Regular season

Vincent Desharnais

Washington Capitals · D · #73

Depth DHeavy Hitter?103 hits (6.4/60) - punishes the forecheck

HT: 6'7"
WT: 225 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: R
From: Laval, CAN
Draft: 2016 EDM · R7 #183

59Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1616pctl

2828pctl

2222pctl

5252pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1312pctl

0.0215pctl

0.1114pctl

0.610pctl

+772pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

0.8%2pctl

0.477pctl

0.0728pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6070pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.5773pctl

5.1675pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

7.484pctl

6.492pctl

0.2027pctl

0:0222pctl

3:1499pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 32 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.7%51pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.4%59pctl

O-zone deployment?

37%12pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min59pctl

Support received?

16.8 min67pctl

D-zone deployment?

63%88pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.082pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1413pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.16/gm76pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.6%20pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 791 EV min

General Offense

2.5020

2.4325

Shot Setups/60?

0.6132

Chance Setups/60?

0.4628

Primary Contributions/60?

3.1120

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3045

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2323

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1549

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0842

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6749

Rush Offense/60?

4.4823

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.1524

0.1532

0.0027

Deflections/60?

0.0025

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0032

Entries Finished/60?

0.3057

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0839

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.8155

0.4652

2.3558

Retrieval Success %?

16%46

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0878

Exit Success %?

3%78

Forechecking

0.7679

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

$2.00M

cap hit

$1.91M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Vincent Desharnais	59	Heavy Hitter	7 P · 53 GP	$2.00M	$1.91M	C−$0.1M	this player
Simon Benoit	58	Heavy Hitter	6 P · 73 GP	$1.35M	$1.70M	C+$0.4M	91%
Brenden Dillon	57	Heavy Hitter	15 P · 82 GP	$4.00M	$1.51M	D−$2.5M	91%
Nick Leddy	62	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 32 GP	-	$2.59M	-	89%
Jonas Siegenthaler	62	Depth Defenseman	16 P · 82 GP	$3.40M	$2.59M	D−$0.8M	88%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Vincent’s goals

Creates for

goals Vincent assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 5 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs STL 03-30

0G 1A · 0 shots · 17:10 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 04-01

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:16 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:05 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:44 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 04-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 24:11 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 04-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:58 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:42 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 22:43 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:56 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:45 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)193 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 8 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 83 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Edmonton Oilers	36	0	5	5	15
2023-24	Edmonton Oilers	78	1	10	11	3
2024-25	Vancouver Canucks	34	0	3	3	-5
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	10	0	0	0	-4
2024-25	San Jose Sharks	7	0	0	0	0
2025-26	San Jose Sharks	53	1	6	7	7
Career	4 teams	218	2	24	26	16