Regular season

Martin Fehérváry

Washington Capitals · D · #42

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?176 blocks across 81 games of regular duty

HT: 6'2"
WT: 215 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: Bratislava, SVK
Draft: 2018 WSH · R2 #46

73Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5050pctl

5353pctl

3636pctl

8484pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3361pctl

0.0654pctl

0.2765pctl

0.934pctl

+1585pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.7%15pctl

1.0623pctl

0.0937pctl

Def Suppression?

1.76100pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

2.1796pctl

6.7699pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

9.999pctl

4.271pctl

0.3065pctl

0:0225pctl

2:5091pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 16h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

43.4%9pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.7%60pctl

O-zone deployment?

35%8pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.7 min75pctl

Support received?

16.8 min64pctl

D-zone deployment?

65%92pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3525pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1617pctl

0.93×17pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.46/gm2pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.1%13pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1329 EV min

General Offense

3.1236

3.1250

Shot Setups/60?

0.8153

Chance Setups/60?

0.6346

Primary Contributions/60?

3.9340

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3247

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0981

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4563

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2369

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0983

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1875

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.0817

Rush Offense/60?

5.1941

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3256

0.1427

0.0967

Deflections/60?

0.0022

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1488

Entries Finished/60?

0.4580

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2786

Entry → Chance %?

60%80

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.7613

0.3636

1.4014

Retrieval Success %?

21%64

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.5971

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

$2.67M

cap hit

$5.74M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Martin Fehérváry	73	Steady Blueliner	27 P · 81 GP	$2.67M	$5.74M	A+$3.1M	this player
Mario Ferraro	73	Steady Blueliner	23 P · 82 GP	$3.25M	$5.74M	A+$2.5M	91%
Alexandre Carrier	75	Shutdown Anchor	22 P · 73 GP	$3.75M	$6.40M	A+$2.7M	91%
Jake McCabe	74	Steady Blueliner	25 P · 80 GP	$4.49M	$6.07M	B+$1.6M	88%
Rasmus Sandin	74	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 73 GP	$4.60M	$6.07M	B+$1.5M	87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Dylan Strome · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Martin’s goals

Creates for

goals Martin assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 1 G · 5 A · 7 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.8 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ UTA

1P

0G 1A

@ UTA 03-26

0G 1A · 1 shots · 20:52 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:14 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:53 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:31 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:10 TOI

@ NYR

1P

0G 1A

@ NYR 04-05

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:59 TOI

@ TOR

2P

1G 1A

@ TOR 04-08

1G 1A · 2 shots · 18:16 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:37 TOI

vs PIT

2P

0G 2A

vs PIT 04-12

0G 2A · 0 shots · 18:50 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:17 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)359 events shown

The office: the high slot - 2 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 177 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	Washington Capitals	6	0	1	1	-2
2021-22	Washington Capitals	79	8	9	17	15
2022-23	Washington Capitals	67	6	10	16	-11
2023-24	Washington Capitals	66	3	13	16	-7
2024-25	Washington Capitals	81	5	20	25	18
2025-26	Washington Capitals	81	5	22	27	15
Career	1 team	380	27	75	102	28