Regular season

Braden Schneider

New York Rangers · D · #4

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?140 blocks in 82 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'3"
WT: 206 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: R
From: Prince Albert, CAN
Draft: 2020 NYR · R1 #19

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3636pctl

3737pctl

5757pctl

5858pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2239pctl

0.0219pctl

0.2044pctl

1.261pctl

-531pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.1%20pctl

1.4037pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7380pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.7181pctl

5.0173pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

6.873pctl

5.888pctl

0.2339pctl

0:2258pctl

2:2579pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 18h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

46.6%25pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

47.4%40pctl

O-zone deployment?

44%25pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min60pctl

Support received?

16.9 min60pctl

D-zone deployment?

56%75pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0535pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2922pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1618pctl

0.96×34pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.46/gm1pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.1%13pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1448 EV min

General Offense

3.9466

2.9041

Shot Setups/60?

0.7949

Chance Setups/60?

0.5435

Primary Contributions/60?

4.7362

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2536

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0462

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2932

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2982

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1261

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.8765

Rush Offense/60?

6.5172

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4678

0.1735

0.0865

Deflections/60?

0.0441

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.3365

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1258

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.9866

0.5871

2.4063

Retrieval Success %?

19%59

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.6677

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

$2.20M

cap hit

$3.91M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Braden Schneider	67	Depth Defenseman	18 P · 82 GP	$2.20M	$3.91M	B+$1.7M	this player
Zach Whitecloud	66	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 78 GP	$2.75M	$3.63M	B+$0.9M	90%
Will Borgen	67	Depth Defenseman	15 P · 75 GP	$4.10M	$3.91M	C−$0.2M	88%
Cody Ceci	64	Depth Defenseman	9 P · 82 GP	$4.50M	$3.09M	D−$1.4M	85%
Andrew Peeke	67	Depth Defenseman	14 P · 77 GP	$2.75M	$3.91M	B+$1.2M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Will Cuylle · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Braden’s goals

Creates for

goals Braden assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

1P

0G 1A

vs CHI 03-27

0G 1A · 1 shots · 21:49 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 03-29

0G 0A · 3 shots · 18:49 TOI

vs NJD

1P

0G 1A

vs NJD 03-31

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:35 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:18 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:13 TOI

vs WSH

1P

0G 1A

vs WSH 04-05

0G 1A · 2 shots · 20:10 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-08

0G 0A · 3 shots · 22:35 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:58 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:28 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:41 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)417 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 20 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 140 blocks · 16 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	New York Rangers	43	2	9	11	5
2022-23	New York Rangers	81	5	13	18	9
2023-24	New York Rangers	82	5	14	19	-1
2024-25	New York Rangers	80	6	15	21	9
2025-26	New York Rangers	82	2	16	18	-5
Career	1 team	368	20	67	87	17