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Ilya Lyubushkin

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Dallas Stars
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years ($3.2M CapHit)
Height	6'2"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	206	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	33
Age (DOB)	32 (Apr 6, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2024	Dallas Stars	Signed 3 years @ $3.250M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 13, 2022	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 2 years @ $2.750M AAV starting in 2022-23
Apr 19, 2021	Arizona Coyotes	Signed 1 year @ $1.350M AAV starting in 2021-22
Oct 5, 2020	Arizona Coyotes	Signed 1 year @ $1.000M AAV starting in 2020-21
Jun 14, 2019	Arizona Coyotes	Signed 1 year @ $874K AAV starting in 2019-20
May 23, 2018	Arizona Coyotes	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2018-19	ARI	41	-1.02	-0.37	-0.96	-1.52	-	-1.03	-	-0.12
2019-20	ARI	51	-1.29	-1.22	-0.85	-1.53	-	-0.88	-	0.68
2020-21	ARI	42	-1.50	-1.35	-0.65	0.11	-	-0.81	-	0.70
2021-22	ARI, TOR	77	-0.81	-0.17	-0.95	-0.67	-	-1.07	-0.90	0.71
2022-23	BUF	68	-0.23	0.57	-0.87	-0.09	-	-0.89	-1.01	1.45
2023-24	ANA, TOR	74	-1.22	-0.70	-1.01	-1.93	-	-1.10	-0.91	0.02
2024-25	DAL	80	-0.71	-0.07	-0.90	-1.28	-	-0.68	-0.86	0.10
2025-26	DAL	53	-0.31	0.35	-0.83	-0.57	-	-0.70	-1.09	0.48

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2018-19	ARI	41	-1.65	-1.71	-1.97	-0.44	-0.53	0.08	-
2019-20	ARI	51	-1.23	-1.75	-2.06	0.22	-0.16	-0.54	-
2020-21	ARI	42	-0.43	-1.64	-2.21	-1.37	-1.22	0.57	-
2021-22	ARI, TOR	77	-0.57	-1.50	0.07	-0.53	-0.84	-0.18	-
2022-23	BUF	68	-1.80	-1.39	0.76	-1.14	-1.56	0.05	-
2023-24	ANA, TOR	74	-0.92	-1.46	0.35	-1.29	-0.97	0.85	-
2024-25	DAL	80	-0.88	-1.48	0.79	-0.75	-0.89	0.13	-
2025-26	DAL	53	-1.17	-1.50	-0.43	-1.43	-1.33	0.47	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Reb.
2018-19	ARI	41	534:39	0.00	0.45	0.45	0.11	-0.11	0.00	3.51	-3.51	13.04
2019-20	ARI	51	695:40	0.00	0.34	0.34	0.12	-0.12	0.00	3.49	-3.49	1.69
2020-21	ARI	42	643:04	0.09	0.09	0.19	0.09	0.00	2.78	2.65	0.13	3.92
2021-22	ARI	46	697:18	0.00	0.60	0.60	0.11	-0.11	0.00	3.85	-3.85	0.00
2021-22	TOR	31	462:22	0.13	0.52	0.65	0.10	0.03	5.26	3.87	1.39	4.17
2021-22	ARI, TOR	77	1159:40	0.05	0.57	0.62	0.10	-0.05	1.96	3.86	-1.90	1.39
2022-23	BUF	68	862:33	0.07	0.70	0.77	0.08	-0.01	2.56	2.99	-0.43	2.00
2023-24	ANA	55	739:55	0.00	0.32	0.32	0.13	-0.13	0.00	4.99	-4.99	7.84
2023-24	TOR	19	279:25	0.00	0.86	0.86	0.04	-0.04	0.00	2.41	-2.41	9.09
2023-24	ANA, TOR	74	1019:20	0.00	0.47	0.47	0.11	-0.11	0.00	4.47	-4.47	8.06
2024-25	DAL	80	1173:36	0.05	0.61	0.66	0.13	-0.08	2.04	5.03	-2.99	1.16
2025-26	DAL	53	738:02	0.08	0.65	0.73	0.12	-0.04	3.23	4.65	-1.43	4.65

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2018-19	ARI	41	534:39	40.06	1.68	2.19	43.54	2.69	2.52	38.46	46.52	-0.10	0.09	-2.09
2019-20	ARI	51	695:40	42.18	2.24	2.66	43.73	1.98	2.13	53.06	55.55	0.33	-0.48	8.39
2020-21	ARI	42	643:04	36.48	1.49	1.85	41.71	2.52	2.30	37.21	44.65	-0.52	-0.13	-4.79
2021-22	ARI	46	697:18	34.16	2.07	1.85	39.75	2.67	2.25	43.64	45.13	-0.25	-0.42	1.10
2021-22	TOR	31	462:22	43.21	2.47	2.56	42.04	2.73	2.54	47.50	50.19	-0.45	0.39	-8.18
2021-22	ARI, TOR	77	1159:40	37.77	2.22	2.13	40.67	2.69	2.36	45.26	47.42	-0.33	-0.09	-2.65
2022-23	BUF	68	862:33	38.12	2.16	2.54	42.99	2.57	3.02	45.59	45.67	-0.49	-0.00	-4.40
2023-24	ANA	55	739:55	36.90	1.87	2.13	45.65	3.16	2.77	37.10	43.53	-0.21	0.28	-4.99
2023-24	TOR	19	279:25	41.23	3.01	2.52	41.87	2.36	2.05	56.00	55.12	-0.39	-0.39	0.70
2023-24	ANA, TOR	74	1019:20	38.08	2.18	2.24	44.62	2.94	2.57	42.53	46.55	-0.25	0.10	-3.63
2024-25	DAL	80	1173:36	37.42	2.35	2.46	42.84	2.30	2.51	50.55	49.53	-0.20	-0.06	-1.37
2025-26	DAL	53	738:02	30.49	1.87	2.12	38.13	1.95	2.31	48.94	47.83	-0.50	-0.02	-5.07

