Ilya Mikheyev
Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 200 lb · Born Omsk, RUS
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 77 games, 18-18-36, 0.47 points per game Season detail →
Ilya Mikheyev has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 36 points in 77 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample3 points in 3 games for the 12th-placed Tampa Bay
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Tampa Bay trailing.
Most attempts from the crease, goals from the crease
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 77 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 leadersTop speed in the 78th percentile of forwards: 21.85 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.85vs
PHI5 Oct · 2nd 03:04 - 21.31vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 19:09
- 20.89@
NYR1 Oct · 1st 10:50 - 19.99vs
WSH3 Oct · 1st 11:41 - 19.81vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 06:44
- 19.71vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 05:33
- 19.67vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 13:04
- 19.57vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 17:28
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 77.48vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 03:49
- 73.63vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 18:29
- 55.81vsPHI5 Oct · 1st 17:39
- 39.52@NYR1 Oct · 1st 02:27
- 26.90vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 17:00
- 12.31vsWSH3 Oct · 2nd 14:06
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.52vsPHI5 Oct · 16:43 TOI
- 2.23vsWSH3 Oct · 13:57 TOI
- 1.64@NYR1 Oct · 10:56 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.13 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Minnesota, a point in two of four
MINW 2-11012+115:10MINOTL 3-4 OT0003−116:12MINOTL 3-4 SO1012+120:13MINOTL 3-4 OT0004020:51PHIW 4-11121+116:43WSHW 3-10002013:57NYRW 5-10110−110:5636 points in 77 games
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 18 goals and 18 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
7 of 18 goals broke a tie; 4 came with Tampa Bay trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
218 attempts across the 77 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 77 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 leadersTop speed in the 93rd percentile of forwards: 23.54 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (24 of 77)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in two of four
MINW 2-11012+115:10MINOTL 3-4 OT0003−116:12MINOTL 3-4 SO1012+120:13MINOTL 3-4 OT0004020:51
SJSW 5-20003+217:51
BUFL 1-50110−115:39
STLL 3-52023+118:00
CARL 2-70000+217:13SJSL 2-30001018:06
SEAW 4-21122+117:14
EDML 1-30002019:43
WPGOTL 3-4 OT0222+217:29
NJDL 3-51012016:14NYRL 1-60000−115:14PHIW 4-11121+116:43WSHW 3-10002013:57NYRW 5-10110−110:56Better at home, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.85M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 9.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 171st of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Tampa Bay
307th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 2 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct