Regular season

Matt Grzelcyk

- · D · #48

Depth DDepth Defenseman?12 points and 54 blocks in 69 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'10"
WT: 180 lb
Age: 32
Shoots: L
From: Charlestown, USA
Draft: 2012 BOS · R3 #85

59Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1919pctl

2727pctl

2424pctl

4848pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1721pctl

0.006pctl

0.1735pctl

1.041pctl

-921pctl

371pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.5%11pctl

0.7613pctl

0.0310pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4553pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.787pctl

2.768pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

3.65pctl

1.424pctl

0.4694pctl

0:5167pctl

0:2415pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 39 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

42.6%8pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

47.1%37pctl

O-zone deployment?

54%67pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min41pctl

Support received?

16.5 min78pctl

D-zone deployment?

46%33pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0210pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.114pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.084pctl

1.00×59pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.17/gm72pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.8%24pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1086 EV min

General Offense

3.3244

1.3310

Shot Setups/60?

0.3313

Chance Setups/60?

0.2212

Primary Contributions/60?

3.6531

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1116

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.0612

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1139

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0674

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0019

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6044

Rush Offense/60?

4.9734

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.0613

0.1122

0.0025

Deflections/60?

0.0023

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0670

Entries Finished/60?

0.0615

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0018

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.0421

0.5566

1.4918

Retrieval Success %?

27%84

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.3950

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
Matt Grzelcyk	59	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 69 GP	-	$1.91M	-	this player
Vincent Desharnais	59	Heavy Hitter	7 P · 53 GP	$2.00M	$1.91M	C−$0.1M	86%
Nikolas Matinpalo	60	Depth Defenseman	5 P · 50 GP	$0.88M	$2.12M	B+$1.2M	85%
Nick Leddy	62	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 32 GP	-	$2.59M	-	85%
Simon Benoit	58	Heavy Hitter	6 P · 73 GP	$1.35M	$1.70M	C+$0.4M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Oliver Moore · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Matt’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Matt assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 03-01

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:42 TOI

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG 03-03

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:55 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 03-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:38 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 03-08

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:11 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 03-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:30 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 03-12

0G 0A · 3 shots · 21:07 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:25 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 03-19

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:53 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 03-20

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:59 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 03-22

0G 0A · 0 shots · 1:52 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)235 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 8 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 55 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2016-17	Boston Bruins	2	0	0	0	0
2017-18	Boston Bruins	61	3	12	15	21
2018-19	Boston Bruins	66	3	15	18	9
2019-20	Boston Bruins	68	4	17	21	15
2020-21	Boston Bruins	37	5	15	20	11
2021-22	Boston Bruins	73	4	20	24	22
2022-23	Boston Bruins	75	4	22	26	46
2023-24	Boston Bruins	63	2	9	11	13
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	1	39	40	-6
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	69	0	12	12	-9
Career	3 teams	596	26	161	187	122