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Defence · #9

Dmitry Orlov

Washington Capitals Boston Bruins Carolina Hurricanes San Jose Sharks(traded during the season)
Age
35
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Novokuznetsk, RUS
Draft
2009, round 2, #55 (WSH)

Career · 15 seasons

Games
954
Goals
79
Points
364
TOI per game
20:03
xGF% (5v5)
51.9%
Goals above expected
+4.4
ShowAll teamsWashington CapitalsBoston BruinsCarolina HurricanesSan Jose Sharks

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2011–12WSH6031619+116:52515.9%22.451.3%
2012–13WSH5011+514:5710.0%00.044.9%
2013–14WSH543811−119:36595.1%12.850.4%
After a break: 2015–16WSH8282129+816:02908.9%24.552.1%
2016–17WSH8262733+3019:321254.8%66.351.8%
2017–18WSH82102131+1023:081258.0%46.050.8%
2018–19WSH8232629+321:381013.0%16.045.9%
2019–20WSH6942327+522:101053.8%66.453.3%
2020–21WSH5181422+1619:49839.6%24.151.9%
2021–22WSH76122335+2520:581279.4%47.252.8%
2022–23WSH4331619+222:43773.9%44.750.9%
2022–23BOS2341317+1022:13478.5%42.456.4%
2022–23All teams6672936+1222:331245.6%87.152.6%
2023–24CAR8262026+417:191294.7%58.358.4%
2024–25CAR7662228+1620:001175.1%17.855.6%
2025–26SJS8233437−2821:12913.3%185.549.9%
2026–27SJS5000−318:2530.0%00.137.3%
Total4 teams95479285364+10320:031,3315.9%6074.651.9%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.811.2200400600800
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Player card

Model-based

How 15 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

90th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.2575th pct
  • Assists /600.8983rd pct
  • ixG /600.2375th pct
  • Shots /604.1862nd pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)51.9%82nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.9%91st pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.681st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3561st pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game20:0377th pct
  • PP time share19.3%66th pct
  • PK time share18.9%39th pct
  • Quality of competition24.4%63rd pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Slava VoynovLAK0.90
  2. Nate SchmidtWSH/VGK/WPG/FLA/UTA0.83
  3. Luke HughesNJD0.83
  4. Colin MillerBOS/VGK/BUF/DAL/NJD/WPG0.82
  5. Noah HanifinCAR/CGY/VGK0.82
  6. Jordan SpenceLAK/OTT0.81

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+4.4 goals above expected

020406080200400600800Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−200+20+40+60

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed31.1 km/h10th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot136.3 km/h64th pct
  • Distance skated12 km41st pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.6%27th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.3 km/h19th pct

▼ −0.5 km/h since 2024–25

3434.53535.53636.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.8 km/h, 40th percentile (76 games)2022–23: 35.2 km/h, 47th percentile (66 games)2023–24: 35.8 km/h, 68th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 34.8 km/h, 37th percentile (76 games)2025–26: 34.3 km/h, 19th percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.69th pct

▼ −0.2 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.3, 47th percentile (76 games)2022–23: 0.9, 24th percentile (66 games)2023–24: 1.1, 29th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 0.8, 18th percentile (76 games)2025–26: 0.6, 9th percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.3 km25th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.3 km, 28th percentile (76 games)2022–23: 12.8 km, 8th percentile (66 games)2023–24: 13.6 km, 53rd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 13.4 km, 30th percentile (76 games)2025–26: 13.3 km, 25th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

148.5 km/h49th pct

▼ −12.7 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 163.4 km/h, 98th percentile (76 games)2022–23: 163.5 km/h, 99th percentile (66 games)2023–24: 162.3 km/h, 95th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 161.2 km/h, 95th percentile (76 games)2025–26: 148.5 km/h, 49th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.1%85th pct

▼ −1.2 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.1%, 71st percentile (76 games)2022–23: 42.2%, 59th percentile (66 games)2023–24: 47.1%, 97th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 45.3%, 92nd percentile (76 games)2025–26: 44.1%, 85th percentile (82 games)