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Regular season

Albert Johansson

Detroit Red Wings · D · #20
Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?93 blocks in 82 games of hard minutes
HT
6'0"
WT
195 lb
Age
25
Shoots
L
From
Karlstad, SWE
Draft
2019 DET · R2 #60
65Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
3131pctl
Playmaking?
1818pctl
Transition?
4242pctl
Defense?
6767pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.1312pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0432pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1011pctl
Shots / GP?
0.719pctl
Plus/Minus?
-186pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
1.3%9pctl
ZEIS?
1.4238pctl
PSPL?
0.0414pctl
Def Suppression?
0.7581pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.1333pctl
Blocks / 60?
4.2655pctl
Hits / 60?
2.650pctl
Take : Give?
0.4087pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:1252pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:2145pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 13h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.2 min34pctl
Support received?
15.9 min93pctl

Micro-metrics

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

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1179 EV min

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

$1.13M

cap hit

$3.35M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Albert Johansson65$1.13MA+$2.2Mthis player
Erik Gudbranson63$4.00MD$1.2M90%
Josh Mahura63$0.91MB+$1.9M88%
Dante Fabbro68$4.13MC+$0.1M86%
Travis Hamonic64--86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Patrick Kane · 3 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN

1P

1G 0A

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI

1P

0G 1A

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

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

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)289 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 2 of 3 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 93 blocks · 16 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2024-25Detroit Red Wings61369-11
2025-26Detroit Red Wings823811-18
Career1 team14361420-29