HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Ryan Lindgren

Seattle Kraken · D · #55
Depth DDepth Defenseman?118 blocks in 76 games of hard minutes
HT
6'0"
WT
194 lb
Age
28
Shoots
L
From
Burnsville, USA
Draft
2016 BOS · R2 #49
60Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
2626pctl
Playmaking?
1313pctl
Transition?
3232pctl
Defense?
5454pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.129pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0323pctl
Assists / GP?
0.0910pctl
Shots / GP?
0.69pctl
Plus/Minus?
-240pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
1.4%10pctl
ZEIS?
0.7313pctl
PSPL?
0.016pctl
Def Suppression?
0.6473pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.5571pctl
Blocks / 60?
5.0774pctl
Hits / 60?
2.039pctl
Take : Give?
0.2129pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0330pctl
PK TOI / GP?
2:3283pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 47 GP tracked · 15h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.6 min61pctl
Support received?
17.1 min56pctl

Micro-metrics

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

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1197 EV min

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

$4.50M

cap hit

$2.12M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium ($2.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Ryan Lindgren60$4.50MD$2.4Mthis player
Erik Gudbranson63$4.00MD$1.2M89%
Brandon Carlo62$4.10MD$1.5M87%
Nick Leddy62--86%
Cale Fleury62$0.89MB+$1.7M85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jared McCann · 3 goals together

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 6 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

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

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)290 events shown

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

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

Defensive floor: 118 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2018-19New York Rangers5000-6
2019-20New York Rangers601131416
2020-21New York Rangers511151620
2021-22New York Rangers784111518
2022-23New York Rangers631171829
2023-24New York Rangers763141722
2024-25New York Rangers54217191
2024-25Colorado Avalanche18213-1
2025-26Seattle Kraken76279-2
Career3 teams481169511197