Regular season

John Marino

Utah Mammoth · D · #6

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?36 points and 68 blocks in 80 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: R
From: North Easton, USA
Draft: 2015 EDM · R6 #154

64Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5353pctl

4949pctl

4343pctl

2525pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.4579pctl

0.0547pctl

0.4085pctl

0.715pctl

+4299pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.1%20pctl

1.1025pctl

0.0310pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1113pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.8512pctl

2.524pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

3.11pctl

1.015pctl

0.2649pctl

0:0540pctl

1:3958pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 15h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.5%73pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

60.0%90pctl

O-zone deployment?

46%35pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min62pctl

Support received?

16.8 min67pctl

D-zone deployment?

54%65pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0316pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2821pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1414pctl

0.96×34pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm45pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.2%59pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1478 EV min

General Offense

2.038

2.4423

Shot Setups/60?

0.7341

Chance Setups/60?

0.6144

Primary Contributions/60?

2.7610

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1620

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4154

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0830

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0464

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0432

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1822

Rush Offense/60?

3.8611

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.1218

0.1634

0.0865

Deflections/60?

0.1678

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0459

Entries Finished/60?

0.2852

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2079

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.4038

0.4551

1.9537

Retrieval Success %?

19%56

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.3747

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

$4.40M

cap hit

$3.09M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
John Marino	64	Depth Defenseman	36 P · 80 GP	$4.40M	$3.09M	D−$1.3M	this player
Troy Stecher	62	Depth Defenseman	14 P · 64 GP	$0.79M	$2.59M	B+$1.8M	89%
Nate Schmidt	63	Depth Defenseman	22 P · 82 GP	-	$2.83M	-	89%
Samuel Girard	63	Depth Defenseman	19 P · 60 GP	$5.00M	$2.83M	D−$2.2M	86%
Joel Edmundson	64	Depth Defenseman	23 P · 82 GP	$3.85M	$3.09M	D−$0.8M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Nick Schmaltz · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on John’s goals

Creates for

goals John assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

vs LAK

1P

0G 1A

vs LAK 03-22

0G 1A · 1 shots · 23:17 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 03-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:48 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:53 TOI

@ LAK

1P

0G 1A

@ LAK 03-28

0G 1A · 0 shots · 18:17 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:39 TOI

@ VAN

1P

0G 1A

@ VAN 04-04

0G 1A · 0 shots · 20:02 TOI

vs EDM

1P

0G 1A

vs EDM 04-07

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:36 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:28 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:40 TOI

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs STL 04-16

0G 1A · 2 shots · 19:14 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)260 events shown

The office: the perimeter - 3 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 68 blocks · 13 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	Pittsburgh Penguins	56	6	20	26	17
2020-21	Pittsburgh Penguins	52	3	10	13	5
2021-22	Pittsburgh Penguins	81	1	24	25	1
2022-23	New Jersey Devils	64	4	14	18	21
2023-24	New Jersey Devils	75	4	21	25	-6
2024-25	Utah Hockey Club	35	1	13	14	1
2025-26	Utah Mammoth	80	4	32	36	42
Career	4 teams	443	23	134	157	81