Regular season

Zach Whitecloud

Calgary Flames · D · #28

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?140 blocks in 78 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'2"
WT: 210 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: R
From: Brandon, CAN

66Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3535pctl

3434pctl

4545pctl

6060pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2238pctl

0.0322pctl

0.1943pctl

0.929pctl

-628pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.8%16pctl

1.0422pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.8587pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.7986pctl

5.3078pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

7.178pctl

4.776pctl

0.2129pctl

0:0437pctl

2:1573pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 16h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

44.6%14pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

47.5%41pctl

O-zone deployment?

46%35pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.7 min75pctl

Support received?

16.9 min64pctl

D-zone deployment?

54%65pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0316pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2113pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1720pctl

0.99×49pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.45/gm2pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.9%27pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1404 EV min

General Offense

2.6520

2.9141

Shot Setups/60?

0.6433

Chance Setups/60?

0.4727

Primary Contributions/60?

3.2921

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1722

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0981

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2627

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0932

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0948

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3732

Rush Offense/60?

5.0936

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3053

0.1736

0.0024

Deflections/60?

0.0958

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0463

Entries Finished/60?

0.1726

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0429

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.4841

0.2622

2.2251

Retrieval Success %?

10%23

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.2632

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

$2.75M

cap hit

$3.63M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Zach Whitecloud	66	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 78 GP	$2.75M	$3.63M	B+$0.9M	this player
Tyler Myers	64	Depth Defenseman	11 P · 73 GP	$3.00M	$3.09M	C+$0.1M	92%
Braden Schneider	67	Depth Defenseman	18 P · 82 GP	$2.20M	$3.91M	B+$1.7M	90%
Mikey Anderson	67	Depth Defenseman	20 P · 80 GP	$4.13M	$3.91M	C−$0.2M	90%
Will Borgen	67	Depth Defenseman	15 P · 75 GP	$4.10M	$3.91M	C−$0.2M	89%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Zach’s goals

Creates for

goals Zach assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 0 G · 5 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs VAN

1P

0G 1A

vs VAN 03-28

0G 1A · 0 shots · 24:10 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 03-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 24:04 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 25:16 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 25:45 TOI

@ DAL

1P

0G 1A

@ DAL 04-07

0G 1A · 1 shots · 29:52 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 23:31 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 24:52 TOI

vs UTA

1P

0G 1A

vs UTA 04-12

0G 1A · 0 shots · 22:41 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:36 TOI

vs LAK

2P

0G 2A

vs LAK 04-16

0G 2A · 2 shots · 20:30 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)345 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 140 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2017-18	Vegas Golden Knights	1	0	0	0	3
2019-20	Vegas Golden Knights	16	0	1	1	3
2020-21	Vegas Golden Knights	51	2	10	12	9
2021-22	Vegas Golden Knights	59	8	11	19	21
2022-23	Vegas Golden Knights	59	5	7	12	10
2023-24	Vegas Golden Knights	61	2	12	14	-3
2024-25	Vegas Golden Knights	74	4	9	13	7
2025-26	Vegas Golden Knights	47	2	5	7	-8
2025-26	Calgary Flames	31	0	10	10	2
Career	2 teams	399	23	65	88	44