Egor
Chinakhov
R · PIT · Offensive · Around average
- PAL
- 58
- WAR
- 2.0
- Value
- 60
- PTS
- 36
2025-26№ 68 / 615
Egor Chinakhov (Pittsburgh Penguins) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Egor Chinakhov
#59RPlays: Right wing · 1% of faceoffs
Pittsburgh Penguins
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 93 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : January 31, 2001 · Omsk, Russia
Drafted : 2020 · CBJ · round 1, pick #21
Contract : $6,250,000 · 2026-27 → 2028-29 · Standard Contract · UFAM-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 43 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024-25 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 53 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 6 |
| 2022-23 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 30 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 |
| 2021-22 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 62 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 |
| NHL totals | 261 | 58 | 60 | 118 | 50 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Egor Chinakhov: our analysis
2025-26 season: 43 GP, 18 G, 18 A, 36 PTS, +4 +/-, 15:37 TOI. WAR 2.0 (68th of 615) · PAL 58, around average.
In 2025-26, Egor Chinakhov, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 58 out of 100 (around average), and his WAR of 2.0 ranks 68th among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: shooting (88, among the best in the league), discipline (88, among the best in the league) and offense (75, well above average). On the other hand, penalty kill (24, well below average) and defense (33, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+6.6); his biggest cost: power play (-0.3).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 47 in 2024-25 to 58; his WAR went from 0.6 to 2.0.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 60 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Egor Chinakhov's story
Raised in Omsk, Egor Chinakhov came up through the Avangard organization and saw his first senior-level action after seasons in the MHL; he debuted in the KHL on 3 September 2020 and scored his first KHL goal on 25 September 2020.
A strong 2019–20 junior campaign raised his stock and Columbus surprised many by selecting him 21st overall in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. He stayed in Russia to play the 2020–21 KHL season with Avangard, earning Rookie of the Month honours in September and finishing the regular season with 10 goals and 7 assists in 32 games—leading KHL players aged 20 or under in points per game. He added 5 goals in 21 playoff games as Avangard captured its first Gagarin Cup, and he was awarded the Alexei Cherepanov Award as KHL Rookie of the Year.
The Blue Jackets signed him to a three-year entry-level deal on 2 May 2021. Chinakhov recorded his first NHL goal on 15 November 2021 against Detroit and closed 2021–22 with 14 points in 62 games. In 2022–23 he posted 13 points in 30 games before a high-ankle sprain on 19 December 2022 sidelined him for 29 contests; upon return he was assigned to the Cleveland Monsters and produced 8 points in 7 AHL games. Columbus re-signed him to a one-year contract on 4 April 2023 and later gave him a two-year extension on 21 June 2024, despite subsequent spells out of the lineup with back issues.
Following a trade request in the 2025 offseason, Columbus dealt Chinakhov to the Pittsburgh Penguins on 29 December 2025 for Danton Heinen and draft picks. That season he set career marks for games played, goals, assists and points across his time with both clubs, and on 5 July 2026 Pittsburgh signed him to a three-year, $18.75 million contract to settle his restricted free-agent status.
Internationally, Chinakhov represented Russia at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (bronze; 1 goal, 2 assists in 5 games), the 2019 IIHF U18 Worlds (silver; 2 goals, 1 assist in 7 games) and appeared in five games at the 2021 World Junior Championship, where Russia finished fourth. His trajectory shows steady offensive development from junior to pro and an ability to contribute scoring in important moments.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 15:03
- PP TOI/GP
- 1:46
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:03
- Pts/GP
- 0.36
- EV points
- 3
- Hits
- 5
- Blocks
- 3
- Takeaways
- 9
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 53.1 %
- Off. zone starts
- 41.1 %
- Faceoffs
- 0.0 %
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2026-27 projection
Projected points
31between 14 and 47 (80% range)
- Goals
- 15
- Assists
- 16
- Games
- 61
So far: 5 pts in 14 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.54 pts per game (last season: 0.58).
