Regular season

Nick Blankenburg

- · D · #37

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?59 blocks across 61 games of regular duty

HT: 5'9"
WT: 177 lb
Age: 28
Shoots: R
From: Washington, USA

72Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7272pctl

6565pctl

6262pctl

4242pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3973pctl

0.1385pctl

0.2663pctl

1.255pctl

-1018pctl

781pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.6%26pctl

1.7450pctl

0.1563pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2830pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.9721pctl

3.4526pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.523pctl

3.258pctl

0.3171pctl

1:2576pctl

1:1943pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 36 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.7%58pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

40.0%15pctl

O-zone deployment?

46%36pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min16pctl

Support received?

16.3 min85pctl

D-zone deployment?

54%64pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0748pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.5736pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2231pctl

1.00×57pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.13/gm85pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.0%31pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 858 EV min

General Offense

3.5752

4.6982

Shot Setups/60?

1.4086

Chance Setups/60?

1.4088

Primary Contributions/60?

4.9766

Rebounds Created/60?

0.4972

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.8488

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.7088

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0776

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0741

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.8787

Rush Offense/60?

6.3767

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3562

0.1430

0.0027

Deflections/60?

0.1471

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0032

Entries Finished/60?

0.4273

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3588

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.9463

0.5666

2.3860

Retrieval Success %?

19%57

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.4255

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

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Nick Blankenburg	72	Steady Blueliner	24 P · 61 GP	-	$5.42M	-	this player
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	73	Steady Blueliner	29 P · 70 GP	$0.78M	$5.74M	A++$5.0M	86%
Uvis Balinskis	70	Steady Blueliner	15 P · 54 GP	$0.85M	$4.79M	A+$3.9M	84%
Alexander Nikishin	76	Steady Blueliner	33 P · 81 GP	$0.93M	$6.75M	A++$5.8M	83%
Sean Durzi	76	Steady Blueliner	27 P · 60 GP	$6.00M	$6.75M	C+$0.7M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Michael Bunting · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Nick’s goals

Creates for

goals Nick assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 2 G · 1 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 03-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:10 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 04-01

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:08 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:57 TOI

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs STL 04-05

0G 1A · 1 shots · 11:38 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:27 TOI

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:37 TOI

vs VGK

1P

1G 0A

vs VGK 04-11

1G 0A · 2 shots · 14:06 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-13

0G 0A · 3 shots · 10:14 TOI

@ CGY

0P

0G 0A

@ CGY 04-14

0G 0A · 3 shots · 14:28 TOI

vs SEA

1P

1G 0A

vs SEA 04-16

1G 0A · 3 shots · 15:24 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)269 events shown

The office: the high slot - 3 of 8 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 22 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 59 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	7	1	2	3	-3
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	36	4	10	14	-16
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	1	0	1	1
2024-25	Nashville Predators	60	4	12	16	-2
2025-26	Nashville Predators	49	6	15	21	-11
2025-26	Colorado Avalanche	12	2	1	3	1
Career	3 teams	176	18	40	58	-30