Regular season

Wyatt Kaiser

Chicago Blackhawks · D · #44

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?17 points and 69 blocks in 77 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Andover, USA
Draft: 2020 CHI · R3 #81

62Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5757pctl

2323pctl

3333pctl

4343pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2240pctl

0.0865pctl

0.1425pctl

1.039pctl

-168pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.3%23pctl

0.7112pctl

0.0310pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3338pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.9015pctl

2.748pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

3.77pctl

1.834pctl

0.4088pctl

0:0539pctl

1:5364pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 16h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

43.8%11pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

45.5%31pctl

O-zone deployment?

52%58pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min46pctl

Support received?

16.6 min75pctl

D-zone deployment?

48%42pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0750pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2518pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1413pctl

1.08×93pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.54/gm0pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.1%14pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1359 EV min

General Offense

3.0534

2.5225

Shot Setups/60?

0.4013

Chance Setups/60?

0.3113

Primary Contributions/60?

3.4425

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1316

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0465

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.1815

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2678

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0433

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1019

Rush Offense/60?

5.0836

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2236

0.2656

0.1378

Deflections/60?

0.0022

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1387

Entries Finished/60?

0.1321

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0946

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.5385

1.1092

2.4365

Retrieval Success %?

31%90

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1890

Exit Success %?

5%88

Forechecking

0.3546

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

$1.70M

cap hit

$2.59M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Wyatt Kaiser	62	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 77 GP	$1.70M	$2.59M	B+$0.9M	this player
Nick Perbix	59	Depth Defenseman	13 P · 79 GP	$2.75M	$1.91M	D−$0.8M	87%
Shakir Mukhamadullin	59	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 50 GP	$1.00M	$1.91M	B+$0.9M	85%
Yan Kuznetsov	66	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 57 GP	$0.81M	$3.63M	A+$2.8M	85%
Ryker Evans	58	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 67 GP	$2.05M	$1.70M	C−$0.3M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Ryan Greene · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Wyatt’s goals

Creates for

goals Wyatt assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 8 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-27

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:44 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 22:27 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 03-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 23:07 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 22:01 TOI

@ SEA

2P

0G 2A

@ SEA 04-04

0G 2A · 1 shots · 20:41 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:54 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:56 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 23:18 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:17 TOI

vs SJS

1P

0G 1A

vs SJS 04-15

0G 1A · 2 shots · 21:30 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)280 events shown

The office: the high slot - 2 of 6 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 9 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 68 blocks · 29 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Chicago Blackhawks	9	0	3	3	-4
2023-24	Chicago Blackhawks	32	0	7	7	0
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	57	4	4	8	0
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	77	6	11	17	-16
Career	1 team	175	10	25	35	-20