Regular season

Sam Rinzel

Chicago Blackhawks · D · #6

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?14 points and 63 blocks in 54 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'4"
WT: 194 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: R
From: Chanhassen, USA
Draft: 2022 CHI · R1 #25

66Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6262pctl

5353pctl

6262pctl

2929pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2649pctl

0.0763pctl

0.1940pctl

1.578pctl

-726pctl

159pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.1%33pctl

1.4540pctl

0.1459pctl

Def Suppression?

0.069pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.1738pctl

3.8341pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.549pctl

3.053pctl

0.1925pctl

2:0285pctl

0:1210pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 36 GP tracked · 12h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

39.4%2pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

40.0%15pctl

O-zone deployment?

57%80pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min57pctl

Support received?

17.1 min54pctl

D-zone deployment?

43%20pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0212pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2011pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1719pctl

1.07×90pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.43/gm4pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.5%44pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 866 EV min

General Offense

4.6477

3.9572

Shot Setups/60?

0.9767

Chance Setups/60?

0.6955

Primary Contributions/60?

5.6277

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4971

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0773

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2832

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1446

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1463

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.7086

Rush Offense/60?

6.3868

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2850

0.1430

0.0027

Deflections/60?

0.0752

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0773

Entries Finished/60?

0.6988

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1459

Entry → Chance %?

20%17

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.5482

0.4246

3.1284

Retrieval Success %?

12%31

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.3545

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

$0.94M

cap hit

$3.63M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Sam Rinzel	66	Depth Defenseman	14 P · 54 GP	$0.94M	$3.63M	A+$2.7M	this player
Axel Sandin-Pellikka	64	Depth Defenseman	21 P · 68 GP	$0.92M	$3.09M	A+$2.2M	86%
Zayne Parekh	65	Depth Defenseman	9 P · 37 GP	$0.94M	$3.35M	A+$2.4M	85%
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	65	Depth Defenseman	39 P · 78 GP	$8.25M	$3.35M	F−$4.9M	83%
Zeev Buium	61	Depth Defenseman	26 P · 76 GP	$0.97M	$2.35M	B+$1.4M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Ryan Donato · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Sam’s goals

Creates for

goals Sam assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 11 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-27

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:35 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:49 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 22:44 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:44 TOI

@ SEA

0P

0G 0A

@ SEA 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 21:04 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-06

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:34 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:57 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:43 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:16 TOI

vs SJS

1P

1G 0A

vs SJS 04-15

1G 0A · 1 shots · 19:00 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)276 events shown

The office: the left circle - 1 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 63 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	9	0	5	5	1
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	54	4	10	14	-7
Career	1 team	63	4	15	19	-6