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Alexander Volkov

#92 · Right wing · Anaheim Ducks

Born Aug 2, 1997 in Moscow, RUS · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 48th overall in 2017 by TBL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2019-20

Compare with a similar player

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

Brock McGinn CAR · 13 P in 37 GP Kyle Okposo BUF · 13 P in 35 GP Alex Galchenyuk TOR · 13 P in 34 GP Matt Duchene NSH · 13 P in 34 GP Rocco Grimaldi NSH · 13 P in 40 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.

05102019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 13 points1320-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2019-20 TBL 9 0 1 1 -6 6 7 10 0.11 $864K
2020-21 TBL 19 3 2 5 2 4 18 20 0.26 $700K
2020-21 ANA 18 4 4 8 -1 2 17 16 0.44
2 seasons Career 46 7 7 14 -5 12 42 46 0.30

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 TBL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 7 6 13 1 6 35 36 0.35 20.0 11:39

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2021, then RFA
$54KCap dollars per point13 points in 37 games
$3.076MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement
$931KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$231KValueworth 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

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2020-21, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2020-21 $700K

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
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $864K

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 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement466th of 643 skaters, 316th of 430 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 430 ranked forwards: 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-0.7 37th percentileEven-strength defence+0.1 49th percentilePower play-0.2 31st percentilePenalty kill-0.2 17th percentilePenalties+0.0 37th 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 forwards. 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.

-1-0.500.512019-202020-21Goals 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

43.1Corsi for %282 attempts for, 372 against
-8.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Expected goals for %13.6 expected for, 17.4 against
-5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.5Goals for %17 for, 16 against
103.1PDO11.2% shooting + 92.0% saves
48Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrick Maroon · Mathieu Joseph · Alexander VolkovTBL1377:0544.252.91-2
Rickard Rakell · Alexander Volkov · Isac LundeströmANA542:0753.656.50-1
Derek Grant · Nicolas Deslauriers · Alexander VolkovANA632:1236.028.51-1
Maxime Comtois · Alexander Volkov · Isac LundeströmANA329:4141.747.71-0

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.8Expected goalsfrom 43 unblocked attempts
+2.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes42nd
Shot quality 11.2% chance per attempt98th
Finishing +2.2 goals above expected77thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Goals 7Expected 4.8

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
May 8, 2021 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:33
May 7, 2021 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:18
May 3, 2021 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:14
May 1, 2021 vs LAK W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:38
Apr 30, 2021 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:33
Apr 28, 2021 @ LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 14:31
Apr 26, 2021 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:34
Apr 24, 2021 vs VGK L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 15:59
Apr 20, 2021 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:39
Apr 18, 2021 vs VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:56
Apr 16, 2021 vs VGK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:55
Apr 14, 2021 @ SJS W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 14:34
Apr 12, 2021 @ SJS W 4-0 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 16:53
Apr 11, 2021 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:14
Apr 9, 2021 vs COL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:07
Apr 6, 2021 @ SJS W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:55
Apr 4, 2021 vs ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:51
Apr 2, 2021 vs ARI L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 4 13:32
Mar 23, 2021 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:35
Mar 15, 2021 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:35
Mar 7, 2021 @ CHI W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:51
Mar 5, 2021 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 07:39
Mar 4, 2021 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 07:31
Feb 27, 2021 vs DAL W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:09
Feb 25, 2021 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 09:03
Feb 24, 2021 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:32
Feb 22, 2021 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:42
Feb 20, 2021 @ CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 11:16
Feb 15, 2021 vs FLA L 4-6 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 09:27
Feb 13, 2021 @ FLA W 6-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 09:44
Feb 11, 2021 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:58
Feb 9, 2021 @ NSH W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11:53
Feb 8, 2021 @ NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:58
Jan 30, 2021 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:04
Jan 28, 2021 @ CAR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:04
Jan 23, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 08:55
Jan 13, 2021 vs CHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:08