Regular season

Luca Del Bel Belluz

Columbus Blue Jackets · C · #93

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?1 points in 14 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 185 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Woodbridge, CAN
Draft: 2022 CBJ · R2 #44

57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2424pctl

3131pctl

2424pctl

7474pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.072pctl

0.000pctl

0.077pctl

0.88pctl

-250pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.4%24pctl

0.619pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7983pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

38.3%6pctl

D-Zone FO %?

35.5%4pctl

4.333pctl

2.00100pctl

0:1330pctl

0:001pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 9 GP tracked · 1h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

39.7%2pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.4 min3pctl

Support received?

17.4 min44pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1592pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.093pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2334pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.08/gm97pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 124 EV min

General Offense

4.8342

5.3135

Shot Setups/60?

0.4836

Chance Setups/60?

0.4839

Primary Contributions/60?

5.3139

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4852

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0040

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4845

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0034

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0044

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0037

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.4834

Rush Offense/60?

5.3135

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9761

0.4837

0.0036

Deflections/60?

0.9741

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0037

Entries Finished/60?

0.0033

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0033

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.9745

0.4861

0.4837

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0043

Forechecking

0.4833

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0047

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

$1.46M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Luca Del Bel Belluz	57	Depth Forward	1 P · 14 GP	$0.86M	$1.46M	C+$0.6M	this player
Marc Gatcomb	55	Wrecking Ball	7 P · 49 GP	$0.90M	$1.16M	C+$0.3M	91%
Josh Samanski	55	Depth Forward	4 P · 24 GP	$0.97M	$1.16M	C+$0.2M	90%
Alex Turcotte	57	Depth Forward	14 P · 62 GP	$0.80M	$1.46M	C+$0.7M	90%
Rodrigo Abols	57	Depth Forward	10 P · 42 GP	-	$1.46M	-	90%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Luca’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Luca assisted on

Denton Mateychuk1

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 6 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 11-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:33 TOI

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG 11-18

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:39 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 11-20

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:59 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 12-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:04 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 12-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:23 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 12-07

0G 0A · 2 shots · 9:07 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 12-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:09 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 12-20

0G 0A · 1 shots · 7:56 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 12-22

0G 0A · 0 shots · 6:22 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:18 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)37 events shown

Defensive floor: 10 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	1	1	0	1	1
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	15	2	6	8	2
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	14	0	1	1	-2
Career	1 team	30	3	7	10	1