HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Noah Juulsen

Colorado Avalanche · D · #47
Depth DHeavy Hitter?104 hits (8.7/60) - punishes the forecheck
HT
6'2"
WT
201 lb
Age
29
Shoots
R
From
Surrey, CAN
Draft
2015 MTL · R1 #26
53Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
1818pctl
Playmaking?
2828pctl
Transition?
1313pctl
Defense?
2424pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.1928pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0216pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1734pctl
Shots / GP?
0.51pctl
Plus/Minus?
+359pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
0.9%3pctl
ZEIS?
-0.261pctl
PSPL?
0.0310pctl
Def Suppression?
-0.372pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
0.8712pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.7537pctl
Hits / 60?
8.796pctl
Take : Give?
0.1922pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:006pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:2848pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 31 GP tracked · 7h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.7 min9pctl
Support received?
15.4 min97pctl

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 · 642 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

$0.90M

cap hit

$0.93M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Noah Juulsen53$0.90MC+$0.0Mthis player
Jayden Struble53$1.41MC$0.5M94%
David Jiricek52$0.92MC$0.1M91%
Dmitri Simashev54$0.95MC+$0.1M88%
Elias Pettersson56$0.84MC+$0.5M83%

Chemistry

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 6 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS

1P

0G 1A

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL

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)139 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 10 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 45 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2017-18Montréal Canadiens231231
2018-19Montréal Canadiens211455
2020-21Florida Panthers4000-3
2021-22Vancouver Canucks8022-4
2022-23Vancouver Canucks120001
2023-24Vancouver Canucks54167-1
2024-25Vancouver Canucks35000-12
2025-26Philadelphia Flyers5219103
Career4 teams20942327-10