Regular season

Bowen Byram

Chicago Blackhawks · D · #24

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?93 blocks across 82 games of regular duty

HT: 6'1"
WT: 205 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Cranbrook, CAN
Draft: 2019 COL · R1 #4

71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8484pctl

6464pctl

4545pctl

4040pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.5185pctl

0.1385pctl

0.3883pctl

1.367pctl

+1585pctl

781pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.7%52pctl

0.9419pctl

0.1042pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5160pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.1333pctl

3.0415pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.317pctl

1.630pctl

0.2651pctl

1:3680pctl

1:3757pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 19h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.0%53pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.8%60pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%45pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min58pctl

Support received?

16.8 min64pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%55pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.018pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5736pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1925pctl

0.96×32pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.35/gm11pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.8%50pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1568 EV min

General Offense

3.1838

3.0245

Shot Setups/60?

0.3813

Chance Setups/60?

0.3415

Primary Contributions/60?

3.5627

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1518

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0456

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2321

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0828

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1156

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3027

Rush Offense/60?

4.2916

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3462

0.3875

0.0024

Deflections/60?

0.1577

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0455

Entries Finished/60?

0.2338

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1567

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.9918

0.3840

1.6118

Retrieval Success %?

19%59

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0469

Exit Success %?

2%76

Forechecking

0.2327

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

$6.25M

cap hit

$5.10M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Bowen Byram	71	Steady Blueliner	42 P · 82 GP	$6.25M	$5.10M	D−$1.1M	this player
Owen Power	69	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 81 GP	$8.35M	$4.49M	F−$3.9M	82%
Philip Broberg	68	Steady Blueliner	34 P · 81 GP	$4.58M	$4.20M	C−$0.4M	81%
Travis Sanheim	74	Steady Blueliner	37 P · 81 GP	$6.25M	$6.07M	C−$0.2M	79%
Damon Severson	76	Steady Blueliner	32 P · 71 GP	$6.25M	$6.75M	C+$0.5M	78%

Chemistry

Top connection: Alex Tuch · 11 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Bowen’s goals

Creates for

goals Bowen assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 1 G · 5 A · 11 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs DET

1P

0G 1A

vs DET 03-27

0G 1A · 3 shots · 21:17 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:29 TOI

vs NYI

1P

1G 0A

vs NYI 03-31

1G 0A · 2 shots · 22:14 TOI

@ OTT

1P

0G 1A

@ OTT 04-02

0G 1A · 1 shots · 22:58 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:59 TOI

vs TBL

2P

0G 2A

vs TBL 04-06

0G 2A · 1 shots · 21:16 TOI

@ NYR

1P

0G 1A

@ NYR 04-08

0G 1A · 2 shots · 22:07 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:32 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:11 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:35 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)359 events shown

The office: the left circle - 4 of 11 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 94 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Colorado Avalanche	19	0	2	2	1
2021-22	Colorado Avalanche	30	5	12	17	7
2022-23	Colorado Avalanche	42	10	14	24	7
2023-24	Colorado Avalanche	55	8	12	20	1
2023-24	Buffalo Sabres	18	3	6	9	-1
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	82	7	31	38	11
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	82	11	31	42	15
Career	2 teams	328	44	108	152	41