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Alex Biega

#33 · Defence · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Apr 4, 1988 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 5'10", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 147th overall in 2006 by BUF (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Yannick Weber NSH · 3 P in 41 GP Matt Irwin ANA · 3 P in 36 GP Luke Schenn TBL · 3 P in 25 GP Andreas Englund OTT · 3 P in 24 GP John Moore BOS · 3 P in 24 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.

0510152014-15: 1 points114-152015-16: 7 points715-162016-17: 3 points316-172017-18: 9 points917-182018-19: 16 points1618-192019-20: 3 points319-202020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 0 points021-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 VAN 7 1 0 1 -2 0 7 34 0.14 $600K
2015-16 VAN 51 0 7 7 -11 22 61 124 0.14 $600K
2016-17 VAN 36 0 3 3 -4 18 37 97 0.08 $750K
2017-18 VAN 44 1 8 9 3 32 79 126 0.20 $750K
2018-19 VAN 41 2 14 16 0 22 91 101 0.39 $825K
2019-20 DET 49 0 3 3 -9 24 55 115 0.06 $825K
2020-21 DET 13 0 3 3 -1 4 4 22 0.23 $875K
2021-22 TOR 2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 0.00 $750K
8 seasons Career 243 4 38 42 -26 122 336 624 0.17

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
49 0 3 3 -9 24 55 115 0.06 0.0 16:25

Contract

$825KCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$275KCap dollars per point3 points in 49 games
-$186KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $825K

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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $875K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $825K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $750K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $600K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $600K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

-1.0Goals above replacement568th of 670 skaters, 179th of 231 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 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-2.3 23rd percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 41st percentilePower play+0.0 65th percentilePenalty kill-0.3 19th percentilePenalties-0.4 53rd 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. 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.

-4-20242014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22Goals 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

44.9Corsi for %541 attempts for, 664 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.3Expected goals for %21.7 expected for, 30.8 against
-0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %15 for, 21 against
99.7PDO5.2% shooting + 94.5% saves
113Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Alex Biega · Patrik Nemeth34232:3945.843.98-5
Alex Biega · Madison Bowey1990:2136.938.32-3
Alex Biega · Dennis Cholowski1568:4337.827.91-4
Jonathan Ericsson · Alex Biega1268:1652.949.01-3

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 89 unblocked attempts
-2.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt19th
Finishing -2.2 goals above expected9thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Expected 2.2Goals 0

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
Mar 10, 2020 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 20:38
Mar 8, 2020 vs TBL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:50
Mar 6, 2020 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18:24
Mar 2, 2020 vs COL L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 20:26
Feb 29, 2020 @ OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 20:45
Feb 27, 2020 vs MIN L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:35
Feb 25, 2020 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18:34
Feb 23, 2020 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21:09
Feb 21, 2020 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 20:36
Feb 18, 2020 vs MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 19:47
Feb 16, 2020 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 21:53
Feb 15, 2020 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:11
Feb 13, 2020 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 16:33
Feb 11, 2020 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:20
Feb 9, 2020 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 18:55
Feb 7, 2020 @ CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:28
Feb 6, 2020 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 20:40
Feb 3, 2020 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:13
Feb 1, 2020 vs NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:36
Jan 31, 2020 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 17:39
Jan 22, 2020 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:59
Jan 20, 2020 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -4 0 2 3 20:55
Jan 18, 2020 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:47
Jan 17, 2020 vs PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:00
Jan 14, 2020 @ NYI L 2-8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:44
Jan 12, 2020 vs BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:29
Jan 10, 2020 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:58
Jan 7, 2020 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:35
Dec 31, 2019 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 13:46
Dec 28, 2019 @ FLA L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:04
Dec 22, 2019 vs ARI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 15:04
Dec 17, 2019 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:38
Dec 15, 2019 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:56
Dec 14, 2019 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:01
Dec 12, 2019 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:06
Dec 7, 2019 vs PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:20
Dec 2, 2019 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:32
Nov 30, 2019 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:18
Nov 29, 2019 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:21
Nov 24, 2019 vs CAR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:14
Nov 21, 2019 @ CBJ L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:24
Nov 16, 2019 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:38
Nov 14, 2019 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:42
Nov 12, 2019 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:22
Nov 6, 2019 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 08:25
Nov 4, 2019 vs NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:18
Nov 2, 2019 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 14:06
Oct 17, 2019 @ CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:06
Oct 15, 2019 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:38