Regular season

Artem Zub

Ottawa Senators · D · #2

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?120 blocks across 81 games of regular duty

HT: 6'3"
WT: 201 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: R
From: Khabarovsk, RUS

73Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4747pctl

7777pctl

4242pctl

6565pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3769pctl

0.0654pctl

0.3171pctl

1.151pctl

+2294pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.5%11pctl

1.1727pctl

0.2284pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7983pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.4866pctl

4.2756pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.447pctl

2.446pctl

0.3377pctl

0:0745pctl

2:5090pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 17h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

54.2%83pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

52.2%63pctl

O-zone deployment?

39%16pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.9 min85pctl

Support received?

17.8 min35pctl

D-zone deployment?

61%84pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0535pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3224pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2028pctl

0.96×29pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.31/gm20pctl

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 · 1446 EV min

General Offense

3.7859

2.5729

Shot Setups/60?

1.4590

Chance Setups/60?

1.1688

Primary Contributions/60?

5.2373

Rebounds Created/60?

0.5883

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0463

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6286

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.5491

Deflection Setups/60?

0.2192

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1771

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.9570

Rush Offense/60?

5.6050

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3766

0.2147

0.0445

Deflections/60?

0.0022

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0461

Entries Finished/60?

0.5889

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3792

Entry → Chance %?

64%89

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.4942

0.5871

1.9135

Retrieval Success %?

23%77

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

$4.60M

cap hit

$5.74M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Artem Zub	73	Steady Blueliner	30 P · 81 GP	$4.60M	$5.74M	B+$1.1M	this player
Matt Roy	69	Steady Blueliner	19 P · 79 GP	$5.75M	$4.49M	D−$1.3M	87%
Ryan Shea	71	Steady Blueliner	35 P · 80 GP	$0.90M	$5.10M	A++$4.2M	86%
Adam Larsson	75	Steady Blueliner	25 P · 82 GP	$5.25M	$6.40M	B+$1.2M	83%
Ryan Pulock	76	Steady Blueliner	27 P · 76 GP	$6.15M	$6.75M	C+$0.6M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Brady Tkachuk · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Artem’s goals

Creates for

goals Artem assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 1 G · 4 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ TBL

1P

0G 1A

@ TBL 03-28

0G 1A · 1 shots · 24:02 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:43 TOI

vs BUF

1P

0G 1A

vs BUF 04-02

0G 1A · 0 shots · 24:24 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:51 TOI

vs CAR

1P

0G 1A

vs CAR 04-05

0G 1A · 2 shots · 23:08 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 23:58 TOI

vs FLA

1P

1G 0A

vs FLA 04-09

1G 0A · 3 shots · 22:32 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 24:45 TOI

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ NJD 04-12

0G 1A · 1 shots · 26:28 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 04-15

0G 0A · 4 shots · 22:13 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)370 events shown

The office: the left circle - 2 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 33 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 121 blocks · 17 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Ottawa Senators	47	3	11	14	4
2021-22	Ottawa Senators	81	6	16	22	1
2022-23	Ottawa Senators	53	3	7	10	2
2023-24	Ottawa Senators	69	5	20	25	5
2024-25	Ottawa Senators	56	2	11	13	3
2025-26	Ottawa Senators	81	5	25	30	22
Career	1 team	387	24	90	114	37