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Vasily Podkolzin

#92 · Right wing · Edmonton Oilers

Born Jun 24, 2001 in Moscow, RUS (age 25) · 6'1", 212 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 10th overall in 2019 by VAN (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cole Perfetti WPG · 6 P in 4 GP Jaden Schwartz COL · 6 P in 4 GP Mikko Rantanen DAL · 6 P in 4 GP Nikita Kucherov TBL · 6 P in 4 GP Steven Stamkos NSH · 6 P in 4 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.

01020302021-22: 26 points2621-222022-23: 7 points722-232023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 24 points2424-252025-26: 37 points3725-262026-27: 6 points626-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 VAN 79 14 12 26 7 26 115 84 0.33 $925K
2022-23 VAN 39 4 3 7 -5 9 41 52 0.18 $925K
2023-24 VAN 19 0 2 2 -4 8 20 71 0.11 $925K
2024-25 EDM 82 8 16 24 1 48 114 211 0.29 $1M
2025-26 EDM 82 19 18 37 16 63 139 242 0.45 $1M
2026-27 EDM 4 4 2 6 6 0 16 18 1.50 $2.95M
6 seasons Career 305 49 53 102 21 154 445 678 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 VAN 2 0 0 0 1 10 2 6 0.00
2024-25 EDM 22 3 7 10 7 20 18 100 0.45
2025-26 EDM 6 3 3 6 5 5 12 32 1.00
3 seasons Playoffs 30 6 10 16 13 35 32 138 0.53

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 4 2 6 6 0 16 18 1.50 25.0 18:45

Contract

$2.95MCap hitends in 2029, then UFA
$492KCap dollars per point6 points in 4 games
$334KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.8 goals above replacement, projected
$9.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$6.3MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 648 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Edmonton Oilers on Sep 23, 2025, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $8.85M, beginning in 2026-27. It runs through 2028-29, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2026-27 $2.95M
2027-28 $2.95M
2028-29 $2.95M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 23, 2025 Edmonton Oilers Extension 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $8.85M $2.95M
Apr 18, 2024 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $2M $1M
May 30, 2021 Vancouver Canucks Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $5.325M $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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (+2.2 goals above replacement), plus the 71 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+8.8Goals above replacement89th of 648 skaters, 67th of 423 forwards
+1.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+6.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 423 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+2.5 75th percentileEven-strength defence+3.2 97th percentilePower play+0.4 78th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 24th percentilePenalties-0.1 30th 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.

-202468102021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

72.4Corsi for %71 attempts for, 27 against
+28.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
79.3Expected goals for %4.4 expected for, 1.1 against
+35.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
70.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
80.0Goals for %8 for, 2 against
106.8PDO22.2% shooting + 84.6% saves
19Attempts 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
Leon Draisaitl · Connor McDavid · Vasily Podkolzin336:5372.783.77-0
Leon Draisaitl · Kasperi Kapanen · Vasily Podkolzin213:0583.396.01-1
Connor McDavid · Mathieu Joseph · Vasily Podkolzin10:290.00.00-0
Leon Draisaitl · Vasily Podkolzin · Owen Michaels10:250.00.00-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.2Expected goalsfrom 22 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 2.55 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 14.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Goals 4Expected 3.2

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
Oct 7, 2026 @ ANA W 5-2 1 0 1 3 0 3 5 18:13
Oct 3, 2026 vs SEA W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 6 20:22
Oct 1, 2026 @ VAN W 9-7 1 1 2 3 0 4 2 18:04
Sep 29, 2026 vs VAN L 5-6 (OT) 2 0 2 -2 0 7 5 18:20