Regular season

Lane Hutson

Montréal Canadiens · D · #48

EliteTwo-Way D?Trusted both ways: 78 points, 137 blocks

HT: 5'9"
WT: 162 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Holland, USA
Draft: 2022 MTL · R2 #62

89Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8484pctl

8181pctl

8383pctl

7777pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.9597pctl

0.1588pctl

0.8099pctl

1.577pctl

+3697pctl

2093pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.2%46pctl

2.8481pctl

0.1563pctl

Def Suppression?

1.2297pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.6779pctl

4.2153pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

6.874pctl

0.912pctl

0.4694pctl

3:1896pctl

0:2819pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 53 GP tracked · 21h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

57.2%93pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

66.3%97pctl

O-zone deployment?

61%91pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min58pctl

Support received?

16.6 min72pctl

D-zone deployment?

39%9pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0423pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5335pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2641pctl

1.14×98pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.22/gm49pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.2%36pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1640 EV min

General Offense

3.3344

4.2181

Shot Setups/60?

0.5926

Chance Setups/60?

0.5131

Primary Contributions/60?

3.9239

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2231

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3747

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1859

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0033

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0428

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.9067

Rush Offense/60?

4.5722

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2953

0.2963

0.0441

Deflections/60?

0.1575

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0775

Entries Finished/60?

0.1523

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1153

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.6749

0.8889

1.7928

Retrieval Success %?

33%91

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0467

Exit Success %?

1%70

Forechecking

0.2631

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

$0.95M

cap hit

$12.00M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$11.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Lane Hutson	89	Two-Way D	78 P · 82 GP	$0.95M	$12.00M	A++$11.0M	this player
Moritz Seider	86	Two-Way D	60 P · 82 GP	$8.55M	$10.44M	B+$1.9M	92%
Jake Sanderson	88	Offensive QB	54 P · 67 GP	$8.05M	$11.24M	A+$3.2M	91%
Miro Heiskanen	85	Two-Way D	63 P · 77 GP	$8.45M	$10.05M	B+$1.6M	89%
Jackson LaCombe	85	Offensive QB	58 P · 82 GP	$0.93M	$10.05M	A++$9.1M	87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Cole Caufield · 18 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Lane’s goals

Creates for

goals Lane assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 1 G · 6 A · 5 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ CAR

2P

0G 2A

@ CAR 03-29

0G 2A · 0 shots · 19:31 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 26:11 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 25:54 TOI

@ NJD

1P

1G 0A

@ NJD 04-04

1G 0A · 1 shots · 29:47 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 24:41 TOI

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA 04-07

0G 1A · 2 shots · 25:44 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 29:17 TOI

vs CBJ

1P

0G 1A

vs CBJ 04-11

0G 1A · 0 shots · 26:43 TOI

@ NYI

2P

0G 2A

@ NYI 04-12

0G 2A · 0 shots · 22:51 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 26:08 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)482 events shown

The office: the high slot - 6 of 12 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 23 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 136 blocks · 27 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Montréal Canadiens	2	0	2	2	-2
2024-25	Montréal Canadiens	82	6	60	66	-2
2025-26	Montréal Canadiens	82	12	66	78	36
Career	1 team	166	18	128	146	32