HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Shea Theodore

Vegas Golden Knights · D · #27
Second-pair DSteady Blueliner?87 blocks across 70 games of regular duty
HT
6'2"
WT
197 lb
Age
30
Shoots
L
From
Aldergrove, CAN
Draft
2013 ANA · R1 #26
75Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
8383pctl
Playmaking?
8383pctl
Transition?
8181pctl
Defense?
3030pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.5689pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1488pctl
Assists / GP?
0.4186pctl
Shots / GP?
1.984pctl
Plus/Minus?
+1992pctl
PP Points?
576pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
4.2%46pctl
ZEIS?
2.4974pctl
PSPL?
0.2386pctl
Def Suppression?
0.1314pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.2447pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.2621pctl
Hits / 60?
0.10pctl
Take : Give?
0.2647pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:2375pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:2949pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 16h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.8 min80pctl
Support received?
17.3 min47pctl

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 · 1399 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

$7.42M

cap hit

$6.40M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($1.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Shea Theodore75$7.42MD$1.0Mthis player
Brandon Montour77$7.14MC$0.1M87%
Luke Hughes74$9.00MF$2.9M87%
Vladislav Gavrikov71$7.00MD$1.9M84%
Filip Hronek76$7.25MC$0.5M81%

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 2 G · 4 A · 18 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs EDM

1P

0G 1A

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN

1P

1G 0A

vs CGY

2P

0G 2A

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN

1P

0G 1A

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA

1P

1G 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)432 events shown

The office: the right point - 2 of 10 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 87 blocks · 15 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2015-16Anaheim Ducks193587
2016-17Anaheim Ducks34279-6
2017-18Vegas Golden Knights61623295
2018-19Vegas Golden Knights79122537-4
2019-20Vegas Golden Knights7113334612
2020-21Vegas Golden Knights538344228
2021-22Vegas Golden Knights781438526
2022-23Vegas Golden Knights558334116
2023-24Vegas Golden Knights47537424
2024-25Vegas Golden Knights677505718
2025-26Vegas Golden Knights7010293919
Career2 teams63488314402105