San Jose Sharks · #9 · Defence

Dmitry Orlov

Age 35 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 215 lb · Born Novokuznetsk, RUS

Drafted 2009, #55 overall by Washington

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-8th on SJS
Assists0T-9th on SJS
Points0T-12th on SJS
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP18:298th on SJS

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 3-34-37, 0.45 points per game Season detail →

Dmitry Orlov has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 37 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 3 games for the 15th-placed San Jose

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways161st
Hits361st
Blocked shots452nd
Ice time18:2945th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Shots / GP0.6732nd
Assists / 600.0026th
Points / GP0.0023rd
Penalty differential−123rd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-12th on SJS
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-9th on SJS
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time18:298th on SJS
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:47
Power play0:51
Shorthanded0:51
Total18:29

21.7 shifts a game, averaging 51 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on SJS
PP assists0T-4th on SJS
PP points0T-6th on SJS · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-6th on SJS

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2San Jose total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every SJS PPG
PP TOI share18.6%of SJS PP time

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


Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing4 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

11 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1462nd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.026
ixG per 600.14

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 62nd percentile of defencemen: 84.69 mph

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

Average shot, mph71.165th
Hardest shot, mph84.6962nd
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Distance skated, mi7.536th
Offensive-zone time38.6%27th
Defensive-zone time42.8%26th
Distance / 60, mi8.1213th
20+ mph bursts012th
Top speed, mph19.359th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph19.35Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph84.69Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated7.5 mi2.62 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts31.3%37.5% defensive · 31.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.6%All situations42.8%
38.4%Even strength43.0%
47.1%Power play32.8%
34.2%Shorthanded48.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.35vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 08:08
  2. 18.97vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 05:05
  3. 18.33vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 08:13
  4. 18.27@DAL5 Oct · 2nd 09:47

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph4 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.69vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 19:40
  2. 84.03vsFLA1 Oct · 3rd 18:40
  3. 80.22vsFLA1 Oct · 1st 15:16
  4. 79.29vsFLA1 Oct · 2nd 19:35
  5. 69.53vsLAK3 Oct · 3rd 15:48
  6. 65.82vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 02:27
  7. 64.70@DAL5 Oct · 1st 01:45
  8. 63.95@DAL5 Oct · 2nd 04:15

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph3 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.62@DAL5 Oct · 19:19 TOI
  2. 2.57vsLAK3 Oct · 18:12 TOI
  3. 2.31vsFLA1 Oct · 17:55 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.50 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-6th on SJS
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.25
Hits38th on SJS
Blocked shots4T-5th on SJS

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against St. Louis, a point in two of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
30 Mar 2026vsSTLW 5-40110−120:37
26 Mar 2026@STLOTL 1-2 OT0000−122:52
6 Mar 2026vsSTLOTL 2-3 OT0111019:12

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 5.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 96th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$6.5M6.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27UFA at 35
Cap value$13MCap hit × 2 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 San Jose

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

126th 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points37126th for San Jose
Goals3228th
Assists3491st
Games played85170th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fourteen seasons, with 4 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2011-12WSH60316190.325.9%
2012-13WSH50110.200.0%
2013-14WSH5438110.205.1%
2015-16WSH82821290.358.9%
2016-17WSH82627330.404.8%
2017-18WSH821021310.388.0%
2018-19WSH82326290.353.0%
2019-20WSH69423270.393.8%
2020-21WSH51814220.439.6%
2021-22WSH761223350.469.4%
2022-23BOS, WSH66729360.555.6%
2023-24CAR82620260.324.7%
2024-25CAR76622280.375.1%
2025-26SJS82334370.453.3%
Career949792853640.385.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2009Washington · round 2#55

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · SJS points

Games107
Goals4
Points410.38 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct