Regular season

Drew Helleson

Anaheim Ducks · D · #14

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?79 blocks across 60 games of regular duty

HT: 6'3"
WT: 208 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: R
From: Farmington, USA
Draft: 2019 COL · R2 #47

72Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2727pctl

5151pctl

5353pctl

7777pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2547pctl

0.0330pctl

0.2253pctl

0.711pctl

-434pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1%4pctl

1.9459pctl

0.1042pctl

Def Suppression?

1.0493pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.3253pctl

4.6565pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.753pctl

3.763pctl

0.5898pctl

0:0540pctl

1:2949pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 31 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.2%37pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

49.0%46pctl

O-zone deployment?

60%89pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min25pctl

Support received?

16.6 min73pctl

D-zone deployment?

40%11pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0321pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2721pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.095pctl

0.97×41pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.36/gm9pctl

Pressure escape rate?

11.1%96pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 924 EV min

General Offense

2.4017

2.7337

Shot Setups/60?

0.9163

Chance Setups/60?

0.7865

Primary Contributions/60?

3.3125

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3960

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3952

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1960

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2684

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.0871

Rush Offense/60?

4.8732

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2646

0.1327

0.0026

Deflections/60?

0.0652

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1384

Entries Finished/60?

0.3971

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2683

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.7955

1.0488

1.7528

Retrieval Success %?

37%89

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1386

Exit Success %?

5%85

Forechecking

0.3951

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

$1.10M

cap hit

$5.42M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$4.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Drew Helleson	72	Steady Blueliner	15 P · 60 GP	$1.10M	$5.42M	A++$4.3M	this player
Jonas Brodin	74	Steady Blueliner	18 P · 62 GP	$6.00M	$6.07M	C+$0.1M	82%
Jeremy Lauzon	68	Heavy Hitter	13 P · 68 GP	$2.00M	$4.20M	A+$2.2M	82%
Radko Gudas	68	Heavy Hitter	13 P · 56 GP	$4.00M	$4.20M	C+$0.2M	81%
Jaccob Slavin	72	Steady Blueliner	8 P · 39 GP	$6.40M	$5.42M	D−$1.0M	79%

Chemistry

Top connection: Chris Kreider · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Drew’s goals

Creates for

goals Drew assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 4 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 03-03

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:35 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 03-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:12 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 03-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:35 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:55 TOI

@ SJS

2P

0G 2A

@ SJS 04-01

0G 2A · 0 shots · 11:54 TOI

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs STL 04-03

0G 1A · 0 shots · 18:09 TOI

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:33 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-07

0G 0A · 3 shots · 11:46 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:54 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:34 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)231 events shown

The office: the left point - 1 of 2 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 79 blocks · 18 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Anaheim Ducks	3	1	0	1	0
2024-25	Anaheim Ducks	56	4	9	13	6
2025-26	Anaheim Ducks	60	2	13	15	-4
Career	1 team	119	7	22	29	2