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Regular season

Ryan Pulock

New York Islanders · D · #6
Second-pair DSteady Blueliner?148 blocks across 76 games of regular duty
HT
6'1"
WT
219 lb
Age
31
Shoots
R
From
Dauphin, CAN
Draft
2013 NYI · R1 #15
76Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4141pctl
Playmaking?
6666pctl
Transition?
5252pctl
Defense?
8181pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.3666pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0436pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3273pctl
Shots / GP?
1.259pctl
Plus/Minus?
+977pctl
PP Points?
159pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
1.7%15pctl
ZEIS?
1.4238pctl
PSPL?
0.1355pctl
Def Suppression?
1.1295pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.9591pctl
Blocks / 60?
5.6187pctl
Hits / 60?
1.936pctl
Take : Give?
0.3581pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0849pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:4388pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 17h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
18.0 min93pctl
Support received?
17.7 min38pctl

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 · 1366 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

$6.15M

cap hit

$6.75M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Ryan Pulock76$6.15MC+$0.6Mthis player
Adam Larsson75$5.25MB+$1.2M89%
Jonas Brodin74$6.00MC+$0.1M86%
Jaccob Slavin72$6.40MD$1.0M85%
Colton Parayko75$6.50MC$0.1M84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Bo Horvat · 8 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 14 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL

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)398 events shown

The office: the high slot - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 20 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 147 blocks · 14 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2015-16New York Islanders152241
2016-17New York Islanders10001
2017-18New York Islanders68102232-4
2018-19New York Islanders829283721
2019-20New York Islanders681025358
2020-21New York Islanders562151715
2021-22New York Islanders56516210
2022-23New York Islanders825212610
2023-24New York Islanders58514193
2024-25New York Islanders74518232
2025-26New York Islanders76324279
Career1 team6365618524166