Vasily Podkolzin

23.1

#92Right Wing6'1"209 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2026-27 regular season

SOG

27.3% SH

18:12

TOI/GP

RW · EDM · NHL id 8481617

Vasily Podkolzin has played 2 games for the Edmonton Oilers in 2026-27, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist (4 points) on 11 shots while averaging 18:12 a night (13:43 at even strength, 4:13 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 94% of his 5v5 minutes with Leon Draisaitl and 54% with Mattias Ekholm over the last 2 games, and the Oilers have controlled 79% of shot attempts with Podkolzin on the ice (4-2 in goals, 64% offensive-zone starts). In the Oilers' most recent game against VAN he was on L1 with Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid and on PP1; moved up to L1 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 27.3% this season against 11.4% across the 333 games in our data.

Right now

From the Oct 1 game vs VAN, detected from shift data

Line

Leon Draisaitl Connor McDavid

Power play

PP1

Leon Draisaitl Kasperi Kapanen Connor McDavid Evan Bouchard

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to L1 (from L3) in the last gameLast 2: L3/PP1 · L1/PP1

Ascension78Surginglast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 1, 2026

ixG/60 2.97 (was 1.13)
+2:37 PP TOI
PP1 in 2 of last 2 (was 6 of 20)

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · 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

2 games shown, 17:56 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

Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed87th8823.1 mph

Bursts 20+ mph93rd94191

Hardest shot87th8791.1 mph

Offensive-zone time60th6142.9%

Distance skated83rd83211.5 mi

High-danger SOG76th7652

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

2026-27 · 17 attempts, 11 on goal, 3 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 · 82 GP · 37 points vs 32.9 expected

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Luck meter+37

Last 20 games: -6. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+3.0 G

On-ice SH%+8.3 G

On-ice SV%−3.3 G

IPP−1.4 G

Points vs expected+4.1 P

: 13.7%
: 100.2
: 54.4%
G vs xG: 19 / 16.0

• Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:33 a game, PP share 5% → 42%, 4 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
• Shot diet improved: 0.125 xG per attempt lately vs 0.089 before (more from the slot).

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
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Player analytics

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

2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 3 G, 1 A, 3 PPP, 11 SOG.

Fantasy box score

Games played82
Goals19136th of 715
Assists18292nd of 715
Points37210th of 715
Power-play points3311th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal139182nd of 715
Hits24212th of 715
Blocked shots52240th of 715
Plus/minus+1664th of 715
Penalty minutes6361st of 715
Faceoffs won21262nd of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)53.4%118th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)53.8%108th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)51.9%226th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.9%219th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)50.7%325th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)50.4%294th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.79399th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60+0.00681st of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.3893rd of 719
Faceoff win %32.3%
Draw Equity /100−0.188

Usage

Ice time per game15:23406th of 715
Power-play time per game0:27413th of 715
Power-play share31.0%330th of 713
Ice-time share25.4%404th of 715
Offensive-zone start %62.8%109th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.48564th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1002322nd of 719
Goals above expected+3.074th of 715
Luck Meter+37136th of 828
Ascension score782nd of 428

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed23.194th of 715
20+ mph bursts19141st of 715
Hardest shot91.1216th of 715
Offensive-zone time42.9%241st 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 · 81 of 82 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.032
Season net: −0.60xG

Offensive TK/600.47 (9)

Offensive GV/601.00 (19)

Neutral TK/600.10 (2)

Neutral GV/600.68 (13)

Defensive TK/600.21 (4)

Defensive GV/601.00 (19)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.188
Season: −0.12G
: 32.3%65 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 7-17 · NZ 12-20 · DZ 2-7

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.79
Attempts: 15
: 0.049

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

Method Leaders

Season: −2.04G
Per 60: −0.097
Drawn / taken: 21.5 / 31.5minors

Method Leaders

: 51.9%
: 50.7%
: 51.9%
Transition CF/60: 4.5
Turnovers won/60: 22.2
Turnovers lost/60: 22.9

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

138 shots on goal, 19 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	30%	23%	9
L Circle	19%	13%	2
L Point	1%	5%	0
R Point	1%	6%	0
Outside R	1%	4%	0
Outside L	2%	4%	0
R Circle	14%	12%	1

Role changes

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

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Moved up to PP1 from PP2Apr 8, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to L3 from L4May 14, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L3Nov 9, 2022 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Apr 21, 2022 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L3Feb 27, 2022 alerts →

