HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Brandon Montour

Seattle Kraken · D · #62
Second-pair DOffensive QB?32 points from the blue line - runs the attack
HT
6'0"
WT
199 lb
Age
32
Shoots
R
From
Brantford, CAN
Draft
2014 ANA · R2 #55
77Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
8686pctl
Playmaking?
7878pctl
Transition?
8787pctl
Defense?
3838pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.5084pctl
Goals / GP?
0.1792pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3376pctl
Shots / GP?
2.799pctl
Plus/Minus?
-214pctl
PP Points?
883pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
5.8%63pctl
ZEIS?
3.1987pctl
PSPL?
0.2284pctl
Def Suppression?
0.1213pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.2245pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.2420pctl
Hits / 60?
3.155pctl
Take : Give?
0.3580pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:5583pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:2314pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 41 GP tracked · 15h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.5 min54pctl
Support received?
16.4 min79pctl

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 · 1297 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

$7.14M

cap hit

$7.09M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal ($0.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Brandon Montour77$7.14MC$0.1Mthis player
Shea Theodore75$7.42MD$1.0M87%
Vince Dunn78$7.35MC+$0.1M86%
Morgan Rielly77$7.50MC$0.4M84%
Luke Hughes74$9.00MF$2.9M82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Shane Wright · 5 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 32 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN

1P

1G 0A

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ COL

0P

0G 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)485 events shown

The office: the left point - 3 of 11 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 25 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 74 blocks · 17 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2016-17Anaheim Ducks2724611
2017-18Anaheim Ducks809233216
2018-19Anaheim Ducks6252025-16
2018-19Buffalo Sabres203710-4
2019-20Buffalo Sabres545131813
2020-21Buffalo Sabres385914-13
2020-21Florida Panthers122248
2021-22Florida Panthers8111263715
2022-23Florida Panthers801657739
2023-24Florida Panthers66825331
2024-25Seattle Kraken81182341-22
2025-26Seattle Kraken64112132-21
Career4 teams66595230325-3