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
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.55 in 23-24, 0.58 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 47 → 58
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 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 72 %
83
Very good
- SK
- Skating
- 95
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 68
- Confidence 76 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 71
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 64
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 73
- Confidence 76 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 70
- Confidence 54 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 87
- Confidence 76 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 76
- Confidence 72 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 80
- Confidence 72 %
- DF
- Defense
- 72
- Confidence 68 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 83
- Confidence 43 %
- EX
- Experience
- 66
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating95
- Top speed (35 %)37.3 · 92
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)11.2 · 94
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.9 · 93
- Speed consistency (15 %)36.6 · 91
ST — Strength68
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)2.784 · 60
- Body mass (50 %)0.205 · 78
EN — Endurance71
- Ice time per game (45 %)14 · 68
- Total ice time (20 %)949 · 72
- Shift length (15 %)46.2 · 76
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.2 · 72
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.727 · 68
DU — Durability64
- Share of games played (100 %)0.723 · 64
CK — Checking73
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.052 · 73
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.392 · 74
- Season volume (10 %)3.912 · 70
FG — Fighting70
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.749 · 70
DI — Discipline87
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.06 · 86
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.421 · 86
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.772 · 75
PA — Passing76
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.651 · 73
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.599 · 81
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.046 · 70
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.961 · 67
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.559 · 78
SC — Scoring80
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.151 · 83
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.882 · 76
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)1.021 · 88
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.958 · 54
- xG per shot (10 %)0.074 · 56
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)17.7 · 86
DF — Defense72
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.016 · 76
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.07 · 70
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.759 · 66
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.041 · 80
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.242 · 80
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)60.3 · 65
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.269 · 74
PS — Penalty shot83
- Shootouts (60 %)32.9 · 84
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience66
- Career regular-season games (65 %)78
- Career playoff games (25 %)37
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall83
- SC · Scoring (28 %)80
- PA · Passing (22 %)76
- DF · Defense (18 %)72
- SK · Skating (12 %)95
- EN · Endurance (8 %)71
- DI · Discipline (5 %)87
- ST · Strength (4 %)68
- CK · Checking (3 %)73
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 83 | 95 | 80 | 72 |
| 2024-25 | 80 | 94 | 75 | 75 |
| 2023-24 | 83 | 96 | 77 | 79 |
| 2022-23 | 75 | 89 | 68 | 79 |
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
2.0
wins above replacement
68 of 615
PAL Rating
58/ 100
Performance · Around average
182 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
60/ 100
Good value
2.10 M$ · expected PAL 49
ProfileOffensiveValue comes mostly from offense
- Offense
- 69
- Defense
- 31
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- Offense
- 75
- Creation
- 69
- Shooting
- 88
- Possession
- 36
- Defense
- 33
- Discipline
- 88
- Power play
- 39
- Penalty kill
- 24
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 | PIT | 2.0 | 58 | 60 | 2.10 M$ |
| 2024-25 | CBJ | 0.6 | 47 | 44 | 2.10 M$ |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 1.8 | 68 | 81 | 0.80 M$ |
| 2022-23 | CBJ | 0.1 | 36 | 46 | 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
73/ 100
Very good
better than 73% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
56/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
73/ 100
Very good
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, 113 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 56
- Shot selection
- 8
- Penalties drawn
- 73
- Puck management
- 98
Defense
- Takeaways
- 10
- Discipline
- 86
- Safe zone exits
- 85
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 | PIT | 73 | 56 | 73 |
| 2024-25 | CBJ | 32 | 19 | 48 |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 94 | 61 | 98 |
| 2022-23 | CBJ | 13 | 0 | 63 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
2.0
wins above replacement
0.3 to 2.9 — 90% interval
68 of 615 forwards
+10.5 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.4
- EV defense
- -0.0
- Power play
- -0.3
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +6.6
- Penalties
- +1.4
- Average → replacement
- +2.5
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PIT | 72 | 2.0 | 0.3 to 2.9 | 68/615 |
| 2024-25 | CBJ | 30 | 0.6 | -0.2 to 1.3 | 214/596 |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 53 | 1.8 | 1.0 to 2.7 | 81/608 |
| 2022-23 | CBJ | 30 | 0.1 | -0.4 to 0.7 | 317/617 |
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
- 159.1 km/h100th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 37.6 km/h98th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 5495th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 42.2 %50th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 57.1 km46th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.17 km72nd percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.6 %42nd percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.9 %85th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 38.9 %60th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2153rd percentile | 366th percentile | 14.3 %57th percentile |
| High danger | 327th percentile | 274th percentile | 66.7 %99th percentile |
| Mid range | 550th percentile | 177th percentile | 20.0 %76th percentile |
| Long range | 797th 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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PHIEgor Chinakhov: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Egor Chinakhov have in 2026-27?
