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Defence · #72

Alex Vlasic

Chicago Blackhawks
Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
198 cm
Weight
102 kg
Born
Wilmette, USA
Draft
2019, round 2, #43 (CHI)

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games
264
Goals
9
Points
72
TOI per game
21:28
xGF% (5v5)
42.8%
Goals above expected
−2.8

Season by season

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

2021–22CHI15112−214:19128.3%00.452.9%
2022–23CHI6011−119:3840.0%00.038.7%
2023–24CHI7621416−421:29712.8%23.645.1%
2024–25CHI8242630−2323:161033.9%124.342.2%
2025–26CHI8121921−1621:08862.3%03.440.7%
2026–27CHI4022+120:4020.0%00.132.2%
Total1 team26496372−4521:282783.2%1411.842.8%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250
10m15m20m25m50100150200250Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2021–22 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

30th 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 /600.1016th pct
  • Assists /600.6753rd pct
  • ixG /600.1213th pct
  • Shots /602.9417th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)42.8%7th pct
  • CF% (5v5)44.0%7th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.071st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.7322nd pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game21:2884th pct
  • PP time share15.5%64th pct
  • PK time share53.2%93rd pct
  • Quality of competition25.4%100th 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. Nick LeddySTL/SJS0.83
  2. Mario FerraroSJS0.82
  3. Wyatt KaiserCHI0.82
  4. Matt BenningSJS0.81
  5. Mark PysykBUF0.79
  6. Anton StralmanARI0.78

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.

−2.8 goals above expected

02468101250100150200250Game

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 speed34.7 km/h91st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph590th pct
  • Hardest shot135.0 km/h60th pct
  • Distance skated19 km84th pct
  • Offensive-zone time37.2%14th 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

36.0 km/h71st pct

▼ −0.7 km/h since 2024–25

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.9 km/h, 69th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 31.1 km/h, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 36.3 km/h, 80th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 36.7 km/h, 86th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 36.0 km/h, 71st percentile (81 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.575th pct

▲ +0.1 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.7, 57th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 2.1, 67th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 2.4, 75th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 2.5, 75th percentile (81 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.4 km35th pct

▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.7 km, 55th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.0 km, 16th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 13.5 km, 48th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 13.3 km, 25th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 13.4 km, 35th percentile (81 games)

Hardest shot

153.5 km/h74th pct

▼ −10.5 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 124.6 km/h, 0th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 126.3 km/h, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 145.7 km/h, 31st percentile (76 games)2024–25: 164.0 km/h, 98th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 153.5 km/h, 74th percentile (81 games)

Offensive-zone time

38.8%9th pct

▼ −0.4 points since 2024–25

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.8%, 66th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 35.2%, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 39.6%, 24th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 39.1%, 12th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 38.8%, 9th percentile (81 games)