HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Jake DeBrusk

Vancouver Canucks · LW · #74
Top-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 42 points and honest two-way play
HT
6'1"
WT
198 lb
Age
29
Shoots
L
From
Edmonton, CAN
Draft
2015 BOS · R1 #14
76Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
8080pctl
Playmaking?
7070pctl
Transition?
7171pctl
Defense?
3333pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.5262pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2876pctl
Assists / GP?
0.2351pctl
Shots / GP?
2.791pctl
Plus/Minus?
-311pctl
PP Points?
2492pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
13.8%98pctl
ZEIS?
2.4172pctl
PSPL?
0.3497pctl
Def Suppression?
0.3033pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
9.694pctl
Hits / 60?
2.935pctl
Take : Give?
0.2532pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.4935pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:0685pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:4366pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 13h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min64pctl
Support received?
18.1 min27pctl

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 forwards · center = median · 1057 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

$5.50M

cap hit

$6.30M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jake DeBrusk76$5.50MB+$0.8Mthis player
Jared McCann79$5.00MA+$2.3M93%
Brock Boeser77$7.25MC$0.6M89%
Tyler Bertuzzi78$5.50MB+$1.4M88%
Beckett Sennecke80$0.94MA++$6.7M86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Elias Pettersson · 14 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

8 pts · 7 G · 1 A · 34 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VGK

1P

0G 1A

@ COL

1P

1G 0A

@ MIN

1P

1G 0A

vs UTA

1P

1G 0A

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS

1P

1G 0A

@ ANA

1P

1G 0A

vs LAK

2P

2G 0A

@ EDM

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)373 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 18 of 23 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 37 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 45 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2017-18Boston Bruins7016274313
2018-19Boston Bruins682715422
2019-20Boston Bruins65191635-1
2020-21Boston Bruins4159141
2021-22Boston Bruins772517426
2022-23Boston Bruins6427235026
2023-24Boston Bruins801921404
2024-25Vancouver Canucks82282048-15
2025-26Vancouver Canucks81231942-31
Career2 teams6281891673565