Regular season

Ryan Shea

Edmonton Oilers · D · #6

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?92 blocks across 80 games of regular duty

HT: 6'1"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: L
From: Milton, USA
Draft: 2015 CHI · R4 #121

71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

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3939pctl

5959pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.4478pctl

0.0764pctl

0.3681pctl

0.933pctl

+3095pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.8%16pctl

1.1125pctl

0.1147pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6977pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.1535pctl

3.6532pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.548pctl

1.527pctl

0.4289pctl

0:1051pctl

2:1674pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 16h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.6%57pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

60.0%90pctl

O-zone deployment?

48%39pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min40pctl

Support received?

16.0 min90pctl

D-zone deployment?

52%61pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0535pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.178pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1413pctl

0.92×14pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.30/gm22pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.6%21pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1316 EV min

General Offense

3.1537

3.1049

Shot Setups/60?

0.5928

Chance Setups/60?

0.5942

Primary Contributions/60?

3.7434

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4164

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.1816

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0935

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0983

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1875

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6447

Rush Offense/60?

4.8831

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2337

0.2351

0.0547

Deflections/60?

0.0543

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0031

Entries Finished/60?

0.0915

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0017

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.1426

0.6476

1.5018

Retrieval Success %?

30%88

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0984

Exit Success %?

4%86

Forechecking

0.3240

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

$0.90M

cap hit

$5.10M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$4.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ryan Shea	71	Steady Blueliner	35 P · 80 GP	$0.90M	$5.10M	A++$4.2M	this player
Matt Roy	69	Steady Blueliner	19 P · 79 GP	$5.75M	$4.49M	D−$1.3M	88%
Artem Zub	73	Steady Blueliner	30 P · 81 GP	$4.60M	$5.74M	B+$1.1M	86%
Josh Manson	72	Heavy Hitter	31 P · 79 GP	$4.50M	$5.42M	B+$0.9M	85%
Louis Crevier	69	Steady Blueliner	25 P · 78 GP	$0.90M	$4.49M	A+$3.6M	83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Anthony Mantha · 7 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Ryan’s goals

Creates for

goals Ryan assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 2 G · 5 A · 7 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:22 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:02 TOI

@ NYI

1P

1G 0A

@ NYI 03-30

1G 0A · 1 shots · 19:04 TOI

vs DET

1P

0G 1A

vs DET 03-31

0G 1A · 0 shots · 17:20 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:13 TOI

vs FLA

1P

1G 0A

vs FLA 04-04

1G 0A · 1 shots · 19:24 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:48 TOI

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ NJD 04-09

0G 1A · 2 shots · 18:00 TOI

vs WSH

2P

0G 2A

vs WSH 04-11

0G 2A · 0 shots · 25:12 TOI

@ STL

1P

0G 1A

@ STL 04-14

0G 1A · 1 shots · 21:58 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)308 events shown

The office: the right circle - 3 of 6 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 13 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 92 blocks · 18 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Pittsburgh Penguins	31	1	0	1	1
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	39	2	3	5	-9
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	6	29	35	30
Career	1 team	150	9	32	41	22