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Karl Alzner

#27 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born Sep 24, 1988 in Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN · 6'3", 213 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 5th overall in 2007 by WSH (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Lundin TBL · 12 P in 69 GP Roman Polak STL · 12 P in 55 GP Keaton Ellerby FLA · 12 P in 54 GP Jared Spurgeon MIN · 12 P in 53 GP Mike Weaver FLA · 13 P in 82 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.

051015202008-09: 5 points508-092009-10: 5 points509-102010-11: 12 points1210-112011-12: 17 points1711-122012-13: 5 points512-132013-14: 18 points1813-142014-15: 21 points2114-152015-16: 21 points2115-162016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 12 points1217-182018-19: 1 points118-192019-20: 0 points019-20

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 WSH 30 1 4 5 -1 2 31 23 0.17
2009-10 WSH 21 0 5 5 -2 8 16 15 0.24
2010-11 WSH 82 2 10 12 14 24 64 98 0.15
2011-12 WSH 82 1 16 17 12 29 56 74 0.21 $1.285M
2012-13 WSH 48 1 4 5 -6 14 39 45 0.10 $1.285M
2013-14 WSH 82 2 16 18 -7 26 95 73 0.22 $2.8M
2014-15 WSH 82 5 16 21 14 20 72 120 0.26 $2.8M
2015-16 WSH 82 4 17 21 14 26 75 135 0.26 $2.8M
2016-17 WSH 82 3 10 13 23 28 81 105 0.16 $2.8M
2017-18 MTL 82 1 11 12 -7 40 84 141 0.15 $4.625M
2018-19 MTL 9 0 1 1 1 2 8 13 0.11 $4.625M
2019-20 MTL 4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0.00 $4.625M
12 seasons Career 686 20 110 130 54 219 625 843 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 WSH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2010-11 WSH 9 0 1 1 -4 0 12 9 0.11
2011-12 WSH 14 0 2 2 -1 0 13 24 0.14
2012-13 WSH 7 1 1 2 3 2 19 8 0.29
2014-15 WSH 14 2 2 4 0 6 13 36 0.29
2015-16 WSH 12 0 2 2 3 6 14 22 0.17
2016-17 WSH 7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 9 0.00
7 seasons Playoffs 64 3 8 11 0 16 72 108 0.17

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 2 10 12 14 24 64 98 0.15 3.1 20:01

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2021-22 $4.625M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $4.625M
2013-14 to 2016-17 $2.8M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.285M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.285M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.1Goals above replacement568th of 672 skaters, 180th of 233 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-6.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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-5.6 1st percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 42nd percentilePower play-0.5 29th percentilePenalty kill+0.4 82nd percentilePenalties-0.6 55th 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.

-2024682010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

51.8Corsi for %1257 attempts for, 1170 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Expected goals for %48.6 expected for, 48.9 against
-3.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.8Goals for %49 for, 42 against
100.8PDO7.7% shooting + 93.1% saves
131Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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
Karl Alzner · John Carlson771053:4551.950.542-32
Jeff Schultz · Karl Alzner2658:0252.938.72-5
Mike Green · Karl Alzner3355:0754.254.92-0
Scott Hannan · Karl Alzner3052:0755.161.31-2

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.9Expected goalsfrom 89 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.07 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 2.1% chance per attempt6th
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected61stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 2Expected 1.9

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 9, 2011 @ FLA L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:52
Apr 6, 2011 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23:50
Apr 5, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:22
Apr 2, 2011 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 26:37
Mar 31, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:49
Mar 29, 2011 vs CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 26:49
Mar 26, 2011 @ MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 18:50
Mar 25, 2011 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:05
Mar 22, 2011 @ PHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26:15
Mar 18, 2011 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 23:00
Mar 16, 2011 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:23
Mar 15, 2011 @ MTL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 18:53
Mar 13, 2011 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:45
Mar 11, 2011 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:22
Mar 9, 2011 vs EDM W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:31
Mar 7, 2011 @ TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:40
Mar 6, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 23:03
Mar 3, 2011 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:31
Mar 1, 2011 vs NYI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:17
Feb 26, 2011 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 23:03
Feb 25, 2011 vs NYR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:42
Feb 21, 2011 @ PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:15
Feb 20, 2011 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:43
Feb 17, 2011 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:50
Feb 16, 2011 @ ANA W 7-6 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 22:08
Feb 14, 2011 @ PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:27
Feb 12, 2011 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:08
Feb 8, 2011 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:05
Feb 6, 2011 vs PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:29
Feb 4, 2011 @ TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 19:42
Feb 1, 2011 vs MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:49
Jan 26, 2011 @ ATL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:19
Jan 24, 2011 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 23:26
Jan 22, 2011 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 18:25
Jan 20, 2011 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 17:51
Jan 18, 2011 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 21:03
Jan 16, 2011 vs OTT W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 19:50
Jan 14, 2011 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:31
Jan 12, 2011 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24:35
Jan 11, 2011 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:56
Jan 8, 2011 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:36
Jan 4, 2011 vs TBL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:02
Jan 1, 2011 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24:25
Dec 28, 2010 vs MTL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:13
Dec 26, 2010 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 21:03
Dec 23, 2010 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:43
Dec 21, 2010 vs NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 16:47
Dec 19, 2010 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:30
Dec 18, 2010 @ BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:09
Dec 15, 2010 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 23:37
Dec 12, 2010 @ NYR L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 21:06
Dec 11, 2010 vs COL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 18:34
Dec 9, 2010 vs FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:23
Dec 6, 2010 vs TOR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:22
Dec 4, 2010 vs ATL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 19:14
Dec 2, 2010 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 16:32
Dec 1, 2010 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:14
Nov 28, 2010 vs CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:08
Nov 26, 2010 vs TBL W 6-0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 17:28
Nov 24, 2010 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:37
Nov 22, 2010 @ NJD L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 22:41
Nov 20, 2010 vs PHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 21:14
Nov 19, 2010 @ ATL L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:48
Nov 17, 2010 vs BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 21:59
Nov 14, 2010 vs ATL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:53
Nov 13, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 22:45
Nov 11, 2010 vs TBL W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 19:20
Nov 9, 2010 @ NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 20:12
Nov 7, 2010 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:50
Nov 5, 2010 vs BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:28
Nov 3, 2010 vs TOR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:29
Oct 30, 2010 @ CGY W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:49
Oct 28, 2010 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:52
Oct 27, 2010 @ CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:33
Oct 23, 2010 vs ATL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:22
Oct 21, 2010 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:02
Oct 19, 2010 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:16
Oct 16, 2010 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 22:57
Oct 13, 2010 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:39
Oct 11, 2010 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:07
Oct 9, 2010 vs NJD W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:02
Oct 8, 2010 @ ATL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:09