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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dominik Kubalik CHI · 46 P in 68 GP Zach Parise MIN · 46 P in 69 GP William Karlsson VGK · 46 P in 63 GP Evgenii Dadonov FLA · 47 P in 69 GP Tanner Pearson VAN · 45 P in 69 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: 2 points226-27

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 5 1 1 2 1 0 7 3 0.40 $8M
11 seasons Career 679 203 305 508 54 279 1401 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 16 30 46 2 24 148 80 0.68 10.8 16:56

Contract

$3.25MCap hitends in 2021
$71KCap dollars per point46 points in 68 games
$377KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.6 goals above replacement
$7.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.6MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Jul 26, 2019, as a new contract: 2 years and $6.5M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $3.25M $2.5M $500K $3M
2020-21 $3.25M $3M $500K $3.5M

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+8.6Goals above replacement70th of 670 skaters, 56th of 439 forwards
+1.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+4.6 89th percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 65th percentilePower play-0.5 15th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 44th percentilePenalties+0.8 72nd 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

51.2Corsi for %927 attempts for, 882 against
+6.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Expected goals for %45.8 expected for, 40.9 against
+7.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.1Goals for %54 for, 44 against
100.7PDO10.4% shooting + 90.3% saves
194Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Chris Kreider · Mika Zibanejad · Pavel Buchnevich34282:0952.555.217-10
Chris Kreider · Pavel Buchnevich · Filip Chytil20110:1155.761.66-3
Mika Zibanejad · Pavel Buchnevich · Artemi Panarin3690:5248.049.34-4
Ryan Strome · Pavel Buchnevich · Artemi Panarin3482:5254.158.25-5

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.

16Goalsnot counting empty-netters
17.6Expected goalsfrom 203 unblocked attempts
-1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.92 expected goals per 60 minutes74th
Shot quality 8.7% chance per attempt71st
Finishing -1.6 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 17.6Goals 16

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 11, 2020 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 21:02
Mar 10, 2020 @ DAL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 16:46
Mar 7, 2020 vs NJD L 4-6 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 19:44
Mar 5, 2020 vs WSH W 6-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 20:51
Mar 3, 2020 vs STL L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:51
Mar 1, 2020 vs PHI L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 4 22:02
Feb 28, 2020 @ PHI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 16:59
Feb 22, 2020 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:01
Feb 21, 2020 @ CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:12
Feb 19, 2020 @ CHI W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 16:26
Feb 16, 2020 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 17:14
Feb 14, 2020 @ CBJ W 3-1 1 0 1 1 4 5 0 16:49
Feb 13, 2020 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 17:04
Feb 11, 2020 @ WPG W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 14:29
Feb 9, 2020 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:44
Feb 7, 2020 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:36
Feb 5, 2020 vs TOR W 5-3 1 2 3 4 0 6 2 17:11
Feb 3, 2020 vs DAL L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 14:17
Feb 1, 2020 @ DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:19
Jan 31, 2020 vs DET W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 18:30
Jan 21, 2020 vs NYI L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 6 2 24:18
Jan 19, 2020 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:50
Jan 16, 2020 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14:24
Jan 13, 2020 vs NYI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:25
Jan 11, 2020 @ STL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 14:45
Jan 9, 2020 vs NJD W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 17:47
Jan 7, 2020 vs COL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 18:02
Jan 4, 2020 @ VAN L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 20:06
Jan 2, 2020 @ CGY L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 16:50
Dec 31, 2019 @ EDM L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 17:33
Dec 28, 2019 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20:22
Dec 27, 2019 vs CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:08
Dec 23, 2019 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 17:10
Dec 22, 2019 vs ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:58
Dec 20, 2019 vs TOR L 3-6 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 18:44
Dec 16, 2019 vs NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 6 1 16:16
Dec 14, 2019 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 15:35
Dec 12, 2019 @ SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 15:45
Dec 10, 2019 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:56
Dec 8, 2019 @ VGK W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:12
Dec 6, 2019 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:13
Dec 5, 2019 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 10:27
Dec 2, 2019 vs VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:14
Nov 30, 2019 @ NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:27
Nov 29, 2019 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 17:16
Nov 27, 2019 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:37
Nov 25, 2019 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 19:48
Nov 23, 2019 @ MTL W 6-5 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 15:23
Nov 22, 2019 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:50
Nov 20, 2019 vs WSH W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 15:18
Nov 16, 2019 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:59
Nov 14, 2019 @ TBL L 3-9 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:24
Nov 12, 2019 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 16:36
Nov 10, 2019 vs FLA L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 19:47
Nov 7, 2019 @ CAR W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 17:20
Nov 6, 2019 vs DET W 5-1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 16:01
Nov 4, 2019 vs OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:43
Nov 2, 2019 @ NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 14:54
Oct 29, 2019 vs TBL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:15
Oct 27, 2019 vs BOS L 4-7 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 19:35
Oct 24, 2019 vs BUF W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 4 2 16:50
Oct 22, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 15:10
Oct 20, 2019 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:17
Oct 18, 2019 @ WSH L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 13:54
Oct 17, 2019 @ NJD L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:14
Oct 12, 2019 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 21:35
Oct 5, 2019 @ OTT W 4-1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 16:34
Oct 3, 2019 vs WPG W 6-4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 18:19