LW · VGK · NHL id 8477458
Valentin Zykov has played 15 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2019-20, scoring 1 goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 19 shots while averaging 12:13 a night (10:46 at even strength, 1:21 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Golden Knights have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Zykov on the ice (6-5 in goals, 63% offensive-zone starts). In the Golden Knights' most recent game against COL he was on L4 with Paul Stastny and Alex Tuch and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 5.3% this season against 9.1% across the 53 games in our data.
Right now
From the Dec 23 game vs COL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2019-20 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 8 games, 12:33 average time on ice, PP1 in 5 games, 5 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2019-20 · 31 attempts, 19 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at VGK: 31 attempts, 19 on goal, 1 goal, 2.27 expected goals; best chance Valentin Zykov at 0.33 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2019-20 regular season · 15 of 15 games through the sequence engine
- −0.052
- Season net
- −0.14xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.74
- Attempts
- 2
- 0.030
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Zykov
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
15 games in 2019-20, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23 | vs COL | L 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:38 | 11:34 | 0:00 | 0:04 |
| Dec 22 | @ SJS | W 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:07 | 8:16 | 2:51 | — |
| Dec 19 | @ VAN | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 10:16 | 8:54 | 1:13 | — |
| Dec 17 | vs MIN | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9:16 | 8:11 | 1:05 | — |
| Dec 15 | vs VAN | W 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12:27 | 10:06 | 2:01 | 0:00 |
| Dec 13 | @ DAL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:29 | 11:27 | 2:02 | — |
| Dec 12 | @ STL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:16 | 13:46 | 3:15 | — |
| Dec 10 | vs CHI | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 15:35 | 14:11 | 1:24 | — |
| Oct 15 | vs NSH | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 13:17 | 10:54 | 2:23 | — |
| Oct 13 | @ LAK | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:51 | 11:24 | 1:27 | — |
| Oct 12 | vs CGY | W 6-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 11:11 | 8:39 | 2:32 | — |
| Oct 10 | @ ARI | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 11:26 | 11:26 | — | — |
| Oct 8 | vs BOS | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10:48 | 10:19 | — | — |
| Oct 4 | @ SJS | W 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:08 | 11:08 | — | — |
| Oct 2 | vs SJS | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 11:25 | 11:18 | — | 0:07 |
Season splits by strength
2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 15 | 183:10 | 12:13 | 181 | 161 | 52.9% | 49.8% | 102 | 98 | 7 | 7 | 50% | 9.2 | 8.4 | 71% |
| Even strength | 15 | 161:33 | 10:46 | 140 | 154 | 47.6% | 44.2% | 76 | 93 | 6 | 6 | 50% | 5.8 | 7.6 | 64% |
| 5v5 | 15 | 161:31 | 10:46 | 138 | 153 | 47.4% | 43.9% | 75 | 92 | 6 | 5 | 55% | 5.7 | 7.5 | 63% |
| Power play | 11 | 20:13 | 1:50 | 34 | 4 | 89.5% | 86.2% | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2.5 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 3 | 0:11 | 0:04 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| 5v4 | 11 | 19:59 | 1:49 | 34 | 4 | 89.5% | 86.2% | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2.5 | 0.2 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | VGK | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 | 19 | 5.3% | 20 | 3 | 12:13 |
| 2018-19 | VGK, EDM, CAR | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 2 | 29 | 6.9% | 26 | 6 | 9:57 |
| 2017-18 | CAR | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 2 | 18 | 16.7% | 3 | 1 | 13:42 |
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.