Regular season

Neal Pionk

Winnipeg Jets · D · #4

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?75 blocks across 51 games of regular duty

HT: 6'0"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 31
Shoots: R
From: Omaha, USA

69Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5656pctl

5050pctl

6969pctl

4545pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2442pctl

0.0652pctl

0.1836pctl

1.986pctl

+151pctl

267pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.6%26pctl

1.9961pctl

0.1355pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3540pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.4764pctl

3.8843pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.345pctl

5.888pctl

0.2755pctl

1:3679pctl

2:2981pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 34 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.4%48pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

53.5%68pctl

O-zone deployment?

59%86pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.9 min89pctl

Support received?

17.1 min57pctl

D-zone deployment?

41%14pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0426pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.179pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2028pctl

0.96×34pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.32/gm19pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.3%63pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 950 EV min

General Offense

4.2369

3.1652

Shot Setups/60?

0.5727

Chance Setups/60?

0.5132

Primary Contributions/60?

4.8063

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2538

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0673

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2527

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1344

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1361

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.8363

Rush Offense/60?

6.1964

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.1932

0.3873

0.0026

Deflections/60?

0.0024

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1384

Entries Finished/60?

0.4477

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0636

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.5344

0.1916

2.3457

Retrieval Success %?

8%16

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

1.0186

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

$4.49M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

F

Well above market (−$2.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Neal Pionk	69	Steady Blueliner	12 P · 51 GP	$7.00M	$4.49M	F−$2.5M	this player
Aaron Ekblad	72	Steady Blueliner	26 P · 72 GP	$6.10M	$5.42M	C−$0.7M	86%
Philip Broberg	68	Steady Blueliner	34 P · 81 GP	$4.58M	$4.20M	C−$0.4M	81%
Owen Power	69	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 81 GP	$8.35M	$4.49M	F−$3.9M	81%
Cam Fowler	69	Steady Blueliner	30 P · 82 GP	$6.50M	$4.49M	D−$2.0M	80%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Neal’s goals

Creates for

goals Neal assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 19 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-22

0G 0A · 5 shots · 25:27 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 03-24

0G 0A · 3 shots · 20:57 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:38 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 03-28

0G 0A · 2 shots · 25:04 TOI

@ CHI

1P

0G 1A

@ CHI 03-31

0G 1A · 0 shots · 22:55 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:50 TOI

@ CBJ

1P

0G 1A

@ CBJ 04-04

0G 1A · 2 shots · 23:56 TOI

vs SEA

1P

0G 1A

vs SEA 04-06

0G 1A · 1 shots · 22:15 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 04-09

0G 0A · 5 shots · 24:04 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:00 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)310 events shown

The office: the left point - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 11 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 75 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2017-18	New York Rangers	28	1	13	14	-1
2018-19	New York Rangers	73	6	20	26	-16
2019-20	Winnipeg Jets	71	6	39	45	10
2020-21	Winnipeg Jets	54	3	29	32	6
2021-22	Winnipeg Jets	77	3	31	34	5
2022-23	Winnipeg Jets	82	10	23	33	-12
2023-24	Winnipeg Jets	82	5	28	33	9
2024-25	Winnipeg Jets	69	10	29	39	21
2025-26	Winnipeg Jets	51	3	9	12	1
Career	2 teams	587	47	221	268	23