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Alex Pietrangelo

#7 · Defence · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Jan 18, 1990 in King City, Ontario, CAN (age 36) · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 4th overall in 2008 by STL (round 1)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mattias Ekholm NSH · 23 P in 48 GP Ty Smith NJD · 23 P in 48 GP Jonas Brodin MIN · 23 P in 53 GP Cam Fowler ANA · 23 P in 56 GP Rasmus Dahlin BUF · 23 P in 56 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

020402008-09: 1 points108-092009-10: 2 points22010-11: 43 points4310-112011-12: 51 points512012-13: 24 points2412-132013-14: 51 points512014-15: 46 points4614-152015-16: 37 points372016-17: 48 points4816-172017-18: 54 points542018-19: 41 points4118-192019-20: 52 points522020-21: 23 points2320-212021-22: 44 points442022-23: 54 points5422-232023-24: 33 points332024-25: 33 points3324-25

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 STL 8 0 1 1 0 2 7 3 0.13 $875K
2009-10 STL 9 1 1 2 -9 6 7 4 0.22 $846K
2010-11 STL 79 11 32 43 18 19 161 57 0.54 $817K
2011-12 STL 81 12 39 51 16 36 202 90 0.63 $817K
2012-13 STL 47 5 19 24 0 10 93 24 0.51 $817K
2013-14 STL 81 8 43 51 20 32 164 24 0.63 $6.5M
2014-15 STL 81 7 39 46 -2 28 195 70 0.57 $6.5M
2015-16 STL 73 7 30 37 10 20 182 48 0.51 $6.5M
2016-17 STL 80 14 34 48 3 24 181 38 0.60 $6.5M
2017-18 STL 78 15 39 54 8 22 216 48 0.69 $6.5M
2018-19 STL 71 13 28 41 2 22 168 62 0.58 $6.5M
2019-20 STL 70 16 36 52 11 20 225 47 0.74 $6.5M
2020-21 VGK 41 7 16 23 20 16 126 28 0.56 $8.8M
2021-22 VGK 80 13 31 44 7 42 227 66 0.55 $8.8M
2022-23 VGK 73 11 43 54 13 16 170 65 0.74 $8.8M
2023-24 VGK 64 4 29 33 -5 24 141 46 0.52 $8.8M
2024-25 VGK 71 4 29 33 11 16 123 41 0.46 $8.8M
17 seasons Career 1087 148 489 637 123 355 2588 761 0.59

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 STL 8 0 5 5 -1 0 19 14 0.63
2012-13 STL 6 1 1 2 2 2 14 8 0.33
2013-14 STL 6 1 2 3 1 0 13 5 0.50
2014-15 STL 6 0 2 2 1 0 23 4 0.33
2015-16 STL 20 2 8 10 3 16 36 23 0.50
2016-17 STL 11 0 4 4 -3 8 29 7 0.36
2018-19 STL 26 3 16 19 5 12 77 24 0.73
2019-20 STL 6 1 5 6 0 4 26 8 1.00
2020-21 VGK 19 4 8 12 8 18 76 19 0.63
2022-23 VGK 21 1 9 10 9 29 44 24 0.48
2023-24 VGK 7 0 1 1 0 4 11 9 0.14
2024-25 VGK 10 2 4 6 1 0 13 9 0.60
12 seasons Playoffs 146 15 65 80 26 93 381 154 0.55

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 7 16 23 20 16 126 28 0.56 5.6 24:26

Contract

$8.8MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$383KCap dollars per point23 points in 41 games
$2.701MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.3 goals above replacement
$4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.8MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Oct 12, 2020, as a new contract: 7 years and $61.6M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2026-27, with 6 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $8.8M $2M $3M $5M NMC
2021-22 $8.8M $2M $3M $5M NMC
2022-23 $8.8M $1M $7M $8M NMC
2023-24 $8.8M $4.3M $8M $12.3M NMC
2024-25 $8.8M $4.5M $8M $12.5M NMC
2025-26 $8.8M $4M $6M $10M NMC
2026-27 $8.8M $8.8M $0 $8.8M NMC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 12, 2020 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2020-21 to 2026-27 7 $61.6M $8.8M
Sep 14, 2013 St. Louis Blues New contract 2013-14 to 2019-20 7 $45.5M $6.5M
Sep 4, 2008 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2010-11 to 2012-13 signed for 2008-09, slid 3 $9.675M $817K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2020-21 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2020-21 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+5.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.8Even-strength defence+2.3Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.2Penalties-0.1

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

52.6Corsi for %404 attempts for, 364 against
-3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.4Expected goals for %16.4 expected for, 12.7 against
+3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %18 for, 12 against
101.0PDO8.6% shooting + 92.4% saves
106Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 147 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alec Martinez · Alex Pietrangelo19279:3548.255.013-9
Alex Pietrangelo · Shea Theodore1865:3766.453.83-3
Nick Holden · Alex Pietrangelo1211:3259.373.90-0
Alex Pietrangelo · Zach Whitecloud119:3271.479.41-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.1Expected goalsfrom 103 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.38 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 3.0% chance per attempt66th
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected92ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 59 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

01234Goals 4Expected 3.1

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
May 12, 2021 @ SJS W 6-0 1 0 1 2 0 7 0 19:52
May 10, 2021 vs COL L 1-2 1 0 1 0 2 6 2 29:08
May 8, 2021 vs STL W 4-1 0 2 2 1 4 2 1 20:42
May 7, 2021 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 24:07
May 5, 2021 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 25:44
May 3, 2021 @ MIN L 5-6 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 20:30
May 1, 2021 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 24:32
Apr 30, 2021 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:26
Apr 28, 2021 vs COL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 27:14
Apr 24, 2021 @ ANA W 5-1 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 21:04
Apr 21, 2021 vs SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:02
Apr 19, 2021 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 25:22
Apr 18, 2021 @ ANA W 5-2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 21:40
Apr 16, 2021 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 21:40
Apr 14, 2021 @ LAK W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 21:02
Apr 12, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 21:30
Apr 11, 2021 vs ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:45
Apr 9, 2021 vs ARI W 7-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 20:26
Apr 7, 2021 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 31:00
Apr 5, 2021 @ STL W 6-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 23:10
Apr 3, 2021 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 27:15
Apr 1, 2021 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 29:45
Mar 31, 2021 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 7 0 22:49
Mar 6, 2021 @ SJS W 4-0 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 20:34
Mar 5, 2021 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 3 2 26:34
Mar 3, 2021 vs MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 25:22
Mar 1, 2021 vs MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:44
Feb 27, 2021 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 26:24
Feb 22, 2021 @ COL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 25:22
Feb 20, 2021 @ COL L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 26:43
Feb 16, 2021 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 24:33
Feb 14, 2021 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25:53
Feb 13, 2021 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 27:01
Feb 11, 2021 vs ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 26:28
Jan 26, 2021 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 28:57
Jan 24, 2021 @ ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:59
Jan 22, 2021 @ ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 26:23
Jan 20, 2021 vs ARI W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 23:03
Jan 18, 2021 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:03
Jan 16, 2021 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 29:26
Jan 14, 2021 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 25:30