Regular season

Kaedan Korczak

Pittsburgh Penguins · D · #6

Depth DDepth Defenseman?95 blocks in 78 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'3"
WT: 206 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: R
From: Yorkton, CAN
Draft: 2019 VGK · R2 #41

57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3434pctl

3030pctl

2121pctl

3232pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2132pctl

0.0436pctl

0.1732pctl

0.822pctl

+669pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.3%9pctl

0.335pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2021pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.2244pctl

4.5762pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.957pctl

4.979pctl

0.125pctl

0:0326pctl

0:2718pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 12h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

54.4%85pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

49.2%48pctl

O-zone deployment?

51%56pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.0 min24pctl

Support received?

16.3 min84pctl

D-zone deployment?

49%44pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0316pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2518pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1823pctl

0.89×7pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm43pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.0%30pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1208 EV min

General Offense

2.9329

3.2856

Shot Setups/60?

0.8456

Chance Setups/60?

0.7056

Primary Contributions/60?

3.7836

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1517

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0569

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6084

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2063

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0571

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1053

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3431

Rush Offense/60?

4.5722

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3563

0.2043

0.0025

Deflections/60?

0.0545

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0031

Entries Finished/60?

0.2545

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1564

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.4883

0.4042

3.0885

Retrieval Success %?

11%27

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.4053

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

$0.82M

cap hit

$1.51M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Kaedan Korczak	57	Depth Defenseman	16 P · 78 GP	$0.82M	$1.51M	C+$0.7M	this player
Jonathan Aspirot	59	Depth Defenseman	13 P · 61 GP	$0.78M	$1.91M	B+$1.1M	90%
Brian Dumoulin	56	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 82 GP	$4.00M	$1.34M	F−$2.7M	89%
Dmitri Simashev	54	Depth Defenseman	1 P · 28 GP	$0.95M	$1.04M	C+$0.1M	88%
Nick Jensen	61	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 61 GP	$4.05M	$2.35M	D−$1.7M	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Mitch Marner · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Kaedan’s goals

Creates for

goals Kaedan assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 5 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 03-19

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:18 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 03-22

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:31 TOI

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:07 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:21 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 03-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:57 TOI

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:45 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:55 TOI

@ COL

1P

0G 1A

@ COL 04-11

0G 1A · 1 shots · 11:49 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:34 TOI

vs SEA

1P

0G 1A

vs SEA 04-15

0G 1A · 1 shots · 14:16 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)261 events shown

The office: the left circle - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 18 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 95 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Vegas Golden Knights	1	0	0	0	1
2022-23	Vegas Golden Knights	10	0	2	2	-3
2023-24	Vegas Golden Knights	26	1	8	9	12
2024-25	Vegas Golden Knights	40	0	10	10	15
2025-26	Vegas Golden Knights	78	3	13	16	6
Career	1 team	155	4	33	37	31