Regular season

Ethan Del Mastro

Chicago Blackhawks · D · #38

Depth DDepth Defenseman?1 points and 22 blocks in 19 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'4"
WT: 210 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Burlington, CAN
Draft: 2021 CHI · R4 #105

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2727pctl

2222pctl

2727pctl

5656pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.052pctl

0.006pctl

0.053pctl

0.936pctl

-1116pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.4%10pctl

0.294pctl

0.016pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4553pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.1636pctl

4.9170pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

6.468pctl

4.272pctl

0.3172pctl

0:000pctl

0:4727pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 18 GP tracked · 4h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

39.2%1pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

13.3%0pctl

O-zone deployment?

38%13pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.7 min9pctl

Support received?

16.1 min89pctl

D-zone deployment?

62%87pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0537pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.104pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1617pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.53/gm0pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.9%87pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 254 EV min

General Offense

4.2663

3.0849

Shot Setups/60?

0.7143

Chance Setups/60?

0.2427

Primary Contributions/60?

4.9761

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2441

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0038

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4761

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2464

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0040

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2471

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1833

Rush Offense/60?

5.9255

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4768

0.4771

0.0035

Deflections/60?

0.0033

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0038

Entries Finished/60?

0.2444

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2471

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

4.0274

0.9574

3.0871

Retrieval Success %?

24%66

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0042

Exit Success %?

0%42

Forechecking

0.7167

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

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

$2.35M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ethan Del Mastro	61	Depth Defenseman	1 P · 19 GP	$0.86M	$2.35M	B+$1.5M	this player
Egor Zamula	60	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 33 GP	-	$2.12M	-	90%
Pierre-Olivier Joseph	59	Depth Defenseman	6 P · 31 GP	-	$1.91M	-	89%
Vincent Iorio	60	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 27 GP	$0.81M	$2.12M	B+$1.3M	89%
Jacob Bernard-Docker	59	Depth Defenseman	5 P · 63 GP	$0.88M	$1.91M	B+$1.0M	89%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Ethan’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Ethan assisted on

Ryan Greene11 as primary

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 10 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:25 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-27

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:36 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:26 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:13 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:37 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:42 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:23 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:35 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-13

0G 0A · 3 shots · 16:13 TOI

vs SJS

1P

0G 1A

vs SJS 04-15

0G 1A · 1 shots · 14:01 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)66 events shown

Defensive floor: 22 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	0	0	0
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	24	2	4	6	-3
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	19	0	1	1	-11
Career	1 team	45	2	5	7	-14