Regular season

Alex Vlasic

Chicago Blackhawks · D · #72

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?119 blocks in 81 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'6"
WT: 217 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Wilmette, USA
Draft: 2019 CHI · R2 #43

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2929pctl

5353pctl

4444pctl

5959pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2649pctl

0.0220pctl

0.2358pctl

1.146pctl

-168pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.7%15pctl

1.0724pctl

0.1042pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6977pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.4764pctl

4.1751pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.956pctl

1.014pctl

0.3070pctl

0:0437pctl

2:5192pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 17h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

43.0%9pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

38.7%13pctl

O-zone deployment?

37%12pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

18.1 min98pctl

Support received?

16.6 min73pctl

D-zone deployment?

63%88pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0424pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2113pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1926pctl

0.98×42pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.55/gm0pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.2%35pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1475 EV min

General Offense

3.1737

2.5628

Shot Setups/60?

1.0676

Chance Setups/60?

0.7361

Primary Contributions/60?

4.2349

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3756

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0460

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4154

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3385

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0464

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0432

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.7156

Rush Offense/60?

4.6825

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3359

0.2861

0.0024

Deflections/60?

0.0022

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.3768

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2079

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.6850

0.4958

2.2049

Retrieval Success %?

18%53

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.1211

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

$4.60M

cap hit

$3.91M

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
Alex Vlasic	67	Depth Defenseman	21 P · 81 GP	$4.60M	$3.91M	C−$0.7M	this player
Brett Kulak	65	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 83 GP	$2.75M	$3.35M	C+$0.6M	89%
Andrew Peeke	67	Depth Defenseman	14 P · 77 GP	$2.75M	$3.91M	B+$1.2M	85%
Matt Roy	69	Steady Blueliner	19 P · 79 GP	$5.75M	$4.49M	D−$1.3M	85%
Zach Whitecloud	66	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 78 GP	$2.75M	$3.63M	B+$0.9M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Connor Bedard · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Alex’s goals

Creates for

goals Alex assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 10 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

1P

0G 1A

@ NYR 03-27

0G 1A · 0 shots · 19:15 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:13 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:50 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:01 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 22:27 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:00 TOI

vs CAR

1P

0G 1A

vs CAR 04-09

0G 1A · 2 shots · 17:57 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-11

0G 0A · 3 shots · 19:43 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:43 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 04-15

0G 0A · 2 shots · 21:20 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)361 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 27 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 120 blocks · 21 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Chicago Blackhawks	15	1	1	2	-2
2022-23	Chicago Blackhawks	6	0	1	1	-1
2023-24	Chicago Blackhawks	76	2	14	16	-4
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	82	4	26	30	-23
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	81	2	19	21	-16
Career	1 team	260	9	61	70	-46