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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Denis Gurianov PHI · 2 P in 18 GP Jiri Smejkal OTT · 2 P in 20 GP Matt Rempe NYR · 2 P in 17 GP Mikael Pyyhtia CBJ · 2 P in 17 GP Lukas Rousek BUF · 2 P in 15 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: 7 points726-27

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 5 5 2 7 7 2 17 21 1.40 $2.95M
6 seasons Career 306 50 53 103 22 156 446 681 0.34

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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 0 2 2 -4 8 20 71 0.11 0.0 10:49

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2024, then extended to 2026
$463KCap dollars per point2 points in 19 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on May 30, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $5.325M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Vancouver Canucks on Apr 18, 2024, 2 years and $2M at $1M a season, beginning in 2024-25.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2022-23 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2023-24 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K

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
Sep 23, 2025 Edmonton Oilers Extension 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $8.85M $2.95M
Apr 18, 2024 Vancouver Canucks Extension not begun 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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.9Even-strength defence+0.4Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.5

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-505102021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

52.3Corsi for %192 attempts for, 175 against
+0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.3Expected goals for %7.8 expected for, 6.3 against
+0.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.7Goals for %5 for, 9 against
95.9PDO5.7% shooting + 90.1% saves
31Attempts 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
Elias Lindholm · Conor Garland · Vasily Podkolzin745:4949.550.91-1
Teddy Blueger · Sam Lafferty · Vasily Podkolzin827:1551.249.41-2
Teddy Blueger · Vasily Podkolzin · Nils Aman416:1959.384.11-0
Pius Suter · Vasily Podkolzin · Ilya Mikheyev215:0643.852.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 30 unblocked attempts
-2.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.63 expected goals per 60 minutes29th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt34th
Finishing -2.2 goals above expected27thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Expected 2.2Goals 0

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 18, 2024 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 2 1 3 10:41
Apr 16, 2024 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:55
Apr 13, 2024 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10:22
Apr 8, 2024 vs VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:10
Apr 6, 2024 @ LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:32
Apr 3, 2024 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:47
Apr 2, 2024 @ VGK L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 12:49
Mar 31, 2024 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 09:52
Mar 28, 2024 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:27
Mar 25, 2024 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 12:01
Mar 23, 2024 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 11:49
Mar 21, 2024 vs MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 6 10:16
Mar 19, 2024 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 06:30
Mar 16, 2024 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:39
Mar 13, 2024 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:32
Mar 9, 2024 vs WPG W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 11:41
Mar 7, 2024 @ VGK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 11:24
Mar 5, 2024 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:17
Mar 3, 2024 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:39