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Defence · #28

Alexander Petrovic

Florida Panthers Edmonton Oilers Dallas Stars(traded during the season)
Age
34
Shoots
Right
Height
196 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Edmonton, CAN
Draft
2010, round 2, #36 (FLA)

Career · 10 seasons

Games
323
Goals
7
Points
60
TOI per game
16:09
xGF% (5v5)
48.7%
Goals above expected
−6.5
ShowAll teamsFlorida PanthersEdmonton OilersDallas Stars

Season by season

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

2012–13FLA6000−818:4750.0%00.239.7%
2013–14FLA7011+312:1440.0%00.243.4%
2014–15FLA33033−416:16290.0%01.148.4%
2015–16FLA6621517+1716:57533.8%01.950.9%
2016–17FLA4911314−118:09551.8%02.549.5%
2017–18FLA6721113−214:39603.3%02.652.1%
2018–19FLA26011−817:23400.0%01.443.2%
2018–19EDM9011−714:0270.0%00.740.4%
2018–19All teams35022−1516:32470.0%02.142.5%
After a break: 2023–24DAL1000−112:5220.0%00.111.1%
2024–25DAL5000−214:0650.0%00.449.2%
2025–26DAL542810+215:21573.5%02.548.5%
Total3 teams32375360−1116:093172.2%013.548.7%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.650100150200250300
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Player card

Model-based

How 10 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

32nd 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.0817th pct
  • Assists /600.6149th pct
  • ixG /600.1637th pct
  • Shots /603.6544th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.7%43rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.8%44th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.944th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3754th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:0933rd pct
  • PP time share1.8%27th pct
  • PK time share20.3%39th pct
  • Quality of competition23.8%30th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Dalton ProutCBJ0.91
  2. Arber XhekajMTL0.91
  3. Brayden PachalCGY0.90
  4. Luke WitkowskiTBL/DET0.90
  5. Dylan McIlrath0.88
  6. Kyle Burroughs0.88

Finishing

Model-based

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.

−6.5 goals above expected

05101550100150200250300Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.3 km/h36th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1237th pct
  • Hardest shot149.3 km/h64th pct
  • Distance skated183 km44th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.9%37th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.3 km/h20th pct

▲ +0.7 km/h since 2024–25

303234363823–2424–2525–262023–24: 32.3 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 33.7 km/h, 8th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 34.3 km/h, 20th percentile (54 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.921st pct

▲ +0.0 since 2024–25

024623–2424–2525–262023–24: 4.7, 96th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 0.9, 21st percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 0.9, 21st percentile (54 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.3 km27th pct

▼ −0.6 km since 2024–25

1313.213.413.613.81414.223–2424–2525–262023–24: 13.3 km, 35th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 13.8 km, 58th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 13.3 km, 27th percentile (54 games)

Hardest shot

149.3 km/h53rd pct

▲ +10.5 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016023–2424–2525–262023–24: 125.3 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 138.7 km/h, 12th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 149.3 km/h, 53rd percentile (54 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.9%38th pct

▲ +0.8 points since 2024–25

39%40%41%42%43%44%23–2424–2525–262023–24: 40.9%, 39th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 40.0%, 26th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 40.9%, 38th percentile (54 games)