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Centre · #96

Philipp Kurashev

Chicago Blackhawks San Jose Sharks(traded during the season)
Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Munsingen, CHE
Draft
2018, round 4, #120 (CHI)

Career · 2020–21 to 2025–26

Games
360
Goals
55
Points
150
TOI per game
15:30
xGF% (5v5)
42.3%
Goals above expected
−2.6
ShowAll teamsChicago BlackhawksSan Jose Sharks

Season by season

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

2020–21CHI548816−913:056512.3%57.340.9%
2021–22CHI6761521−1612:51867.0%58.546.2%
2022–23CHI7091625−3217:251167.8%412.840.7%
2023–24CHI75183654−4419:0112814.1%1915.540.4%
2024–25CHI517714−2813:435413.0%17.643.2%
2025–26SJS4371320+115:296211.3%26.045.9%
Total2 teams3605595150−12815:3051110.8%3657.642.3%

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)
00.511.550100150200250300350
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Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

43rd 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

3rd line
  • Goals /600.5936th pct
  • Assists /601.0263rd pct
  • ixG /600.6228th pct
  • Goals above expected−2.639th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)42.3%8th pct
  • CF% (5v5)43.6%7th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.850th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2673rd pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game15:3071st pct
  • PP time share35.2%69th pct
  • Offensive zone starts60.8%68th pct
  • Quality of competition24.6%74th 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. Travis BoydARI0.89
  2. Lukas ReichelCHI/VAN0.88
  3. Ryan GreeneCHI0.82
  4. Liam OhgrenMIN0.79
  5. Thomas BordeleauSJS0.79
  6. Rem PitlickMTL/CHI0.78

Faceoffs

How often Kurashev wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2025–26, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1159+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

44.4%

496–622 · below the 1159 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

44.7%

Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.

Wins above average

−59

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

4.4

1,118 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

51%164 · +0.346%409 · +2.428%104 · +0.662%39 · +1.043%23 · +2.156%32 · +2.822%18 · +1.151%175 · +1.632%154 · +1.0Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone42.7% 219–294
  • Neutral zone50.4% 139–137
  • Defensive zone41.9% 138–191

By strength

  • Even strength44.6% 412–512
  • Power play43.6% 68–88
  • Shorthanded42.1% 16–22

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +14 after a win, −15 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2020–2124841.1%41.4%
2021–2212142.1%43.0%
2022–2319044.7%44.9%
2023–2427446.4%47.0%
2024–2520647.1%47.1%
2025–267943.0%42.6%

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.

−2.6 goals above expected

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

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+100

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 speed35.7 km/h49th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph6049th pct
  • Hardest shot137.3 km/h53rd pct
  • Distance skated178 km43rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.9%35th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards 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 forwardMiddle 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

35.7 km/h38th pct

▲ +0.2 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.8 km/h, 42nd percentile (67 games)2022–23: 35.7 km/h, 39th percentile (70 games)2023–24: 37.1 km/h, 87th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 35.6 km/h, 30th percentile (51 games)2025–26: 35.7 km/h, 38th percentile (43 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

5.451st pct

▲ +0.4 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 6.3, 61st percentile (67 games)2022–23: 5.0, 51st percentile (70 games)2023–24: 6.4, 64th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 5.0, 46th percentile (51 games)2025–26: 5.4, 51st percentile (43 games)

Distance skated per 60

16.0 km80th pct

▼ −0.9 km since 2024–25

141516171821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 16.7 km, 96th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 16.3 km, 92nd percentile (70 games)2023–24: 16.8 km, 96th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 16.9 km, 98th percentile (51 games)2025–26: 16.0 km, 80th percentile (43 games)

Hardest shot

137.3 km/h43rd pct

▼ −11.3 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 147.6 km/h, 68th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 150.9 km/h, 84th percentile (70 games)2023–24: 153.6 km/h, 90th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 148.7 km/h, 87th percentile (51 games)2025–26: 137.3 km/h, 43rd percentile (43 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.9%38th pct

▲ +0.6 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 41.8%, 51st percentile (67 games)2022–23: 40.2%, 28th percentile (70 games)2023–24: 41.9%, 50th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 40.3%, 28th percentile (51 games)2025–26: 40.9%, 38th percentile (43 games)