Regular season

Ty Emberson

Edmonton Oilers · D · #49

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?106 blocks in 72 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'0"
WT: 193 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: R
From: Eau Claire, USA
Draft: 2018 ARI · R3 #73

63Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1919pctl

3232pctl

2222pctl

6969pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1719pctl

0.0326pctl

0.1423pctl

0.69pctl

-144pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

0.6%1pctl

0.8115pctl

0.0832pctl

Def Suppression?

0.9791pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.4765pctl

5.6988pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

7.281pctl

5.787pctl

0.2544pctl

0:018pctl

1:1742pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

43.4%10pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

45.7%32pctl

O-zone deployment?

45%31pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min28pctl

Support received?

15.4 min98pctl

D-zone deployment?

55%69pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.092pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.062pctl

0.94×22pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.28/gm28pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.9%12pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1024 EV min

General Offense

2.6421

1.9913

Shot Setups/60?

0.7647

Chance Setups/60?

0.7057

Primary Contributions/60?

3.4025

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3554

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2324

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1855

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0019

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1722

Rush Offense/60?

4.2218

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.1829

0.0014

0.0654

Deflections/60?

0.0650

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0031

Entries Finished/60?

0.2954

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1255

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.2833

0.4146

1.8733

Retrieval Success %?

18%52

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.8283

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

$1.30M

cap hit

$2.83M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ty Emberson	63	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 72 GP	$1.30M	$2.83M	B+$1.5M	this player
Alec Regula	61	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 29 GP	$0.81M	$2.35M	B+$1.5M	93%
Vincent Iorio	60	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 27 GP	$0.81M	$2.12M	B+$1.3M	87%
Ilya Lyubushkin	60	Depth Defenseman	9 P · 53 GP	$3.25M	$2.12M	D−$1.1M	87%
Travis Hamonic	64	Depth Defenseman	2 P · 26 GP	-	$3.09M	-	86%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Ty’s goals

Creates for

goals Ty assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:14 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:29 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:16 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:26 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:44 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:06 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:57 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:58 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:22 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-16

0G 0A · 3 shots · 18:54 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)231 events shown

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

Playmaking gravity: 13 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 107 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	San Jose Sharks	30	1	9	10	-4
2024-25	Edmonton Oilers	76	2	11	13	-5
2025-26	Edmonton Oilers	72	2	10	12	-1
Career	2 teams	178	5	30	35	-10