Regular season

Max Crozier

Tampa Bay Lightning · D · #24

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?10 points and 31 blocks in 35 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'3"
WT: 204 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: R
From: Calgary, CAN
Draft: 2019 TBL · R4 #120

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4040pctl

6767pctl

5555pctl

3737pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2955pctl

0.0326pctl

0.2662pctl

1.365pctl

+772pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.7%15pctl

1.7651pctl

0.1977pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3338pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.8914pctl

3.3123pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.522pctl

4.270pctl

0.2442pctl

0:0115pctl

1:2144pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 24 GP tracked · 6h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

53.2%78pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

53.8%70pctl

O-zone deployment?

55%73pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.7 min8pctl

Support received?

15.8 min93pctl

D-zone deployment?

45%27pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2518pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.094pctl

0.85×2pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.31/gm20pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.3%62pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 512 EV min

General Offense

5.1577

4.1071

Shot Setups/60?

1.4181

Chance Setups/60?

1.0577

Primary Contributions/60?

6.5679

Rebounds Created/60?

1.0584

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1280

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5977

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2368

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1279

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1256

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.1170

Rush Offense/60?

7.8478

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.1224

0.1228

0.0030

Deflections/60?

0.2379

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.3584

Entries Finished/60?

0.2342

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1253

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.9925

0.2326

1.7632

Retrieval Success %?

12%34

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0039

Exit Success %?

0%39

Forechecking

0.8278

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

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

$0.82M

cap hit

$3.91M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Max Crozier	67	Depth Defenseman	10 P · 35 GP	$0.82M	$3.91M	A+$3.1M	this player
Nicolas Hague	67	Depth Defenseman	15 P · 62 GP	$5.50M	$3.91M	D−$1.6M	85%
Joel Edmundson	64	Depth Defenseman	23 P · 82 GP	$3.85M	$3.09M	D−$0.8M	81%
Samuel Girard	63	Depth Defenseman	19 P · 60 GP	$5.00M	$2.83M	D−$2.2M	81%
Mike Reilly	68	Depth Defenseman	9 P · 42 GP	-	$4.20M	-	81%

Chemistry

Top connection: Brayden Point · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Max’s goals

Creates for

goals Max assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 01-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:54 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 01-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:59 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 01-16

0G 0A · 3 shots · 16:06 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 01-18

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:16 TOI

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs SJS 01-20

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:06 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 01-23

0G 0A · 3 shots · 15:16 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 01-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:54 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 01-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:43 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 02-01

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:36 TOI

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 04-15

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:30 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)137 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 12 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 31 blocks · 2 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Tampa Bay Lightning	13	0	2	2	-2
2024-25	Tampa Bay Lightning	5	0	0	0	0
2025-26	Tampa Bay Lightning	35	1	9	10	7
Career	1 team	53	1	11	12	5