Ilya Solovyov
Age 26 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 229 lb · Born Mogilev, BLR
Drafted 2020, #205 overall by Calgary
Ilya Solovyov scored 8 points (1 goal, 7 assists) in 30 games in 2025-26, T-21st on Pittsburgh. Against Washington: 0 points in the last 3 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesPittsburgh have played 3 games and Ilya Solovyov has not dressed yet. Next game tonight at Washington. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 30 games8 points in 30 games on a team that finished 10th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Ilya Solovyov has 30.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). 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 Pittsburgh's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 7 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 Pittsburgh trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
67 attempts across the 25 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 30 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 20.47 mph, hardest shot 97.18 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 percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Ilya Solovyov has 30.
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 (8 of 30)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Washington, a point in zero of three
WSHL 0-30001019:45WSHL 3-60000−215:42WSHW 5-2000008:02
STLL 5-70002014:31WSHL 0-30001019:45WSHL 3-60000−215:42
CAROTL 5-6 OT0110012:39
COLW 7-20001+113:21
UTAW 4-30000−111:06
VGKL 2-60001−212:55CAROTL 4-5 SO0000−114:01
BOSW 5-4 OT0112014:12
BUFW 5-20110+112:08Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
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 1 Oct 2026.
With Pittsburgh
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26Parker Kelly 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 7 assists.
By opponent
Buffalo1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Columbus1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Ottawa1 P in 20.50 P/GPBoston1 P in 30.33 P/GPCarolina1 P in 30.33 P/GPUtah0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThree seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct