RW · MTL · NHL id 8475968
Alex Belzile has played 31 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2022-23, scoring 6 goals and 8 assists (14 points) on 40 shots while averaging 12:08 a night (10:54 at even strength, 0:14 on the power play and 0:59 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 41% of shot attempts with Belzile on the ice (19-19 in goals, 47% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against CAR he was on L2 with Mike Hoffman and Sean Farrell and off the power play; moved up to L2 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 15.0% this season against 10.7% across the 44 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 1 game vs CAR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 12:13 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 7 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2022-23 · 67 attempts, 40 on goal, 6 goals
Shot map, OPP at MTL: 67 attempts, 40 on goal, 6 goals, 3.34 expected goals; best chance Alex Belzile at 0.35 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2022-23 regular season · 31 of 31 games through the sequence engine
- −0.012
- Season net
- −0.07xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.054
- Season
- −0.11G
- 46.8%205 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 20-25 · NZ 39-40 · DZ 37-44
- Per 60
- 1.42
- Attempts
- 8
- 0.056
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to L2 from L4Apr 1, 2023 alerts →
Linemates
2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Belzile
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
31 games in 2022-23, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | vs CAR | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45% | 14:59 | 13:47 | — | 1:12 |
| Mar 30 | vs FLA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80% | 13:04 | 11:09 | 0:58 | 0:52 |
| Mar 28 | @ PHI | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 12:21 | 11:28 | — | 0:53 |
| Mar 27 | @ BUF | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 10:40 | 9:29 | — | 1:11 |
| Mar 25 | vs CBJ | W 8-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29% | 14:13 | 12:11 | 0:22 | 1:40 |
| Mar 23 | @ BOS | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50% | 10:14 | 5:55 | 1:49 | 2:30 |
| Mar 21 | vs TBL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | 14:17 | 13:52 | — | — |
| Mar 18 | @ TBL | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 54% | 16:36 | 13:51 | 1:45 | 1:00 |
| Mar 16 | @ FLA | L 5-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27% | 15:09 | 12:26 | — | 2:43 |
| Mar 14 | @ PIT | W 6-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25% | 15:11 | 14:23 | 0:42 | 0:06 |
| Mar 13 | vs COL | L 4-8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 63% | 12:39 | 11:15 | 0:44 | 0:40 |
| Mar 11 | vs NJD | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55% | 9:16 | 9:16 | — | — |
| Mar 9 | vs NYR | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | 10:16 | 9:43 | — | 0:33 |
| Mar 7 | vs CAR | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71% | 10:41 | 9:35 | 0:31 | 0:35 |
| Mar 5 | @ VGK | L 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67% | 10:40 | 9:57 | — | 0:43 |
| Mar 3 | @ ANA | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100% | 11:41 | 10:20 | — | 1:21 |
| Mar 2 | @ LAK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | 11:01 | 8:33 | — | 2:28 |
| Feb 28 | @ SJS | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | 9:21 | 8:32 | — | 0:49 |
| Feb 25 | vs OTT | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | 9:53 | 8:45 | — | 1:08 |
| Feb 24 | @ PHI | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 71% | 12:33 | 12:33 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 31 | 376:09 | 12:08 | 263 | 416 | 38.7% | 40.0% | 145 | 215 | 19 | 25 | 43% | 12.7 | 20.3 | 40% |
| Even strength | 31 | 337:52 | 10:54 | 251 | 360 | 41.1% | 42.5% | 136 | 181 | 19 | 19 | 50% | 12.1 | 16.0 | 46% |
| 5v5 | 31 | 337:37 | 10:53 | 251 | 360 | 41.1% | 42.5% | 136 | 181 | 19 | 19 | 50% | 12.1 | 16.0 | 47% |
| Power play | 12 | 7:24 | 0:37 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | 40.0% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 24 | 30:23 | 1:16 | 7 | 53 | 11.7% | 15.2% | 7 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0% | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 12 | 7:24 | 0:37 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | 40.0% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 24 | 30:23 | 1:16 | 7 | 53 | 11.7% | 15.2% | 7 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0% | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | MTL | 31 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 15.0% | 27 | 22 | 12:08 |
| 2021-22 | MTL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0.0% | 17 | 5 | 10:24 |
| 2020-21 | MTL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 10:39 |
Alex Belzile news
- Alex Belzile signs contract with the CanadiensDose.ca
- Canadiens sign Alex Belzile to one-year, two-way contractSportsnet.ca
- Canadiens' Alex Belzile: Signs one-year contractCBS Sports
- One-year contracts for Alex Belzile and Nate ClurmanNHL.com
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.