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Defence · #27

Alexander Alexeyev

Washington Capitals
Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
104 kg
Born
St. Petersburg, RUS
Draft
2018, round 1, #31 (WSH)

Career · 2021–22 to 2024–25

Games
80
Goals
1
Points
8
TOI per game
15:00
xGF% (5v5)
47.2%
Goals above expected
−1.1

Season by season

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

2021–22WSH1000010:350–00.053.1%
2022–23WSH32055−216:27280.0%01.442.7%
2023–24WSH39123−813:42205.0%00.649.5%
2024–25WSH8000+216:0470.0%00.256.8%
Total1 team80178−815:00551.8%02.147.2%

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)
00.10.20.31020304050607080
12m14m16m18m20m1020304050607080Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2021–22 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

12th 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 /600.058th pct
  • Assists /600.358th pct
  • ixG /600.119th pct
  • Shots /602.7511th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.2%34th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.9%17th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.850th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4367th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game15:0019th pct
  • PP time share0.9%15th pct
  • PK time share16.3%34th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%17th 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. Matthew KesselSTL0.88
  2. Ben HarpurNSH/NYR0.86
  3. Jacob Bernard-DockerOTT0.83
  4. Libor Hajek0.83
  5. Kevin Gravel0.82
  6. Andy Greene0.80

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.

−1.1 goals above expected

00.511.521020304050607080Game

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

−100+10+20+30

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 speed33.3 km/h17th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph18th pct
  • Hardest shot148.1 km/h61st pct
  • Distance skated29 km16th pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.7%22nd 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

33.3 km/h5th pct

▼ −2.0 km/h since 2023–24

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 31.5 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.9 km/h, 39th percentile (32 games)2023–24: 35.3 km/h, 49th percentile (39 games)2024–25: 33.3 km/h, 5th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.510th pct

▼ −0.4 since 2023–24

012321–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 0.0, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 1.3, 44th percentile (32 games)2023–24: 0.9, 22nd percentile (39 games)2024–25: 0.5, 10th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.5 km42nd pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2023–24

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 14.4 km, 93rd percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.5 km, 51st percentile (32 games)2023–24: 13.8 km, 63rd percentile (39 games)2024–25: 13.5 km, 42nd percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

148.1 km/h52nd pct

▼ −3.7 km/h since 2023–24

10012014016018021–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 115.7 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 146.9 km/h, 33rd percentile (32 games)2023–24: 151.8 km/h, 60th percentile (39 games)2024–25: 148.1 km/h, 52nd percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

39.7%22nd pct

▲ +2.3 points since 2023–24

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 36.2%, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 37.4%, 4th percentile (32 games)2023–24: 37.4%, 4th percentile (39 games)2024–25: 39.7%, 22nd percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)