Vasily
Podkolzin
R · EDM · Defensive · Above average
- PAL
- 64
- WAR
- 1.5
- Value
- 78
- PTS
- 37
2025-26№ 100 / 615
Vasily Podkolzin (Edmonton Oilers) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Vasily Podkolzin
#92RPlays: Right wing · 2% of faceoffs
Edmonton Oilers
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 96 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : June 23, 2001 · Moscow, Russia
Drafted : 2019 · VAN · round 1, pick #10
Contract : $2,950,000 · 2026-27 → 2028-29 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA · Signing bonus $1,000,000
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Edmonton Oilers | 18 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 2025-26 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 63 |
| 2024-25 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 48 |
| 2023-24 | Vancouver Canucks | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022-23 | Vancouver Canucks | 39 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021-22 | Vancouver Canucks | 79 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 26 |
| NHL totals | 319 | 54 | 56 | 110 | 187 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Edmonton Oilers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024-25 | Edmonton Oilers | 22 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 2023-24 | Vancouver Canucks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Playoff totals | 30 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 35 | |
Vasily Podkolzin: our analysis
2025-26 season: 82 GP, 19 G, 18 A, 37 PTS, +16 +/-, 15:23 TOI. WAR 1.5 (100th of 615) · PAL 64, above average.
In 2025-26, Vasily Podkolzin, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 64 out of 100 (above average), and his WAR of 1.5 ranks 100th among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: defense (90, among the best in the league) and possession (73, above average). On the other hand, creation (26, below average) and discipline (32, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+3.6); his biggest cost: EV offense (-2.1).
A marked decline: his PAL was 77 in 2024-25, against 64 now; his WAR, though, went from -0.2 to 1.5.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 78 (very good contract) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Vasily Podkolzin's story
Growing up in Moscow’s Maryino district, Podkolzin learned to skate at four and moved quickly into organized hockey. Hockey ran in his family—his grandfather had played for Khimik Voskresensk and his father competed in amateur leagues—and at eight he joined the Belye Medvedi club despite lengthy commutes to practice.
After four seasons developing with Vityaz Podolsk, he switched to SKA Saint Petersburg in 2018 to access a higher level of competition. On 12 November 2018 he made his KHL debut for SKA, marking a milestone as the first player born in the 21st century to appear in the league. During the 2018–19 season he split time across SKA’s organization, including appearances in the VHL and MHL.
Viewed as one of the top international skaters ahead of the 2019 draft, Podkolzin was taken 10th overall by the Vancouver Canucks. Under contract in Russia for two more seasons, he remained there until signing an NHL entry-level deal with Vancouver on 30 May 2021. He debuted in the NHL in 2021 and netted his first NHL goal on 15 October 2021, beating Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers.
In the years that followed he moved between Vancouver and their AHL affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks; in 2023–24 he was stretchered off after a collision with Keaton Middleton during a game versus the Colorado Eagles. That season he recorded 28 points in 44 games for Abbotsford and added 2 assists in 19 appearances with Vancouver. Vancouver re-signed him to a two-year contract on 19 April 2024, then traded him to the Edmonton Oilers on 18 August 2024 in exchange for a 2025 fourth-round pick. With Edmonton he registered 24 points in his first year and subsequently signed a three-year contract on 23 September 2026; the following season produced career-high totals in goals, assists and points.
