Alexander Petrovic

#28Defenseman

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2025-26 regular season

SOG

3.5% SH

15:21

TOI/GP

D · DAL · NHL id 8475755

Alexander Petrovic has played 54 games for the Dallas Stars in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 8 assists (10 points) on 57 shots while averaging 15:21 a night (14:48 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:28 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 42% of his 5v5 minutes with Kyle Capobianco and 29% with Wyatt Johnston over the last 10 games, and the Stars have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Petrovic on the ice (35-33 in goals, 37% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against MIN he was on D3 with Lian Bichsel and off the power play. He is shooting 3.5% this season against 2.7% across the 187 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 30 game vs MIN, detected from shift data

Pair

Lian Bichsel

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D2 · D3

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · 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

4 games shown, 12:21 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed36th3621.3 mph

Bursts 20+ mph37th3712

Hardest shot63rd6492.7 mph

Offensive-zone time36th3740.9%

Distance skated43rd44113.8 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

2025-26 · 122 attempts, 57 on goal, 2 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).

Luck

2025-26 · 54 GP · 10 points vs 9.9 expected

Luck Meter →

Hold

Luck meter+15

Last 20 games: -44. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−0.3 G

On-ice SH%+6.7 G

On-ice SV%+1.1 G

IPP−1.5 G

Points vs expected+0.1 P

: 3.5%
: 101.5
: 28.6%
G vs xG: 2 / 2.3

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 2:43 a game, 1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played54
Goals2578th of 715
Assists8513th of 715
Points10563rd of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal57516th of 715
Hits88213th of 715
Blocked shots77151st of 715
Plus/minus+2256th of 715
Penalty minutes47125th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)44.4%656th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)44.5%647th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)49.2%369th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)48.3%432nd of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)51.0%307th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)47.1%513th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.23658th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.086600th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.32223rd of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game15:21408th of 715
Power-play time per game0:01687th of 715
Power-play share1.7%696th of 713
Ice-time share25.2%407th of 715
Offensive-zone start %37.2%620th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−1.38698th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1015195th of 719
Goals above expected−0.3363rd of 715
Luck Meter+15283rd of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed21.3636th of 715
20+ mph bursts12658th of 715
Hardest shot92.7162nd of 715
Offensive-zone time40.9%451st of 715

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 52 of 54 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.067
Season net: −0.88xG

Offensive TK/600.23 (3)

Offensive GV/600.53 (7)

Neutral TK/600.23 (3)

Neutral GV/600.38 (5)

Defensive TK/600.15 (2)

Defensive GV/602.43 (32)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.23
Attempts: 3
: 0.007

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

Method Leaders

Season: −3.87G
Per 60: −0.280
Drawn / taken: 4.5 / 23.5minors

Method Leaders

: 48.3%
: 51.0%
: 49.2%
Transition CF/60: 3.5
Turnovers won/60: 22.2
Turnovers lost/60: 20.7

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

57 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Point	47%	6%	0
Low Slot	0%	23%	0
L Circle	2%	13%	0
Outside R	14%	4%	0
R Circle	9%	12%	0
High Slot	11%	7%	2
L Net Side	0%	3%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to D1 from D3Nov 18, 2025 alerts →
Played 6:30 more than his 5-game averageNov 18, 2025 alerts →

How his goals happened

3 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
Dec 9, 2025 @ WPG	Forecheck turnover	loose	0	61.5	—
Nov 13, 2025 @ MTL	Odd-man rush	carry	3	50.0	2-on-1
May 11, 2025 vs WPG	Deflection	carry	0	8.7	rebound

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

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Petrovic

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Petrovic apart	CF% mate apart
Lian Bichsel	D	28	296:54	37%	41.1%	57% (12-9)	52.0% 107:46	46.5% 107:02
Jason Robertson	LW	53	223:38	28%	51.4%	50% (10-10)	41.6% 553:30	52.2% 573:56
Justin Hryckowian	C	52	213:02	27%	44.7%	50% (8-8)	44.3% 554:29	48.9% 368:01
Mavrik Bourque	C	55	208:58	26%	49.9%	42% (10-14)	42.4% 594:01	52.8% 523:03
Wyatt Johnston	C	52	204:55	26%	43.9%	37% (7-12)	44.1% 561:12	44.8% 574:12
Mikko Rantanen	RW	49	191:05	24%	46.1%	40% (6-9)	41.8% 527:26	45.3% 542:00
Oskar Bäck	C	47	181:48	23%	48.5%	70% (7-3)	44.9% 513:59	46.6% 299:11
Sam Steel	C	48	175:30	22%	42.3%	50% (5-5)	43.6% 538:25	47.7% 456:27
Radek Faksa	C	50	167:44	21%	41.0%	64% (9-5)	44.2% 575:47	47.1% 298:21
Colin Blackwell	C	44	165:36	21%	38.0%	50% (6-6)	44.1% 486:05	46.8% 256:24
Roope Hintz	LW	43	157:06	20%	47.3%	58% (7-5)	43.1% 496:12	52.7% 390:16
Thomas Harley	D	30	141:15	18%	44.9%	41% (7-10)	42.4% 284:51	46.3% 433:54
Jamie Benn	LW	36	138:18	17%	42.9%	64% (9-5)	45.9% 402:13	45.7% 268:37
Kyle Capobianco	D	22	133:43	17%	47.6%	69% (9-4)	41.3% 207:29	49.4% 131:44

