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Egor Chinakhov

#59 · Right wing · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Feb 1, 2001 in Omsk, RUS (age 25) · 6'1", 206 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 21st overall in 2020 by CBJ (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.

Arshdeep Bains VAN · 2 P in 6 GP Blake Lizotte PIT · 2 P in 6 GP Braeden Bowman VGK · 2 P in 6 GP Brett Howden VGK · 2 P in 6 GP Casey Mittelstadt BOS · 2 P in 6 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.

0102030402021-22: 14 points1421-222022-23: 13 points1322-232023-24: 29 points2923-242024-25: 15 points1524-252025-26: 42 points4225-262026-27: 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
2021-22 CBJ 62 7 7 14 -27 16 98 50 0.23 $925K
2022-23 CBJ 30 4 9 13 -6 10 44 27 0.43 $925K
2023-24 CBJ 53 16 13 29 -3 6 110 43 0.55 $800K
2024-25 CBJ 30 7 8 15 -6 4 68 47 0.50 $2.1M
2025-26 CBJ 29 3 3 6 -6 6 36 28 0.21 $2.1M
2025-26 PIT 43 18 18 36 4 4 104 21 0.84
2026-27 PIT 6 1 1 2 -1 2 12 3 0.33 $6.25M
6 seasons Career 253 56 59 115 -45 48 472 219 0.45

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 PIT 6 0 0 0 -4 0 8 11 0.00
1 season Playoffs 6 0 0 0 -4 0 8 11 0.00

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 1 1 2 -1 2 12 3 0.33 8.3 15:49

Contract

$6.25MCap hitends in 2029, then UFA
$3.125MCap dollars per point2 points in 6 games
$2.122MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.9 goals above replacement, projected
$3.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.6MValueworth 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 652 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jul 5, 2026, as a new contract: 3 years and $18.75M, 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 $6.25M
2027-28 $6.25M
2028-29 $6.25M

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
Jul 5, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $18.75M $6.25M
Jun 21, 2024 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $4.2M $2.1M
Apr 4, 2023 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $800K $800K
May 3, 2021 Columbus Blue Jackets Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $3.975M $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 6 games (-0.1 goals above replacement), plus the 55 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.

+2.9Goals above replacement291st of 652 skaters, 207th of 424 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 424 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+0.6 55th percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 29th percentilePower play-0.3 25th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 51st percentilePenalties+1.3 82nd 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.

-4-2024682021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

50.3Corsi for %72 attempts for, 71 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.9Expected goals for %2.7 expected for, 3.2 against
-9.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
100.5PDO6.3% shooting + 94.3% 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
Evgeni Malkin · Tommy Novak · Egor Chinakhov657:2851.445.52-1
Evgeni Malkin · Sidney Crosby · Egor Chinakhov22:0720.00.00-0
Evgeni Malkin · Blake Lizotte · Egor Chinakhov31:5987.584.70-0
Evgeni Malkin · Hendrix Lapierre · Egor Chinakhov11:0033.30.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 20 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.05 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 8.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.7 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.

00.511.5Expected 1.7Goals 1

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 10, 2026 vs DAL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:54
Oct 9, 2026 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:36
Oct 7, 2026 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:29
Oct 5, 2026 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:00
Oct 3, 2026 vs MTL W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 17:59
Sep 30, 2026 @ PHI W 7-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:58