Columbus Blue Jackets · #9 · Defence

Ivan Provorov

Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 224 lb · Born Yaroslavl, RUS

Drafted 2015, #7 overall by Philadelphia

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Games822025-26
Goals913th on CBJ
Assists2210th on CBJ
Points31T-13th on CBJ
P / GP0.38T-327th in the NHL
Shots1585.7% shooting
TOI / GP24:492nd on CBJ

Ivan Provorov scored 31 points (9 goals, 22 assists) in 82 games in 2025-26, T-13th on Columbus. Against Pittsburgh: 0 points in the last 4 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Columbus have played 2 games and Ivan Provorov has not dressed yet. Next game on Friday 9 October against Pittsburgh. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 82 games
2025-26 · The season

31 points in 82 games on a team that finished 17th

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Ice time24:4996th
Shots / GP1.9385th
Blocked shots13482nd
Takeaways2981st
PP points572nd
Points / GP0.3865th
Goals / 600.2765th
Shooting %5.7%47th
Assists / 600.6542nd
Penalty differential−928th
Hits2817th

Bars show the percentile against 201 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.40.41–100.211–200.521–300.431–400.341–500.351–600.661–700.471–800.081–82

Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points31T-13th on CBJ
Points per game0.38T-327th in NHL
Goals9T-320th in NHL
Assists2210th on CBJ
Shooting %5.7%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time24:492nd on CBJ
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who plays on the power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength20:41
Power play1:06
Shorthanded3:02
Total24:49

25.9 shifts a game, averaging 57 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals1T-9th on CBJ
PP assists4T-7th on CBJ
PP points510th on CBJ · T-262nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 603.3210th on CBJ

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP38Columbus total
Involved in5goals or assists
Share13.2%of every CBJ PPG
PP TOI share26.8%of CBJ PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

5 of 9 goals broke a tie

How the 9 goals and 22 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-17th on CBJ
Overtime goals0T-5th on CBJ
First goal of the game5
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals8
Power-play goals1

Goals by period

1st5
2nd3
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied5
Leading2
Trailing2

5 of 9 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Columbus trailing.

Assists

Primary13 · 59%
Secondary9 · 41%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.91
Goals / 600.27
Shots / 604.7
ES points / 600.9226 ES points
PP points / 603.325 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease6 att · 0 G
Slot85 att · 3 G
Wing121 att · 2 G
Point120 att · 4 G
Neutral zone5 att · 0 G

337 attempts across the 80 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)7.7382nd
Goals9
Goals vs expected+1.3
Unblocked attempts230
xG per attempt.033
ixG per 600.23

2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Distance per 60 in the 86th percentile of defencemen: 8.84 miles

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Distance skated, mi299.999th
Distance / 60, mi8.8486th
Hardest shot, mph97.1183rd
22+ mph bursts273rd
20+ mph bursts5670th
90+ mph shots356th
Top speed, mph22.1353rd
Average shot, mph66.237th
Defensive-zone time42.8%16th
Offensive-zone time39.2%13th

Bars show the percentile against 193 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.13Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph97.11Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated299.9 mi4.59 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts31.3%36.2% defensive · 32.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

39.2%All situations42.8%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph2 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph54 · avg 46
18-20 mph374 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph3 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph39 · avg 33
70-79 mph115 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Takes more penalties than he draws

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways29T-5th on CBJ
Giveaways112
TK / GV ratio0.26
Hits2822nd on CBJ
Blocked shots1341st on CBJ

Discipline

Penalty minutes32
Minors16
Majors0
Penalties drawn7
Net penalties−9drawn minus taken

Consistency

A point in one game of three (28 of 82)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point2834% of games
Multi-point games22%
Goals in9 games11%
Pointless games5466%

Streaks

Longest point streak3 games11 Oct – 16 Oct
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run8 games
Final ten4 in 10point in 4

Game log

Against Pittsburgh, a point in zero of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
17 Jan 2026@PITW 4-3 SO0002027:07
4 Jan 2026vsPITOTL 4-5 OT0001−128:44
28 Nov 2025vsPITOTL 3-4 OT0002−226:29
25 Oct 2025@PITW 5-4 SO0001+122:46

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Road41140.34
Home41170.41

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Pittsburgh400.00
vs Metropolitan2650.19
vs Western Conf.32140.44

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October1040.40
November1530.20
December1470.50
January1550.33
February410.25
March1790.53
April720.29

Contract

$8.5M a season through 2031-32

In 2025-26 he scored 3.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 150th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.5M8.2% of the $104M ceiling
Term7 yearsYear 2 of 7
Expires2031-32UFA at 35
Cap value$59.5MCap hit × 7 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Columbus

Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Kirill Marchenko sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Kirill Marchenko4
Adam Fantilli2
Denton Mateychuk2
Sean Monahan2
Mason Marchment2

Assists on his 9 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Kirill Marchenko4
Dmitri Voronkov3
Boone Jenner2
Mason Marchment2
Mathieu Olivier2

Scorers on his 22 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Florida5 P in 31.67 P/GP
St. Louis2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Anaheim2 P in 21.00 P/GP
San Jose2 P in 21.00 P/GP
NY Rangers2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Detroit2 P in 30.67 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points9647th for Columbus
Goals2169th
Assists7537th
Games played24645th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17PHI82624300.373.7%
2017-18PHI821724410.508.4%
2018-19PHI82719260.324.8%
2019-20PHI691323360.528.7%
2020-21PHI56719260.465.6%
2021-22PHI79922310.395.3%
2022-23PHI82621270.335.2%
2023-24CBJ82527320.394.7%
2024-25CBJ82726330.407.0%
2025-26CBJ82922310.385.7%
Career778862273130.406.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Philadelphia · round 1From Brandon (WHL)#7

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · CBJ points

Games22
Goals3
Points110.50 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct