Kevin Korchinski

#14Defenseman6'3"196 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

13:38

TOI/GP

D · CHI · NHL id 8483466

Kevin Korchinski has played 13 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots while averaging 13:38 a night (13:30 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:04 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 63% of his 5v5 minutes with Ethan Del Mastro and 36% with Ryan Donato over the last 10 games, and the Blackhawks have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Korchinski on the ice (6-10 in goals, 56% offensive-zone starts). In the Blackhawks' most recent game against SJS he was on D3 with Ethan Del Mastro and off the power play; moved up to D2 (from D3) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 5.3% across the 105 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 15 game vs SJS, detected from shift data

Pair

Ethan Del Mastro

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to D2 (from D3) in the last gameLast 5: D2 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D2

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

9 games shown, 14:23 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 13 GP in 2025-26; showing 2024-25 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed25th2521.1 mph

Bursts 20+ mph44th4416

Hardest shot34th3588.1 mph

Offensive-zone time15th1539.4%

Distance skated23rd2442.1 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 · 17 attempts, 7 on goal, 0 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 · 13 GP · 2 points vs 1.6 expected

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Luck meter-4

Last 20 games: -4. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−0.3 G

On-ice SH%+1.1 G

On-ice SV%−2.4 G

IPP+0.1 G

Points vs expected+0.4 P

: 0.0%
: 97.9
: 33.3%
G vs xG: 0 / 0.3

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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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 played13
Goals0
Assists2
Points2
Power-play points0
Shorthanded points0
Shots on goal7
Hits4
Blocked shots13
Plus/minus−4
Penalty minutes4
Faceoffs won0

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Ice time per game13:38
Power-play time per game0:00
Power-play share—
Ice-time share22.4%
Offensive-zone start %55.6%

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.68

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 · 13 of 13 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.090
Season net: −0.26xG

Offensive TK/600.00 (0)

Offensive GV/600.69 (2)

Neutral TK/600.34 (1)

Neutral GV/601.03 (3)

Defensive TK/600.34 (1)

Defensive GV/602.76 (8)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.34
Attempts: 1
: 0.000

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.41G
Per 60: −0.138
Drawn / taken: 0 / 2minors

Method Leaders

: 47.8%
: 44.4%
: 47.5%
Transition CF/60: 3.8
Turnovers won/60: 21.0
Turnovers lost/60: 21.4

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

Role changes

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

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Moved up to D2 from D3Jan 25, 2024 alerts →
Moved down to D3 from D2Jan 7, 2024 alerts →
Played 5:47 less than his 5-game averageJan 7, 2024 alerts →

How the goals happened

6 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 10, 2025 @ BOS	Rush	carry	0	65.8	—
Mar 19, 2024 @ LAK	Point shot	—	1*	58.8	—
Mar 17, 2024 vs SJS	Forecheck turnover	—	1	69.3	one-timer
Feb 13, 2024 vs VAN	Rebound	carry	0	46.4	one-timer, rebound
Nov 24, 2023 vs TOR	Cycle	—	0	58.3	—
Nov 9, 2023 @ TBL	Off the faceoff	—	1*	54.5	—

* 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 Korchinski

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Korchinski apart	CF% mate apart
Ethan Del Mastro	D	8	87:16	50%	50.7%	40% (2-3)	46.7% 23:19	45.5% 23:25
Ryan Donato	C	13	59:38	34%	48.1%	50% (1-1)	46.3% 114:24	47.4% 101:31
Connor Bedard	C	12	50:41	29%	47.2%	33% (2-4)	45.0% 111:12	43.4% 127:46
Ryan Greene	C	11	49:35	28%	49.4%	60% (3-2)	44.8% 103:54	47.9% 92:37
Frank Nazar	C	11	46:09	27%	46.1%	0% (0-3)	52.2% 99:56	47.0% 84:01
Andre Burakovsky	LW	12	44:33	26%	39.3%	33% (2-4)	50.9% 113:51	39.7% 101:12
Teuvo Teravainen	LW	13	40:37	23%	52.5%	0% (0-4)	45.5% 133:25	45.8% 102:44
Landon Slaggert	LW	11	34:53	20%	45.7%	100% (2-0)	48.1% 114:06	34.0% 69:58
Nick Lardis	LW	10	34:13	20%	52.1%	29% (2-5)	43.2% 108:49	48.7% 86:52
Tyler Bertuzzi	LW	12	32:51	19%	40.0%	33% (1-2)	50.0% 128:13	40.5% 129:52
Ilya Mikheyev	RW	11	28:26	16%	52.4%	50% (1-1)	49.0% 118:45	39.8% 134:21
Matt Grzelcyk	D	2	24:49	14%	30.6%	33% (1-2)	42.9% 3:08	28.6% 3:03
Anton Frondell	C	6	19:09	11%	55.2%	100% (1-0)	52.5% 63:33	38.8% 62:11
Sacha Boisvert	C	5	18:02	10%	48.1%	50% (1-1)	52.6% 52:09	32.4% 27:21

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 174:02 on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen

Quality of teammates (QoT)43.8%

2nd percentile · higher = stronger linemates

Quality of competition (QoC)49.5%

15th percentile · higher = tougher opponents

Sheltered minutes: mostly faces weaker opposition.

Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Korchinski shared the 5v5 ice with, each shrunk toward 50%. Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.

Game log

13 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 15	vs SJS	W 5-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	16:00	15:56	—	0:04
Apr 13	vs BUF	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	13:43	13:05	—	0:19
Apr 11	vs STL	L 3-5	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	—	17:20	16:39	—	0:29
Apr 9	vs CAR	L 2-7	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	—	16:33	16:28	—	—
Apr 6	@ SJS	L 2-3	0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	—	15:38	15:38	—	—
Apr 4	@ SEA	W 4-2	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	—	11:20	11:20	—	—
Apr 2	@ EDM	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	—	14:48	14:25	—	—
Mar 31	vs WPG	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	12:58	12:58	—	—
Mar 29	@ NJD	L 3-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	—	12:09	12:09	—	—
Mar 1	@ UTA	W 4-0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	—	10:27	10:27	—	—
Feb 28	@ COL	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	—	8:24	8:24	—	—
Jan 10	@ NSH	W 3-0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	1	—	14:04	14:04	—	—
Jan 9	vs WSH	L 1-5	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	—	13:53	13:53	—	—

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	13	177:17	13:38	127	146	46.5%	45.9%	58	80	6	11	35%	5.9	6.8	57%
Even strength	13	175:26	13:30	126	142	47.0%	46.5%	57	79	6	10	38%	5.9	6.5	57%
5v5	13	174:02	13:23	126	142	47.0%	46.5%	57	79	6	10	38%	5.9	6.5	56%
Penalty kill	3	0:52	0:17	0	2	0.0%	0.0%	0	1	0	1	0%	0.0	0.2	—

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	CHI	13	0	2	2	-4	4	7	0.0%	4	13	13:38
2024-25	CHI	16	1	1	2	-5	8	14	7.1%	2	14	17:05
2023-24	CHI	76	5	10	15	-39	20	93	5.4%	26	82	19:37