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Artyom Levshunov

#55 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Oct 28, 2005 in Zhlobin, BLR (age 20) · 6'2", 208 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 2nd overall in 2024 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Connor Clifton BOS · 1 P in 4 GP Darren Raddysh TOR · 1 P in 4 GP Dmitri Simashev UTA · 1 P in 4 GP Dmitry Kulikov FLA · 1 P in 4 GP Elias Pettersson VAN · 1 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.

051015202024-25: 6 points624-252025-26: 24 points2425-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2024-25 CHI 18 0 6 6 -13 8 21 19 0.33 $975K
2025-26 CHI 68 2 22 24 -41 44 84 98 0.35 $975K
2026-27 CHI 4 0 1 1 -1 2 5 2 0.25 $975K
3 seasons Career 90 2 29 31 -55 54 110 119 0.34

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 1 1 -1 2 5 2 0.25 0.0 20:26

Contract

$975KCap hitends in 2027, then RFA
$975KCap dollars per point1 points in 4 games
-$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.3MValueworth less cap hit

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 all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Jul 6, 2024, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $12.675M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $975K $878K $98K $3.25M $975K
2025-26 $975K $878K $98K $3.25M $975K
2026-27 $975K $878K $98K $3.25M $975K

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
Jul 6, 2024 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2024-25 to 2026-27 3 $12.675M $975K

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 (+0.9 goals above replacement), plus the 50 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.

-2.3Goals above replacement619th of 647 skaters, 206th of 225 defencemen
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 225 ranked defencemen: 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-0.4 63rd percentileEven-strength defence-2.2 12th percentilePower play-1.1 4th percentilePenalty kill0.0 41st percentilePenalties-1.5 14th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

-8-6-4-202024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

45.3Corsi for %58 attempts for, 70 against
+7.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.9Expected goals for %2.2 expected for, 3.1 against
+9.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
103.4PDO9.1% shooting + 94.3% saves
10Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Wyatt Kaiser · Artyom Levshunov442:5940.231.40-2
Bowen Byram · Artyom Levshunov322:1251.456.71-0
Alex Vlasic · Artyom Levshunov33:5577.884.01-0
Ian Cole · Artyom Levshunov21:200.00.00-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

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

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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
Oct 6, 2026 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:00
Oct 3, 2026 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:40
Oct 1, 2026 @ UTA L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:51
Sep 29, 2026 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:14