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Alexander Barabanov

#94 · Left wing · San Jose Sharks

Born Jun 17, 1994 in St. Petersburg, RUS · 5'10", 195 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Valeri Nichushkin COL · 47 P in 53 GP Daniel Sprong SEA · 46 P in 66 GP Jason Zucker PIT · 48 P in 78 GP Marcus Johansson MIN · 46 P in 80 GP Yanni Gourde SEA · 48 P in 81 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.

0102030402020-21: 8 points820-212021-22: 39 points3921-222022-23: 47 points4722-232023-24: 13 points1323-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 TOR 13 0 1 1 1 4 11 5 0.08
2020-21 SJS 9 3 4 7 0 2 12 2 0.78
2021-22 SJS 70 10 29 39 -5 14 103 53 0.56 $1M
2022-23 SJS 68 15 32 47 -30 20 120 40 0.69 $2.5M
2023-24 SJS 46 4 9 13 -24 12 67 27 0.28 $2.5M
4 seasons Career 206 32 75 107 -58 52 313 127 0.52

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 15 32 47 -30 20 120 40 0.69 12.5 18:03

Contract

$2.5MCap hitends in 2024
$53KCap dollars per point47 points in 68 games
$766KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.3 goals above replacement
$3.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$580KValueworth 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 695 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 2023-24, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2022-23 $2.5M
2023-24 $2.5M

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
2022-23 to 2023-24 $2.5M
2021-22 to 2021-22 $1M

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

+3.3Goals above replacement291st of 696 skaters, 207th of 461 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 461 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+2.1 73rd percentileEven-strength defence-2.6 11th percentilePower play+0.4 81st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 59th percentilePenalties-0.1 36th 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. 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.

-6-4-20242020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

49.7Corsi for %898 attempts for, 908 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.1Expected goals for %44.3 expected for, 46.0 against
-1.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.9Goals for %48 for, 59 against
98.1PDO10.3% shooting + 87.9% saves
163Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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 lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Logan Couture · Matt Nieto · Alexander Barabanov32286:4246.845.215-21
Logan Couture · Michael Eyssimont · Alexander Barabanov14124:4061.759.810-7
Tomas Hertl · Timo Meier · Alexander Barabanov4197:3151.743.81-4
Logan Couture · Timo Meier · Alexander Barabanov3281:2658.662.53-4

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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
15.8Expected goalsfrom 167 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.77 expected goals per 60 minutes52nd
Shot quality 9.5% chance per attempt86th
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 15.8Goals 15

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 25, 2023 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:01
Mar 23, 2023 @ VAN L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:13
Mar 20, 2023 @ EDM L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 20:58
Mar 18, 2023 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:39
Mar 16, 2023 vs SEA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 22:15
Mar 14, 2023 vs CBJ L 5-6 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 17:55
Mar 11, 2023 vs MIN L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 20:55
Mar 9, 2023 @ STL L 2-4 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 18:29
Mar 7, 2023 @ COL L 0-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 18:31
Mar 6, 2023 @ WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:20
Mar 4, 2023 vs WSH L 3-8 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:23
Mar 2, 2023 vs STL L 3-6 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 15:21
Feb 28, 2023 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:22
Feb 25, 2023 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:11
Feb 23, 2023 vs NSH L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:05
Feb 20, 2023 vs SEA W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 19:26
Feb 18, 2023 vs BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 20:18
Feb 16, 2023 @ VGK L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:26
Feb 14, 2023 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:16
Feb 12, 2023 @ WSH W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 16:45
Feb 9, 2023 @ FLA L 1-4 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 19:55
Feb 7, 2023 @ TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 17:16
Jan 28, 2023 @ PIT W 6-4 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 15:22
Jan 27, 2023 @ CAR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:44
Jan 24, 2023 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:33
Jan 22, 2023 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:31
Jan 21, 2023 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 15:13
Jan 18, 2023 vs DAL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:27
Jan 16, 2023 vs NJD L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:23
Jan 13, 2023 vs EDM L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:18
Jan 11, 2023 @ LAK L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 4 20:08
Jan 10, 2023 @ ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:42
Jan 7, 2023 vs BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:30
Jan 6, 2023 @ ANA L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 16:54
Jan 1, 2023 @ CHI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 21:36
Dec 31, 2022 @ DAL L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 2 5 0 20:22
Dec 29, 2022 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:07
Dec 27, 2022 @ VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:00
Dec 22, 2022 vs MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:34
Dec 20, 2022 vs CGY L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:58
Dec 18, 2022 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:15
Dec 17, 2022 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:41
Dec 9, 2022 @ ANA W 6-1 0 2 2 1 4 3 0 16:55
Dec 7, 2022 vs VAN L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:15
Dec 4, 2022 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 16:57
Dec 3, 2022 @ OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 17:05
Nov 30, 2022 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:01
Nov 29, 2022 @ MTL W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 15:57
Nov 27, 2022 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -4 0 0 1 17:05
Nov 25, 2022 vs LAK L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:11
Nov 23, 2022 @ SEA L 5-8 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 16:36
Nov 21, 2022 vs OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:33
Nov 19, 2022 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:19
Nov 17, 2022 vs DET L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 18:47
Nov 15, 2022 @ VGK W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 15:53
Nov 13, 2022 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:53
Nov 11, 2022 @ DAL W 5-4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 18:01
Nov 10, 2022 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:03
Nov 5, 2022 vs ANA L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:35
Nov 3, 2022 vs FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 19:03
Nov 1, 2022 vs ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 17:46
Oct 29, 2022 vs TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:57
Oct 27, 2022 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 16:09
Oct 25, 2022 vs VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:37
Oct 23, 2022 @ PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:06
Oct 22, 2022 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:57
Oct 20, 2022 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:11
Oct 18, 2022 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:27