Regular season

Sam Dickinson

San Jose Sharks · D · #6

Depth DDepth Defenseman?14 points and 70 blocks in 72 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'3"
WT: 200 lb
Age: 20
Shoots: L
From: Toronto, CAN
Draft: 2024 SJS · R1 #11

59Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

3535pctl

3232pctl

4747pctl

2727pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1929pctl

0.0113pctl

0.1837pctl

1.043pctl

-531pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.2%21pctl

0.9419pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

-0.173pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.9722pctl

3.4827pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.137pctl

3.763pctl

0.2443pctl

0:1856pctl

0:5430pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.0%35pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

49.3%49pctl

O-zone deployment?

49%44pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.8 min13pctl

Support received?

16.4 min82pctl

D-zone deployment?

51%56pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1073pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2114pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3048pctl

0.97×36pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.19/gm62pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.2%5pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1120 EV min

General Offense

3.6454

3.8671

Shot Setups/60?

0.7038

Chance Setups/60?

0.5435

Primary Contributions/60?

4.3452

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2739

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3237

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0527

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0537

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.8866

Rush Offense/60?

6.3267

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4374

0.4885

0.2186

Deflections/60?

0.0548

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1182

Entries Finished/60?

0.3870

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1670

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.6486

0.4348

3.2287

Retrieval Success %?

12%30

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1185

Exit Success %?

3%81

Forechecking

0.7580

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

$1.91M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Sam Dickinson	59	Depth Defenseman	14 P · 72 GP	$0.94M	$1.91M	B+$1.0M	this player
Emil Andrae	60	Depth Defenseman	13 P · 61 GP	$0.90M	$2.12M	B+$1.2M	88%
Nils Lundkvist	60	Depth Defenseman	11 P · 52 GP	$1.25M	$2.12M	B+$0.9M	87%
Hunter Brzustewicz	57	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 34 GP	$0.95M	$1.51M	C+$0.6M	85%
Donovan Sebrango	57	Heavy Hitter	8 P · 42 GP	$0.78M	$1.51M	C+$0.7M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Tyler Toffoli · 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

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 6 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs ANA

1P

0G 1A

vs ANA 04-01

0G 1A · 0 shots · 20:36 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:49 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:58 TOI

vs CHI

0P

0G 0A

vs CHI 04-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:22 TOI

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 04-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:54 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:11 TOI

vs VAN

1P

0G 1A

vs VAN 04-11

0G 1A · 1 shots · 17:02 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:45 TOI

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CHI 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:34 TOI

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG 04-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:08 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)289 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 13 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 70 blocks · 10 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	San Jose Sharks	72	1	13	14	-5
Career	1 team	72	1	13	14	-5