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Alexander Holtz

#26 · Right wing · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Jan 23, 2002 in Stockholm, SWE (age 24) · 6'0", 192 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 7th overall in 2020 by NJD (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

A.J. Greer NJD · 2 P in 9 GP Jake Neighbours STL · 2 P in 9 GP Brad Malone EDM · 2 P in 8 GP Otto Koivula NYI · 2 P in 8 GP Kiefer Sherwood COL · 2 P in 11 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.

010202021-22: 2 points221-222022-23: 4 points422-232023-24: 28 points2823-242024-25: 12 points1224-252025-26: 9 points925-26

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 NJD 9 0 2 2 -5 2 12 5 0.22 $925K
2022-23 NJD 19 3 1 4 -6 8 21 6 0.21 $894K
2023-24 NJD 82 16 12 28 -15 14 122 44 0.34 $894K
2024-25 VGK 53 4 8 12 -3 10 69 39 0.23 $894K
2025-26 VGK 28 3 6 9 -1 10 30 29 0.32 $838K
5 seasons Career 191 26 29 55 -30 44 254 123 0.29

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
9 0 2 2 -5 2 12 5 0.22 0.0 12:16

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2025, then RFA
$463KCap dollars per point2 points in 9 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the New Jersey Devils on Apr 19, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $5.325M, beginning in 2022-23. This season is not one of its years: an entry-level contract slides back a year when a player signed at 18 or 19 plays fewer than 10 NHL games. It runs through 2024-25, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $894K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2023-24 $894K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2024-25 $894K $833K $0 $850K $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
2025-26 to 2026-27 $838K
Apr 19, 2021 New Jersey Devils Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 signed for 2021-22, slid 3 $5.325M $894K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence-0.6Power play-0.4Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.2

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. 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.

-3-2-1012021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

37.9Corsi for %64 attempts for, 105 against
-12.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.6Expected goals for %3.2 expected for, 5.5 against
-10.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
22.2Goals for %2 for, 7 against
94.4PDO6.3% shooting + 88.1% 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Pavel Zacha · Nico Hischier · Alexander Holtz431:2242.949.51-0
Pavel Zacha · Dawson Mercer · Alexander Holtz210:0550.037.70-0
Jesper Bratt · Jesper Boqvist · Alexander Holtz19:3642.330.90-2
Yegor Sharangovich · Dawson Mercer · Alexander Holtz25:1436.442.80-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.57 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 6.2% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.1Goals 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 29, 2022 vs DET L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:30
Apr 28, 2022 @ CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:03
Jan 4, 2022 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:50
Nov 20, 2021 @ TBL W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 07:15
Nov 13, 2021 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:14
Nov 11, 2021 vs NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:25
Nov 9, 2021 vs FLA W 7-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 15:03
Nov 6, 2021 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:41
Nov 5, 2021 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:25