HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Jakob Chychrun

Washington Capitals · D · #6
Top-pair DOffensive QB?60 points from the blue line - runs the attack
HT
6'2"
WT
215 lb
Age
28
Shoots
L
From
Boca Raton, USA
Draft
2016 ARI · R1 #16
85Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
9393pctl
Playmaking?
8585pctl
Transition?
9191pctl
Defense?
5555pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.7593pctl
Goals / GP?
0.33100pctl
Assists / GP?
0.4288pctl
Shots / GP?
2.899pctl
Plus/Minus?
+2093pctl
PP Points?
1892pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6.7%71pctl
ZEIS?
3.9994pctl
PSPL?
0.2487pctl
Def Suppression?
0.5665pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.4360pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.6633pctl
Hits / 60?
1.937pctl
Take : Give?
0.3886pctl
PP TOI / GP?
3:0191pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:2416pctl

On-ice impact

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

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.5 min54pctl
Support received?
16.7 min71pctl

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 · 1594 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

$9.00M

cap hit

$10.05M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jakob Chychrun85$9.00MB+$1.1Mthis player
John Carlson84$8.00MB+$1.7M93%
Matthew Schaefer85$0.97MA++$9.1M92%
Roman Josi86$9.06MB+$1.4M90%
Adam Fox87$9.50MB+$1.3M88%

Recent form · last 10 games

9 pts · 3 G · 6 A · 13 shots in last 10Cooling off(-1.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ UTA

2P

0G 2A

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI

3P

1G 2A

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

vs BUF

2P

1G 1A

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ

1P

1G 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)686 events shown

The office: the high slot - 6 of 26 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 50 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 116 blocks · 19 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2016-17Arizona Coyotes6871320-14
2017-18Arizona Coyotes50410142
2018-19Arizona Coyotes5351520-12
2019-20Arizona Coyotes631214264
2020-21Arizona Coyotes56182341-6
2021-22Arizona Coyotes4771421-20
2022-23Arizona Coyotes36721288
2022-23Ottawa Senators12235-1
2023-24Ottawa Senators82142741-30
2024-25Washington Capitals7420274717
2025-26Washington Capitals8026346020
Career3 teams621122201323-32