Regular season

Alexander Petrovic

Florida Panthers · D · #36

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?10 points and 77 blocks in 54 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'5"
WT: 215 lb
Age: 34
Shoots: R
From: Edmonton, CAN
Draft: 2010 FLA · R2 #36

64Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4040pctl

3131pctl

3838pctl

5555pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1924pctl

0.0434pctl

0.1527pctl

1.146pctl

+254pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.6%13pctl

1.0121pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6272pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.4360pctl

5.5786pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

7.586pctl

6.491pctl

0.2027pctl

0:018pctl

0:2819pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 27 GP tracked · 7h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

47.1%27pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

56.4%79pctl

O-zone deployment?

40%17pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.6 min5pctl

Support received?

15.9 min93pctl

D-zone deployment?

60%83pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0424pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.051pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1312pctl

0.92×16pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm45pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.4%40pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 803 EV min

General Offense

4.2669

2.7638

Shot Setups/60?

0.7545

Chance Setups/60?

0.6752

Primary Contributions/60?

5.0068

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3045

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4562

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0730

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0776

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0742

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6447

Rush Offense/60?

6.1262

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3765

0.1532

0.1577

Deflections/60?

0.0025

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0773

Entries Finished/60?

0.3055

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1564

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.5445

0.1515

2.3962

Retrieval Success %?

6%16

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0038

Exit Success %?

0%38

Forechecking

0.3038

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$0.78M

cap hit

$3.09M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Alexander Petrovic	64	Depth Defenseman	10 P · 54 GP	$0.78M	$3.09M	A+$2.3M	this player
Josh Mahura	63	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 23 GP	$0.91M	$2.83M	B+$1.9M	89%
Cale Fleury	62	Heavy Hitter	3 P · 23 GP	$0.89M	$2.59M	B+$1.7M	89%
Jamieson Oleksiak	63	Depth Defenseman	15 P · 78 GP	$4.60M	$2.83M	D−$1.8M	88%
Carson Soucy	61	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 76 GP	-	$2.35M	-	87%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Alexander’s goals

Creates for

goals Alexander assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 10 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 01-20

0G 0A · 3 shots · 15:45 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 01-22

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:04 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 01-27

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:25 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 01-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:25 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 01-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:04 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 02-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:52 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 02-25

0G 0A · 4 shots · 12:43 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:51 TOI

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:42 TOI

@ TOR

1P

0G 1A

@ TOR 04-13

0G 1A · 1 shots · 16:29 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)207 events shown

The office: the left circle - 1 of 2 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 10 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 77 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2012-13	Florida Panthers	6	0	0	0	-8
2013-14	Florida Panthers	7	0	1	1	3
2014-15	Florida Panthers	33	0	3	3	-4
2015-16	Florida Panthers	66	2	15	17	17
2016-17	Florida Panthers	49	1	13	14	-1
2017-18	Florida Panthers	67	2	11	13	-2
2018-19	Florida Panthers	26	0	1	1	-8
2018-19	Edmonton Oilers	9	0	1	1	-7
2023-24	Dallas Stars	1	0	0	0	-1
2024-25	Dallas Stars	5	0	0	0	-2
2025-26	Dallas Stars	54	2	8	10	2
Career	3 teams	323	7	53	60	-11