Regular season

Lian Bichsel

Dallas Stars · D · #6

Depth DHeavy Hitter?139 hits (10.6/60) - punishes the forecheck

HT: 6'7"
WT: 237 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Olten, CHE
Draft: 2022 DAL · R1 #18

60Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3838pctl

2727pctl

3737pctl

4040pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1618pctl

0.0867pctl

0.086pctl

0.52pctl

+669pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

0.8%2pctl

1.2230pctl

0.0832pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1515pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.8410pctl

3.2119pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.317pctl

10.698pctl

0.3784pctl

0:019pctl

0:5531pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 28 GP tracked · 7h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.0%36pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

65.2%96pctl

O-zone deployment?

45%28pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.0 min24pctl

Support received?

15.6 min95pctl

D-zone deployment?

55%72pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0531pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.157pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1617pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.18/gm67pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.6%67pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 737 EV min

General Offense

2.1214

2.1218

Shot Setups/60?

0.9867

Chance Setups/60?

0.6549

Primary Contributions/60?

3.0921

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4162

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0033

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4968

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0833

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1667

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.0619

Rush Offense/60?

4.8833

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2443

0.4175

0.0027

Deflections/60?

0.0025

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0033

Entries Finished/60?

0.3361

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0843

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.3637

0.2424

2.1245

Retrieval Success %?

10%26

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0038

Exit Success %?

0%38

Forechecking

0.4961

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

$0.92M

cap hit

$2.12M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Lian Bichsel	60	Heavy Hitter	8 P · 50 GP	$0.92M	$2.12M	B+$1.2M	this player
Nick Jensen	61	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 61 GP	$4.05M	$2.35M	D−$1.7M	89%
Carson Soucy	61	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 76 GP	-	$2.35M	-	89%
Cale Fleury	62	Heavy Hitter	3 P · 23 GP	$0.89M	$2.59M	B+$1.7M	87%
Michael Kesselring	57	Depth Defenseman	2 P · 34 GP	$1.40M	$1.51M	C+$0.1M	87%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Lian’s goals

Creates for

goals Lian assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 8 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:11 TOI

@ PIT

1P

1G 0A

@ PIT 03-28

1G 0A · 2 shots · 14:12 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:53 TOI

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS 03-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:12 TOI

vs WPG

1P

0G 1A

vs WPG 04-02

0G 1A · 1 shots · 16:33 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:56 TOI

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:42 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:25 TOI

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:51 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 04-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:37 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)145 events shown

The office: the right point - 2 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 13 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 42 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Dallas Stars	38	4	5	9	2
2025-26	Dallas Stars	50	4	4	8	6
Career	1 team	88	8	9	17	8