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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 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Timo Meier SJS · 76 P in 77 GP John Tavares TOR · 76 P in 79 GP David Pastrnak BOS · 77 P in 72 GP Robert Thomas STL · 77 P in 72 GP Jordan Kyrou STL · 75 P in 74 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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 30 46 76 29 34 199 57 1.04 15.1 18:18

Contract

$5.8MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$76KCap dollars per point76 points in 73 games
$617KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.4 goals above replacement
$7.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.7MValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the St. Louis Blues on Jul 27, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 4 years and $23.2M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2024-25, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $5.8M $4.5M $0 $4.5M
2022-23 $5.8M $5.5M $0 $5.5M M-NTC
2023-24 $5.8M $6.9M $0 $6.9M M-NTC
2024-25 $5.8M $6.3M $0 $6.3M M-NTC

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+9.4Goals above replacement86th of 723 skaters, 70th of 481 forwards
+1.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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+4.4 85th percentileEven-strength defence-0.6 33rd percentilePower play+0.9 84th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 81st percentilePenalties+0.9 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

51.9Corsi for %959 attempts for, 890 against
+6.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Expected goals for %50.2 expected for, 43.7 against
+6.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
61.5Goals for %64 for, 40 against
103.6PDO11.3% shooting + 92.3% saves
213Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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
Vladimir Tarasenko · Pavel Buchnevich · Robert Thomas38368:1053.057.333-19
Vladimir Tarasenko · Pavel Buchnevich · Ivan Barbashev1190:3643.448.65-3
Brayden Schenn · Pavel Buchnevich · Jordan Kyrou1666:0150.051.04-1
Ryan O'Reilly · Pavel Buchnevich · Ivan Barbashev748:1058.146.32-3

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.

29Goalsnot counting empty-netters
18.7Expected goalsfrom 248 unblocked attempts
+10.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.84 expected goals per 60 minutes57th
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt30th
Finishing +10.3 goals above expected96thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01020Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 29Expected 18.7

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
Apr 29, 2022 vs VGK L 4-7 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 16:53
Apr 26, 2022 @ COL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 24:33
Apr 24, 2022 @ ANA W 6-3 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 16:12
Apr 23, 2022 @ ARI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:24
Apr 21, 2022 @ SJS W 3-1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 18:14
Apr 19, 2022 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 16:55
Apr 17, 2022 @ NSH W 8-3 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 16:08
Apr 16, 2022 vs MIN W 6-5 (OT) 1 2 3 2 0 4 2 20:12
Apr 14, 2022 @ BUF W 6-2 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 15:22
Apr 12, 2022 @ BOS W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 19:33
Apr 9, 2022 vs NYI W 6-1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 16:06
Apr 8, 2022 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 20:35
Apr 6, 2022 vs SEA W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 19:23
Apr 4, 2022 vs ARI W 5-1 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 17:17
Apr 2, 2022 @ CGY W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 20:53
Apr 1, 2022 @ EDM L 5-6 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 18:35
Mar 30, 2022 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:26
Mar 28, 2022 vs VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 4 4 19:19
Mar 26, 2022 vs CAR L 2-7 2 0 2 -3 0 6 0 18:50
Mar 24, 2022 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:23
Mar 22, 2022 @ WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:34
Mar 19, 2022 @ CBJ L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 22:22
Mar 17, 2022 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 23:18
Mar 8, 2022 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:06
Mar 6, 2022 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:55
Mar 5, 2022 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 16:20
Mar 2, 2022 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 18:51
Feb 27, 2022 @ CHI W 4-0 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 15:12
Feb 25, 2022 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:45
Feb 22, 2022 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:44
Feb 19, 2022 @ TOR W 6-3 2 0 2 1 0 7 2 18:18
Feb 17, 2022 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 16:10
Feb 15, 2022 @ OTT W 5-2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 18:44
Feb 12, 2022 vs CHI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 17:13
Feb 10, 2022 vs NJD L 4-7 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:07
Jan 29, 2022 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:40
Jan 27, 2022 vs CGY W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:11
Jan 24, 2022 @ CGY L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:10
Jan 21, 2022 @ SEA W 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17:09
Jan 13, 2022 vs SEA W 2-1 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 21:04
Jan 9, 2022 vs DAL W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 3 4 19:05
Jan 7, 2022 vs WSH W 5-1 2 1 3 3 0 3 2 18:41
Jan 5, 2022 @ PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:10
Jan 1, 2022 @ MIN W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:31
Dec 19, 2021 @ WPG L 2-4 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 23:36
Dec 17, 2021 vs DAL W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 16:23
Dec 14, 2021 @ DAL W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 18:34
Dec 12, 2021 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 24:15
Dec 11, 2021 vs MTL W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 18:13
Dec 9, 2021 vs DET W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 19:17
Dec 7, 2021 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 3 0 5 1 21:54
Dec 4, 2021 @ FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:11
Dec 2, 2021 @ TBL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 22:40
Nov 30, 2021 vs TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:17
Nov 27, 2021 vs CBJ W 6-3 2 1 3 4 0 5 0 18:20
Nov 26, 2021 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 2 3 2 19:01
Nov 24, 2021 @ DET L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 0 4 1 20:50
Nov 22, 2021 vs VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:31
Nov 20, 2021 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 18:30
Nov 18, 2021 vs SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:32
Nov 16, 2021 vs ARI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 19:18
Nov 14, 2021 vs EDM L 4-5 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 19:45
Nov 13, 2021 @ CAR L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 20:36
Nov 11, 2021 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 16:28
Nov 9, 2021 @ WPG W 3-2 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 17:35
Nov 7, 2021 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:50
Nov 4, 2021 @ SJS W 5-3 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 19:10
Nov 3, 2021 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:25
Oct 30, 2021 vs CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:31
Oct 28, 2021 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:56
Oct 25, 2021 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:18
Oct 18, 2021 @ ARI W 7-4 1 0 1 1 10 1 0 04:23
Oct 16, 2021 @ COL W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 18:03