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Left wing · #94

Alexander Barabanov

Toronto Maple Leafs San Jose Sharks(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
178 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
St. Petersburg, RUS
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2020–21 to 2023–24

Games
206
Goals
32
Points
107
TOI per game
16:39
xGF% (5v5)
46.4%
Goals above expected
−7.3
ShowAll teamsToronto Maple LeafsSan Jose Sharks

Season by season

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

2020–21TOR13011+18:37110.0%01.151.1%
2020–21SJS9347017:391225.0%11.948.4%
2020–21All teams22358+112:192313.0%13.049.3%
2021–22SJS70102939−517:111039.7%811.445.0%
2022–23SJS68153247−3018:0312012.5%1316.350.2%
2023–24SJS464913−2415:52676.0%28.741.2%
Total2 teams2063275107−5816:3931310.2%2439.346.4%

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)
00.20.40.60.8150100150200
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Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2023–24 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

50th 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 /600.5630th pct
  • Assists /601.3179th pct
  • ixG /600.6939th pct
  • Goals above expected−7.317th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)46.4%30th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.2%32nd pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.653rd pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0952nd pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game16:3977th pct
  • PP time share48.4%79th pct
  • Offensive zone starts60.4%65th pct
  • Quality of competition24.9%84th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. William EklundSJS0.92
  2. Kirby DachCHI/MTL0.92
  3. Josh BaileyNYI0.85
  4. Mikael GranlundNSH/SJS0.84
  5. Matias MaccelliARI0.82
  6. Jakub VoracekCBJ0.82

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.

−7.3 goals above expected

01020304050100150200Game

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

−40−200+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 speed35.6 km/h47th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph4242nd pct
  • Hardest shot131.9 km/h25th pct
  • Distance skated191 km47th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.1%50th 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

35.6 km/h38th pct

▲ +0.7 km/h since 2022–23

34.53535.53636.53721–2222–2323–242021–22: 36.0 km/h, 51st percentile (70 games)2022–23: 34.9 km/h, 16th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 35.6 km/h, 38th percentile (46 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.528th pct

▲ +1.2 since 2022–23

024681021–2222–2323–242021–22: 2.5, 13th percentile (70 games)2022–23: 2.3, 16th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 3.5, 28th percentile (46 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.7 km62nd pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2022–23

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–242021–22: 16.0 km, 75th percentile (70 games)2022–23: 15.8 km, 70th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 15.7 km, 62nd percentile (46 games)

Hardest shot

131.9 km/h11th pct

▼ −5.7 km/h since 2022–23

12013014015016021–2222–2323–242021–22: 137.7 km/h, 26th percentile (70 games)2022–23: 137.6 km/h, 25th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 131.9 km/h, 11th percentile (46 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.1%53rd pct

▼ −2.1 points since 2022–23

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–242021–22: 40.0%, 28th percentile (70 games)2022–23: 44.2%, 77th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 42.1%, 53rd percentile (46 games)