Egor Chinakhov has 3 goals and 5 points (2 assists) in 14 games in 2026-27.
How old is Egor Chinakhov?
Egor Chinakhov is 25 years old: he was born on February 1, 2001.
How tall is Egor Chinakhov, and how much does he weigh?
Egor Chinakhov is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 205 lb (93 kg).
Where is Egor Chinakhov from?
Russia: Egor Chinakhov was born in Omsk, Russia.
What team does Egor Chinakhov play for?
Egor Chinakhov plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL, at R, wearing number 59.
Is Egor Chinakhov injured?
No: Egor Chinakhov is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Egor Chinakhov?
Egor Chinakhov produced 2.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 68th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 58 out of 100: around average for his position.
How much does Egor Chinakhov make?
Egor Chinakhov earns $2.1M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 60 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Egor Chinakhov's contract end?
Egor Chinakhov's contract runs through the 2028-29 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NTC clause.
Is Egor Chinakhov overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 60 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Egor Chinakhov a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 68th 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 Egor Chinakhov getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 47 in 2024-25 to 58 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Egor Chinakhov played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Egor Chinakhov has 3 points (2 goals, 1 assist).
What are Egor Chinakhov's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Egor Chinakhov has 261 games, 58 goals, 60 assists and 118 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 36 points in 43 games.
Where was Egor Chinakhov drafted?
Egor Chinakhov was drafted 21st overall (round 1) by Columbus Blue Jackets in 2020.
Is Egor Chinakhov better at home or on the road?
No real difference: in 2026-27, he averages 0.33 points per game at home (2 in 6 games) and 0.38 on the road (3 in 8 games).
How does Egor Chinakhov perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Egor Chinakhov has 6 games and 0 points in his career. His pace (0.00 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.45).
Which player is most similar to Egor Chinakhov?
Jimmy Snuggerud: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Jimmy Snuggerud's page →Is Egor Chinakhov a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 31 points in 2026-27, or 0.51 points per game.
Is Egor Chinakhov related to anyone famous?
Yes: Vitali Chinakhov (father, selected in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, 235th overall by the New York Rangers; former ice hockey player).
Is Egor Chinakhov married?
Yes, married to Zlata in 2024.
What is Egor Chinakhov's nationality?
Egor Chinakhov is Russian. Internationally: Russia — bronze medal at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup; silver medal at the 2019 IIHF World U18 Championships; fourth place at the 2021 World Junior Championship.
What awards has Egor Chinakhov won?
Alexei Cherepanov Award — KHL Rookie of the Year 2020–21 ; KHL Rookie of the Month — September 2020.
How many championships has Egor Chinakhov won?
1: Gagarin Cup 2021 with Avangard Omsk.
Where did Egor Chinakhov play before turning pro?
Junior club/academy: Avangard Omsk (hometown club), primarily in the MHL in 2018–19 and 2019–20.
How many points is Egor Chinakhov projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 31 points in 61 games in 2026-27 (14 to 47 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates
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