Regular season

Brock Faber

Minnesota Wild · D · #7

Top-pair DOffensive QB?51 points from the blue line - runs the attack

HT: 6'1"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: R
From: Maple Grove, USA
Draft: 2020 LAK · R2 #45

85Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8585pctl

8686pctl

7878pctl

7676pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.6491pctl

0.1994pctl

0.4591pctl

2.292pctl

+1890pctl

1187pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.6%39pctl

2.3872pctl

0.2386pctl

Def Suppression?

1.1195pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.8588pctl

4.4960pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

7.077pctl

1.013pctl

0.3987pctl

1:0470pctl

2:2478pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 20h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

53.5%80pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

54.3%72pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%48pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.9 min84pctl

Support received?

18.3 min22pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%52pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0424pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5435pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1719pctl

1.11×97pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.36/gm9pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.4%81pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1697 EV min

General Offense

5.2085

3.8973

Shot Setups/60?

0.9970

Chance Setups/60?

0.7462

Primary Contributions/60?

6.1985

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6489

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0454

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4667

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1856

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1490

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0017

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.7760

Rush Offense/60?

7.4383

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3565

0.2147

0.0759

Deflections/60?

0.1474

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.3260

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1461

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.3736

0.5769

1.8029

Retrieval Success %?

24%80

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.3239

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

$8.50M

cap hit

$10.05M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Brock Faber	85	Offensive QB	51 P · 80 GP	$8.50M	$10.05M	B+$1.6M	this player
Thomas Harley	85	Two-Way D	36 P · 70 GP	$4.00M	$10.05M	A++$6.1M	83%
Rasmus Andersson	83	Offensive QB	47 P · 81 GP	$4.55M	$9.28M	A++$4.7M	78%
Justin Faulk	83	Offensive QB	40 P · 78 GP	$6.50M	$9.28M	A+$2.8M	78%
Jacob Trouba	79	Steady Blueliner	35 P · 81 GP	$8.00M	$7.80M	C−$0.2M	77%

Chemistry

Top connection: Marcus Johansson · 9 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Brock’s goals

Creates for

goals Brock assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 1 G · 3 A · 22 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-21

0G 0A · 5 shots · 24:29 TOI

@ TBL

1P

1G 0A

@ TBL 03-24

1G 0A · 3 shots · 24:39 TOI

@ FLA

1P

0G 1A

@ FLA 03-26

0G 1A · 5 shots · 24:53 TOI

@ BOS

1P

0G 1A

@ BOS 03-28

0G 1A · 1 shots · 26:34 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-02

0G 0A · 3 shots · 23:08 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 24:05 TOI

@ DET

1P

0G 1A

@ DET 04-05

0G 1A · 1 shots · 23:33 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 23:10 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 24:38 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 26:45 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)546 events shown

The office: the high slot - 3 of 15 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 30 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 150 blocks · 16 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Minnesota Wild	2	0	0	0	2
2023-24	Minnesota Wild	82	8	39	47	-1
2024-25	Minnesota Wild	78	10	19	29	-2
2025-26	Minnesota Wild	80	15	36	51	18
Career	1 team	242	33	94	127	17