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Washington Capitals

Alexander Alexeyev

#27Defenseman

2024-25 regular season
8
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
7
SOG
0.0% SH
16:04
TOI/GP

D · WSH · NHL id 8480823

Alexander Alexeyev has played 8 games for the Washington Capitals in 2024-25, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 7 shots while averaging 16:04 a night (15:28 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:33 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Capitals have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Alexeyev on the ice (6-4 in goals, 23% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against CAR he was on D3 with Trevor van Riemsdyk and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 1.6% across the 94 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 15 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 13 games, 12:48 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine121▲3▼3333333330m8m17m25mMar 30Apr 2Apr 6Apr 12Apr 15Apr 21Apr 25Apr 30May 8May 12
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
13 games shown, 12:48 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 8 GP in 2024-25; showing 2023-24 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed57th5821.9 mph
Bursts 20+ mph28th288
Hardest shot66th6794.3 mph
Offensive-zone time3rd437.4%
Distance skated29th3076.4 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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

2024-25 · 34 attempts, 13 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at WSH: 34 attempts, 13 on goal, 0 goals, 0.49 expected goals; best chance Alexander Alexeyev at 0.16 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81-0.1goals below expected-0.4σOct 31Apr 17
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 35 of 39 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.029
Season net
−0.25xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.24
Attempts
2
0.011

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.58G
Per 60
−0.065
Drawn / taken
0 / 3minors

MethodLeaders
53.5%
52.7%
54.0%
Transition CF/60
3.8
Turnovers won/60
14.6
Turnovers lost/60
16.5

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
20 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Outside L35%5%0
L Point35%6%1
Low Slot0%22%0
R Circle0%12%0
R Point0%6%0
Outside R0%5%0
R Net Side0%4%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Nov 22, 2023 vs BUFPoint shot—242.9—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Alexeyev

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

18 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 15POvs CARL 1-300000020—10:4710:47——
May 12PO@ CARL 2-5000-11020—5:485:48——
May 10PO@ CARL 0-400001202—13:2213:07——
May 8POvs CARW 3-100000014—9:429:42——
May 6POvs CAROTL 1-2000-10031—9:189:18——
Apr 30POvs MTLW 4-1000-11000—7:337:33——
Apr 27PO@ MTLW 5-200000211—8:588:48—0:10
Apr 25PO@ MTLL 3-6000-11010—10:2710:22—0:05
Apr 23POvs MTLW 3-1000+11001—14:1214:12——
Apr 21POvs MTLW 3-2000+11023—14:0214:02——
Apr 17@ PITL 2-500002022—23:3022:01—1:29
Apr 15@ NYIW 3-1000-11001—19:1816:580:102:10
Apr 12@ CBJL 0-7000-10011—19:4019:02—0:38
Nov 8vs PITL 2-400002030—12:4312:43——
Nov 6vs NSHW 3-200000011—10:5810:58——
Nov 3@ CARL 2-400001012—12:2412:14—0:10
Nov 2vs CBJW 7-2000+20004—16:4416:44——
Oct 31vs MTLW 6-3000+21013—13:1713:03——

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations8128:3416:0412412949.0%55.9%71566460%6.85.222%
Even strength8123:4315:2811812349.0%55.6%68546460%6.84.923%
5v58123:3515:2711812349.0%55.6%68546460%6.84.923%
Power play10:100:1020100.0%100.0%0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill44:271:073633.3%50.0%3200—0.00.30%
4v544:271:073633.3%50.0%3200—0.00.30%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2024-25PlayoffsWSH10000-2460.0%121210:25
2024-25WSH8000+2070.0%91416:04
2023-24PlayoffsWSH4011-2420.0%6719:13
2023-24WSH39123-86205.0%485913:42
2022-23WSH32055-24280.0%334816:27
2021-22WSH1000020—1010:35

Alexander Alexeyev news

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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.