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Alexander Alexeyev

#27 · Defence · Washington Capitals

Born Nov 15, 1999 in St. Petersburg, RUS (age 26) · 6'4", 230 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 31st overall in 2018 by WSH (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jaycob Megna FLA · 0 P in 8 GP Jimmy Schuldt SJS · 0 P in 8 GP Matt Benning SJS · 0 P in 7 GP Caleb Jones LAK · 0 P in 6 GP Dylan Coghlan WPG · 0 P in 6 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.

0123452021-22: 0 points021-222022-23: 5 points522-232023-24: 3 points323-242024-25: 0 points024-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 WSH 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.00 $863K
2022-23 WSH 32 0 5 5 -2 4 28 33 0.16 $863K
2023-24 WSH 39 1 2 3 -8 6 20 48 0.08 $825K
2024-25 WSH 8 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 0.00 $825K
4 seasons Career 80 1 7 8 -8 12 55 91 0.10

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 WSH 4 0 1 1 -2 4 2 6 0.25
2024-25 WSH 10 0 0 0 -2 4 6 12 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 14 0 1 1 -4 8 8 18 0.07

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
8 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 0.00 0.0 16:04

Contract

$825KCap hitends in 2025
$2.45MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Washington Capitals on May 2, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.65M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $825K $775K $0 $775K
2024-25 $825K $875K $0 $875K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 2, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
May 2, 2023 Washington Capitals Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.65M $825K
Sep 24, 2018 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 signed for 2018-19, slid 3 $2.775M $863K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.8Even-strength defence+0.6Power play+0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.0

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.

-101232021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

49.0Corsi for %118 attempts for, 123 against
+4.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.1Expected goals for %6.7 expected for, 5.0 against
+3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %6 for, 4 against
101.4PDO8.8% shooting + 92.6% saves
15Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Alexander Alexeyev869:3753.472.75-2
Dylan McIlrath · Alexander Alexeyev521:1542.139.11-1
Matt Roy · Alexander Alexeyev313:4539.325.10-0
John Carlson · Alexander Alexeyev67:0642.955.60-1

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.07 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 1.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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
Apr 17, 2025 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 23:30
Apr 15, 2025 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:18
Apr 12, 2025 @ CBJ L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:40
Nov 8, 2024 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:43
Nov 6, 2024 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:58
Nov 3, 2024 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:24
Nov 2, 2024 vs CBJ W 7-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:44
Oct 31, 2024 vs MTL W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 13:17