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Ivan Barbashev

#49 · Left wing · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Dec 14, 1995 in Moscow, RUS (age 30) · 6'0", 198 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 33rd overall in 2014 by STL (round 2)

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

Jordan Weal PHI · 12 P in 23 GP Devin Setoguchi LAK · 12 P in 45 GP Shawn Matthias WPG · 12 P in 45 GP Peter Holland ARI · 12 P in 48 GP Josh Jooris ARI · 12 P in 54 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: 12 points1216-172017-18: 13 points1317-182018-19: 26 points2618-192019-20: 26 points2619-202020-21: 12 points1220-212021-22: 60 points6021-222022-23: 45 points4522-232023-24: 45 points4523-242024-25: 51 points5124-252025-26: 61 points6125-262026-27: 4 points426-27

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 STL 30 5 7 12 5 2 20 34 0.40 $742K
2017-18 STL 53 7 6 13 -1 4 45 70 0.25 $742K
2018-19 STL 80 14 12 26 -4 17 60 86 0.33 $742K
2019-20 STL 69 11 15 26 4 23 75 144 0.38 $1.475M
2020-21 STL 38 5 7 12 5 6 43 49 0.32 $1.475M
2021-22 STL 81 26 34 60 4 40 111 160 0.74 $2.25M
2022-23 STL 59 10 19 29 -10 36 91 132 0.49 $2.25M
2022-23 VGK 23 6 10 16 11 6 35 50 0.70
2023-24 VGK 82 19 26 45 15 42 122 180 0.55 $5M
2024-25 VGK 70 23 28 51 26 10 111 104 0.73 $5M
2025-26 VGK 82 23 38 61 20 14 133 137 0.74 $5M
2026-27 VGK 5 0 4 4 4 2 8 11 0.80 $5M
11 seasons Career 672 149 206 355 79 202 854 1157 0.53

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 STL 6 0 0 0 -1 2 4 11 0.00
2018-19 STL 25 3 3 6 0 4 25 87 0.24
2019-20 STL 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 0.00
2020-21 STL 4 0 1 1 -2 4 6 7 0.25
2021-22 STL 12 0 2 2 -6 4 13 35 0.17
2022-23 VGK 22 7 11 18 14 18 32 64 0.82
2023-24 VGK 7 0 4 4 3 0 8 41 0.57
2024-25 VGK 11 1 1 2 -9 6 14 43 0.18
2025-26 VGK 22 6 8 14 0 8 38 110 0.64
9 seasons Playoffs 111 17 30 47 -1 48 141 406 0.42

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 5 7 12 5 2 20 34 0.40 25.0 11:47

Contract

$742KCap hitends in 2019, then RFA
$62KCap dollars per point12 points in 30 games
$300KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.5 goals above replacement
$2.2MWorth 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 St. Louis Blues on Jul 23, 2014, 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, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $742K $650K $93K $183K $743K
2017-18 $742K $650K $0 $183K $650K
2018-19 $742K $833K $0 $833K

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
Jun 28, 2023 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2023-24 to 2027-28 5 $25M $5M
Jul 30, 2021 St. Louis Blues New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $4.5M $2.25M
Sep 1, 2019 St. Louis Blues New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $2.95M $1.475M
Jul 23, 2014 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 signed for 2014-15, slid 3 $2.775M $742K

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

+2.5Goals above replacement324th of 664 skaters, 229th of 435 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.5Goals 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+0.1 57th percentileEven-strength defence+1.0 69th percentilePower play-0.3 26th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 57th percentilePenalties+0.7 66th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

0510152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

48.1Corsi for %269 attempts for, 290 against
-0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Expected goals for %10.9 expected for, 10.0 against
-0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.6Goals for %14 for, 8 against
104.7PDO9.8% shooting + 94.9% saves
38Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Scottie Upshall · Ryan Reaves · Ivan Barbashev1260:0445.739.00-0
Nail Yakupov · Zachary Sanford · Ivan Barbashev542:2855.780.71-0
Vladimir Tarasenko · Jaden Schwartz · Ivan Barbashev731:3447.455.13-2
Magnus Paajarvi · Kenny Agostino · Ivan Barbashev424:5951.162.32-1

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.8Expected goalsfrom 30 unblocked attempts
+2.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes10th
Shot quality 9.2% chance per attempt90th
Finishing +2.2 goals above expected76thOne 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.

012345Game 20Goals 5Expected 2.8

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 COL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:58
Apr 8, 2017 @ CAR W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 19:47
Apr 6, 2017 @ FLA W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:26
Apr 4, 2017 vs WPG L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 13:05
Apr 2, 2017 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:40
Mar 31, 2017 @ COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:49
Mar 29, 2017 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:26
Mar 27, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:00
Mar 25, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:19
Mar 23, 2017 vs VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:17
Mar 21, 2017 @ COL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11:16
Mar 18, 2017 @ ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:27
Mar 16, 2017 @ SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10:39
Mar 15, 2017 @ ANA L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 09:55
Mar 13, 2017 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:09
Mar 11, 2017 vs NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:19
Mar 3, 2017 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:40
Feb 28, 2017 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:54
Feb 20, 2017 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:20
Feb 18, 2017 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:56
Feb 16, 2017 vs VAN W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:31
Feb 15, 2017 @ DET W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:37
Feb 11, 2017 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:50
Feb 9, 2017 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:00
Feb 7, 2017 @ OTT W 6-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 11:06
Feb 6, 2017 @ PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:27
Feb 4, 2017 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:23
Feb 2, 2017 vs TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:36
Jan 31, 2017 vs WPG L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:49
Jan 26, 2017 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10:03