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Defence · #27

Karl Alzner

Age
38
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
97 kg
Born
Burnaby, CAN
Draft
2007, round 1, #5 (WSH)

Career · 2009–10 to 2019–20

Games
656
Goals
19
Points
125
TOI per game
20:09
xGF% (5v5)
50.1%
Goals above expected
−5.3

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2009–10WSH21055−216:24160.0%00.9–
2010–11WSH8221012+1420:01643.1%01.949.3%
2011–12WSH8211617+1220:52561.8%11.749.0%
2012–13WSH48145−620:57392.6%01.749.2%
2013–14WSH8221618−720:32952.1%14.348.6%
2014–15WSH8251621+1419:26726.9%02.952.3%
2015–16WSH8241721+1421:23755.3%04.452.6%
2016–17WSH8231013+2319:47813.7%03.847.9%
2017–18MTL8211112−720:05841.2%02.550.7%
2018–19MTL9011+117:1880.0%00.247.3%
2019–20MTL4000−113:5540.0%00.173.7%
Total2 teams65619106125+5520:095943.2%224.350.1%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.30.40.50.6100200300400500600
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2019–20 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

45th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.0919th pct
  • Assists /600.4828th pct
  • ixG /600.1111th pct
  • Shots /602.7012th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.1%58th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.3%49th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.040th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1482nd pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game20:0973rd pct
  • PP time share2.0%20th pct
  • PK time share48.8%92nd pct
  • Quality of competition25.1%95th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−5.3 goals above expected

0510152025100200300400500600Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−200+20+40+60