Not on an NHL roster · Right wing · Shoots R

Alex Belzile

Age 35 · 6'0" · 198 lb · Born in St-Eloi, CAN

Cap hit

$850K

0.8% of $104M cap

Term

1 yr

Through 2026-27, then UFA

Clause

None

Surplus value

—

arrives with the trade tools

Contract details from our records; public announcement not yet matched

2022-23 regular season

Goals

15.0% shooting

Assists

3 primary

Points

0.45 per game

TOI/GP

12:08

PP 0:14 · PK 0:59

xGF%

43.0

5v5

Game Score

+0.03

per game, goals above average

Faceoff %

46.8

96 W · 109 L

Plus/minus

Blocks 22 · Hits 27

Game log

Last 5 games · NHL API

Game	G	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI	PP	PK	FO	OZS%	GV	TK	+/-	GS
Apr 1 vs CAR · L 3-0	0	0	0	1	14:59	0:00	1:12	5-6	50	0	0	-1	-0.28
Mar 30 vs FLA · L 5-2	0	1	1	0	13:04	0:58	0:52	4-1	0	1	0	0	-0.24
Mar 28 @ PHI · L 3-2	0	2	0	0	12:21	0:00	0:53	0-3	0	0	0	0	-0.20
Mar 27 @ BUF · W 4-3	1	3	2	1	10:40	0:00	1:11	2-1	50	0	1	-1	+0.73
Mar 25 vs CBJ · W 8-2	1	1	1	0	14:13	0:22	1:40	2-5	50	0	0	+1	+0.89

GS = our Game Score, goals above average. FO = faceoffs won-lost. OZS% = share of his 5v5 offensive and defensive zone faceoff starts that were in the offensive zone. GV/TK = giveaways/takeaways.

Advanced metrics

5v5 unless noted · 2022-23 · 336 min · percentile vs. NHL forwards

xGF%43.0%

15th percentile

Relative xGF%-1.0

43rd percentile

HDCF%43.2%

24th percentile

CF%41.1%

4th percentile

Relative CF%-2.7

26th percentile

FF%42.5%

8th percentile

GF%50.0%

50th percentile

CF/6044.8

5th percentile

CA/6064.3

10th percentile

ixG/600.61

12th percentile

Goals above expected+2.6

81st percentile

IPP73.7%

78th percentile

PDO103.5

92nd percentile

OZS%46.3%

26th percentile

xGF% is his team's share of 5v5 expected goals while he was on the ice, from our own expected goals model; HDCF% counts only high-danger chances (xG of 0.15 or more). IPP is the share of his team's 5v5 goals while he was on the ice that he scored or assisted on. Relative stats compare him with his team when he was off the ice. Goals above expected and ixG/60 use his own shots at all strengths. PDO and OZS% describe luck and deployment, so their bars are grey.

Play style

Trait percentiles vs. NHL wingers · 2022-23

Shooting volume: 29
Playmaking: 39
Zone entries(est.): —
Forechecking: —
Physicality: 62
Defensive impact: 51
Puck management: 13
Speed: —

Where he shoots from

No unblocked shots yet.

Watch-outs

Puck management: 13th percentile among wingers.
Shooting volume: 29th percentile among wingers.

Similar style: Alexis Lafrenière (NYR), Vasily Podkolzin (EDM)

Built from play-by-play, shift data, and NHL EDGE tracking. Zone entries is an estimate (rush chances while he is on the ice) until tracking data is added. A written scouting summary appears once Claude play-style writing is switched on.

Where his Game Score comes from

2022-23 · 31 GP · goals above average

Season total +0.9 goals, or +0.03 per game.

Even strength offense: -0.6
Even strength defense: -0.2
Power play: -0.2
Penalty kill: -0.2
Finishing: +2.6
Playmaking: -0.7
Penalties: +0.4
Faceoffs: -0.1

Game Score adds up a player's impact in goals compared with an average player given the same ice time: his share of expected goals for and against at even strength, on the power play, and on the penalty kill, plus finishing (goals minus expected goals), primary assists, penalties drawn and taken, and faceoffs. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.

By season

Regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI/GP	FO%	GS/GP
2022-23	MTL	31	6	8	14	0	40	12:08	46.8%	+0.03

Sentiment & chatter

Fans

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Beat writers

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Media

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Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.

Age curve

How players at his position age, and where his contract falls on that curve, arrives with the trade tools.

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