Alexander Barabanov

#94Left Wing32 years oldShoots L5'10"194 lb

2023-24 regular season

SOG

6.0% SH

15:52

TOI/GP

LW · SJS · NHL id 8482222

Alexander Barabanov has played 46 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2023-24, scoring 4 goals and 9 assists (13 points) on 67 shots while averaging 15:52 a night (13:36 at even strength, 1:54 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sharks have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Barabanov on the ice (15-37 in goals, 46% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against DAL he was on L3 with Luke Kunin and William Eklund and on PP2; dropped to L4 (from L2) in the last game. He is shooting 6.0% this season against 10.2% across the 206 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 26 game vs DAL, detected from shift data

Line

Luke Kunin William Eklund

Power play

PP2

Luke Kunin Jacob MacDonald Klim Kostin Filip Zadina

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to L4 (from L2) in the last gameLast 5: L3/PP2 · L4 · L2/PP1 · L1/PP2 · L4/PP2

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

15 games shown, 14:41 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

Top speed47th4722.1 mph

Bursts 20+ mph42nd4242

Hardest shot24th2582.0 mph

Offensive-zone time50th5042.1%

Distance skated46th47118.8 mi

High-danger SOG54th5533

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

2023-24 · 140 attempts, 67 on goal, 4 goals

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

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 45 of 46 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: +0.023
Season net: +0.23xG

Offensive TK/600.78 (8)

Offensive GV/600.68 (7)

Neutral TK/600.58 (6)

Neutral GV/600.19 (2)

Defensive TK/600.39 (4)

Defensive GV/600.29 (3)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.97
Attempts: 10
: 0.053

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.19G
Per 60: −0.016
Drawn / taken: 5 / 6minors

Method Leaders

: 38.9%
: 47.0%
: 38.2%
Transition CF/60: 4.6
Turnovers won/60: 15.0
Turnovers lost/60: 12.8

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

67 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	45%	22%	2
L Point	0%	6%	0
R Point	0%	6%	0
Center Point	3%	8%	0
L Circle	16%	13%	1
L Net Side	6%	3%	0
Crease	0%	2%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved down to L4 from L1Mar 17, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Jan 16, 2024 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 31, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L3Oct 19, 2023 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Feb 16, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Oct 27, 2022 alerts →

How his goals happened

4 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Mar 26, 2024 vs DAL	Rebound	—	0	16.5	rebound
Jan 4, 2024 vs WPG	Rush	carry	2	58.0	—
Jan 2, 2024 vs DET	Rush	carry	1	51.8	—
Dec 3, 2023 @ NYR	Deflection	carry	2*	18.9	3-on-2

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

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Barabanov

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

46 games in 2023-24, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Mar 26	vs DAL	L 3-6	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	—	9:15	8:29	0:46	—
Mar 23	vs CHI	OTL 4-5	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0%	16:30	15:04	1:26	—
Mar 21	vs TBL	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	—	15:30	12:09	3:21	—
Mar 17	@ CHI	L 2-5	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	100%	10:31	10:31	—	—
Mar 16	@ CBJ	L 2-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	—	12:44	11:02	1:42	—
Mar 14	@ PIT	L 3-6	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	100%	17:28	15:26	1:54	0:08
Mar 12	@ PHI	L 2-3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	—	18:20	14:07	3:50	—
Mar 9	vs OTT	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	—	18:03	16:17	1:41	—
Mar 5	vs DAL	OTL 6-7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	—	17:50	16:51	0:59	—
Feb 29	vs ANA	L 4-6	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	—	8:08	6:05	2:03	—
Feb 27	vs NJD	L 2-7	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	1	—	14:00	13:54	0:02	—
Feb 24	vs NSH	L 2-4	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	1	—	14:56	14:01	0:55	—
Feb 17	vs CBJ	L 3-4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	—	16:25	14:32	1:39	0:01
Feb 15	@ CGY	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	—	14:32	12:43	1:49	—
Feb 14	@ WPG	L 0-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	—	17:50	15:48	1:04	—
Jan 31	@ ANA	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	—	8:11	6:13	1:58	—
Jan 30	vs SEA	W 2-0	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0%	17:46	15:57	1:49	—
Jan 27	vs BUF	L 2-5	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	—	19:18	15:51	2:29	0:10
Jan 23	vs NYR	W 3-2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	—	20:42	16:07	4:35	—
Jan 22	@ LAK	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	—	16:31	15:00	1:31	—

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	46	730:17	15:53	766	756	50.3%	48.3%	328	376	26	44	37%	32.9	42.8	59%
Even strength	46	625:53	13:36	586	699	45.6%	44.1%	258	339	16	37	30%	22.0	35.1	46%
5v5	46	617:22	13:25	580	694	45.5%	44.0%	254	338	15	37	29%	21.7	35.0	46%
Power play	42	87:08	2:04	141	41	77.5%	70.9%	56	30	6	1	86%	7.9	2.9	98%
Penalty kill	4	0:27	0:07	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	—
4v4	8	3:37	0:27	4	4	50.0%	50.0%	2	1	0	0	—	0.2	0.1	75%
3v3 (OT)	5	4:54	0:59	2	1	66.7%	100.0%	2	0	1	0	100%	0.2	0.0	0%
5v4	42	86:07	2:03	137	41	77.0%	70.5%	55	30	6	1	86%	7.7	2.9	98%
6v5, own net empty	13	12:35	0:58	30	7	81.1%	77.8%	10	2	4	2	67%	2.2	3.2	100%
6v4, own net empty	4	2:04	0:31	8	2	80.0%	71.4%	3	2	0	2	0%	0.7	0.7	100%

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
2023-24	SJS	46	4	9	13	-24	12	67	6.0%	27	15	15:52
2022-23	SJS	68	15	32	47	-30	20	120	12.5%	40	37	18:03
2021-22	SJS	70	10	29	39	-5	14	103	9.7%	53	39	17:11
2020-21	SJS, TOR	22	3	5	8	+1	6	23	13.0%	7	14	12:19

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season