Regular season

Colton White

Columbus Blue Jackets · D

Depth DDepth Defenseman?4 points and 16 blocks in 23 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 187 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: L
From: London, CAN
Draft: 2015 NJD · R4 #97

57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1919pctl

4949pctl

1919pctl

2828pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1721pctl

0.006pctl

0.1735pctl

0.66pctl

+254pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

0.6%1pctl

-0.072pctl

0.1355pctl

Def Suppression?

-0.222pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.703pctl

3.4025pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.114pctl

4.978pctl

0.1924pctl

0:000pctl

0:064pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 13 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.0%53pctl

O-zone deployment?

56%79pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min18pctl

Support received?

15.6 min96pctl

D-zone deployment?

44%21pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0535pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.103pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.107pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.15/gm79pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.9%73pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 280 EV min

General Offense

3.0039

2.7942

Shot Setups/60?

1.0767

Chance Setups/60?

1.0773

Primary Contributions/60?

4.0846

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6474

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0038

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4355

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4375

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0040

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2169

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.8625

Rush Offense/60?

4.0828

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.0024

0.0026

0.0034

Deflections/60?

0.0032

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0038

Entries Finished/60?

0.2140

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2169

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

4.2976

0.6467

3.6576

Retrieval Success %?

15%44

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0041

Exit Success %?

0%41

Forechecking

0.2133

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

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

$0.78M

cap hit

$1.51M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Colton White	57	Depth Defenseman	4 P · 23 GP	$0.78M	$1.51M	C+$0.7M	this player
Urho Vaakanainen	58	Depth Defenseman	6 P · 34 GP	$1.55M	$1.70M	C+$0.2M	88%
Justin Barron	58	Depth Defenseman	9 P · 52 GP	$1.15M	$1.70M	C+$0.6M	88%
Declan Chisholm	60	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 26 GP	$1.60M	$2.12M	C+$0.5M	86%
Spencer Stastney	58	Depth Defenseman	10 P · 66 GP	$0.82M	$1.70M	B+$0.9M	84%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Colton’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Colton assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 12-17

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:07 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 12-19

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:57 TOI

vs BUF

1P

0G 1A

vs BUF 12-21

0G 1A · 1 shots · 12:03 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 12-23

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:43 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 12-27

0G 0A · 3 shots · 11:52 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 12-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:40 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 12-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:32 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 01-03

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:02 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 01-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:59 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 01-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:54 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)52 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 5 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 16 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	New Jersey Devils	3	0	0	0	-2
2019-20	New Jersey Devils	6	0	0	0	-2
2020-21	New Jersey Devils	2	0	0	0	-1
2021-22	New Jersey Devils	27	0	4	4	2
2022-23	Anaheim Ducks	46	0	6	6	-17
2025-26	New Jersey Devils	23	0	4	4	2
Career	2 teams	107	0	14	14	-18