Regular season

Will Borgen

Boston Bruins · D · #17

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?99 blocks in 75 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'3"
WT: 199 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: R
From: Moorhead, USA
Draft: 2015 BUF · R4 #92

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3838pctl

4141pctl

4949pctl

5959pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2031pctl

0.0759pctl

0.1321pctl

0.936pctl

+359pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.1%5pctl

1.5845pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6675pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.3253pctl

4.3858pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.446pctl

4.979pctl

0.2963pctl

0:0219pctl

2:1372pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 15h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

46.4%23pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.9%60pctl

O-zone deployment?

44%26pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min47pctl

Support received?

16.3 min84pctl

D-zone deployment?

56%74pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.019pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3123pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.118pctl

0.96×29pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.31/gm21pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.5%43pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1185 EV min

General Offense

3.2943

3.0949

Shot Setups/60?

0.7646

Chance Setups/60?

0.5639

Primary Contributions/60?

4.0544

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3046

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0570

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.1012

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1550

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0571

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0018

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.4234

Rush Offense/60?

5.9257

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2033

0.0013

0.0025

Deflections/60?

0.0023

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0031

Entries Finished/60?

0.2033

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0533

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.4843

0.4144

2.0843

Retrieval Success %?

16%47

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.4153

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

$4.10M

cap hit

$3.91M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Will Borgen	67	Depth Defenseman	15 P · 75 GP	$4.10M	$3.91M	C−$0.2M	this player
Jeremy Lauzon	68	Heavy Hitter	13 P · 68 GP	$2.00M	$4.20M	A+$2.2M	93%
Andrew Peeke	67	Depth Defenseman	14 P · 77 GP	$2.75M	$3.91M	B+$1.2M	90%
Zach Whitecloud	66	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 78 GP	$2.75M	$3.63M	B+$0.9M	89%
Braden Schneider	67	Depth Defenseman	18 P · 82 GP	$2.20M	$3.91M	B+$1.7M	88%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Will’s goals

Creates for

goals Will assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 4 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

1P

0G 1A

vs CHI 03-27

0G 1A · 1 shots · 17:41 TOI

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA 03-29

0G 1A · 0 shots · 17:41 TOI

vs NJD

1P

0G 1A

vs NJD 03-31

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:30 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:47 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:44 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:24 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:24 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:18 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:35 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:17 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)297 events shown

The office: the left point - 3 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 98 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Buffalo Sabres	4	0	0	0	-5
2020-21	Buffalo Sabres	10	0	0	0	-4
2021-22	Seattle Kraken	36	2	6	8	1
2022-23	Seattle Kraken	82	3	17	20	11
2023-24	Seattle Kraken	82	3	22	25	-5
2024-25	Seattle Kraken	33	1	1	2	-13
2024-25	New York Rangers	51	4	9	13	9
2025-26	New York Rangers	75	5	10	15	3
Career	3 teams	373	18	65	83	-3