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Right wing · #92

Vasily Podkolzin

Vancouver Canucks Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)
Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
96 kg
Born
Moscow, RUS
Draft
2019, round 1, #10 (VAN)

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games
167
Goals
30
Points
66
TOI per game
14:23
xGF% (5v5)
56.9%
Goals above expected
−4.3
ShowAll teamsVancouver CanucksEdmonton Oilers

Season by season

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

2021–22VAN79141226+712:4811512.2%311.550.1%
2022–23VAN39437−511:50419.8%04.447.4%
2023–24VAN19022−410:49200.0%02.053.7%
2024–25EDM8281624+113:131147.0%015.359.8%
2025–26EDM82191837+1615:2313913.7%316.953.1%
2026–27EDM3325+318:551323.1%32.182.9%
Total2 teams3044853101+1813:2544210.9%952.253.9%

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)
00.20.40.60.8120406080100120140160
10m12m14m16m18m20406080100120140160Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2021–22 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

61st 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 /600.7150th pct
  • Assists /600.7836th pct
  • ixG /600.7753rd pct
  • Goals above expected−4.231st pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)53.9%87th pct
  • CF% (5v5)53.1%87th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.582nd pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.0334th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game13:2548th pct
  • PP time share9.4%35th pct
  • Offensive zone starts60.4%66th pct
  • Quality of competition24.6%70th 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. Andre LeeLAK0.82
  2. William CarrierVGK/CAR0.80
  3. Brett RitchieCGY/ARI0.79
  4. Jesse PuljujarviEDM/PIT0.77
  5. A.J. GreerBOS/CGY/FLA0.77
  6. Maxim MaminFLA0.75

Faceoffs

How often Podkolzin wins the draw over 2021–22 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1032+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

31.7%

53–114 · below the 1032 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

31.6%

Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.

Wins above average

−31

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

Draws per game

1.3

167 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

29%28 · −0.238%48 · +0.318%33 · +0.338%16 · +2.933%6 · −3.045%11 · −0.260%5 · 0.022%18 · +2.250%2 · 0.0Attacking 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 zone29.6% 24–57
  • Neutral zone36.4% 24–42
  • Defensive zone25.0% 5–15

By strength

  • Even strength32.0% 48–102
  • Power play42.9% 3–4
  • Shorthanded20.0% 2–8

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +25 after a win, +1 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2021–221942.1%41.0%
2022–231643.8%43.2%
2023–24837.5%36.1%
2024–255724.6%25.0%
2025–266532.3%32.2%
2026–2720.0%0.8%

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.

−4.3 goals above expected

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

−40−200+20+40+60+80

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 speed33.9 km/h43rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph447th pct
  • Hardest shot129.7 km/h66th pct
  • Distance skated14 km66th pct
  • Offensive-zone time55.6%100th 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

37.2 km/h84th pct

▲ +0.2 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.5 km/h, 33rd percentile (79 games)2022–23: 35.4 km/h, 32nd percentile (39 games)2023–24: 35.0 km/h, 16th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 37.0 km/h, 79th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 37.2 km/h, 84th percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

9.182nd pct

▼ −1.3 since 2024–25

2468101221–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 8.1, 76th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 8.4, 80th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 7.3, 71st percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 10.4, 88th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 9.1, 82nd percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

16.2 km86th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.7 km, 54th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 15.6 km, 59th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 16.1 km, 81st percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 16.2 km, 85th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 16.2 km, 86th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

146.6 km/h85th pct

▼ −1.7 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 144.2 km/h, 53rd percentile (79 games)2022–23: 138.5 km/h, 27th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 141.9 km/h, 49th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 148.3 km/h, 86th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 146.6 km/h, 85th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.9%64th pct

▲ +0.8 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 41.4%, 45th percentile (79 games)2022–23: 42.3%, 55th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 45.0%, 83rd percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 42.2%, 55th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 42.9%, 64th percentile (82 games)