Pavel Buchnevich
Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 202 lb · Born Cherepovets, RUS
Drafted 2013, #75 overall by NY Rangers
2025-262025-26: 81 games, 20-28-48, 0.59 points per game Season detail →
Pavel Buchnevich has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 48 points in 81 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 27th-placed St. Louis
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 (0.3). 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 St. Louis'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.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
9 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 · 81 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 20.95 mph, hardest shot 65.00 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
- 20.95@
DAL2 Oct · 1st 17:35 - 20.66@
COL3 Oct · 2nd 08:59 - 20.59@COL3 Oct · 2nd 07:43
- 19.92@DAL2 Oct · 2nd 11:46
- 19.91@COL3 Oct · 2nd 09:23
- 19.62@COL3 Oct · 3rd 05:36
- 19.58@DAL2 Oct · 3rd 10:53
- 19.23@DAL2 Oct · 1st 17:07
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 65.00@DAL2 Oct · 3rd 11:06
- 64.49@COL3 Oct · 2nd 19:30
- 62.56@DAL2 Oct · 3rd 09:07
- 49.88@COL3 Oct · 1st 04:41
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.92@
CHI6 Oct · 17:43 TOI - 2.58@COL3 Oct · 15:43 TOI
- 2.75@DAL2 Oct · 17:11 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.75 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 San Jose, a point in one of three
SJSL 4-51013017:49SJSW 2-1 OT0000019:38SJSW 3-2 OT0002−117:17CHIW 4-20112−117:43COLW 6-10002015:43DALL 0-40000+217:1148 points in 81 games on a team that finished 22nd
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 (0.6). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of St. Louis'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 20 goals and 28 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
8 of 20 goals broke a tie; 6 came with St. Louis trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
287 attempts across the 80 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 · 81 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 leadersHardest shot in the 65th percentile of forwards: 88.86 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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (38 of 81)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against San Jose, a point in one of three
SJSL 4-51013017:49SJSW 2-1 OT0000019:38SJSW 3-2 OT0002−117:17
UTAW 5-31012+214:42
PITW 7-51012−115:51
MINW 6-31011+217:07CHIW 5-30112015:29
WPGL 2-30000016:59COLL 1-30001−114:53COLW 3-20001015:10
LAKOTL 1-2 OT0001018:37SJSL 4-51013017:49
TORW 5-10112+215:38CHIW 4-20112−117:43COLW 6-10002015:43DALL 0-40000+217:11Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$8M a season through 2030-31
In 2025-26 he scored 6.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 298th 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 St. Louis
Five seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-2618th 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTen seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct