Regular season

Jackson LaCombe

Anaheim Ducks · D · #2

Top-pair DOffensive QB?58 points from the blue line - runs the attack

HT: 6'2"
WT: 208 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Eden Prairie, USA
Draft: 2019 ANA · R2 #39

85Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8383pctl

8989pctl

8181pctl

6666pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.7191pctl

0.1282pctl

0.5993pctl

1.986pctl

-240pctl

1791pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.6%51pctl

2.4373pctl

0.2892pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7983pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.5671pctl

3.8643pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.754pctl

2.244pctl

0.4796pctl

3:1394pctl

1:3958pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 20h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.8%74pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.9%61pctl

O-zone deployment?

51%54pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min61pctl

Support received?

17.4 min46pctl

D-zone deployment?

49%46pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1282pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.0664pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4271pctl

1.03×73pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.21/gm54pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.5%82pctl

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

4.0067

3.9774

Shot Setups/60?

0.8760

Chance Setups/60?

0.7665

Primary Contributions/60?

4.8767

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3858

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3850

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3082

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1590

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1567

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5540

Rush Offense/60?

5.1739

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4578

0.3874

0.3093

Deflections/60?

0.1575

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.3057

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1153

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.1772

0.7282

2.4667

Retrieval Success %?

23%73

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.6878

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

$0.93M

cap hit

$10.05M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$9.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jackson LaCombe	85	Offensive QB	58 P · 82 GP	$0.93M	$10.05M	A++$9.1M	this player
Adam Fox	87	Offensive QB	53 P · 55 GP	$9.50M	$10.84M	B+$1.3M	94%
Miro Heiskanen	85	Two-Way D	63 P · 77 GP	$8.45M	$10.05M	B+$1.6M	93%
Roman Josi	86	Offensive QB	55 P · 68 GP	$9.06M	$10.44M	B+$1.4M	92%
Charlie McAvoy	86	Offensive QB	61 P · 69 GP	$9.50M	$10.44M	B+$0.9M	92%

Chemistry

Top connection: Cutter Gauthier · 17 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Jackson’s goals

Creates for

goals Jackson assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

8 pts · 1 G · 7 A · 18 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ EDM

1P

0G 1A

@ EDM 03-28

0G 1A · 3 shots · 25:20 TOI

vs TOR

2P

0G 2A

vs TOR 03-30

0G 2A · 1 shots · 24:53 TOI

@ SJS

1P

0G 1A

@ SJS 04-01

0G 1A · 1 shots · 23:23 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-03

0G 0A · 0 shots · 23:15 TOI

vs CGY

1P

0G 1A

vs CGY 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 20:46 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:56 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 22:59 TOI

vs VAN

1P

0G 1A

vs VAN 04-12

0G 1A · 2 shots · 26:06 TOI

@ MIN

1P

0G 1A

@ MIN 04-14

0G 1A · 3 shots · 24:14 TOI

@ NSH

1P

1G 0A

@ NSH 04-16

1G 0A · 6 shots · 26:27 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)532 events shown

The office: the perimeter - 3 of 10 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 37 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 129 blocks · 26 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Anaheim Ducks	2	0	0	0	-1
2023-24	Anaheim Ducks	71	2	15	17	-24
2024-25	Anaheim Ducks	75	14	29	43	0
2025-26	Anaheim Ducks	82	10	48	58	-2
Career	1 team	230	26	92	118	-27