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Alexei Emelin

#25 · Defence · Nashville Predators

Born Apr 25, 1986 in Togliatti, RUS · 6'2", 218 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 84th overall in 2004 by MTL (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Irwin SJS · 12 P in 38 GP Andrej Sekera BUF · 12 P in 37 GP Kevin Bieksa VAN · 12 P in 36 GP Barret Jackman STL · 12 P in 46 GP Andrew MacDonald NYI · 12 P in 48 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.

0510152011-12: 7 points711-122012-13: 12 points1212-132013-14: 17 points1713-142014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 12 points1215-162016-17: 10 points1016-172017-18: 9 points917-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 MTL 67 3 4 7 -18 30 62 236 0.10
2012-13 MTL 38 3 9 12 2 33 33 110 0.32 $2M
2013-14 MTL 59 3 14 17 -1 59 58 189 0.29 $2M
2014-15 MTL 68 3 11 14 5 59 43 204 0.21 $4.1M
2015-16 MTL 72 0 12 12 -7 71 71 256 0.17 $4.1M
2016-17 MTL 76 2 8 10 1 71 82 241 0.13 $4.1M
2017-18 NSH 76 1 8 9 9 40 59 181 0.12 $4.1M
7 seasons Career 456 15 66 81 -9 363 408 1417 0.18

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 MTL 15 0 2 2 -4 4 15 52 0.13
2014-15 MTL 12 0 2 2 1 10 9 42 0.17
2016-17 MTL 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 8 0.50
2017-18 NSH 10 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 39 1 4 5 -3 16 28 119 0.13

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 3 9 12 2 33 33 110 0.32 9.1 19:40

Contract

$2MCap hit2012-13
$167KCap dollars per point12 points in 38 games
$1.111MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.8 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$84KValueworth 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 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4.1M
2015-16 to 2017-18 $4.1M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $4.1M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2M

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+1.8Goals above replacement301st of 605 skaters, 93rd of 208 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 ranked defencemen: 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.

Even-strength offence+0.1 67th percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 40th percentilePower play-0.1 49th percentilePenalty kill-0.3 22nd percentilePenalties0.0 71st percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-4-2022011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

51.6Corsi for %586 attempts for, 549 against
+0.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.5Expected goals for %24.2 expected for, 20.2 against
-0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.0Goals for %26 for, 25 against
100.3PDO9.2% shooting + 91.1% saves
90Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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
Andrei Markov · Alexei Emelin38513:0450.552.320-20
Josh Gorges · Alexei Emelin3566:0254.565.02-2
Francis Bouillon · Alexei Emelin2628:4347.340.42-3
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban54:1970.076.80-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 57 unblocked attempts
+1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes27th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt25th
Finishing +1.5 goals above expected81stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 1.5

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
Apr 6, 2013 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 04:08
Apr 4, 2013 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 19:01
Apr 3, 2013 @ PHI L 3-5 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 17:53
Apr 1, 2013 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:50
Mar 30, 2013 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 21:41
Mar 27, 2013 @ BOS W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 2 0 1 18:34
Mar 26, 2013 @ PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:55
Mar 23, 2013 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:22
Mar 21, 2013 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:24
Mar 19, 2013 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 20:52
Mar 16, 2013 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 20:31
Mar 13, 2013 vs OTT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 22:06
Mar 10, 2013 @ FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 18:41
Mar 9, 2013 @ TBL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 20:12
Mar 7, 2013 @ CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 21:56
Mar 5, 2013 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 21:10
Mar 3, 2013 @ BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 1 5 0 5 19:33
Mar 2, 2013 vs PIT L 6-7 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 3 5 23:05
Feb 27, 2013 @ TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 21:19
Feb 25, 2013 @ OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 23:05
Feb 23, 2013 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:27
Feb 21, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 19:14
Feb 19, 2013 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:42
Feb 18, 2013 vs CAR W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 18:08
Feb 16, 2013 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17:15
Feb 14, 2013 @ FLA W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 20:17
Feb 12, 2013 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 19:42
Feb 9, 2013 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 15:59
Feb 7, 2013 @ BUF L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:36
Feb 6, 2013 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 6 17:05
Feb 3, 2013 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 20:13
Feb 2, 2013 vs BUF W 6-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 18:28
Jan 30, 2013 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 18:39
Jan 29, 2013 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 20:55
Jan 27, 2013 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 27:08
Jan 24, 2013 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 22:01
Jan 22, 2013 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 21:53
Jan 19, 2013 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 17:20