Regular season

Ryan Graves

Pittsburgh Penguins · D · #27

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?38 blocks across 22 games of regular duty

HT: 6'5"
WT: 225 lb
Age: 31
Shoots: L
From: Yarmouth, CAN
Draft: 2013 NYR · R4 #110

71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4545pctl

3131pctl

6161pctl

7474pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.051pctl

0.0542pctl

0.000pctl

1.037pctl

-337pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.7%15pctl

1.9861pctl

0.0937pctl

Def Suppression?

0.9892pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.7382pctl

6.7799pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

9.499pctl

4.168pctl

0.3580pctl

0:004pctl

0:3121pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 12 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

47.2%29pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

38.5%12pctl

O-zone deployment?

38%14pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.6 min6pctl

Support received?

14.8 min100pctl

D-zone deployment?

62%86pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.071pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2333pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.09/gm95pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.0%53pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 325 EV min

General Offense

3.8859

5.1776

Shot Setups/60?

0.7445

Chance Setups/60?

0.7457

Primary Contributions/60?

4.6155

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1832

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0037

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5570

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0026

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0028

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.4074

Rush Offense/60?

8.1275

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3760

0.7478

0.0033

Deflections/60?

0.0031

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0037

Entries Finished/60?

0.3763

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3778

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.3269

0.7472

2.5864

Retrieval Success %?

22%64

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0041

Exit Success %?

0%41

Forechecking

0.7471

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

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

$5.10M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ryan Graves	71	Steady Blueliner	1 P · 22 GP	$4.50M	$5.10M	C+$0.6M	this player
Nick Seeler	71	Steady Blueliner	10 P · 80 GP	$2.70M	$5.10M	A+$2.4M	90%
Dante Fabbro	68	Depth Defenseman	11 P · 74 GP	$4.13M	$4.20M	C+$0.1M	83%
Ian Moore	69	Steady Blueliner	12 P · 67 GP	$0.93M	$4.49M	A+$3.6M	81%
Jeremy Lauzon	68	Heavy Hitter	13 P · 68 GP	$2.00M	$4.20M	A+$2.2M	80%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Ryan’s goals

Creates for

goals Ryan assisted on

No credited connections yet.

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 8 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 12-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:47 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 12-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:45 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 12-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:59 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 12-13

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:23 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 12-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:43 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 01-19

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:14 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 01-21

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:21 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 03-22

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:45 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:30 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:20 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)117 events shown

Defensive floor: 38 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Colorado Avalanche	26	3	2	5	4
2019-20	Colorado Avalanche	69	9	17	26	40
2020-21	Colorado Avalanche	54	2	13	15	15
2021-22	New Jersey Devils	75	6	22	28	-9
2022-23	New Jersey Devils	78	8	18	26	34
2023-24	Pittsburgh Penguins	70	3	11	14	10
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	61	1	3	4	-15
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	22	1	0	1	-3
Career	3 teams	455	33	86	119	76