Regular season

Sean Durzi

New York Rangers · D · #5

Second-pair DSteady Blueliner?88 blocks across 60 games of regular duty

HT: 6'1"
WT: 196 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: R
From: Mississauga, CAN
Draft: 2018 TOR · R2 #52

76Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6868pctl

6565pctl

7979pctl

5454pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.4579pctl

0.0867pctl

0.3782pctl

1.471pctl

-1213pctl

474pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.8%29pctl

2.8481pctl

0.1147pctl

Def Suppression?

0.8788pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.4763pctl

4.5661pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.855pctl

2.140pctl

0.1923pctl

1:1974pctl

0:2214pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

53.2%78pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

42.2%20pctl

O-zone deployment?

55%75pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min43pctl

Support received?

16.8 min66pctl

D-zone deployment?

45%25pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0748pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3827pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1311pctl

1.01×65pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.22/gm52pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.2%77pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1055 EV min

General Offense

3.8161

4.6183

Shot Setups/60?

1.0272

Chance Setups/60?

0.6853

Primary Contributions/60?

4.8465

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1723

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4664

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2369

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0674

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1156

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.7155

Rush Offense/60?

7.6882

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2338

0.1122

0.0026

Deflections/60?

0.2383

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0031

Entries Finished/60?

0.5183

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1771

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.0522

0.3435

1.7124

Retrieval Success %?

17%48

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.2326

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

$6.00M

cap hit

$6.75M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Sean Durzi	76	Steady Blueliner	27 P · 60 GP	$6.00M	$6.75M	C+$0.7M	this player
Alexander Nikishin	76	Steady Blueliner	33 P · 81 GP	$0.93M	$6.75M	A++$5.8M	91%
Damon Severson	76	Steady Blueliner	32 P · 71 GP	$6.25M	$6.75M	C+$0.5M	86%
Hampus Lindholm	77	Steady Blueliner	26 P · 67 GP	$6.50M	$7.09M	C+$0.6M	86%
Jake Walman	77	Steady Blueliner	20 P · 53 GP	$3.40M	$7.09M	A+$3.7M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Nick Schmaltz · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Sean’s goals

Creates for

goals Sean assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 0 G · 4 A · 17 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs EDM

1P

0G 1A

vs EDM 03-24

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:07 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:37 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 03-28

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:09 TOI

@ SEA

1P

0G 1A

@ SEA 04-02

0G 1A · 2 shots · 16:23 TOI

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:31 TOI

vs EDM

2P

0G 2A

vs EDM 04-07

0G 2A · 0 shots · 15:24 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:55 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:34 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 04-12

0G 0A · 6 shots · 16:50 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:46 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)338 events shown

The office: the left circle - 2 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 21 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 87 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Los Angeles Kings	64	3	24	27	-9
2022-23	Los Angeles Kings	72	9	29	38	-12
2023-24	Arizona Coyotes	76	9	32	41	-1
2024-25	Utah Hockey Club	30	4	7	11	4
2025-26	Utah Mammoth	60	5	22	27	-12
Career	4 teams	302	30	114	144	-30