LW · WSH · NHL id 8484999
Ilya Protas has played 4 games for the Washington Capitals in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 7 shots while averaging 15:54 a night (12:59 at even strength, 2:26 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 83% of his 5v5 minutes with Aliaksei Protas and 80% with Tom Wilson over the last 4 games, and the Capitals have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Protas on the ice (2-2 in goals, 29% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against CBJ he was on L3 with Tom Wilson and Aliaksei Protas and on PP1; dropped to L3 (from L2) in the last game. He is shooting 14.3% this season.
Right now
From the Apr 14 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 4 games, 15:25 average time on ice, PP1 in 4 games, 3 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 4 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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 · 10 attempts, 7 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at WSH: 10 attempts, 7 on goal, 1 goal, 0.78 expected goals; best chance Ilya Protas at 0.27 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- 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 played4
- Goals1
- Assists3
- Points4
- Shots on goal7
- Hits0
- Blocked shots2
- Plus/minus+1
- Penalty minutes2
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)45.2%
- Fenwick (FF%)42.4%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)42.8%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60+0.104
- Faceoff win %45.2%
- Draw Equity /100+0.001
Usage
- Ice time per game15:54
- Offensive-zone start %29.4%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1018
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot78.7
- Offensive-zone time44.5%
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 · 4 of 4 games through the sequence engine
- +0.006
- Season net
- +0.00xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2026 @ PIT | Rebound | — | 0 | 41.3 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aliaksei Protas | C | 4 | 43:02 | 83% | 52.6% | 67% (2-1) | 11.8% 8:53 | 48.4% 18:08 |
| Tom Wilson | RW | 4 | 41:33 | 80% | 54.1% | 67% (2-1) | 10.5% 10:22 | 34.5% 15:48 |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | 4 | 23:09 | 45% | 50.0% | 100% (2-0) | 39.5% 28:46 | 52.2% 56:50 |
| Cole Hutson | D | 4 | 18:22 | 35% | 33.3% | 0% (0-2) | 50.0% 33:33 | 50.5% 46:08 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 4 | 17:13 | 33% | 51.3% | 100% (2-0) | 40.7% 34:42 | 55.1% 53:17 |
| Matt Roy | D | 4 | 15:05 | 29% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 43.8% 36:50 | 44.8% 53:09 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 3 | 11:54 | 23% | 27.8% | — (0-0) | 49.1% 27:15 | 54.2% 41:54 |
| Timothy Liljegren | D | 1 | 7:08 | 14% | 43.8% | — (0-0) | 38.9% 7:28 | 33.3% 12:56 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 2 | 5:02 | 10% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 51.5% 21:10 | 50.0% 28:00 |
| Dylan McIlrath | D | 1 | 4:45 | 9% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 30.8% 6:22 | 50.0% 7:55 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | LW | 3 | 3:42 | 7% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 50.7% 37:06 | 50.6% 42:46 |
| Ryan Leonard | RW | 2 | 2:55 | 6% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 44.2% 22:48 | 56.0% 25:33 |
| Connor McMichael | C | 2 | 2:52 | 6% | 14.3% | — (0-0) | 41.9% 22:51 | 46.8% 23:46 |
| Brandon Duhaime | RW | 2 | 2:49 | 5% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 52.9% 25:13 | 46.9% 21:08 |
Game log
4 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | @ CBJ | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | 16:06 | 11:07 | 3:45 | — |
| Apr 12 | vs PIT | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58% | 15:45 | 14:36 | 1:09 | — |
| Apr 11 | @ PIT | W 6-3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43% | 16:06 | 13:26 | 2:40 | — |
| Apr 8 | @ TOR | W 4-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43% | 15:37 | 12:46 | 2:09 | — |
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 | 4 | 63:34 | 15:54 | 72 | 53 | 57.6% | 55.7% | 34 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 67% | 4.7 | 2.1 | 41% |
| Even strength | 4 | 51:55 | 12:59 | 42 | 51 | 45.2% | 42.4% | 19 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 1.6 | 2.1 | 29% |
| 5v5 | 4 | 51:55 | 12:59 | 42 | 51 | 45.2% | 42.4% | 19 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 1.6 | 2.1 | 29% |
| Power play | 4 | 9:43 | 2:26 | 25 | 1 | 96.2% | 94.7% | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 4 | 9:43 | 2:26 | 25 | 1 | 96.2% | 94.7% | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
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 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 7 | 14.3% | 0 | 2 | 15:54 |
Ilya Protas news
- Ilya Protas | September 21NHL.com
- Ilya Protas eager to seize 'big chance' at Capitals training campnhl.com
- Ilya Protas Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Ilya Protas Statsnhl.com
- 3 Players to Watch at 2026-27 Capitals Rookie CampThe Hockey Writers
- Ilya Protasdobberprospects.com
- A Deeper Dive Into The Capitals' Center Depth With Ilya Protas Expected To Make Jump, Sourdif Rising & Jenner Joining MixThe Hockey News
- Windsor Spitfires’ GM Bill Bowler’s Resume at CHL Import DraftThe Hockey Writers
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.