Aliaksei Protas

23.1

#21Center6'6"249 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

159

SOG

15.7% SH

18:14

TOI/GP

C · WSH · NHL id 8481656

Aliaksei Protas has played 76 games for the Washington Capitals in 2025-26, scoring 25 goals and 27 assists (52 points) on 159 shots while averaging 18:14 a night (15:13 at even strength, 0:28 on the power play and 1:54 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 55% of his 5v5 minutes with Tom Wilson and 38% with Martin Fehérváry over the last 10 games, and the Capitals have controlled 54% of shot attempts with Protas on the ice (60-43 in goals, 53% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against CBJ he was on L3 with Tom Wilson and Ilya Protas and off the power play. He is shooting 15.7% this season against 12.7% across the 331 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 14 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data

Line

Tom Wilson Ilya Protas

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK2F

Anthony Beauvillier

Last 5: L1 · L1 · L2 · L1 · L1

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

17 games shown, 17:09 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed88th8923.1 mph

Bursts 20+ mph89th89168

Hardest shot77th7889.2 mph

Offensive-zone time19th2039.9%

Distance skated79th80206.2 mi

High-danger SOG72nd7247

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 323 attempts, 159 on goal, 25 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 76 GP · 52 points vs 54.5 expected

Luck Meter →

Hold

Luck meter+14

Last 20 games: +16. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+2.6 G

On-ice SH%+5.0 G

On-ice SV%+0.4 G

IPP−2.3 G

Points vs expected−2.5 P

: 15.7%
: 101.6
: 62.7%
G vs xG: 25 / 22.4

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played76
Goals2571st of 715
Assists27163rd of 715
Points52119th of 715
Power-play points1380th of 715
Shorthanded points319th of 715
Shots on goal159127th of 715
Hits33517th of 715
Blocked shots42316th of 715
Plus/minus+2038th of 715
Penalty minutes20442nd of 715
Faceoffs won30247th of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)53.5%113th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)54.8%76th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)51.3%256th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.4%246th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)53.6%171st of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)52.7%165th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /601.46119th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.056454th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.4345th of 719
Faceoff win %44.8%
Draw Equity /100−0.087

Usage

Ice time per game18:14223rd of 715
Power-play time per game0:28409th of 715
Power-play share20.8%416th of 713
Ice-time share30.0%221st of 715
Offensive-zone start %52.5%293rd of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.30113th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1016177th of 719
Goals above expected+2.693rd of 715
Luck Meter+14292nd of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed23.185th of 715
20+ mph bursts16868th of 715
Hardest shot89.2304th of 715
Offensive-zone time39.9%547th of 715

Compare head to head

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 76 of 76 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.049
Season net: −0.91xG

Offensive TK/600.65 (12)

Offensive GV/601.56 (29)

Neutral TK/600.32 (6)

Neutral GV/601.19 (22)

Defensive TK/600.11 (2)

Defensive GV/601.35 (25)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.087
Season: −0.06G
: 44.8%67 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 8-8 · NZ 8-6 · DZ 14-23

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.46
Attempts: 27
: 0.039

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +1.43G
Per 60: +0.062
Drawn / taken: 17 / 10minors

Method Leaders

: 51.4%
: 53.6%
: 51.3%
Transition CF/60: 5.0
Turnovers won/60: 22.2
Turnovers lost/60: 22.7

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

159 shots on goal, 25 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Center Point	4%	9%	0
L Circle	17%	13%	2
L Point	2%	5%	0
R Point	3%	6%	0
L Net Side	6%	3%	4
Outside R	2%	4%	0
Low Slot	25%	23%	7

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

All alerts →

Moved up to L1 from L4Nov 8, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L4Dec 29, 2022 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 6, 2021 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 4, 2021 alerts →
Moved up to PP1Nov 21, 2021 alerts →

