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Maxim Tsyplakov

#72 · Right wing · Calgary Flames

Born Sep 19, 1998 in Moscow, RUS (age 28) · 6'3", 203 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Curtis Douglas VAN · 4 P in 43 GP Liam O'Brien UTA · 4 P in 38 GP Josh Dunne BUF · 4 P in 34 GP Josh Samanski EDM · 4 P in 24 GP Jared Wright LAK · 4 P in 23 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.

01020302024-25: 35 points3524-252025-26: 4 points425-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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 NYI 77 10 25 35 4 39 116 140 0.45 $950K
2025-26 NYI 27 1 1 2 -9 6 22 46 0.07 $2.25M
2025-26 NJD 22 1 1 2 -8 0 20 37 0.09
2026-27 CGY 4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 13 0.00 $2.25M
3 seasons Career 130 12 27 39 -16 45 160 236 0.30

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
49 2 2 4 -17 6 42 83 0.08 4.8 9:07

Contract

$2.25MCap hitends in 2027
$563KCap dollars per point4 points in 49 games
-$27KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.3MValueworth 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. 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Islanders on Jul 25, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $4.5M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $2.25M
2026-27 $2.25M

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 25, 2025 New York Islanders New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $4.5M $2.25M
May 16, 2024 New York Islanders Entry-level 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $1.95M $950K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacement600th of 715 skaters, 419th of 476 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 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-2.7 17th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 52nd percentilePower play-0.1 41st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 40th percentilePenalties+0.4 52nd 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.

-1012342024-252025-262026-27Goals 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 %381 attempts for, 377 against
+0.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.2Expected goals for %15.0 expected for, 18.2 against
-2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
27.3Goals for %9 for, 24 against
89.6PDO5.2% shooting + 84.4% saves
88Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Bjugstad · Paul Cotter · Maxim TsyplakovNJD16102:4346.542.52-5
Casey Cizikas · Kyle MacLean · Maxim TsyplakovNYI946:0060.563.40-3
Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal · Maxim TsyplakovNYI630:5456.968.63-1
Casey Cizikas · Calum Ritchie · Maxim TsyplakovNYI528:4046.061.70-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.0Expected goalsfrom 71 unblocked attempts
-2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes10th
Shot quality 5.7% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -2.0 goals above expected37thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 4.0Goals 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
Apr 14, 2026 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:50
Apr 2, 2026 vs WSH W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:04
Mar 31, 2026 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:01
Mar 29, 2026 vs CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 07:21
Mar 28, 2026 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:21
Mar 26, 2026 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:28
Mar 24, 2026 @ DAL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 06:24
Mar 20, 2026 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:59
Mar 18, 2026 @ NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 09:43
Mar 16, 2026 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 07:39
Mar 14, 2026 vs LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:08
Mar 12, 2026 vs CGY L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 11:13
Mar 7, 2026 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 05:17
Mar 4, 2026 vs TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:52
Mar 3, 2026 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:56
Feb 28, 2026 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:53
Feb 26, 2026 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:33
Feb 25, 2026 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:20
Feb 5, 2026 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:18
Feb 3, 2026 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:52
Jan 31, 2026 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:56
Jan 29, 2026 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 08:18
Jan 26, 2026 @ PHI W 4-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 10:04
Jan 21, 2026 @ SEA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:14
Jan 19, 2026 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 06:43
Jan 10, 2026 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 08:42
Jan 3, 2026 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:10
Jan 1, 2026 vs UTA L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 13:42
Dec 20, 2025 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:08
Dec 7, 2025 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11:22
Dec 6, 2025 @ TBL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:35
Dec 4, 2025 vs COL W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:54
Dec 2, 2025 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 09:01
Nov 30, 2025 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:43
Nov 26, 2025 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:23
Nov 23, 2025 vs SEA W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:48
Nov 18, 2025 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 08:56
Nov 14, 2025 @ UTA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:43
Nov 13, 2025 @ VGK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:30
Nov 10, 2025 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:12
Nov 8, 2025 @ NYR W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:33
Oct 30, 2025 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 11:04
Oct 28, 2025 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:24
Oct 25, 2025 @ PHI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 08:26
Oct 23, 2025 vs DET W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:40
Oct 21, 2025 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:36
Oct 13, 2025 vs WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:43
Oct 11, 2025 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:14
Oct 9, 2025 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:59