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Ilya Solovyov

Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Pittsburgh Penguins(traded during the season)
Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
104 kg
Born
Mogilev, BLR
Draft
2020, round 7, #205 (CGY)

Career · 2023–24 to 2025–26

Games
45
Goals
1
Points
12
TOI per game
13:46
xGF% (5v5)
53.3%
Goals above expected
−0.2
ShowAll teamsCalgary FlamesColorado AvalanchePittsburgh Penguins

Season by season

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

2023–24CGY10033−315:54100.0%00.243.5%
2024–25CGY5011−315:4060.0%00.142.0%
2025–26COL16123−111:34147.1%00.560.2%
2025–26PIT14055+114:0690.0%00.356.8%
2025–26All teams30178012:45234.3%00.858.3%
Total3 teams4511112−613:46392.6%01.253.3%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.51015202530354045
11m12m13m14m15m16m17m1015202530354045Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2023–24 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

55th 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 /600.1019th pct
  • Assists /601.0788th pct
  • ixG /600.1113th pct
  • Shots /603.7855th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)53.3%86th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.3%81st pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.561st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4850th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game13:468th pct
  • PP time share0.7%15th pct
  • PK time share14.7%29th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%24th 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. Maveric Lamoureux0.71
  2. Conor TimminsBUF0.68
  3. Keaton Middleton0.67
  4. Marc Staal0.65
  5. Jacob Moverare0.65
  6. Alec Regula0.64

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.

−0.2 goals above expected

00.20.40.60.811.210203040Game

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

−10−50+5+10+15

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 speed32.9 km/h15th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph728th pct
  • Hardest shot156.4 km/h89th pct
  • Distance skated88 km30th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.1%71st 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

32.9 km/h3rd pct

▲ +1.3 km/h since 2024–25

303234363823–2424–2525–262023–24: 32.6 km/h, 1st percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 31.6 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 32.9 km/h, 3rd percentile (30 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.128th pct

▲ +1.1 since 2024–25

012323–2424–2525–262023–24: 0.8, 18th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 0.0, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 1.1, 28th percentile (30 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km57th pct

▲ +0.7 km since 2024–25

111213141523–2424–2525–262023–24: 12.2 km, 0th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 13.0 km, 11th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 13.8 km, 57th percentile (30 games)

Hardest shot

156.4 km/h85th pct

▲ +16.6 km/h since 2024–25

13514014515015516023–2424–2525–262023–24: 149.0 km/h, 46th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 139.8 km/h, 17th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 156.4 km/h, 85th percentile (30 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.1%72nd pct

▲ +1.9 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%23–2424–2525–262023–24: 39.0%, 17th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 41.2%, 43rd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 43.1%, 72nd percentile (30 games)