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Left wing · #26

Alex Formenton

Ottawa Senators Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)
Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Barrie, CAN
Draft
2017, round 2, #47 (OTT)

Career · 5 seasons

Games
113
Goals
23
Points
41
TOI per game
14:26
xGF% (5v5)
46.7%
Goals above expected
−3.5

Season by season

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

2017–18OTT100004:540–00.017.6%
2018–19OTT9101−211:40166.3%01.643.2%
After a break: 2020–21OTT20426+612:002714.8%03.347.6%
2021–22OTT79181432−1315:2716211.1%021.147.4%
After a break: 2026–27EDM4022+415:1140.0%00.535.4%
Total2 teams113231841−514:2620911.0%026.546.7%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.220406080100
10m12m14m16m18m20406080100Game

Player card

How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

46th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.8568th pct
  • Assists /600.6626th pct
  • ixG /600.9783rd pct
  • Goals above expected−3.527th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)46.7%29th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.3%14th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.441st pct
  • Penalty diff /600.3378th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game14:2661st pct
  • PP time share12.3%39th pct
  • Offensive zone starts48.6%34th pct
  • Quality of competition23.8%49th pct

Percentiles among forwards 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.

−3.5 goals above expected

-505101520253020406080100Game

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

−200+20+40+60

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 speed34.2 km/h50th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph559th pct
  • Hardest shot104.5 km/h18th pct
  • Distance skated13 km57th pct
  • Offensive-zone time35.8%9th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards 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 forwardMiddle 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

39.0 km/h100th pct

2021–22 only

3436384021–222021–22: 39.0 km/h, 100th percentile (79 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

14.696th pct

2021–22 only

0510152021–222021–22: 14.6, 96th percentile (79 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.8 km59th pct

2021–22 only

14.51515.51616.521–222021–22: 15.8 km, 59th percentile (79 games)

Hardest shot

137.8 km/h27th pct

2021–22 only

13514014515015521–222021–22: 137.8 km/h, 27th percentile (79 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.1%17th pct

2021–22 only

38%40%42%44%46%21–222021–22: 39.1%, 17th percentile (79 games)