Internationally, Podkolzin has been a fixture on Russia’s junior squads. He captained the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup side that won bronze, scoring a hat trick in the bronze-medal game versus the United States and leading the tournament with 8 goals and 11 points in 5 games. He added bronze at the 2019 World Junior Championships, played at the 2019 U18s, helped Russia to silver at the 2020 World Juniors, and wore the captain’s “C” at the 2021 World Juniors, finishing fourth. His game is defined by offensive instincts, goal-scoring ability and early exposure to professional play.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 17:35
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:08
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.78
- EV points
- 8
- Hits
- 58
- Blocks
- 8
- Takeaways
- 2
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 58.4 %
- Off. zone starts
- 34.3 %
- Faceoffs
- 40.0 %
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2026-27 projection
Projected points
44between 26 and 62 (80% range)
- Goals
- 24
- Assists
- 20
- Games
- 77
So far: 14 pts in 18 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.51 pts per game (last season: 0.45).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Stable
- Points per game: 0.29 in 24-25, 0.45 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 77 → 64
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 25: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 74 %
74
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 85
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 79
- Confidence 78 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 73
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 71
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 87
- Confidence 78 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 88
- Confidence 58 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 71
- Confidence 78 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 62
- Confidence 74 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 65
- Confidence 74 %
- DF
- Defense
- 88
- Confidence 71 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 64
- Confidence 8 %
- EX
- Experience
- 75
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating85
- Top speed (35 %)36.4 · 80
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)8.706 · 88
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.6 · 85
- Speed consistency (15 %)35 · 71
ST — Strength79
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.066 · 76
- Body mass (50 %)0.513 · 81
EN — Endurance73
- Ice time per game (45 %)14.3 · 70
- Total ice time (20 %)1,234 · 79
- Shift length (15 %)46.4 · 77
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)12.1 · 66
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.242 · 60
DU — Durability71
- Share of games played (100 %)0.796 · 71
CK — Checking87
- Hits /60 (70 %)10.2 · 87
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)6.333 · 83
- Season volume (10 %)5.493 · 91
FG — Fighting88
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.632 · 88
DI — Discipline71
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.006 · 71
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.542 · 80
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.579 · 63
PA — Passing62
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.513 · 62
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.449 · 74
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.055 · 57
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.509 · 78
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.329 · 65
SC — Scoring65
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.8 · 67
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.76 · 67
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.098 · 74
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.115 · 65
- xG per shot (10 %)0.079 · 74
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)11.9 · 62
DF — Defense88
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.138 · 89
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.143 · 82
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.407 · 87
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.034 · 67
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.601 · 74
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)54.4 · 93
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.992 · 84
PS — Penalty shot64
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)25.4 · 57
EX — Experience75
- Career regular-season games (65 %)81
- Career playoff games (25 %)65
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall74
- SC · Scoring (28 %)65
- PA · Passing (22 %)62
- DF · Defense (18 %)88
- SK · Skating (12 %)85
- EN · Endurance (8 %)73
- DI · Discipline (5 %)71
- ST · Strength (4 %)79
- CK · Checking (3 %)87
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74 | 85 | 65 | 88 |
| 2024-25 | 68 | 81 | 56 | 90 |
| 2023-24 | 63 | 75 | 63 | 78 |
| 2022-23 | 64 | 76 | 66 | 77 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
1.5
wins above replacement
100 of 615
PAL Rating
64/ 100
Performance · Above average
156 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
78/ 100
Very good contract
1.00 M$ · expected PAL 37
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 45
- Defense
- 85
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- Offense
- 44
- Creation
- 26
- Shooting
- 49
- Possession
- 73
- Defense
- 90
- Discipline
- 32
- Power play
- 44
- Penalty kill
- 46
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | EDM | 1.5 | 64 | 78 | 1.00 M$ |
| 2024-25 | EDM | -0.2 | 77 | 90 | 1.00 M$ |
| 2022-23 | VAN | 0.2 | 21 | 32 | 0.93 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
23/ 100
Below average
better than 23% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
25/ 100
Below average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
34/ 100
Below average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 325 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 38
- Shot selection
- 44
- Penalties drawn
- 18
- Puck management
- 61
Defense
- Takeaways
- 31
- Discipline
- 60
- Safe zone exits
- 21
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | EDM | 23 | 25 | 34 |
| 2024-25 | EDM | 60 | 46 | 69 |
| 2022-23 | VAN | 25 | 14 | 48 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.5
wins above replacement
0.6 to 2.5 — 90% interval
100 of 615 forwards
+8.0 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -2.1
- EV defense
- +3.6
- Power play
- -0.1
- Penalty kill
- -0.0
- Shooting
- +3.5
- Penalties
- 0.0
- Average → replacement
- +3.2
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | EDM | 82 | 1.5 | 0.6 to 2.5 | 100/615 |
| 2024-25 | EDM | 78 | -0.2 | -1.0 to 0.5 | 511/596 |
| 2023-24 | VAN | 19 | -0.4 | -0.6 to -0.3 | 548/608 |
| 2022-23 | VAN | 39 | 0.2 | -0.6 to 0.7 | 286/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 137.3 km/h69th percentileleague avg. 129.5 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.1 km/h77th percentileleague avg. 35.1 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1955th percentileleague avg. 20
- Offensive zone time
- 47.6 %96th percentileleague avg. 41.9 %
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- Total distance, season
- 73.8 km81st percentileleague avg. 50.0 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.28 km77th percentileleague avg. 4.51 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 45.6 %98th percentileleague avg. 40.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.8 %33rd percentileleague avg. 19.0 %
- Defensive zone time
- 34.7 %96th percentileleague avg. 39.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3583rd percentile | 997th percentile | 25.7 %96th percentile |
| High danger | 1793rd percentile | 699th percentile | 35.3 %88th percentile |
| Mid range | 1181st percentile | 289th percentile | 18.2 %68th percentile |
| Long range | 273rd percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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SEAVasily Podkolzin: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Vasily Podkolzin have in 2026-27?