How his goals happened

36 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
Oct 1, 2026 @ VAN	Rebound	—	0	29.8	one-timer, rebound
Sep 29, 2026 vs VAN	Odd-man rush	pass	2*	73.1	5-on-3
Sep 29, 2026 vs VAN	Rebound	—	0	26.4	rebound
Apr 30, 2026 @ ANA	Deflection	carry	1	10.2	rebound
Apr 28, 2026 vs ANA	Rush	carry	0	53.1	—
Apr 24, 2026 @ ANA	Odd-man rush	carry	0	61.0	3-on-2
Apr 8, 2026 @ SJS	Deflection	—	1	7.1	—
Apr 7, 2026 @ UTA	Forecheck turnover	loose	2*	36.8	3-on-2
Apr 2, 2026 vs CHI	Odd-man rush	pass	1	51.7	2-on-1
Mar 17, 2026 vs SJS	Forecheck turnover	carry	0	57.1	1-on-0
Mar 8, 2026 @ VGK	Odd-man rush	carry	0	4.0	2-on-0
Mar 6, 2026 vs CAR	Forecheck turnover	—	0	46.7	—
Feb 26, 2026 @ LAK	Odd-man rush	carry	3*	24.6	3-on-2
Jan 18, 2026 vs STL	Odd-man rush	loose	0	34.2	2-on-1, one-timer
Jan 17, 2026 @ VAN	Rush	carry	0	65.5	—
Jan 8, 2026 @ WPG	Rush	carry	0	17.9	—
Dec 16, 2025 @ PIT	Odd-man rush	carry	0	55.3	3-on-1
Dec 13, 2025 @ TOR	Deflection	—	0	12.7	—
Dec 13, 2025 @ TOR	Deflection	carry	1	29.4	3-on-2, one-timer
Dec 9, 2025 vs BUF	Rebound	—	0	2.9	rebound
Dec 4, 2025 vs SEA	Forecheck turnover	—	4*	13.3	one-timer
Nov 22, 2025 @ FLA	Rush	carry	0	50.0	—
Nov 13, 2025 @ CBJ	Forecheck turnover	—	0	43.1	—
Nov 4, 2025 @ DAL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	53.6	1-on-0, one-timer
Oct 23, 2025 vs MTL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	21.9	—
Jun 17, 2025 @ FLA	Forecheck turnover	—	1	21.9	one-timer
Jun 12, 2025 @ FLA	Rebound	—	0	37.6	rebound
May 8, 2025 @ VGK	Odd-man rush	carry	1	56.3	3-on-2
Apr 9, 2025 vs STL	Forecheck turnover	—	1	29.7	—
Mar 18, 2025 vs UTA	Odd-man rush	carry	0	65.3	3-on-2
Jan 15, 2025 @ MIN	Deflection	carry	2	23.0	3-on-2
Jan 11, 2025 @ CHI	Rush	carry	0	29.1	—
Jan 4, 2025 @ SEA	Rush	loose	2*	47.1	one-timer
Nov 30, 2024 @ COL	Deflection	—	4*	20.0	—
Nov 29, 2024 @ UTA	Odd-man rush	carry	1	63.2	2-on-1
Nov 23, 2024 vs NYR	Odd-man rush	pass	2	64.1	2-on-1

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

Linemates

2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Podkolzin

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Podkolzin apart	CF% mate apart
Leon Draisaitl	C	2	25:50	94%	82.2%	80% (4-1)	0.0% 1:36	66.7% 3:31
Mattias Ekholm	D	2	14:43	54%	72.7%	100% (1-0)	84.0% 12:43	66.7% 21:43
Evan Bouchard	D	2	14:31	53%	81.8%	75% (3-1)	76.0% 12:55	67.4% 22:52
Kasperi Kapanen	RW	1	12:49	47%	84.6%	33% (1-2)	— 0:41	80.0% 2:24
Connor McDavid	C	1	12:12	44%	75.0%	100% (3-0)	0.0% 1:44	100.0% 2:07
Ryan Shea	D	2	10:40	39%	81.3%	75% (3-1)	77.4% 16:46	47.2% 25:30
Connor Murphy	D	2	6:24	23%	78.6%	100% (1-0)	78.8% 21:02	27.5% 31:56
Shakir Mukhamadullin	D	1	5:28	20%	62.5%	0% (0-2)	94.4% 8:02	66.7% 7:35
Jake Walman	D	1	2:20	9%	100.0%	— (0-0)	76.5% 11:10	29.2% 11:51

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Oct 1	@ VAN	W 9-7	1	1	2	+3	4	0	2	0	—	18:04	13:56	4:02	—
Sep 29	vs VAN	OTL 5-6	2	0	2	-2	7	0	5	0	0%	18:20	13:30	4:24	—

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	2	36:24	18:12	60	13	82.2%	79.2%	33	6	7	3	70%	4.2	0.7	76%
Even strength	2	27:26	13:43	37	10	78.7%	74.4%	23	5	4	2	67%	2.4	0.6	64%
5v5	2	27:26	13:43	37	10	78.7%	74.4%	23	5	4	2	67%	2.4	0.6	64%
Power play	2	8:26	4:13	20	2	90.9%	91.7%	9	1	2	1	67%	1.5	0.1	100%
5v4	2	8:26	4:13	20	2	90.9%	91.7%	9	1	2	1	67%	1.5	0.1	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
2026-27	EDM	2	3	1	4	+1	0	11	27.3%	7	0	18:12
2025-26Playoffs	EDM	6	3	3	6	+5	5	12	25.0%	32	3	16:17
2025-26	EDM	82	19	18	37	+16	63	139	13.7%	242	52	15:23
2024-25Playoffs	EDM	22	3	7	10	+7	20	18	16.7%	100	11	11:02
2024-25	EDM	82	8	16	24	+1	48	114	7.0%	211	53	13:13
2023-24Playoffs	VAN	2	0	0	0	+1	10	2	0.0%	6	1	8:32
2023-24	VAN	19	0	2	2	-4	8	20	0.0%	71	3	10:49
2022-23	VAN	39	4	3	7	-5	9	41	9.8%	52	15	11:50
2021-22	VAN	79	14	12	26	+7	26	115	12.2%	84	33	12:48