Regular season

Alexander Romanov

New York Islanders · D · #28

Third-pair DHeavy Hitter?31 hits (6.4/60) - punishes the forecheck

HT: 6'1"
WT: 220 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: L
From: Moscow, RUS
Draft: 2018 MTL · R2 #38

64Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2929pctl

2424pctl

3434pctl

6464pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.073pctl

0.006pctl

0.075pctl

1.151pctl

-726pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.2%7pctl

0.477pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

1.0794pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

2.0795pctl

6.3796pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

8.897pctl

6.492pctl

0.2236pctl

0:0643pctl

2:0471pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 8 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

42.2%7pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

31.3%3pctl

O-zone deployment?

66%98pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min41pctl

Support received?

16.8 min66pctl

D-zone deployment?

34%2pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3123pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1311pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.47/gm1pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.1%5pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 259 EV min

General Offense

3.9459

2.3131

Shot Setups/60?

0.0024

Chance Setups/60?

0.0025

Primary Contributions/60?

3.9444

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0025

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0038

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.0025

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0028

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0040

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0030

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6247

Rush Offense/60?

5.3246

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2343

0.4671

0.0034

Deflections/60?

0.0033

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0038

Entries Finished/60?

0.2343

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2370

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.4770

0.4652

3.0170

Retrieval Success %?

13%42

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0042

Exit Success %?

0%42

Forechecking

0.6967

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

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

$6.25M

cap hit

$3.09M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

F

Well above market (−$3.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Alexander Romanov	64	Heavy Hitter	1 P · 15 GP	$6.25M	$3.09M	F−$3.2M	this player
Erik Gudbranson	63	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 37 GP	$4.00M	$2.83M	D−$1.2M	91%
Tyler Myers	64	Depth Defenseman	11 P · 73 GP	$3.00M	$3.09M	C+$0.1M	90%
Jonas Siegenthaler	62	Depth Defenseman	16 P · 82 GP	$3.40M	$2.59M	D−$0.8M	87%
Nick Leddy	62	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 32 GP	-	$2.59M	-	87%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Alexander’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Alexander assisted on

Emil Heineman1

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 10-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:43 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 11-02

0G 0A · 4 shots · 21:38 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 11-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:32 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 11-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:38 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 11-08

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:41 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 11-10

0G 0A · 1 shots · 22:01 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 11-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:37 TOI

@ UTA

1P

0G 1A

@ UTA 11-14

0G 1A · 1 shots · 22:41 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 11-16

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:03 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 11-18

0G 0A · 3 shots · 20:39 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)73 events shown

Defensive floor: 31 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Montréal Canadiens	54	1	5	6	1
2021-22	Montréal Canadiens	79	3	10	13	-9
2022-23	New York Islanders	76	2	20	22	13
2023-24	New York Islanders	81	7	15	22	23
2024-25	New York Islanders	64	4	16	20	5
2025-26	New York Islanders	15	0	1	1	-7
Career	2 teams	369	17	67	84	26