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Pavel Buchnevich

#89 · Left wing · St. Louis Blues

Born Apr 17, 1995 in Cherepovets, RUS (age 31) · 6'2", 202 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 75th overall in 2013 by NYR (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jannik Hansen SJS · 20 P in 43 GP Kevin Labanc SJS · 20 P in 55 GP Oscar Lindberg NYR · 20 P in 65 GP Steven Stamkos TBL · 20 P in 17 GP Cal Clutterbuck NYI · 20 P in 66 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602016-17: 20 points2016-172017-18: 43 points4317-182018-19: 38 points3818-192019-20: 46 points4619-202020-21: 48 points4820-212021-22: 76 points7621-222022-23: 67 points6722-232023-24: 63 points6323-242024-25: 57 points5724-252025-26: 48 points4825-262026-27: 1 points126-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 NYR 41 8 12 20 6 13 55 17 0.49 $925K
2017-18 NYR 74 14 29 43 -3 20 136 51 0.58 $925K
2018-19 NYR 64 21 17 38 -10 13 119 60 0.59 $925K
2019-20 NYR 68 16 30 46 2 24 148 80 0.68 $3.25M
2020-21 NYR 54 20 28 48 12 42 120 49 0.89 $3.25M
2021-22 STL 73 30 46 76 29 34 199 57 1.04 $5.8M
2022-23 STL 63 26 41 67 14 36 123 54 1.06 $5.8M
2023-24 STL 80 27 36 63 3 48 207 43 0.79 $5.8M
2024-25 STL 76 20 37 57 10 23 145 44 0.75 $5.8M
2025-26 STL 81 20 28 48 -10 26 142 30 0.59 $8M
2026-27 STL 4 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 0.25 $8M
11 seasons Career 678 202 305 507 54 279 1399 488 0.75

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 NYR 5 0 1 1 1 0 10 5 0.20
2019-20 NYR 3 0 0 0 -1 6 5 4 0.00
2021-22 STL 12 1 10 11 -3 6 22 23 0.92
2024-25 STL 7 3 5 8 1 14 14 14 1.14
4 seasons Playoffs 27 4 16 20 -2 26 51 46 0.74

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 8 12 20 6 13 55 17 0.49 14.5 13:16

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2019
$46KCap dollars per point20 points in 41 games
$334KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.8 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on May 13, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2018-19, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2017-18 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2018-19 $925K $833K $93K $925K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 2, 2024 St. Louis Blues Extension 2025-26 to 2030-31 6 $48M $8M
Jul 27, 2021 St. Louis Blues Extension 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $23.2M $5.8M
Jul 26, 2019 New York Rangers New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $6.5M $3.25M
May 13, 2016 New York Rangers Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $2.775M $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2016-17 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.8Goals above replacement314th of 664 skaters, 223rd of 435 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+1.2 69th percentileEven-strength defence0.0 48th percentilePower play-0.2 33rd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 53rd percentilePenalties+0.2 48th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

02468102016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

50.1Corsi for %420 attempts for, 418 against
+2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Expected goals for %19.3 expected for, 17.3 against
+5.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.8Goals for %26 for, 19 against
103.4PDO11.3% shooting + 92.1% saves
83Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rick Nash · Mika Zibanejad · Pavel Buchnevich14123:1948.654.36-3
Oscar Lindberg · Jesper Fast · Pavel Buchnevich855:3851.750.74-1
Brandon Pirri · Jesper Fast · Pavel Buchnevich645:1350.758.34-3
Mats Zuccarello · Mika Zibanejad · Pavel Buchnevich942:1652.650.51-2

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.1Expected goalsfrom 79 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes43rd
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt52nd
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Goals 7Expected 6.1

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2017 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:51
Apr 8, 2017 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:30
Apr 5, 2017 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:27
Mar 31, 2017 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 10:19
Mar 26, 2017 @ ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:15
Mar 25, 2017 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:21
Mar 21, 2017 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:30
Mar 18, 2017 @ MIN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:42
Mar 13, 2017 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:42
Mar 12, 2017 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 13:27
Mar 9, 2017 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:35
Mar 7, 2017 @ FLA W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:53
Mar 6, 2017 @ TBL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:04
Mar 4, 2017 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:19
Mar 2, 2017 @ BOS W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:13
Feb 21, 2017 vs MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:23
Feb 19, 2017 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10:46
Feb 13, 2017 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 09:00
Feb 11, 2017 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10:33
Feb 9, 2017 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:26
Feb 7, 2017 vs ANA W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 09:56
Feb 5, 2017 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 08:30
Feb 2, 2017 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:10
Jan 31, 2017 vs CBJ L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:42
Jan 25, 2017 vs PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:42
Jan 23, 2017 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:04
Jan 22, 2017 @ DET W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:04
Jan 19, 2017 @ TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:49
Jan 17, 2017 vs DAL L 6-7 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 18:04
Jan 14, 2017 @ MTL L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:39
Jan 13, 2017 vs TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:43
Nov 12, 2016 @ CGY W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:36
Nov 8, 2016 vs VAN L 3-5 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 16:03
Nov 6, 2016 vs WPG W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:41
Nov 5, 2016 @ BOS W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 12:53
Nov 3, 2016 vs EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:16
Nov 1, 2016 vs STL W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:11
Oct 30, 2016 vs TBL W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:54
Oct 28, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:40
Oct 15, 2016 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:50
Oct 13, 2016 vs NYI W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 13:53