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Defence · #45

Alexandre Carrier

Age
30
Shoots
Right
Height
180 cm
Weight
79 kg
Born
Quebec City, CAN
Draft
2015, round 4, #115 (NSH)

Career · 9 seasons

Games
372
Goals
21
Points
111
TOI per game
19:31
xGF% (5v5)
49.1%
Goals above expected
−3.2

Season by season

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

2016–17NSH2000+110:2410.0%00.042.0%
After a break: 2019–20NSH3000+210:4740.0%00.171.2%
2020–21NSH19123+320:03313.2%02.150.4%
2021–22NSH7732730+2620:59953.2%45.847.4%
2022–23NSH43279017:53484.2%02.851.7%
2023–24NSH7341620+718:48775.2%15.052.9%
2024–25NSH28167−1420:08234.3%01.643.2%
2024–25MTL5121618+420:50593.4%02.646.7%
2024–25All teams7932225−1020:35823.7%04.245.5%
2025–26MTL7371522+219:055612.5%03.548.9%
2026–27MTL3112+316:12425.0%00.751.9%
Total2 teams3722190111+3419:313985.3%524.249.1%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300350
14m16m18m20m22m50100150200250300350Game

Player card

How 9 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

55th 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1751st pct
  • Assists /600.7466th pct
  • ixG /600.2061st pct
  • Shots /603.2928th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)49.1%53rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.5%41st pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.540th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5245th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game19:3172nd pct
  • PP time share8.4%53rd pct
  • PK time share46.1%85th pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%82nd 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.

−3.2 goals above expected

051015202550100150200250300350Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed32.3 km/h27th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot113.2 km/h8th pct
  • Distance skated12 km37th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.8%47th 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

34.9 km/h36th pct

▲ +0.2 km/h since 2024–25

333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.9 km/h, 42nd percentile (77 games)2022–23: 33.8 km/h, 12th percentile (43 games)2023–24: 34.8 km/h, 36th percentile (73 games)2024–25: 34.8 km/h, 36th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 34.9 km/h, 36th percentile (73 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.231st pct

▼ −0.3 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.7, 59th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 0.9, 24th percentile (43 games)2023–24: 2.1, 66th percentile (73 games)2024–25: 1.4, 46th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 1.2, 31st percentile (73 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km57th pct

▼ −0.4 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.9 km, 70th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 13.5 km, 53rd percentile (43 games)2023–24: 14.4 km, 92nd percentile (73 games)2024–25: 14.2 km, 81st percentile (79 games)2025–26: 13.8 km, 57th percentile (73 games)

Hardest shot

138.3 km/h11th pct

▼ −0.5 km/h since 2024–25

13514014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 139.9 km/h, 7th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 142.8 km/h, 17th percentile (43 games)2023–24: 145.1 km/h, 30th percentile (73 games)2024–25: 138.8 km/h, 13th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 138.3 km/h, 11th percentile (73 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.5%19th pct

▲ +0.0 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.8%, 43rd percentile (77 games)2022–23: 43.5%, 75th percentile (43 games)2023–24: 44.0%, 79th percentile (73 games)2024–25: 39.5%, 18th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 39.5%, 19th percentile (73 games)