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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Phillip Di Giuseppe CAR · 13 P in 49 GP Garnet Hathaway CGY · 13 P in 59 GP John Hayden CHI · 13 P in 47 GP Matt Hendricks WPG · 13 P in 60 GP Jason Chimera ANA · 13 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: 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 7 6 13 -1 4 45 70 0.25 15.6 12:12

Contract

$742KCap hitends in 2019, then RFA
$57KCap dollars per point13 points in 53 games
$329KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.3MValueworth 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 691 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 1 season 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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+2.3Goals above replacement351st of 691 skaters, 238th of 451 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-2.4 17th percentileEven-strength defence+2.3 88th percentilePower play-0.1 36th percentilePenalty kill0.0 36th percentilePenalties+0.7 65th 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.

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

50.8Corsi for %561 attempts for, 544 against
-1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.1Expected goals for %20.1 expected for, 19.2 against
0.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %18 for, 18 against
99.8PDO6.3% shooting + 93.5% saves
98Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
Paul Stastny · Vladimir Tarasenko · Ivan Barbashev15112:0159.561.97-3
Vladimir Sobotka · Dmitrij Jaskin · Ivan Barbashev1777:4150.053.61-1
Chris Thorburn · Ivan Barbashev · Nikita Soshnikov630:4756.559.22-0
Brayden Schenn · Vladimir Tarasenko · Ivan Barbashev1129:5736.734.51-0

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
6.3Expected goalsfrom 78 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.59 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 8.1% chance per attempt69th
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Goals 7Expected 6.3

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 7, 2018 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:06
Apr 6, 2018 @ CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:58
Apr 4, 2018 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 13:20
Apr 2, 2018 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:03
Mar 31, 2018 @ ARI L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:28
Mar 30, 2018 @ VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 14:52
Mar 27, 2018 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 14:55
Mar 24, 2018 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:30
Mar 23, 2018 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:24
Mar 21, 2018 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:54
Mar 18, 2018 @ CHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 13:44
Mar 17, 2018 vs NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:34
Mar 15, 2018 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:58
Mar 12, 2018 @ ANA W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 11:06
Mar 10, 2018 @ LAK W 7-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 10:12
Mar 8, 2018 @ SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:15
Mar 3, 2018 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 15:23
Feb 28, 2018 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:22
Feb 27, 2018 @ MIN L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:51
Feb 25, 2018 @ NSH L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:22
Feb 23, 2018 vs WPG L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:54
Feb 20, 2018 vs SJS L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 13:15
Feb 16, 2018 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:19
Feb 13, 2018 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:09
Feb 11, 2018 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:59
Feb 9, 2018 @ WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:24
Feb 8, 2018 vs COL W 6-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 09:35
Feb 6, 2018 vs MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:27
Feb 3, 2018 @ BUF W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:48
Feb 1, 2018 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:50
Jan 30, 2018 vs MTL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:45
Jan 25, 2018 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:30
Jan 23, 2018 vs OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10:26
Jan 20, 2018 vs ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:44
Jan 18, 2018 @ OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 14:00
Jan 16, 2018 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:05
Jan 9, 2018 vs FLA L 4-7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 11:40
Jan 7, 2018 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:33
Jan 6, 2018 @ PHI L 3-6 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 12:55
Jan 4, 2018 vs VGK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:35
Jan 2, 2018 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:43
Dec 30, 2017 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:50
Dec 29, 2017 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:20
Dec 20, 2017 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:35
Dec 14, 2017 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:03
Dec 12, 2017 vs TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:10
Dec 10, 2017 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:36
Oct 21, 2017 @ VGK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:54
Oct 18, 2017 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:04
Oct 14, 2017 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:46
Oct 12, 2017 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:44
Oct 10, 2017 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:59
Oct 9, 2017 @ NYI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:34