Regular season

Simon Edvinsson

Detroit Red Wings · D · #77

Second-pair DSteady Blueliner?148 blocks across 72 games of regular duty

HT: 6'6"
WT: 222 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Kungsbacka, SWE
Draft: 2021 DET · R1 #6

76Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7878pctl

5454pctl

5252pctl

7575pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3563pctl

0.1384pctl

0.2254pctl

1.259pctl

+1280pctl

159pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.4%36pctl

1.0623pctl

0.1147pctl

Def Suppression?

1.1195pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

2.0694pctl

5.5184pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

7.788pctl

3.560pctl

0.2962pctl

0:1453pctl

1:3553pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 18h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

51.7%65pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.9%60pctl

O-zone deployment?

45%30pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.8 min78pctl

Support received?

17.9 min31pctl

D-zone deployment?

55%70pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0750pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.4330pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2436pctl

1.10×96pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.32/gm18pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.4%80pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1478 EV min

General Offense

3.1336

3.0044

Shot Setups/60?

0.5320

Chance Setups/60?

0.4523

Primary Contributions/60?

3.6530

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2435

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0879

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2018

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1241

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1259

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2223

Rush Offense/60?

4.8729

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4577

0.3773

0.1276

Deflections/60?

0.1270

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0459

Entries Finished/60?

0.2443

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0016

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.6047

0.4957

2.1144

Retrieval Success %?

19%57

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.6576

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

$0.89M

cap hit

$6.75M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$5.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Simon Edvinsson	76	Steady Blueliner	25 P · 72 GP	$0.89M	$6.75M	A++$5.9M	this player
Mattias Samuelsson	77	Steady Blueliner	41 P · 78 GP	$4.29M	$7.09M	A+$2.8M	87%
Mike Matheson	77	Steady Blueliner	37 P · 78 GP	$4.88M	$7.09M	A+$2.2M	85%
Esa Lindell	72	Steady Blueliner	32 P · 82 GP	$5.25M	$5.42M	C+$0.2M	83%
Pavel Mintyukov	74	Steady Blueliner	22 P · 73 GP	$0.92M	$6.07M	A++$5.2M	81%

Chemistry

Top connection: Dylan Larkin · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Simon’s goals

Creates for

goals Simon assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 12 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 03-28

0G 0A · 3 shots · 20:29 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 22:09 TOI

@ PHI

1P

0G 1A

@ PHI 04-02

0G 1A · 0 shots · 23:35 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:59 TOI

vs MIN

1P

0G 1A

vs MIN 04-05

0G 1A · 0 shots · 23:13 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-07

0G 0A · 4 shots · 26:49 TOI

vs PHI

1P

0G 1A

vs PHI 04-09

0G 1A · 0 shots · 20:34 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 22:12 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-13

0G 0A · 2 shots · 21:17 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:29 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)383 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 3 of 9 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 12 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 149 blocks · 15 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Detroit Red Wings	9	2	0	2	-7
2023-24	Detroit Red Wings	16	1	1	2	0
2024-25	Detroit Red Wings	78	7	24	31	12
2025-26	Detroit Red Wings	72	9	16	25	12
Career	1 team	175	19	41	60	17