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Defence · #44

Vladislav Gavrikov

Columbus Blue Jackets Los Angeles Kings New York Rangers(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
101 kg
Born
Yaroslavl, RUS
Draft
2015, round 6, #159 (CBJ)

Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27

Games
522
Goals
44
Points
174
TOI per game
21:36
xGF% (5v5)
50.1%
Goals above expected
+6.0
ShowAll teamsColumbus Blue JacketsLos Angeles KingsNew York Rangers

Season by season

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

2019–20CBJ6951318+118:59816.2%04.753.8%
2020–21CBJ5521012−1319:24484.2%02.447.7%
2021–22CBJ8052833−322:171084.6%06.344.4%
2022–23CBJ523710−822:20614.9%04.244.6%
2022–23LAK20369+1221:012810.7%01.658.2%
2022–23All teams7261319+421:58896.7%05.848.5%
2023–24LAK7761723+920:371145.3%04.652.7%
2024–25LAK8252530+2623:051124.5%05.955.1%
2025–26NYR82142135−823:4411911.8%68.049.6%
2026–27NYR5134+421:33714.3%00.257.7%
Total3 teams52244130174+2021:366786.5%638.050.1%

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)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400500
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Player card

Model-based

How 2019–20 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

81st 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2370th pct
  • Assists /600.6958th pct
  • ixG /600.2062nd pct
  • Shots /603.6140th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.1%64th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.0%61st pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.975th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4368th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game21:3686th pct
  • PP time share7.6%55th pct
  • PK time share54.8%96th pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%82nd 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. Adam PelechNYI0.84
  2. Esa LindellDAL0.82
  3. Jonas BrodinMIN0.80
  4. Ryan McDonaghTBL/NSH0.80
  5. Travis SanheimPHI0.78
  6. J.J. MoserARI/TBL0.78

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.

+6.0 goals above expected

01020304050100200300400500Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed32.8 km/h45th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot146.8 km/h90th pct
  • Distance skated23 km100th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.1%51st 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

37.1 km/h90th pct

▲ +1.7 km/h since 2024–25

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.1 km/h, 95th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 37.4 km/h, 96th percentile (72 games)2023–24: 35.2 km/h, 47th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 35.4 km/h, 51st percentile (82 games)2025–26: 37.1 km/h, 90th percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.129th pct

▲ +0.2 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.5, 77th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 2.2, 73rd percentile (72 games)2023–24: 2.1, 67th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 1.0, 25th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 1.1, 29th percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.1 km14th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

1212.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 12.9 km, 7th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 12.4 km, 2nd percentile (72 games)2023–24: 13.1 km, 17th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 13.1 km, 13th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 13.1 km, 14th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

151.7 km/h65th pct

▲ +4.2 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 153.2 km/h, 62nd percentile (80 games)2022–23: 151.7 km/h, 55th percentile (72 games)2023–24: 146.4 km/h, 33rd percentile (77 games)2024–25: 147.5 km/h, 48th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 151.7 km/h, 65th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.1%60th pct

▲ +2.7 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.1%, 1st percentile (80 games)2022–23: 38.3%, 10th percentile (72 games)2023–24: 39.7%, 25th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 39.4%, 17th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 42.1%, 60th percentile (82 games)