Regular season

Jake Christiansen

Columbus Blue Jackets · D · #2

Depth DDepth Defenseman?3 points and 24 blocks in 40 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 199 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: West Vancouver, CAN

55Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1515pctl

1414pctl

3434pctl

3333pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.073pctl

0.006pctl

0.075pctl

0.711pctl

-726pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

0.8%2pctl

1.3535pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3845pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.601pctl

3.5831pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.728pctl

4.575pctl

0.1510pctl

0:001pctl

0:108pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 20 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.8%58pctl

O-zone deployment?

46%34pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.4 min2pctl

Support received?

15.7 min95pctl

D-zone deployment?

54%66pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0317pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.189pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.118pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.05/gm99pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.4%41pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 395 EV min

General Offense

3.9562

4.4074

Shot Setups/60?

0.7647

Chance Setups/60?

0.6146

Primary Contributions/60?

4.7158

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0020

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1580

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6176

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4679

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1579

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0026

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.2872

Rush Offense/60?

7.2972

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.0020

0.3061

0.0031

Deflections/60?

0.1568

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0036

Entries Finished/60?

0.0021

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0026

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.5220

0.3033

1.2120

Retrieval Success %?

20%59

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0040

Exit Success %?

0%40

Forechecking

0.1524

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

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

$0.97M

cap hit

$1.18M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jake Christiansen	55	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 40 GP	$0.97M	$1.18M	C+$0.2M	this player
Arber Xhekaj	52	Heavy Hitter	4 P · 65 GP	$1.30M	$0.86M	C−$0.4M	88%
Zach Metsa	54	Depth Defenseman	6 P · 43 GP	$0.78M	$1.04M	C+$0.3M	83%
David Jiricek	52	Depth Defenseman	0 P · 26 GP	$0.92M	$0.86M	C−$0.1M	82%
Jacob Bryson	57	Depth Defenseman	8 P · 50 GP	$0.90M	$1.51M	C+$0.6M	81%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Jake’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Jake assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 6 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 01-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 5:34 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 01-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:38 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 03-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:02 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-10

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:56 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 03-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:00 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:43 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:38 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 5:47 TOI

@ MTL

1P

0G 1A

@ MTL 04-11

0G 1A · 0 shots · 4:18 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:11 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)103 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 5 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 24 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	8	1	0	1	1
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	24	0	4	4	-7
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	0	2	2	-5
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	68	1	7	8	6
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	40	0	3	3	-7
Career	1 team	152	2	16	18	-12