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Pittsburgh Penguins

Ilya Solovyov

#7Defenseman6'3"227 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
30
GP
1
G
7
A
8
P
23
SOG
4.3% SH
12:45
TOI/GP

D · PIT · NHL id 8482470

Ilya Solovyov has played 30 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 7 assists (8 points) on 23 shots while averaging 12:45 a night (12:25 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 0:16 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 33% of his 5v5 minutes with Connor Clifton and 27% with Tommy Novak over the last 10 games, and the Penguins have controlled 55% of shot attempts with Solovyov on the ice (20-20 in goals, 46% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against PHI he was on D3 with Ryan Shea and off the power play. He is shooting 4.3% this season against 2.6% across the 48 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 29 game vs PHI, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Ryan Shea
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: D1 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 6 games, 11:50 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine3133330m3m7m10m13m17m20mApr 7Apr 9Apr 11Apr 13Apr 14Apr 18Apr 20Apr 22Apr 25Apr 27
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
6 games shown, 11:50 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 speed14th1520.5 mph
Bursts 20+ mph27th287
Hardest shot88th8997.2 mph
Offensive-zone time70th7143.1%
Distance skated29th3054.6 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
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 · 69 attempts, 23 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at PIT: 69 attempts, 23 on goal, 1 goal, 0.87 expected goals; best chance Ilya Solovyov at 0.09 xG.

  • 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 · 30 GP · 8 points vs 7.2 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +58. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

4.3%
97.9
40.0%
G vs xG
1 / 0.8
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:56 a game): some of the heat may be real.
Goals against expected goals
00.511.5+0.2goals above expected0.2σ10/114/14
  • 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played30
  • Goals1634th
  • Assists7544th
  • Points8597th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal23678th
  • Hits35501st
  • Blocked shots33412th
  • Plus/minus0307th
  • Penalty minutes16507th
  • Faceoffs won0451st

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 29 of 30 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.061
Season net
−0.38xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.48
Attempts
3
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.43G
Per 60
−0.224
Drawn / taken
1 / 8minors

MethodLeaders
55.3%
58.6%
55.9%
Transition CF/60
5.3
Turnovers won/60
26.3
Turnovers lost/60
23.7

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
23 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot0%23%0
L Point26%5%0
R Point22%6%0
High Slot0%7%0
Center Point13%9%0
Outside L9%4%0
R Circle9%12%0

How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Jan 10, 2026 vs CBJRushcarry080.1—

* 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 Solovyov

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Solovyov apartCF% mate apart
Sam MalinskiD1598:5725%60.1%33% (1-2)53.4% 70:5962.1% 131:38
Connor CliftonD993:1924%46.9%50% (6-6)40.0% 18:3036.1% 16:55
Jack DruryC1669:2618%62.6%67% (2-1)54.4% 112:0957.1% 130:00
Victor OlofssonRW1662:4716%66.0%67% (2-1)53.0% 118:4861.2% 109:03
Ross ColtonC1557:5715%64.9%100% (2-0)53.3% 114:3256.7% 117:39
Tommy NovakC1655:3714%50.5%40% (2-3)52.8% 150:3148.0% 156:36
Parker KellyLW1653:3814%52.4%43% (3-4)60.8% 127:5760.6% 111:25
Anthony ManthaRW1552:5213%45.0%54% (7-6)51.0% 131:5951.5% 134:30
Egor ChinakhovRW1551:2313%41.8%33% (1-2)56.0% 140:2450.5% 148:58
Ben KindelC1550:3013%42.6%63% (5-3)53.6% 126:0851.9% 115:25
Brock NelsonC1546:0612%58.2%40% (2-3)57.3% 126:2356.3% 149:15
Samuel GirardD746:0312%59.3%50% (2-2)50.0% 36:3358.5% 77:17
Gavin BrindleyC1542:4911%35.6%0% (0-2)63.2% 129:4048.3% 85:01
Rickard RakellRW1442:0911%52.9%33% (1-2)49.1% 128:2745.9% 154:59

Game log

33 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 29PO@ PHIOTL 0-100000012—7:487:48——
Apr 27POvs PHIW 3-200000020—6:095:57——
Apr 25PO@ PHIW 4-200000020—7:337:29——
Apr 14@ STLL 5-700002221—14:3114:21——
Apr 12@ WSHL 0-300001012—19:4519:45——
Apr 11vs WSHL 3-6000-20021—15:4215:42——
Mar 18@ CAROTL 5-601100011—12:3912:05—0:34
Mar 16@ COLW 7-2000+11020—13:2113:21——
Mar 14@ UTAW 4-3000-10211—11:0610:390:08—
Mar 12@ VGKL 2-6000-21011—12:5512:480:07—
Mar 10@ CAROTL 4-5000-10000—14:0112:18—1:43
Mar 8vs BOSW 5-401102214—14:1213:21—0:51
Feb 5@ BUFW 5-2011+10010—12:0811:15—0:53
Feb 3@ NYIOTL 4-5011+12020—14:1214:12——
Feb 2vs OTTL 2-3000-10200—12:3111:46—0:45
Jan 31vs NYRW 6-5000+20212—13:2713:25—0:02
Jan 29vs CHIW 6-2011+30011—16:5115:53—0:55
Jan 19vs WSHW 5-200000221—8:028:02——
Jan 16vs NSHL 3-7000-11011—11:3510:500:45—
Jan 12vs TOROTL 3-4000-12010—9:089:08——

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations30382:2412:4541435354.0%56.5%193167202149%18.815.646%
Even strength30372:2612:2541233755.0%57.5%193161202050%18.814.846%
5v530372:2612:2541233755.0%57.5%193161202050%18.814.846%
Power play41:030:161150.0%0.0%0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill127:560:401127.7%10.0%06010%0.00.70%
4v5127:280:371109.1%12.5%0500—0.00.50%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsPIT3000000—527:10
2025-26PIT, COL30178016234.3%353312:45
2024-25CGY5011-3260.0%12815:40
2023-24CGY10033-34100.0%141715:54

Ilya Solovyov news

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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.