Regular season

Tyler Tucker

St. Louis Blues · D · #75

Depth DDepth Defenseman?17 points and 51 blocks in 69 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 204 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: Thunder Bay, CAN
Draft: 2018 STL · R7 #200

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3939pctl

5353pctl

4646pctl

2424pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2546pctl

0.0440pctl

0.2047pctl

1.041pctl

-434pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.7%15pctl

1.2431pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

0.006pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.744pctl

3.0816pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

3.910pctl

6.090pctl

0.2237pctl

0:0221pctl

1:0535pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 38 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

51.8%66pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

47.1%37pctl

O-zone deployment?

47%39pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.7 min8pctl

Support received?

16.3 min85pctl

D-zone deployment?

53%61pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0641pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2113pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1719pctl

0.95×27pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.29/gm25pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.9%29pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 913 EV min

General Offense

4.4073

4.0775

Shot Setups/60?

0.7949

Chance Setups/60?

0.6650

Primary Contributions/60?

5.1971

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3961

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3338

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2061

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0739

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1824

Rush Offense/60?

6.7074

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3968

0.3975

0.2083

Deflections/60?

0.0024

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0032

Entries Finished/60?

0.3971

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2076

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.0969

0.3941

2.6972

Retrieval Success %?

13%36

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.7981

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

$0.93M

cap hit

$2.35M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Tyler Tucker	61	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 69 GP	$0.93M	$2.35M	B+$1.4M	this player
Nils Lundkvist	60	Depth Defenseman	11 P · 52 GP	$1.25M	$2.12M	B+$0.9M	90%
Declan Chisholm	60	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 26 GP	$1.60M	$2.12M	C+$0.5M	86%
Emil Andrae	60	Depth Defenseman	13 P · 61 GP	$0.90M	$2.12M	B+$1.2M	86%
Samuel Girard	63	Depth Defenseman	19 P · 60 GP	$5.00M	$2.83M	D−$2.2M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jimmy Snuggerud · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Tyler’s goals

Creates for

goals Tyler assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 0 G · 4 A · 6 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 03-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:46 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 03-18

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:02 TOI

@ ANA

1P

0G 1A

@ ANA 04-03

0G 1A · 0 shots · 12:55 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:49 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:58 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:37 TOI

@ CHI

2P

0G 2A

@ CHI 04-11

0G 2A · 4 shots · 18:45 TOI

vs MIN

1P

0G 1A

vs MIN 04-13

0G 1A · 0 shots · 17:57 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:04 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:51 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)227 events shown

The office: the right point - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 12 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 54 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	St. Louis Blues	26	1	3	4	-9
2023-24	St. Louis Blues	26	1	1	2	1
2024-25	St. Louis Blues	38	3	4	7	4
2025-26	St. Louis Blues	69	3	14	17	-4
Career	1 team	159	8	22	30	-8