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Left wing · #7

Valentin Zykov

Carolina Hurricanes Edmonton Oilers Vegas Golden Knights(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
100 kg
Born
St. Petersburg, RUS
Draft
2013, round 2, #37 (LAK)

Career · 2016–17 to 2019–20

Games
55
Goals
7
Points
17
TOI per game
11:07
xGF% (5v5)
51.6%
Goals above expected
−2.9
ShowAll teamsCarolina HurricanesEdmonton OilersVegas Golden Knights

Season by season

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

2016–17CAR2101+16:15333.3%00.880.5%
2017–18CAR10347+413:421816.7%02.960.5%
2018–19CAR13033−19:45130.0%22.357.9%
2018–19EDM5000−17:080–00.151.3%
2018–19VGK10202−311:371612.5%02.146.4%
2018–19All teams28235−59:57296.9%24.551.4%
2019–20VGK15134−212:13195.3%01.740.0%
Total3 teams5571017−211:076910.1%29.951.6%

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)
00.20.40.60.81020304050
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Player card

Model-based

How 2016–17 to 2019–20 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

57th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd line
  • Goals /600.6953rd pct
  • Assists /600.9860th pct
  • ixG /600.9785th pct
  • Goals above expected−2.933rd pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)51.6%72nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)55.2%97th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.722nd pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0041st pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game11:0721st pct
  • PP time share28.4%59th pct
  • Offensive zone starts72.6%93rd pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%28th pct

Percentiles among forwards 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. Marian Gaborik0.78
  2. Matt Moulson0.77
  3. Lee StempniakCAR0.75
  4. Andreas Johnsson0.73
  5. Andrei SvechnikovCAR0.72
  6. Kevin FialaMIN0.72

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.

−2.9 goals above expected

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

−40−200+20+40+60