Regular season

Jalen Chatfield

Carolina Hurricanes · D · #5

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?63 blocks across 72 games of regular duty

HT: 6'1"
WT: 209 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: R
From: Ypsilanti, USA

70Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4444pctl

6262pctl

7474pctl

4444pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2443pctl

0.0326pctl

0.2150pctl

1.470pctl

+1585pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2%19pctl

2.6778pctl

0.1770pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3540pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.8813pctl

2.605pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

3.54pctl

1.526pctl

0.4391pctl

0:0332pctl

2:2077pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 16h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

55.0%87pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.6%60pctl

O-zone deployment?

53%66pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

18.0 min93pctl

Support received?

16.9 min60pctl

D-zone deployment?

47%34pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0318pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2720pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2436pctl

1.01×64pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.28/gm27pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.5%83pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1278 EV min

General Offense

4.0869

3.5766

Shot Setups/60?

1.3186

Chance Setups/60?

0.9980

Primary Contributions/60?

5.4074

Rebounds Created/60?

0.5680

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0567

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3849

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3385

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0984

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1976

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.3081

Rush Offense/60?

6.1063

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2339

0.1940

0.0025

Deflections/60?

0.0959

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0565

Entries Finished/60?

0.4781

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2384

Entry → Chance %?

50%63

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.2531

0.5262

1.7426

Retrieval Success %?

23%74

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.4256

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

$3.02M

cap hit

$4.79M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jalen Chatfield	70	Steady Blueliner	17 P · 72 GP	$3.02M	$4.79M	B+$1.8M	this player
Nikita Zadorov	70	Heavy Hitter	22 P · 81 GP	$5.00M	$4.79M	C−$0.2M	91%
Nicolas Hague	67	Depth Defenseman	15 P · 62 GP	$5.50M	$3.91M	D−$1.6M	87%
Matthew Robertson	67	Depth Defenseman	18 P · 72 GP	$0.81M	$3.91M	A+$3.1M	79%
Gustav Forsling	74	Steady Blueliner	28 P · 80 GP	$5.75M	$6.07M	C+$0.3M	78%

Chemistry

Top connection: Logan Stankoven · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Jalen’s goals

Creates for

goals Jalen assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 14 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ PIT

1P

1G 0A

@ PIT 03-22

1G 0A · 1 shots · 19:36 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 03-24

0G 0A · 3 shots · 19:20 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:09 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 03-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:18 TOI

@ CBJ

1P

0G 1A

@ CBJ 03-31

0G 1A · 1 shots · 20:42 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:44 TOI

vs NYI

0P

0G 0A

vs NYI 04-04

0G 0A · 4 shots · 20:13 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-05

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:37 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:54 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 23:11 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)354 events shown

The office: the right circle - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 28 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 63 blocks · 18 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Vancouver Canucks	18	0	1	1	-11
2021-22	Carolina Hurricanes	16	0	3	3	1
2022-23	Carolina Hurricanes	78	6	8	14	23
2023-24	Carolina Hurricanes	72	8	14	22	15
2024-25	Carolina Hurricanes	79	7	11	18	22
2025-26	Carolina Hurricanes	72	2	15	17	15
Career	2 teams	335	23	52	75	65