Vasily Podkolzin has 9 goals and 14 points (5 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Vasily Podkolzin?
Vasily Podkolzin is 25 years old: he was born on June 24, 2001.
How tall is Vasily Podkolzin, and how much does he weigh?
Vasily Podkolzin is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 212 lb (96 kg).
Where is Vasily Podkolzin from?
Russia: Vasily Podkolzin was born in Moscow, Russia.
What team does Vasily Podkolzin play for?
Vasily Podkolzin plays for the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL, at R, wearing number 92.
Is Vasily Podkolzin injured?
No: Vasily Podkolzin is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Vasily Podkolzin?
Vasily Podkolzin produced 1.5 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 100th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 64 out of 100: above average for his position.
How much does Vasily Podkolzin make?
Vasily Podkolzin earns $1.0M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 78 out of 100 (very good contract): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Vasily Podkolzin's contract end?
Vasily Podkolzin's contract runs through the 2028-29 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Vasily Podkolzin overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 78 out of 100 (very good contract), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Vasily Podkolzin a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 100th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Vasily Podkolzin getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 77 in 2024-25 to 64 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Vasily Podkolzin played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Vasily Podkolzin has 3 points (2 goals, 1 assist).
What are Vasily Podkolzin's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Vasily Podkolzin has 319 games, 54 goals, 56 assists and 110 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 37 points in 82 games.
Where was Vasily Podkolzin drafted?
Vasily Podkolzin was drafted 10th overall (round 1) by Vancouver Canucks in 2019.
Is Vasily Podkolzin better at home or on the road?
On the road: in 2026-27, he averages 0.50 points per game at home (5 in 10 games) and 1.13 on the road (9 in 8 games).
How does Vasily Podkolzin perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Vasily Podkolzin has 30 games and 16 points in his career. His pace (0.53 points per game) is higher than his regular-season pace (0.34).
Which player is most similar to Vasily Podkolzin?
David Perron: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
David Perron's page →Is Vasily Podkolzin a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 44 points in 2026-27, or 0.57 points per game.
Does Vasily Podkolzin have siblings?
Yes: his brother Mikhail Podkolzin (born 2011, plays hockey).
Is Vasily Podkolzin related to anyone famous?
Yes: (grandfather, played for Khimik Voskresensk); Alexander Podkolzin (father, played in an amateur league).
What is Vasily Podkolzin's nationality?
Vasily Podkolzin is Russian. Internationally: Russia — Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2018: bronze medal (captain, tournament scoring leader, 8 goals, 3 assists, 11 points) ; 2019 World Junior Championships: bronze medal (3 assists in 7 games) ; 2019 U18 World Championships: 4 points in 7 games ; 2020 World Junior Championships: silver medal (1 goal, 4 assists in 7 games) ; 2021 World Juniors: captain, 4th place (2 goals, 2 assists in 7 games).
What awards has Vasily Podkolzin won?
Named captain of Team Russia at the 2021 World Junior Championships ; Tournament scoring leader at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (8 goals, 3 assists, 11 points).
How many championships has Vasily Podkolzin won?
3: Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2018 — bronze medal with Russia; 2019 World Junior Championships — bronze medal with Russia; 2020 World Junior Championships — silver medal with Russia.
Where did Vasily Podkolzin play before turning pro?
Belye Medvedi (until age 12) → Vityaz Podolsk school (four years) → transferred to SKA Saint Petersburg in 2018; also played for SKA-Neva (VHL) and SKA-1946 (MHL)..
How many points is Vasily Podkolzin projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 44 points in 77 games in 2026-27 (26 to 62 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Edmonton Oilers teammates
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