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Defence · #28

Alexander Romanov

Montréal Canadiens New York Islanders(traded during the season)
Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
Moscow, RUS
Draft
2018, round 2, #38 (MTL)

Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Games
372
Goals
17
Points
84
TOI per game
20:06
xGF% (5v5)
47.2%
Goals above expected
−0.7

Season by season

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

2020–21MTL54156+117:15711.4%12.550.9%
2021–22MTL7931013−920:241072.8%03.545.6%
2022–23NYI7622022+1319:271002.0%03.346.3%
2023–24NYI8171522+2320:501176.0%03.848.5%
2024–25NYI6441620+522:181004.0%03.848.3%
2025–26NYI15011−719:27170.0%00.637.6%
2026–27NYI3000+216:3430.0%00.148.0%
Total2 teams372176784+2820:065153.3%117.747.2%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300350
16m18m20m22m24m26m50100150200250300350Game

Player card

How 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

31st 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 /600.1434th pct
  • Assists /600.5428th pct
  • ixG /600.1426th pct
  • Shots /604.1359th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.2%31st pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.6%32nd pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.528th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.7221st pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game20:0676th pct
  • PP time share3.9%45th pct
  • PK time share42.7%78th pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%68th 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.

−0.7 goals above expected

0510152050100150200250300350Game

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

−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 speed31.4 km/h13th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot138.6 km/h69th pct
  • Distance skated11 km34th pct
  • Offensive-zone time33.2%3rd 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

34.5 km/h26th pct

▼ −0.2 km/h since 2024–25

3434.53535.53636.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.1 km/h, 79th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 34.3 km/h, 23rd percentile (76 games)2023–24: 35.3 km/h, 51st percentile (81 games)2024–25: 34.7 km/h, 32nd percentile (64 games)2025–26: 34.5 km/h, 26th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.651st pct

▲ +0.0 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.4, 49th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 1.3, 44th percentile (76 games)2023–24: 1.5, 50th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 1.6, 52nd percentile (64 games)2025–26: 1.6, 51st percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.5 km42nd pct

▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.3 km, 26th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 13.4 km, 39th percentile (76 games)2023–24: 13.3 km, 35th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 13.4 km, 33rd percentile (64 games)2025–26: 13.5 km, 42nd percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

149.9 km/h56th pct

▲ +3.3 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516016521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 154.7 km/h, 69th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 153.9 km/h, 67th percentile (76 games)2023–24: 159.2 km/h, 87th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 146.5 km/h, 42nd percentile (64 games)2025–26: 149.9 km/h, 56th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

38.0%3rd pct

▼ −1.0 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 38.2%, 5th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 39.3%, 18th percentile (76 games)2023–24: 38.5%, 13th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 38.9%, 10th percentile (64 games)2025–26: 38.0%, 3rd percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)