New York Islanders · #28 · Defence

Alexander Romanov

Age 26 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 207 lb · Born Moscow, RUS

Drafted 2018, #38 overall by Montréal

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on NYI
Assists0T-12th on NYI
Points0T-14th on NYI
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP16:349th on NYI

2025-262025-26: 15 games, 0-1-1, 0.07 points per game Season detail →

Alexander Romanov has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 1 point in 15 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 3 games for the 24th-placed NY Islanders

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways288th
Blocked shots783rd
Hits582nd
Penalty differential056th
Shots / GP1.0048th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Assists / 600.0026th
Ice time16:3426th
Points / GP0.0023rd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-14th on NYI
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-12th on NYI
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:349th on NYI
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Islanders's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:17
Power play0:04
Shorthanded3:13
Total16:34

19.7 shifts a game, averaging 51 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on NYI
PP assists0T-4th on NYI
PP points0T-5th on NYI · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-5th on NYI

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2NY Islanders total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NYI PPG
PP TOI share1.1%of NYI PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

3 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1484th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts3
xG per attempt.038
ixG per 600.14

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 67th percentile of defencemen: 86.10 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Hardest shot, mph86.1067th
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Distance skated, mi6.829th
Average shot, mph65.325th
Distance / 60, mi8.1818th
Top speed, mph19.5012th
20+ mph bursts012th
Offensive-zone time33.2%3rd
Defensive-zone time50.6%2nd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph19.50Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph86.10Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated6.8 mi2.60 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts31.8%36.4% defensive · 31.8% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

34.4%All situations49.3%
34.6%Even strength48.4%
33.7%Shorthanded52.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.50@TOR30 Sep · 1st 01:05
  2. 18.97@TOR30 Sep · 1st 08:11
  3. 18.56vsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 07:16
  4. 18.12vsNJD3 Oct · 2nd 03:58

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph7 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 86.10@TOR30 Sep · 1st 01:05
  2. 34.46@TOR30 Sep · 2nd 06:39

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.89@NYR6 Oct · 13:20 TOI
  2. 2.60vsNJD3 Oct · 19:13 TOI
  3. 2.29@TOR30 Sep · 17:09 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.26 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-2nd on NYI
Giveaways5
TK / GV ratio0.40
Hits5T-5th on NYI
Blocked shots71st on NYI

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsNYRW 5-20001−113:20
3 OctvsNJDW 6-00000+219:13
30 SepvsTORW 2-10002+117:09

Contract

$6.25M a season through 2032-33

Cap hit$6.25M6.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 2 of 8
Expires2032-33UFA at 33
Cap value$50MCap hit × 8 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With NY Islanders

Five seasons · 2022-23 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

85th in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points6585th for NY Islanders
Goals13118th
Assists5272nd
Games played23970th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Seven seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21MTL541560.111.4%
2021-22MTL79310130.162.8%
2022-23NYI76220220.292.0%
2023-24NYI81715220.276.0%
2024-25NYI64416200.314.0%
2025-26NYI150110.070.0%
2026-27NYI10000.000.0%
Career3701767840.233.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2018Montréal · round 2#38

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NYI points

Games13
Goals1
Points20.15 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct