Regular season

Jacob Bernard-Docker

Detroit Red Wings · D · #25

Depth DDepth Defenseman?87 blocks in 63 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'1"
WT: 196 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: R
From: Canmore, CAN
Draft: 2018 OTT · R1 #26

59Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1616pctl

1515pctl

2323pctl

5858pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.084pctl

0.0214pctl

0.064pctl

0.712pctl

047pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

0.9%3pctl

0.7613pctl

0.0310pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7481pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.3858pctl

5.5987pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

7.077pctl

4.272pctl

0.2025pctl

0:0112pctl

1:2547pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

41.8%6pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

43.3%24pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%45pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.2 min38pctl

Support received?

16.1 min90pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%55pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0211pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.168pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.052pctl

0.90×10pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm44pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.8%10pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 842 EV min

General Offense

2.9231

2.7135

Shot Setups/60?

0.5728

Chance Setups/60?

0.3620

Primary Contributions/60?

3.4928

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2131

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0774

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2122

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0017

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0741

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.1474

Rush Offense/60?

4.4923

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.0717

0.1431

0.0759

Deflections/60?

0.0024

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0032

Entries Finished/60?

0.2135

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2178

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.3537

0.2120

2.1446

Retrieval Success %?

9%21

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0038

Exit Success %?

0%38

Forechecking

0.2836

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

$0.88M

cap hit

$1.91M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jacob Bernard-Docker	59	Depth Defenseman	5 P · 63 GP	$0.88M	$1.91M	B+$1.0M	this player
Vincent Iorio	60	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 27 GP	$0.81M	$2.12M	B+$1.3M	92%
Joel Hanley	57	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 68 GP	$1.75M	$1.51M	C−$0.2M	90%
Egor Zamula	60	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 33 GP	-	$2.12M	-	88%
Alec Regula	61	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 29 GP	$0.81M	$2.35M	B+$1.5M	88%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Jacob’s goals

Creates for

goals Jacob assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 4 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 03-21

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:40 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:39 TOI

@ BUF

1P

1G 0A

@ BUF 03-27

1G 0A · 1 shots · 9:46 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:16 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:47 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:08 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:07 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:34 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:40 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:59 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)208 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 8 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 87 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Ottawa Senators	5	0	0	0	2
2021-22	Ottawa Senators	8	0	1	1	1
2022-23	Ottawa Senators	19	0	1	1	-2
2023-24	Ottawa Senators	72	4	10	14	-7
2024-25	Ottawa Senators	25	1	3	4	2
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	15	1	3	4	3
2025-26	Detroit Red Wings	63	1	4	5	0
Career	3 teams	207	7	22	29	-1