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Regular season

Trevor van Riemsdyk

Pittsburgh Penguins · D · #57
Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?97 blocks in 68 games of hard minutes
HT
6'3"
WT
210 lb
Age
35
Shoots
R
From
Middletown, USA
68Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
3939pctl
Playmaking?
4141pctl
Transition?
2525pctl
Defense?
7878pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.2133pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0441pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1630pctl
Shots / GP?
0.610pctl
Plus/Minus?
+669pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
1.4%10pctl
ZEIS?
0.8015pctl
PSPL?
0.1042pctl
Def Suppression?
1.0594pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.4361pctl
Blocks / 60?
5.2778pctl
Hits / 60?
0.74pctl
Take : Give?
0.3784pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0436pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:4360pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 12h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.3 min41pctl
Support received?
16.6 min72pctl

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 · 983 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

$3.00M

cap hit

$4.20M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Trevor van Riemsdyk68$3.00MB+$1.2Mthis player
Erik Cernak67$5.20MD$1.3M90%
Haydn Fleury66$0.95MA+$2.7M88%
Jacob Middleton67$4.35MC$0.4M87%
Connor Murphy66$4.40MD$0.8M87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Ryan Leonard · 3 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 1 G · 2 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ UTA

1P

0G 1A

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT

1P

1G 0A

@ CBJ

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)218 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 3 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 13 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 97 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2014-15Chicago Blackhawks180110
2015-16Chicago Blackhawks8231114-5
2016-17Chicago Blackhawks585111617
2017-18Carolina Hurricanes79313169
2018-19Carolina Hurricanes7831114-4
2019-20Carolina Hurricanes49178-7
2020-21Washington Capitals20123-1
2021-22Washington Capitals7211617-3
2022-23Washington Capitals757162310
2023-24Washington Capitals7001414-7
2024-25Washington Capitals821202120
2025-26Washington Capitals68311146
Career3 teams7512813316135