Regular season

Connor Clifton

Boston Bruins · D · #75

Third-pair DHeavy Hitter?180 hits (12.9/60) - punishes the forecheck

HT: 6'0"
WT: 196 lb
Age: 31
Shoots: R
From: Matawan, USA
Draft: 2013 PHX · R5 #133

68Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3232pctl

1313pctl

5151pctl

8181pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.129pctl

0.0437pctl

0.086pctl

0.716pctl

+566pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.1%5pctl

1.7651pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

1.2497pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.6879pctl

6.0193pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

9.097pctl

12.999pctl

0.3376pctl

0:019pctl

2:0371pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 36 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.6%73pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

50.0%52pctl

O-zone deployment?

37%11pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.0 min20pctl

Support received?

15.3 min99pctl

D-zone deployment?

63%89pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0213pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2011pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.094pctl

0.88×6pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm43pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.1%5pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 735 EV min

General Offense

2.7827

3.4359

Shot Setups/60?

0.6536

Chance Setups/60?

0.4931

Primary Contributions/60?

3.4327

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1624

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1687

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3339

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1652

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0021

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.2075

Rush Offense/60?

5.7252

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3358

0.0822

0.0027

Deflections/60?

0.0855

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0033

Entries Finished/60?

0.2444

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1669

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.8018

0.4957

1.3115

Retrieval Success %?

27%82

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0038

Exit Success %?

0%38

Forechecking

1.8087

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0887

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

$3.33M

cap hit

$4.20M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Connor Clifton	68	Heavy Hitter	6 P · 50 GP	$3.33M	$4.20M	B+$0.9M	this player
Dante Fabbro	68	Depth Defenseman	11 P · 74 GP	$4.13M	$4.20M	C+$0.1M	85%
Albert Johansson	65	Depth Defenseman	11 P · 82 GP	$1.13M	$3.35M	A+$2.2M	84%
Erik Gudbranson	63	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 37 GP	$4.00M	$2.83M	D−$1.2M	78%
Travis Hamonic	64	Depth Defenseman	2 P · 26 GP	-	$3.09M	-	78%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Connor’s goals

Creates for

goals Connor assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 03-26

0G 0A · 3 shots · 16:12 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:42 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 03-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:53 TOI

vs DET

1P

0G 1A

vs DET 03-31

0G 1A · 0 shots · 17:10 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:52 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:58 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:31 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:54 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 24:10 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:54 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)213 events shown

The office: the left circle - 2 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 8 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 86 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Boston Bruins	19	0	1	1	5
2019-20	Boston Bruins	31	2	0	2	4
2020-21	Boston Bruins	44	1	6	7	10
2021-22	Boston Bruins	60	2	8	10	-2
2022-23	Boston Bruins	78	5	18	23	20
2023-24	Buffalo Sabres	79	4	14	18	12
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	73	1	15	16	-6
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	50	2	4	6	5
Career	3 teams	434	17	66	83	48