Regular season

Adam Engstrom

Montréal Canadiens · D · #42

Depth DDepth Defenseman?1 points and 8 blocks in 15 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'2"
WT: 193 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: L
From: Jarna, SWE
Draft: 2022 MTL · R3 #92

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3030pctl

5151pctl

3838pctl

3636pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.073pctl

0.006pctl

0.075pctl

0.718pctl

+254pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.1%5pctl

1.1326pctl

0.3296pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1314pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.530pctl

2.452pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

3.22pctl

2.141pctl

0.2960pctl

0:1452pctl

0:054pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 13 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.4%71pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

58.3%85pctl

O-zone deployment?

69%99pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

15.8 min0pctl

Support received?

14.6 min100pctl

D-zone deployment?

31%1pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0748pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.071pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.073pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.07/gm98pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.6%20pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 191 EV min

General Offense

3.4649

3.7761

Shot Setups/60?

1.8872

Chance Setups/60?

1.5772

Primary Contributions/60?

5.3462

Rebounds Created/60?

0.9472

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0040

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.2672

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.6372

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0042

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3171

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5746

Rush Offense/60?

5.3447

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3153

0.3159

0.3172

Deflections/60?

0.0035

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.3172

Entries Finished/60?

0.0029

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0033

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.8832

0.3138

1.5734

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0043

Forechecking

0.0028

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

$0.90M

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
Adam Engstrom	61	Depth Defenseman	1 P · 15 GP	$0.90M	$2.35M	B+$1.5M	this player
Declan Chisholm	60	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 26 GP	$1.60M	$2.12M	C+$0.5M	92%
Emil Andrae	60	Depth Defenseman	13 P · 61 GP	$0.90M	$2.12M	B+$1.2M	87%
Zach Bogosian	59	Depth Defenseman	6 P · 41 GP	$1.25M	$1.91M	C+$0.7M	87%
Justin Barron	58	Depth Defenseman	9 P · 52 GP	$1.15M	$1.70M	C+$0.6M	86%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Adam’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Adam assisted on

Phillip Danault1

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 12-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:45 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 12-18

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:13 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 12-20

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:12 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 12-21

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:40 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 12-30

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:29 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 01-01

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:04 TOI

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA 04-07

0G 1A · 1 shots · 15:50 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:12 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:21 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:28 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)39 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 5 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Montréal Canadiens	15	0	1	1	2
Career	1 team	15	0	1	1	2