Regular season

Vladislav Gavrikov

New York Rangers · D · #44

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?104 blocks across 82 games of regular duty

HT: 6'3"
WT: 210 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: L
From: Yaroslavl, RUS
Draft: 2015 CBJ · R6 #159

71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8181pctl

6666pctl

7676pctl

2626pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.4377pctl

0.1792pctl

0.2661pctl

1.573pctl

-823pctl

678pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.4%36pctl

2.0162pctl

0.1667pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1617pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.2750pctl

3.2018pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.626pctl

1.529pctl

0.2132pctl

1:0269pctl

2:3886pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 20h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.5%73pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

49.3%49pctl

O-zone deployment?

52%57pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min68pctl

Support received?

17.6 min40pctl

D-zone deployment?

48%43pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1177pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5133pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3253pctl

1.02×72pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.41/gm5pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.9%27pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1645 EV min

General Offense

3.5451

3.7271

Shot Setups/60?

1.1381

Chance Setups/60?

1.0284

Primary Contributions/60?

4.6760

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2944

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5885

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3689

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0779

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1154

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.9772

Rush Offense/60?

5.9460

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4072

0.2962

0.2289

Deflections/60?

0.3692

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.4479

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1153

Entry → Chance %?

25%25

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.7753

0.2621

2.5269

Retrieval Success %?

9%18

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.5872

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

$7.00M

cap hit

$5.10M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Vladislav Gavrikov	71	Steady Blueliner	35 P · 82 GP	$7.00M	$5.10M	D−$1.9M	this player
Shea Theodore	75	Steady Blueliner	39 P · 70 GP	$7.42M	$6.40M	D−$1.0M	84%
Ivan Provorov	74	Steady Blueliner	31 P · 82 GP	$8.50M	$6.07M	D−$2.4M	83%
Philip Broberg	68	Steady Blueliner	34 P · 81 GP	$4.58M	$4.20M	C−$0.4M	83%
Drew Doughty	67	Depth Defenseman	23 P · 72 GP	$11.00M	$3.91M	F−$7.1M	81%

Chemistry

Top connection: Vincent Trocheck · 7 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Vladislav’s goals

Creates for

goals Vladislav assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 0 G · 4 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 03-27

0G 0A · 0 shots · 23:34 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 24:54 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 22:18 TOI

vs MTL

1P

0G 1A

vs MTL 04-02

0G 1A · 2 shots · 21:55 TOI

vs DET

1P

0G 1A

vs DET 04-04

0G 1A · 0 shots · 26:00 TOI

vs WSH

1P

0G 1A

vs WSH 04-05

0G 1A · 2 shots · 21:05 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 24:41 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 21:26 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-13

0G 0A · 4 shots · 21:13 TOI

@ TBL

1P

0G 1A

@ TBL 04-15

0G 1A · 1 shots · 26:23 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)451 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 3 of 14 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 31 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 108 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	Columbus Blue Jackets	69	5	13	18	1
2020-21	Columbus Blue Jackets	55	2	10	12	-13
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	80	5	28	33	-3
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	52	3	7	10	-8
2022-23	Los Angeles Kings	20	3	6	9	12
2023-24	Los Angeles Kings	77	6	17	23	9
2024-25	Los Angeles Kings	82	5	25	30	26
2025-26	New York Rangers	82	14	21	35	-8
Career	3 teams	517	43	127	170	16