Regular season

Denton Mateychuk

Columbus Blue Jackets · D · #5

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?92 blocks in 75 games of hard minutes

HT: 5'11"
WT: 188 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Winnipeg, CAN
Draft: 2022 CBJ · R1 #12

68Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7474pctl

5656pctl

5252pctl

3434pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.4175pctl

0.1793pctl

0.2459pctl

1.254pctl

+1280pctl

371pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.4%24pctl

1.2129pctl

0.1147pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3134pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.2346pctl

3.8341pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.753pctl

1.116pctl

0.1922pctl

0:3360pctl

1:3352pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 15h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

51.8%66pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

54.4%72pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%46pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min55pctl

Support received?

17.4 min44pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%54pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0859pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2720pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2129pctl

0.93×19pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.36/gm9pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.8%50pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1280 EV min

General Offense

3.7558

3.8070

Shot Setups/60?

0.8962

Chance Setups/60?

0.8069

Primary Contributions/60?

4.6458

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3758

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6185

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1959

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0951

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5039

Rush Offense/60?

5.3044

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4273

0.4279

0.0547

Deflections/60?

0.1981

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0031

Entries Finished/60?

0.2851

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1460

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.7251

0.3331

2.3962

Retrieval Success %?

12%32

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.3341

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

$4.20M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Denton Mateychuk	68	Depth Defenseman	31 P · 75 GP	$0.89M	$4.20M	A+$3.3M	this player
Logan Stanley	68	Steady Blueliner	26 P · 76 GP	-	$4.20M	-	87%
J.J. Moser	70	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 79 GP	$3.38M	$4.79M	B+$1.4M	85%
Owen Power	69	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 81 GP	$8.35M	$4.49M	F−$3.9M	85%
Mason Lohrei	67	Depth Defenseman	26 P · 73 GP	$3.20M	$3.91M	C+$0.7M	81%

Chemistry

Top connection: Sean Monahan · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Denton’s goals

Creates for

goals Denton assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 2 G · 1 A · 14 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs SJS

1P

1G 0A

vs SJS 03-28

1G 0A · 1 shots · 14:57 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 03-29

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:06 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:10 TOI

@ CAR

1P

1G 0A

@ CAR 04-02

1G 0A · 2 shots · 20:29 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 27:42 TOI

@ DET

1P

0G 1A

@ DET 04-07

0G 1A · 1 shots · 21:08 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 04-09

0G 0A · 4 shots · 18:06 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:36 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:34 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:16 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)320 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 4 of 13 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 94 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Columbus Blue Jackets	45	4	9	13	4
2025-26	Columbus Blue Jackets	75	13	18	31	12
Career	1 team	120	17	27	44	16