Ilya Lyubushkin
Age 32 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 206 lb · Born Moscow, RUS
Undrafted
Ilya Lyubushkin scored 9 points (1 goal, 8 assists) in 53 games in 2025-26, 21st on Nashville. Against Montréal: 1 point in the last 2 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesNashville have played 3 games and Ilya Lyubushkin has not dressed yet. Next game on Thursday 8 October at Montréal. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 53 games9 points in 53 games
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Nashville's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 8 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 Nashville trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
68 attempts across the 37 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 53 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 20.85 mph, hardest shot 87.83 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (9 of 53)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Montréal, a point in one of two
MTLOTL 3-4 OT0000−115:27MTLW 7-00110015:27
BUFW 4-3 SO0111015:39
TORW 6-50001−116:48
NYRW 2-00001016:40
MINW 5-40000+120:08
CGYW 4-3 OT0000−29:29
COLL 0-20000010:53
WPGW 3-00000+213:00
BOSL 3-60000013:53
VGKL 2-30001013:04COLOTL 4-5 SO0001+110:20Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 2.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 174th of 191 defencemen 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 Nashville
Justin Hryckowian 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, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 8 assists.
By opponent
Ottawa1 P in 20.50 P/GPMontréal1 P in 20.50 P/GPToronto1 P in 20.50 P/GPBuffalo1 P in 20.50 P/GPColorado1 P in 30.33 P/GPNashville1 P in 30.33 P/GPCareer
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, with 5 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct