walker81$3.62MA++$4.9M87%
Mike Matheson77$4.88MA+$2.2M87%
Mattias Ekholm76$6.25MC+$0.5M86%

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 19 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR

1P

0G 1A

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY

1P

0G 1A

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH

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)517 events shown

The office: the left point - 4 of 10 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 30 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 150 blocks · 18 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2013-14Winnipeg Jets651019294
2014-15Winnipeg Jets65715222
2015-16Winnipeg Jets816152110
2016-17Winnipeg Jets60825334
2017-18Winnipeg Jets55321249
2018-19Winnipeg Jets82842508
2019-20New York Rangers7072027-12
2020-21New York Rangers38210123
2021-22New York Rangers8111283925
2022-23New York Rangers82822307
2023-24New York Rangers6931922-4
2024-25New York Rangers24066-3
2024-25Anaheim Ducks53178-5
2025-26Anaheim Ducks81102535-1
Career3 teams9068427435847