Regular season

Louis Crevier

Buffalo Sabres · D · #46

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?95 blocks across 78 games of regular duty

HT: 6'8"
WT: 228 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: R
From: Quebec City, CAN
Draft: 2020 CHI · R7 #188

69Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6363pctl

7171pctl

4747pctl

4444pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3261pctl

0.0971pctl

0.2356pctl

1.574pctl

-240pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.7%28pctl

1.0523pctl

0.2386pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3540pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.2244pctl

4.2655pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.345pctl

5.686pctl

0.2340pctl

0:0435pctl

1:5565pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 14h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

43.5%10pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

46.8%36pctl

O-zone deployment?

33%6pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

18.0 min92pctl

Support received?

17.1 min53pctl

D-zone deployment?

67%94pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1488pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3023pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3660pctl

1.00×60pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.45/gm2pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.0%12pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1182 EV min

General Offense

5.4386

3.4059

Shot Setups/60?

1.2784

Chance Setups/60?

1.0182

Primary Contributions/60?

6.7087

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7189

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1084

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4664

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0526

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0572

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1567

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.3229

Rush Offense/60?

8.1787

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.5181

0.4177

0.2086

Deflections/60?

0.1575

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0569

Entries Finished/60?

0.5686

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1566

Entry → Chance %?

27%30

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.7954

0.3027

2.4967

Retrieval Success %?

11%25

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.2532

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

$0.90M

cap hit

$4.49M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Louis Crevier	69	Steady Blueliner	25 P · 78 GP	$0.90M	$4.49M	A+$3.6M	this player
Josh Manson	72	Heavy Hitter	31 P · 79 GP	$4.50M	$5.42M	B+$0.9M	84%
Logan Stanley	68	Steady Blueliner	26 P · 76 GP	-	$4.20M	-	84%
Ryan Shea	71	Steady Blueliner	35 P · 80 GP	$0.90M	$5.10M	A++$4.2M	83%
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	73	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 70 GP	$0.78M	$5.74M	A++$5.0M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jason Dickinson · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Louis’s goals

Creates for

goals Louis assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 2 G · 5 A · 12 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-27

0G 0A · 4 shots · 18:05 TOI

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ NJD 03-29

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:58 TOI

vs WPG

2P

0G 2A

vs WPG 03-31

0G 2A · 1 shots · 20:37 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:03 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:09 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:25 TOI

vs CAR

2P

0G 2A

vs CAR 04-09

0G 2A · 0 shots · 17:12 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:32 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:41 TOI

vs SJS

2P

2G 0A

vs SJS 04-15

2G 0A · 2 shots · 19:09 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)356 events shown

The office: the left circle - 2 of 7 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 24 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 95 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Chicago Blackhawks	24	0	3	3	-16
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	32	3	1	4	-6
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	78	7	18	25	-2
Career	1 team	134	10	22	32	-24