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Alexander Semin

#13 · Right wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Mar 3, 1984 in Krasnojarsk, RUS · 6'2", 211 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 13th overall in 2002 by WSH (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dave Dziurzynski OTT · 4 P in 14 GP Josh Anderson CBJ · 4 P in 12 GP Mike Sislo NJD · 4 P in 18 GP Oskar Sundqvist PIT · 4 P in 18 GP Pascal Dupuis PIT · 4 P in 18 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.

0204060802003-04: 22 points2203-042006-07: 73 points7306-072007-08: 42 points4207-082008-09: 79 points7908-092009-10: 84 points8409-102010-11: 54 points5410-112011-12: 54 points5411-122012-13: 44 points4412-132013-14: 42 points4213-142014-15: 19 points1914-152015-16: 4 points415-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 WSH 52 10 12 22 -2 36 92 7 0.42
2006-07 WSH 77 38 35 73 -7 90 243 34 0.95 $1.3M
2007-08 WSH 63 26 16 42 -18 54 185 20 0.67 $1.3M
2008-09 WSH 62 34 45 79 25 77 223 22 1.27 $4.6M
2009-10 WSH 73 40 44 84 36 66 278 30 1.15 $4.6M
2010-11 WSH 65 28 26 54 22 71 196 27 0.83 $6M
2011-12 WSH 77 21 33 54 9 58 183 31 0.70 $6.7M
2012-13 CAR 44 13 31 44 14 46 150 14 1.00 $7M
2013-14 CAR 65 22 20 42 1 42 210 22 0.65 $7M
2014-15 CAR 57 6 13 19 -10 32 93 30 0.33 $7M
2015-16 MTL 15 1 3 4 1 12 18 6 0.27 $1.1M
11 seasons Career 650 239 278 517 71 584 1871 243 0.80

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 WSH 7 3 5 8 2 8 28 4 1.14
2008-09 WSH 14 5 9 14 -1 16 42 7 1.00
2009-10 WSH 7 0 2 2 0 4 44 3 0.29
2010-11 WSH 9 4 2 6 2 8 28 6 0.67
2011-12 WSH 14 3 1 4 -4 10 35 8 0.29
5 seasons Playoffs 51 15 19 34 -1 46 177 28 0.67

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 1 3 4 1 12 18 6 0.27 5.6 12:20

Contract

$1.1MCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$275KCap dollars per point4 points in 15 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $1.1M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1.1M
2013-14 to 2017-18 $7M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $7M
2011-12 to 2011-12 $6.7M
2010-11 to 2010-11 $6M
2008-09 to 2009-10 $4.6M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $1.3M

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence+0.0Power play-0.4Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.4

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-202468102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

55.5Corsi for %167 attempts for, 134 against
+4.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.8Expected goals for %6.5 expected for, 5.4 against
+2.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.3Goals for %7 for, 5 against
101.1PDO8.1% shooting + 93.0% saves
37Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Semin · Lars Eller · Alex Galchenyuk12111:3058.856.95-5
Alexander Semin · Paul Byron · Brian Flynn313:2442.927.40-0
Alexander Semin · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brian Flynn13:3085.794.01-0
Tomas Plekanec · Alexander Semin · Max Pacioretty32:3033.378.80-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 29 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 4.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.3Goals 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 this season, 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
Nov 25, 2015 @ NYR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:22
Nov 22, 2015 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:04
Nov 20, 2015 @ NYI W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 09:01
Nov 16, 2015 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:48
Nov 14, 2015 vs COL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:30
Oct 27, 2015 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:38
Oct 24, 2015 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:43
Oct 23, 2015 @ BUF W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 13:36
Oct 20, 2015 vs STL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:20
Oct 17, 2015 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 15:42
Oct 15, 2015 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:54
Oct 13, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:54
Oct 11, 2015 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:34
Oct 10, 2015 @ BOS W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 13:51
Oct 7, 2015 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:05