How his goals happened

40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Apr 11, 2026 @ PIT	Rebound	—	1*	44.8	rebound
Apr 4, 2026 vs BUF	Odd-man rush	carry	0	50.3	2-on-1
Mar 20, 2026 vs NJD	Point shot	—	0	45.7	—
Mar 18, 2026 vs OTT	Point shot	—	1	67.7	—
Mar 7, 2026 @ BOS	Deflection	—	0	12.6	rebound
Feb 25, 2026 vs PHI	Point shot	—	0	71.7	—
Feb 3, 2026 @ PHI	Odd-man rush	carry	0	52.2	2-on-1, one-timer
Jan 24, 2026 @ EDM	Deflection	loose	4	8.1	3-on-2, rebound
Jan 23, 2026 @ CGY	Cycle	—	0	40.5	—
Jan 1, 2026 @ OTT	Dump and chase	dump	4*	59.4	2-on-1
Dec 31, 2025 vs NYR	Deflection	—	2*	16.4	—
Dec 27, 2025 @ NJD	Rebound	dump	0	24.1	4-on-2, rebound
Dec 23, 2025 vs NYR	Rebound	carry	0	71.9	3-on-2, rebound
Dec 20, 2025 vs DET	Odd-man rush	carry	0	68.9	4-on-2
Dec 18, 2025 vs TOR	Forecheck turnover	—	0	10.7	—
Dec 7, 2025 vs CBJ	Rush	loose	0	63.5	—
Dec 5, 2025 @ ANA	Rebound	—	0	45.3	rebound
Dec 2, 2025 @ LAK	Odd-man rush	loose	0	54.3	1-on-0
Nov 30, 2025 @ NYI	Dump and chase	dump	2*	70.0	—
Nov 19, 2025 vs EDM	Rebound	—	0	23.7	rebound
Nov 1, 2025 @ BUF	Odd-man rush	loose	2*	30.3	1-on-0
Oct 17, 2025 vs MIN	Forecheck turnover	carry	1	30.9	3-on-2
Oct 14, 2025 vs TBL	Dump and chase	dump	1	60.9	one-timer
Oct 11, 2025 @ NYI	Rush	loose	0	46.7	—
Oct 11, 2025 @ NYI	Forecheck turnover	—	1	51.7	—
May 6, 2025 vs CAR	Odd-man rush	carry	0	78.2	2-on-1
Mar 30, 2025 vs BUF	Odd-man rush	carry	0	32.5	1-on-0
Mar 15, 2025 @ SJS	Rebound	—	0	29.0	rebound
Mar 11, 2025 @ ANA	Rush	carry	1	41.2	—
Mar 11, 2025 @ ANA	Cycle	—	0	42.0	—
Mar 11, 2025 @ ANA	Off the faceoff	—	0	51.4	—
Mar 7, 2025 vs DET	Odd-man rush	loose	0	70.3	3-on-2
Mar 7, 2025 vs DET	Rush	carry	1	6.5	—
Feb 22, 2025 @ PIT	Odd-man rush	pass	4	65.4	3-on-2
Feb 4, 2025 vs FLA	Cycle	—	0	10.7	—
Jan 28, 2025 @ CGY	Odd-man rush	carry	0	59.7	1-on-0
Jan 23, 2025 @ SEA	Forecheck turnover	carry	0	4.0	—
Jan 18, 2025 vs PIT	Forecheck turnover	carry	2*	50.3	—
Jan 6, 2025 @ BUF	Deflection	—	1	12.7	—
Jan 4, 2025 vs NYR	Rebound	pass	3	20.1	rebound

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Protas

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Protas apart	CF% mate apart
Tom Wilson	RW	63	632:20	57%	55.7%	65% (37-20)	51.5% 291:44	50.9% 221:14
Martin Fehérváry	D	75	427:44	38%	49.1%	55% (18-15)	55.9% 666:25	46.9% 745:40
Jakob Chychrun	D	74	392:13	35%	58.1%	67% (29-14)	50.0% 689:18	50.4% 961:24
Matt Roy	D	73	382:55	34%	52.1%	43% (12-16)	54.9% 681:03	49.0% 874:18
Justin Sourdif	RW	51	343:21	31%	55.2%	76% (19-6)	52.9% 420:02	50.5% 343:59
Rasmus Sandin	D	67	315:23	28%	53.5%	57% (17-13)	53.9% 669:27	45.8% 756:18
John Carlson	D	51	307:10	28%	54.2%	64% (23-13)	54.6% 446:53	54.1% 524:57
Dylan Strome	C	49	257:42	23%	48.4%	52% (17-16)	55.5% 464:54	47.6% 425:24
Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	63	227:52	20%	57.3%	59% (17-12)	52.7% 691:37	46.2% 665:06
Connor McMichael	C	37	177:47	16%	52.8%	50% (8-8)	54.9% 368:12	51.1% 283:22
Pierre-Luc Dubois	LW	17	148:32	13%	53.5%	80% (8-2)	53.5% 97:20	36.0% 82:28
Alex Ovechkin	LW	31	125:40	11%	52.9%	50% (8-8)	50.6% 318:13	48.9% 249:02
Ryan Leonard	RW	32	115:00	10%	48.2%	67% (6-3)	57.0% 374:44	44.2% 282:03
Declan Chisholm	D	24	88:04	8%	52.6%	50% (3-3)	55.9% 262:16	47.3% 231:30

