Regular season

Philip Broberg

St. Louis Blues · D · #6

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?98 blocks across 81 games of regular duty

HT: 6'4"
WT: 210 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Orebro, SWE
Draft: 2019 EDM · R1 #8

68Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6969pctl

5959pctl

5959pctl

3131pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.4276pctl

0.0763pctl

0.3579pctl

1.258pctl

+1483pctl

576pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.7%41pctl

1.2632pctl

0.0937pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2830pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.2142pctl

3.1016pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.420pctl

1.117pctl

0.2340pctl

1:1372pctl

2:3183pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 19h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.7%51pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.9%60pctl

O-zone deployment?

45%29pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.7 min76pctl

Support received?

16.6 min75pctl

D-zone deployment?

55%71pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0644pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5335pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2436pctl

1.06×88pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.24/gm42pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.0%55pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1589 EV min

General Offense

2.9530

3.6669

Shot Setups/60?

0.4916

Chance Setups/60?

0.4220

Primary Contributions/60?

3.4424

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1925

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0455

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2320

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1549

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0033

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0429

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.0917

Rush Offense/60?

5.1036

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2647

0.3472

0.1174

Deflections/60?

0.1167

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0454

Entries Finished/60?

0.1928

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0837

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.6447

0.4958

2.1546

Retrieval Success %?

19%55

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0468

Exit Success %?

1%72

Forechecking

0.1514

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

$4.58M

cap hit

$4.20M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Philip Broberg	68	Steady Blueliner	34 P · 81 GP	$4.58M	$4.20M	C−$0.4M	this player
Owen Power	69	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 81 GP	$8.35M	$4.49M	F−$3.9M	86%
Drew Doughty	67	Depth Defenseman	23 P · 72 GP	$11.00M	$3.91M	F−$7.1M	85%
Vladislav Gavrikov	71	Steady Blueliner	35 P · 82 GP	$7.00M	$5.10M	D−$1.9M	83%
Bowen Byram	71	Steady Blueliner	42 P · 82 GP	$6.25M	$5.10M	D−$1.1M	81%

Chemistry

Top connection: Robert Thomas · 12 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Philip’s goals

Creates for

goals Philip assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 1 G · 6 A · 12 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ SJS

1P

1G 0A

@ SJS 03-30

1G 0A · 1 shots · 23:49 TOI

@ LAK

1P

0G 1A

@ LAK 04-01

0G 1A · 0 shots · 23:16 TOI

@ ANA

2P

0G 2A

@ ANA 04-03

0G 2A · 1 shots · 23:04 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 22:19 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-07

0G 0A · 3 shots · 25:12 TOI

vs WPG

1P

0G 1A

vs WPG 04-09

0G 1A · 1 shots · 22:32 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:52 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:52 TOI

vs PIT

1P

0G 1A

vs PIT 04-14

0G 1A · 3 shots · 21:38 TOI

@ UTA

1P

0G 1A

@ UTA 04-16

0G 1A · 2 shots · 22:11 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)378 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 2 of 6 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 97 blocks · 16 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Edmonton Oilers	23	1	2	3	-8
2022-23	Edmonton Oilers	46	1	7	8	6
2023-24	Edmonton Oilers	12	0	2	2	-3
2024-25	St. Louis Blues	68	8	21	29	21
2025-26	St. Louis Blues	81	6	28	34	14
Career	2 teams	230	16	60	76	30