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Regular season

Jake Bean

- · D · #24
Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?29 blocks across 16 games of regular duty
HT
6'1"
WT
191 lb
Age
28
Shoots
L
From
Calgary, CAN
Draft
2016 CAR · R1 #13
73Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4444pctl
Playmaking?
5151pctl
Transition?
6363pctl
Defense?
7474pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.1310pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0655pctl
Assists / GP?
0.064pctl
Shots / GP?
1.043pctl
Plus/Minus?
-726pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
1.4%10pctl
ZEIS?
2.6377pctl
PSPL?
0.3798pctl
Def Suppression?
1.4499pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.8186pctl
Blocks / 60?
6.81100pctl
Hits / 60?
0.75pctl
Take : Give?
0.3377pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0538pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:2818pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 9 GP tracked · 2h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
16.6 min7pctl
Support received?
15.9 min91pctl

Micro-metrics

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

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 247 EV min

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
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jake Bean73--this player
Drew Helleson72$1.10MA++$4.3M84%
Ryan Graves71$4.50MC+$0.6M84%
Jeremy Lauzon68$2.00MA+$2.2M83%
Jonas Brodin74$6.00MC+$0.1M83%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Jake’s goals

Creates for

goals Jake assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 1 G · 1 A · 10 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH

1P

0G 1A

vs SJS

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG

1P

1G 0A

@ CHI

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

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

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)78 events shown

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

Defensive floor: 29 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2018-19Carolina Hurricanes20000
2020-21Carolina Hurricanes4211112-2
2021-22Columbus Blue Jackets6771825-5
2022-23Columbus Blue Jackets14156-2
2023-24Columbus Blue Jackets724913-10
2024-25Calgary Flames642570
2025-26Calgary Flames16112-7
Career3 teams277164965-26