Regular season

Jake Walman

Edmonton Oilers · D · #96

Second-pair DSteady Blueliner?90 blocks across 53 games of regular duty

HT: 6'1"
WT: 218 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: L
From: Toronto, CAN
Draft: 2014 STL · R3 #82

77Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7777pctl

6363pctl

7272pctl

6363pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3870pctl

0.1589pctl

0.2355pctl

1.884pctl

-176pctl

267pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.9%30pctl

2.1265pctl

0.1770pctl

Def Suppression?

0.8587pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.7080pctl

5.4382pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

7.280pctl

0.910pctl

0.2339pctl

0:4264pctl

0:5934pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 32 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

42.7%8pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

42.2%21pctl

O-zone deployment?

54%70pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min50pctl

Support received?

16.3 min86pctl

D-zone deployment?

46%30pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0855pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2113pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1721pctl

0.95×26pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.29/gm25pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.6%83pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 904 EV min

General Offense

5.5786

3.6567

Shot Setups/60?

1.3986

Chance Setups/60?

1.1986

Primary Contributions/60?

6.9787

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6082

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0774

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4666

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2776

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0775

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2785

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6649

Rush Offense/60?

8.0383

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2748

0.2044

0.0756

Deflections/60?

0.1370

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0772

Entries Finished/60?

0.0013

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0019

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.7954

0.3333

2.4566

Retrieval Success %?

12%33

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1386

Exit Success %?

5%85

Forechecking

0.4052

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

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

$3.40M

cap hit

$7.09M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jake Walman	77	Steady Blueliner	20 P · 53 GP	$3.40M	$7.09M	A+$3.7M	this player
Mattias Ekholm	76	Steady Blueliner	41 P · 82 GP	$6.25M	$6.75M	C+$0.5M	89%
Olen Zellweger	75	Steady Blueliner	22 P · 76 GP	$0.84M	$6.40M	A++$5.6M	86%
Sean Durzi	76	Steady Blueliner	27 P · 60 GP	$6.00M	$6.75M	C+$0.7M	86%
Pavel Mintyukov	74	Steady Blueliner	22 P · 73 GP	$0.92M	$6.07M	A++$5.2M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jack Roslovic · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Jake’s goals

Creates for

goals Jake assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 16 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-26

0G 0A · 3 shots · 17:48 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:56 TOI

vs SEA

1P

0G 1A

vs SEA 03-31

0G 1A · 2 shots · 17:21 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:22 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:30 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 04-07

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:10 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:14 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-11

0G 0A · 3 shots · 15:11 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:50 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-16

0G 0A · 3 shots · 19:19 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)312 events shown

The office: the high slot - 3 of 8 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 18 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 90 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	St. Louis Blues	1	0	0	0	1
2020-21	St. Louis Blues	24	1	1	2	-7
2021-22	St. Louis Blues	32	3	3	6	3
2021-22	Detroit Red Wings	19	0	4	4	-6
2022-23	Detroit Red Wings	63	9	9	18	10
2023-24	Detroit Red Wings	63	12	9	21	-2
2024-25	San Jose Sharks	50	6	26	32	-1
2024-25	Edmonton Oilers	15	1	7	8	5
2025-26	Edmonton Oilers	53	8	12	20	-17
Career	4 teams	320	40	71	111	-14