Game log

55 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 30PO	@ MIN	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	6	0	—	11:55	11:22	—	—
Apr 13	@ TOR	W 6-5	1	1	0	1	3	0	—	16:29	16:05	—	0:24
Apr 11	vs NYR	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	—	12:42	12:41	—	0:01
Apr 4	vs COL	L 0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	8:51	8:51	—	—
Feb 25	vs SEA	W 4-1	0	0	-1	4	1	0	—	12:43	12:05	—	0:38
Feb 2	vs WPG	W 4-3	0	0	+1	0	1	2	—	12:52	11:28	—	1:24
Jan 31	@ UTA	W 3-2	0	0	+1	2	3	3	—	14:04	12:39	—	1:25
Jan 29	@ VGK	W 5-4	0	0	+2	0	1	3	—	13:25	13:21	—	0:04
Jan 27	@ STL	W 4-3	0	0	-1	0	0	2	—	12:25	10:27	—	1:49
Jan 22	@ CBJ	L 0-1	0	0	-1	0	1	0	—	12:04	12:04	—	—
Jan 20	vs BOS	W 6-2	0	0	0	3	2	1	—	15:45	15:45	—	—
Jan 15	@ UTA	L 1-2	0	0	-1	1	2	2	—	14:58	14:13	—	0:45
Jan 13	@ ANA	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	2	2	—	17:36	17:33	—	0:03
Jan 12	@ LAK	W 3-1	0	0	+1	0	3	1	—	17:09	16:19	—	0:50
Jan 6	@ CAR	L 3-6	0	0	-2	1	3	1	—	16:27	14:57	—	1:06
Jan 4	vs MTL	OTL 3-4	0	0	-1	0	1	1	—	15:25	14:50	—	0:35
Jan 1	@ CHI	L 3-4	0	0	-1	2	2	0	—	14:18	14:18	—	—
Dec 31	vs BUF	L 1-4	0	0	-1	1	4	2	—	13:27	13:27	—	—
Dec 27	vs CHI	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	—	12:55	12:55	—	—
Dec 23	@ DET	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	1	1	0	—	12:17	12:17	—	—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	54	829:04	15:21	656	843	43.8%	43.7%	341	392	35	33	51%	32.4	34.9	36%
Even strength	54	799:13	14:48	644	803	44.5%	44.6%	338	369	35	33	51%	31.6	32.7	37%
5v5	54	791:37	14:40	637	798	44.4%	44.5%	334	366	35	33	51%	31.5	32.5	37%
Power play	6	0:30	0:05	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	29	25:06	0:52	7	28	20.0%	21.4%	2	14	0	0	—	0.4	1.5	11%
4v4	9	7:36	0:51	7	5	58.3%	57.1%	4	3	0	0	—	0.1	0.1	0%
4v5	29	25:06	0:52	7	28	20.0%	21.4%	2	14	0	0	—	0.4	1.5	11%
5v6, opponent net empty	7	2:40	0:23	1	12	7.7%	9.1%	0	9	0	0	—	0.2	0.8	—

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
2025-26Playoffs	DAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	6	0	11:55
2025-26	DAL	54	2	8	10	+2	47	57	3.5%	88	77	15:21
2024-25Playoffs	DAL	17	1	1	2	-1	4	11	9.1%	32	15	12:45
2024-25	DAL	5	0	0	0	-2	4	5	0.0%	10	6	14:06
2023-24Playoffs	DAL	7	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0.0%	14	4	12:02
2023-24	DAL	1	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0%	2	0	12:52
2018-19	EDM, FLA	35	0	2	2	-15	26	47	0.0%	116	53	16:32
2017-18	FLA	67	2	11	13	-2	98	60	3.3%	142	74	14:39