HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Shayne Gostisbehere

Carolina Hurricanes · D · #4
Top-pair DOffensive QB?50 points from the blue line - runs the attack
HT
5'11"
WT
183 lb
Age
33
Shoots
L
From
Pembroke Pines, USA
Draft
2012 PHI · R3 #78
85Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
8888pctl
Playmaking?
7878pctl
Transition?
8484pctl
Defense?
5959pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.9196pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2497pctl
Assists / GP?
0.6796pctl
Shots / GP?
2.191pctl
Plus/Minus?
+1179pctl
PP Points?
1892pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
4.5%49pctl
ZEIS?
3.3689pctl
PSPL?
0.1563pctl
Def Suppression?
0.8285pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.1535pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.5730pctl
Hits / 60?
1.631pctl
Take : Give?
0.3581pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:1093pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:043pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 33 GP tracked · 11h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.1 min31pctl
Support received?
16.5 min76pctl

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 · 881 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

$3.20M

cap hit

$10.05M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$6.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Shayne Gostisbehere85$3.20MA++$6.9Mthis player
Jakob Chychrun85$9.00MB+$1.1M83%
John Carlson84$8.00MB+$1.7M83%
Adam Fox87$9.50MB+$1.3M81%
Jackson LaCombe85$0.93MA++$9.1M79%

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 2 G · 5 A · 18 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NJD

2P

1G 1A

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ

1P

1G 0A

vs CBJ

1P

0G 1A

vs NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI

1P

0G 1A

@ UTA

2P

0G 2A

@ NYI

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)364 events shown

The office: the left circle - 3 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 19 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 61 blocks · 13 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2014-15Philadelphia Flyers2000-2
2015-16Philadelphia Flyers641729468
2016-17Philadelphia Flyers7673239-21
2017-18Philadelphia Flyers7813526510
2018-19Philadelphia Flyers7892837-20
2019-20Philadelphia Flyers425712-4
2020-21Philadelphia Flyers4191120-2
2021-22Arizona Coyotes82143751-23
2022-23Arizona Coyotes52102131-6
2022-23Carolina Hurricanes2337101
2023-24Detroit Red Wings81104656-16
2024-25Carolina Hurricanes70738451
2025-26Carolina Hurricanes5513375011
Career4 teams744117345462-63