Game log

76 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 14	@ CBJ	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100%	16:30	14:45	—	0:46
Apr 12	vs PIT	W 3-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	67%	19:18	16:06	—	2:36
Apr 11	@ PIT	W 6-3	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	1	50%	16:24	15:45	—	—
Apr 8	@ TOR	W 4-0	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	1	75%	17:38	14:34	—	2:05
Apr 5	@ NYR	L 1-8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0%	17:05	14:27	—	2:38
Apr 4	vs BUF	W 6-2	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	1	0%	16:15	13:29	—	2:46
Mar 28	@ VGK	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	6:27	6:27	—	—
Mar 26	@ UTA	W 7-4	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	2	60%	20:03	14:36	—	3:10
Mar 24	@ STL	L 0-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0%	21:36	19:26	0:07	2:03
Mar 22	vs COL	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	1	—	20:37	18:41	0:18	1:37
Mar 20	vs NJD	W 2-1	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	—	18:15	15:37	—	1:51
Mar 18	vs OTT	W 4-1	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	1	—	19:38	14:50	—	3:15
Mar 14	vs BOS	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	60%	20:49	15:07	1:37	4:05
Mar 12	@ BUF	W 2-1	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	—	16:31	13:06	1:17	2:08
Mar 11	@ PHI	L 1-4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	—	18:03	14:54	1:34	1:35
Mar 9	vs CGY	W 7-3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	—	17:20	16:23	0:57	—
Mar 7	@ BOS	L 1-3	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	0	—	18:19	13:18	0:17	3:16
Feb 28	@ MTL	L 2-6	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	—	18:05	14:35	0:05	3:25
Feb 27	vs VGK	W 3-2	0	2	2	+3	2	0	1	0	—	19:38	15:46	0:32	2:25
Feb 25	vs PHI	W 3-1	1	1	2	+1	1	0	1	0	—	15:44	14:14	—	0:31

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	76	1385:57	18:14	1393	1371	50.4%	51.4%	659	622	83	80	51%	77.4	83.9	47%
Even strength	76	1156:31	15:13	1197	1048	53.3%	54.6%	561	478	63	49	56%	57.0	55.8	52%
5v5	76	1112:08	14:38	1160	1007	53.5%	54.8%	541	455	60	43	58%	54.0	51.2	53%
Power play	35	35:26	1:01	58	5	92.1%	91.7%	30	3	2	1	67%	4.2	0.2	89%
Penalty kill	71	144:48	2:02	43	248	14.8%	16.0%	29	113	2	19	10%	2.6	19.1	7%
4v4	31	26:25	0:51	19	25	43.2%	45.7%	11	13	3	3	50%	1.0	1.4	38%
3v3 (OT)	12	17:58	1:30	18	16	52.9%	55.2%	9	10	0	3	0%	1.9	3.3	0%
5v4	35	34:16	0:59	53	5	91.4%	90.9%	26	3	2	1	67%	4.0	0.2	94%
4v5	71	141:47	2:00	43	241	15.1%	16.4%	29	109	2	19	10%	2.6	18.2	7%
6v5, own net empty	25	21:13	0:51	62	18	77.5%	76.9%	20	7	2	7	22%	2.6	6.2	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	30	25:27	0:51	24	52	31.6%	34.7%	13	21	13	4	76%	9.8	2.6	0%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26	WSH	76	25	27	52	+20	20	159	15.7%	33	42	18:14
2024-25Playoffs	WSH	6	1	1	2	-2	0	3	33.3%	4	5	17:36
2024-25	WSH	76	30	36	66	+40	18	142	21.1%	20	33	16:27
2023-24Playoffs	WSH	4	0	2	2	+1	0	8	0.0%	4	3	14:58
2023-24	WSH	78	6	23	29	-3	8	113	5.3%	34	49	13:45
2022-23	WSH	58	4	11	15	-8	12	83	4.8%	39	15	11:31
2021-22	WSH	33	3	6	9	+4	0	34	8.8%	20	12	11:50

Aliaksei Protas news

4 NHL Players Comparable to Canucks’ Brooks Rogowski
The Hockey WritersSep 26, 2026
Aliaksei Protas | September 21
NHL.comSep 21, 2026
Aliaksei Protas Home
NHL.comSep 10, 2026
Aliaksei Protas Stats
NHL.comSep 10, 2026
Aliaksei Protas Bio, Awards & Draft Info
NHL.comSep 10, 2026
Redoing the Red Wings’ 2019 Draft Class
The Hockey WritersSep 8, 2026
Capitals Can Bully Their Way to a Metropolitan Division Title in 2026-27
The Hockey WritersAug 24, 2026
Capitals' Aliaksei Protas could reach significant goal milestone in 26-27 season
Stars and SticksAug 14, 2026

Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Aliaksei Protas news