Maxim Shabanov
Age 26 · Shoots left · 5′9″ · 167 lb · Born Chelyabinsk, RUS
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 44 games, 5-13-18, 0.41 points per game Season detail →
Maxim Shabanov has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 18 points in 44 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample2 points in 3 games for the 5th-placed Minnesota
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 (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Minnesota's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 1 assist 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 Minnesota trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
7 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 · 44 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 20.42 mph, hardest shot 74.74 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
- 20.42vs
BOS3 Oct · 1st 12:14 - 20.26@
NSH1 Oct · 1st 11:04 - 19.73@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 14:09
- 19.70vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 00:34
- 19.61@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 04:54
- 19.25vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 19:11
- 19.23@NSH1 Oct · 1st 19:55
- 19.17@NSH1 Oct · 1st 00:59
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 74.74@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 14:03
- 73.39@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 15:35
- 64.11vsBOS3 Oct · 2nd 15:39
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.91@
BUF6 Oct · 17:30 TOI - 2.38vsBOS3 Oct · 14:55 TOI
- 2.31@NSH1 Oct · 15:09 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.53 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Tampa Bay, a point in one of three
TBLW 3-2 SO0000012:07TBLW 2-00002015:44TBLW 2-10112+114:06BUFW 3-2 OT1012+117:30BOSW 4-10110014:55NSHL 1-30000015:0918 points in 44 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 (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Minnesota's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 5 goals and 13 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 5 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Minnesota trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
121 attempts across the 43 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 · 44 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 63rd percentile of forwards: 9.74 miles
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
A point in one game of three (15 of 44)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Tampa Bay, a point in one of three
TBLW 3-2 SO0000012:07TBLW 2-00002015:44TBLW 2-10112+114:06
TORW 5-30111012:51
CARL 3-41011013:35
LAKL 2-30001−17:12
STLW 4-3 OT0002−110:07NSHL 3-40004+114:12
NYRW 2-10112+17:59
PHIW 4-00000014:51BUFL 0-50001−114:43
SEAL 1-40002013:23
CGYL 2-40003−212:47BUFW 3-2 OT1012+117:30BOSW 4-10110014:55NSHL 1-30000015:09Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 11.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 115th 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 Minnesota
Quinn Hughes 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
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsOne season, all with the Islanders
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct