Regular season

K'Andre Miller

Carolina Hurricanes · D · #19

Second-pair DSteady Blueliner?79 blocks across 72 games of regular duty

HT: 6'5"
WT: 210 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: St. Paul, USA
Draft: 2018 NYR · R1 #22

78Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7171pctl

7575pctl

8181pctl

5353pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.5186pctl

0.1179pctl

0.4086pctl

1.783pctl

+772pctl

371pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.3%23pctl

3.5390pctl

0.1563pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5868pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.1028pctl

2.9312pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.114pctl

3.864pctl

0.5597pctl

0:5968pctl

1:5465pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 45 GP tracked · 17h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

58.3%96pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

48.1%43pctl

O-zone deployment?

56%78pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.7 min70pctl

Support received?

16.9 min61pctl

D-zone deployment?

44%22pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0428pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.4028pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3253pctl

1.04×81pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.26/gm32pctl

Pressure escape rate?

10.9%95pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1405 EV min

General Offense

4.6580

3.7270

Shot Setups/60?

0.5624

Chance Setups/60?

0.4727

Primary Contributions/60?

5.2172

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4366

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.0910

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0423

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0947

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.0171

Rush Offense/60?

6.4571

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.5685

0.5689

0.2188

Deflections/60?

0.0957

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0463

Entries Finished/60?

0.4782

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2180

Entry → Chance %?

45%58

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.6047

0.7786

1.8430

Retrieval Success %?

30%88

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0474

Exit Success %?

2%74

Forechecking

0.9488

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0491

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

$7.50M

cap hit

$7.44M

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
K'Andre Miller	78	Steady Blueliner	37 P · 72 GP	$7.50M	$7.44M	C−$0.1M	this player
Hampus Lindholm	77	Steady Blueliner	26 P · 67 GP	$6.50M	$7.09M	C+$0.6M	88%
Jacob Trouba	79	Steady Blueliner	35 P · 81 GP	$8.00M	$7.80M	C−$0.2M	88%
Damon Severson	76	Steady Blueliner	32 P · 71 GP	$6.25M	$6.75M	C+$0.5M	88%
Sean Durzi	76	Steady Blueliner	27 P · 60 GP	$6.00M	$6.75M	C+$0.7M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Sebastian Aho · 7 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on K'Andre’s goals

Creates for

goals K'Andre assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 2 G · 3 A · 21 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 03-24

0G 0A · 3 shots · 19:10 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-28

0G 0A · 2 shots · 22:09 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 03-29

0G 0A · 3 shots · 19:33 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 03-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:41 TOI

vs CBJ

1P

0G 1A

vs CBJ 04-02

0G 1A · 0 shots · 21:45 TOI

vs NYI

2P

0G 2A

vs NYI 04-04

0G 2A · 1 shots · 19:35 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:33 TOI

vs BOS

1P

1G 0A

vs BOS 04-07

1G 0A · 6 shots · 19:32 TOI

@ CHI

1P

1G 0A

@ CHI 04-09

1G 0A · 2 shots · 21:05 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 27:44 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)432 events shown

The office: the high slot - 3 of 8 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 79 blocks · 23 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	New York Rangers	53	5	7	12	9
2021-22	New York Rangers	82	7	13	20	23
2022-23	New York Rangers	79	9	34	43	12
2023-24	New York Rangers	80	8	22	30	5
2024-25	New York Rangers	74	7	20	27	0
2025-26	Carolina Hurricanes	72	8	29	37	7
Career	2 teams	440	44	125	169	56