Regular season

Owen Power

Buffalo Sabres · D · #25

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?95 blocks across 81 games of regular duty

HT: 6'6"
WT: 226 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Mississauga, CAN
Draft: 2021 BUF · R1 #1

69Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7272pctl

5252pctl

5454pctl

4444pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3667pctl

0.1076pctl

0.2663pctl

1.575pctl

+977pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.8%29pctl

1.4138pctl

0.0937pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5463pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.1738pctl

3.2420pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.522pctl

1.013pctl

0.2859pctl

0:5668pctl

1:5263pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 18h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.7%58pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

52.7%65pctl

O-zone deployment?

51%56pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min64pctl

Support received?

16.7 min69pctl

D-zone deployment?

49%44pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.018pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2619pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.073pctl

0.94×24pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.35/gm12pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.6%46pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1527 EV min

General Offense

4.2472

3.4661

Shot Setups/60?

0.7543

Chance Setups/60?

0.6751

Primary Contributions/60?

4.9968

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3147

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3543

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2473

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1669

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.8565

Rush Offense/60?

5.3445

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2032

0.1222

0.0443

Deflections/60?

0.1678

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.2031

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0841

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.1627

0.4349

1.7323

Retrieval Success %?

20%63

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.2020

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

$8.35M

cap hit

$4.49M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

F

Well above market (−$3.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Owen Power	69	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 81 GP	$8.35M	$4.49M	F−$3.9M	this player
J.J. Moser	70	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 79 GP	$3.38M	$4.79M	B+$1.4M	87%
Philip Broberg	68	Steady Blueliner	34 P · 81 GP	$4.58M	$4.20M	C−$0.4M	86%
Denton Mateychuk	68	Depth Defenseman	31 P · 75 GP	$0.89M	$4.20M	A+$3.3M	85%
Travis Sanheim	74	Steady Blueliner	37 P · 81 GP	$6.25M	$6.07M	C−$0.2M	83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Alex Tuch · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Owen’s goals

Creates for

goals Owen assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 14 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 03-27

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:58 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:32 TOI

vs NYI

0P

0G 0A

vs NYI 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:16 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:34 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:22 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 04-06

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:48 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:09 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:11 TOI

@ CHI

1P

0G 1A

@ CHI 04-13

0G 1A · 0 shots · 22:56 TOI

vs DAL

2P

0G 2A

vs DAL 04-15

0G 2A · 1 shots · 22:17 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)367 events shown

The office: the high slot - 4 of 8 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 96 blocks · 13 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Buffalo Sabres	8	2	1	3	3
2022-23	Buffalo Sabres	79	4	31	35	10
2023-24	Buffalo Sabres	76	6	27	33	8
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	79	7	33	40	-13
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	81	8	21	29	9
Career	1 team	323	27	113	140	17