Regular season

Steven Santini

Tampa Bay Lightning · D · #16

Depth DDepth Defenseman?1 points and 7 blocks in 12 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'3"
WT: 217 lb
Age: 31
Shoots: R
From: Bronxville, USA
Draft: 2013 NJD · R2 #42

58Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2727pctl

2828pctl

3434pctl

2929pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.085pctl

0.006pctl

0.088pctl

0.30pctl

+151pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

0.6%1pctl

0.6710pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

-0.292pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.581pctl

3.3824pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.216pctl

4.373pctl

0.000pctl

0:018pctl

0:119pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 5 GP tracked · 1h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

44.9%16pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.5 min4pctl

Support received?

15.2 min100pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.167pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1823pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.09/gm95pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 122 EV min

General Offense

1.9734

2.4640

Shot Setups/60?

0.4937

Chance Setups/60?

0.4942

Primary Contributions/60?

2.4634

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0034

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0042

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4958

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.4966

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0044

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0037

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.9758

Rush Offense/60?

6.9061

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4962

0.0035

0.0040

Deflections/60?

0.0039

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0042

Entries Finished/60?

0.9967

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0037

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.4563

0.0033

3.4566

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0045

Forechecking

0.0034

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

$1.70M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$0.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Steven Santini	58	Depth Defenseman	1 P · 12 GP	$0.81M	$1.70M	B+$0.9M	this player
Jacob Bryson	57	Depth Defenseman	8 P · 50 GP	$0.90M	$1.51M	C+$0.6M	85%
Zach Metsa	54	Depth Defenseman	6 P · 43 GP	$0.78M	$1.04M	C+$0.3M	85%
Michael Kesselring	57	Depth Defenseman	2 P · 34 GP	$1.40M	$1.51M	C+$0.1M	84%
Jake Christiansen	55	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 40 GP	$0.97M	$1.18M	C+$0.2M	84%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Steven’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Steven assisted on

Declan Carlile11 as primary

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 3 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 11-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:45 TOI

vs CGY

1P

0G 1A

vs CGY 11-26

0G 1A · 2 shots · 15:18 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 11-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:04 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 11-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:41 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 12-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:43 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 12-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:00 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 12-27

0G 0A · 0 shots · 7:58 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 03-10

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:21 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 1:49 TOI

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 04-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:49 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)28 events shown

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2015-16	New Jersey Devils	1	0	0	0	2
2016-17	New Jersey Devils	38	2	5	7	-6
2017-18	New Jersey Devils	36	2	8	10	0
2018-19	New Jersey Devils	39	1	3	4	-6
2019-20	Nashville Predators	2	0	0	0	1
2020-21	St. Louis Blues	3	0	1	1	1
2022-23	St. Louis Blues	4	0	1	1	0
2024-25	Tampa Bay Lightning	1	0	0	0	0
2025-26	Tampa Bay Lightning	12	0	1	1	1
Career	4 teams	136	5	19	24	-7