Regular season

Brandt Clarke

Los Angeles Kings · D · #92

Top-pair DTwo-Way D?Trusted both ways: 40 points, 185 blocks

HT: 6'2"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: R
From: Nepean, CAN
Draft: 2021 LAK · R1 #8

84Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7676pctl

8484pctl

7575pctl

8282pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.4983pctl

0.1075pctl

0.3984pctl

1.988pctl

+1179pctl

1388pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.7%41pctl

2.1064pctl

0.2589pctl

Def Suppression?

1.6099pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

2.2699pctl

6.83100pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

10.0100pctl

1.117pctl

0.2859pctl

2:1787pctl

0:022pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 17h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

51.5%63pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

58.7%86pctl

O-zone deployment?

60%88pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min51pctl

Support received?

17.3 min49pctl

D-zone deployment?

40%12pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0422pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.6540pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2640pctl

1.14×99pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.34/gm13pctl

Pressure escape rate?

10.4%91pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1434 EV min

General Offense

4.8582

3.8973

Shot Setups/60?

1.1380

Chance Setups/60?

1.1387

Primary Contributions/60?

5.9982

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7190

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5477

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2165

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1388

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1771

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6750

Rush Offense/60?

7.0778

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2543

0.1735

0.0024

Deflections/60?

0.2989

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.5085

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2988

Entry → Chance %?

58%78

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.9364

0.6779

2.2653

Retrieval Success %?

23%73

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.2530

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

$0.86M

cap hit

$9.66M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$8.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Brandt Clarke	84	Two-Way D	40 P · 82 GP	$0.86M	$9.66M	A++$8.8M	this player
Thomas Chabot	85	Two-Way D	31 P · 57 GP	$8.00M	$10.05M	A+$2.1M	89%
Thomas Harley	85	Two-Way D	36 P · 70 GP	$4.00M	$10.05M	A++$6.1M	84%
Justin Faulk	83	Offensive QB	40 P · 78 GP	$6.50M	$9.28M	A+$2.8M	79%
Lane Hutson	89	Two-Way D	78 P · 82 GP	$0.95M	$12.00M	A++$11.0M	77%

Chemistry

Top connection: Adrian Kempe · 9 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Brandt’s goals

Creates for

goals Brandt assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 15 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 03-28

0G 0A · 2 shots · 22:14 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-01

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:10 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-02

0G 0A · 3 shots · 19:40 TOI

vs TOR

1P

0G 1A

vs TOR 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 20:11 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-06

0G 0A · 2 shots · 21:29 TOI

vs VAN

1P

0G 1A

vs VAN 04-09

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:07 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:55 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:58 TOI

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN 04-14

0G 0A · 3 shots · 22:39 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 04-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:34 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)541 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 2 of 8 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 36 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 186 blocks · 16 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Los Angeles Kings	9	0	2	2	-1
2023-24	Los Angeles Kings	16	2	4	6	-6
2024-25	Los Angeles Kings	78	5	28	33	13
2025-26	Los Angeles Kings	82	8	32	40	11
Career	1 team	185	15	66	81	17