Regular season

Elias Salomonsson

Winnipeg Jets · D · #57

Depth DDepth Defenseman?5 points and 27 blocks in 32 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 172 lb
Age: 21
Shoots: R
From: Skelleftea, SWE
Draft: 2022 WPG · R2 #55

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4848pctl

4242pctl

6363pctl

1616pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1617pctl

0.0328pctl

0.1318pctl

1.253pctl

-628pctl

159pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.7%28pctl

1.5946pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

-0.391pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.8411pctl

2.819pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

3.64pctl

5.284pctl

0.061pctl

0:2258pctl

0:4928pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 23 GP tracked · 7h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

55.0%87pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

45.5%31pctl

O-zone deployment?

53%65pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min52pctl

Support received?

17.0 min58pctl

D-zone deployment?

47%35pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0967pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2417pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3151pctl

1.00×60pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.31/gm20pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.0%4pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 537 EV min

General Offense

3.6955

4.1373

Shot Setups/60?

1.0167

Chance Setups/60?

0.8970

Primary Contributions/60?

4.6958

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4566

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0034

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6780

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2265

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1154

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.7959

Rush Offense/60?

6.9272

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7884

0.3466

0.1169

Deflections/60?

0.0027

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0034

Entries Finished/60?

0.2238

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0023

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.9060

0.1118

2.7972

Retrieval Success %?

4%17

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0039

Exit Success %?

0%39

Forechecking

0.2229

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

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

$0.81M

cap hit

$2.35M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Elias Salomonsson	61	Depth Defenseman	5 P · 32 GP	$0.81M	$2.35M	B+$1.5M	this player
Logan Mailloux	63	Depth Defenseman	13 P · 67 GP	$0.88M	$2.83M	B+$2.0M	86%
Samuel Girard	63	Depth Defenseman	19 P · 60 GP	$5.00M	$2.83M	D−$2.2M	85%
Nate Schmidt	63	Depth Defenseman	22 P · 82 GP	-	$2.83M	-	85%
Nils Lundkvist	60	Depth Defenseman	11 P · 52 GP	$1.25M	$2.12M	B+$0.9M	84%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Elias’s goals

Creates for

goals Elias assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 10 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 03-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:25 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 03-17

0G 0A · 3 shots · 21:48 TOI

@ BOS

1P

0G 1A

@ BOS 03-19

0G 1A · 1 shots · 21:21 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 03-21

0G 0A · 1 shots · 22:45 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-22

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:38 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 03-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:12 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:55 TOI

@ COL

1P

0G 1A

@ COL 03-28

0G 1A · 0 shots · 13:51 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:44 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:56 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)141 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 10 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 28 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Winnipeg Jets	32	1	4	5	-6
Career	1 team	32	1	4	5	-6