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Nikita Alexandrov

#59 · Centre · St. Louis Blues

Born Sep 16, 2000 in Burgwedel, DEU · 6'1", 189 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 62nd overall in 2019 by STL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Erne EDM · 2 P in 24 GP Jiri Smejkal OTT · 2 P in 20 GP Vasily Podkolzin VAN · 2 P in 19 GP Denis Gurianov PHI · 2 P in 18 GP Matt Rempe NYR · 2 P in 17 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.

02462022-23: 7 points722-232023-24: 2 points223-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 STL 28 3 4 7 0 8 28 28 0.25 $817K
2023-24 STL 23 0 2 2 -4 4 15 29 0.09 $817K
2 seasons Career 51 3 6 9 -4 12 43 57 0.18

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 0 2 2 -4 4 15 29 0.09 0.0 8:32

Contract

$817KCap hitends in 2024, then RFA
$408KCap dollars per point2 points in 23 games
$39KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$778KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the St. Louis Blues on Aug 1, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.825M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $817K $750K $93K $133K $843K
2022-23 $817K $775K $0 $58K $775K
2023-24 $817K $833K $0 $833K

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
Sep 30, 2024 St. Louis Blues New contract (two-way) 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Aug 1, 2019 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 signed for 2019-20, slid 3 $2.825M $817K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-1.0Goals above replacement587th of 721 skaters, 397th of 469 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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-2.3 23rd percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 60th percentilePower play0.0 66th percentilePenalty kill0.0 37th percentilePenalties-0.1 32nd 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.

-101232022-232023-24Goals 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

43.7Corsi for %136 attempts for, 175 against
-1.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
35.6Expected goals for %4.0 expected for, 7.2 against
-10.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.7Goals for %5 for, 9 against
98.1PDO7.8% shooting + 90.3% saves
24Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Oskar Sundqvist · Sammy Blais · Nikita Alexandrov837:3638.129.30-0
Sammy Blais · Alexey Toropchenko · Nikita Alexandrov624:1634.115.60-2
Nathan Walker · Sammy Blais · Nikita Alexandrov323:0058.541.31-1
Oskar Sundqvist · Alexey Toropchenko · Nikita Alexandrov412:1426.125.21-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.30 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 1.0Goals 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 12, 2024 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:50
Apr 10, 2024 vs CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 14:03
Apr 7, 2024 @ ANA W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:32
Apr 6, 2024 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:04
Feb 28, 2024 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:01
Feb 15, 2024 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 04:05
Jan 30, 2024 vs CBJ L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:00
Jan 28, 2024 vs LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:10
Jan 26, 2024 @ SEA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:28
Jan 24, 2024 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:57
Jan 23, 2024 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:12
Jan 20, 2024 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:40
Jan 18, 2024 @ WSH L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 07:29
Dec 8, 2023 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:02
Dec 6, 2023 vs VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 07:02
Dec 4, 2023 @ VGK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:22
Dec 2, 2023 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:23
Nov 30, 2023 vs BUF W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:40
Nov 24, 2023 vs NSH L 3-8 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:01
Nov 22, 2023 @ ARI W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:11
Nov 19, 2023 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 05:32
Oct 21, 2023 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 07:29
Oct 19, 2023 vs ARI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:53