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Ilya Lyubushkin delivers a big hit at rising costs for youth hockey equipment at Blackout Dallas (Thu Feb 5, 2026)
Gulutzan has tough decisions to make with Bichsel and Lyubushkin nearing return at Blackout Dallas (Mon Feb 2, 2026)

Current Contract

Ilya Lyubushkin signed a $9,750,000 3-year contract with the Dallas Stars and General Manager Jim Nill on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $3,250,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.69% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	30	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
2025-26	31	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	-	-	$3,350,000	$3,350,000	$3,350,000	UFA
2026-27	32	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	-	-	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$9,750,000	$9,750,000	$9,750,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: Jim Nill

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.69

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Ilya Lyubushkin signed a $5,500,000 2-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Kevyn Adams on July 13, 2022 with an AAV of $2,750,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.33% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	28	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	UFA
2023-24	29	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000

Signed: July 13, 2022

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Kevyn Adams

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.33

Retained Salary: Anaheim Ducks retained 50.0% of total salary on March 1, 2024

Retained Salary: Carolina Hurricanes retained 25.0% of total salary on March 1, 2024

Ilya Lyubushkin signed a $1,350,000 1-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes and General Manager Bill Armstrong on April 19, 2021 with an AAV of $1,350,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.66% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	27		$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000

Signed: Apr 19, 2021

Team: Arizona Coyotes

GM: Bill Armstrong

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.66

Ilya Lyubushkin signed a $1,000,000 1-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes and General Manager Bill Armstrong on October 5, 2020 with an AAV of $1,000,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.23% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	26		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000

Signed: Oct 5, 2020

Team: Arizona Coyotes

GM: Bill Armstrong

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.23

Ilya Lyubushkin signed a $874,125 1-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes and General Manager John Chayka on June 14, 2019 with an AAV of $874,125. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.07% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	25		$874,125	$874,125	-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$874,125	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$874,125

Signed: June 14, 2019

Team: Arizona Coyotes

GM: John Chayka

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.07

Ilya Lyubushkin signed a $925,000 1-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes and General Manager John Chayka on May 23, 2018 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.16% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	24		$925,000	$1,350,000	$425,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total					$425,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000

Signed: May 23, 2018

Team: Arizona Coyotes

GM: John Chayka

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	Russia U17	Rus Moskva U16	29	7	10	17		54
2010-11	Russia U17 Finals	Spartak Moskva U16										6	2	2	4		10
2011-12	MHL	Kuznetskie Medvedi	26	0	1	1	-1	34
2011-12	MHL	Loko Yaroslavl	21	3	1	4	+4	26				3	1		1	-4	2
2012-13	MHL	Loko Yaroslavl	4	0	0	0	+3
2012-13	VHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl-2	42	1	4	5	+6	26				5	1		1		4
2012-13	Jr Super Series	Russian Selects U20										3				-4	14
2013-14	MHL	Loko Yaroslavl	11	1	1	2	+10	36
2013-14	WJC-20	Russia U20	7	0	4	4	+4	6
2013-14	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	32	1	1	2		18				18				-1	47
2014-15	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	60	1	6	7	+4	30				6				-3	8
2015-16	EHT	Russia	5	0	0	0	-4	4
2015-16	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	55	4	7	11	+15	68				5				-2
2016-17	EHT	Russia	8	0	1	1	+3	2
2016-17	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	60	3	4	7	+4	69				15		1	1		26
2017-18	EHT	Russia	5	0	0	0	+2
2017-18	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	50	3	6	9	+14	73				9	1		1		4
2018-19	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	41	0	4	4	-9	13	27	0.0	13:44
2019-20	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	51	0	4	4	+4	18	41	0.0	14:11
2019-20	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	2	0	0	0		2
2020-21	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	42	1	1	2	-13	10	36	2.8	15:42
2020-21	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	5	0	0	0	-4	2
2021-22	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	46	0	9	9	-6	26	33	0.0	18:07
2021-22	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	31	2	4	6	+4	25	21	9.5	16:28	7		1	1	-1	18	3	0.0	13:55
2022-23	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	68	2	12	14	-2	38	41	4.9	15:01
2023-24	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	55	0	4	4	-13	51	38	0.0	17:09
2023-24	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	19	0	4	4	+2	6	9	0.0	17:03	7		3	3	+4	2	3	0.0	16:30
2024-25	NHL	Dallas Stars	80	1	13	14	+5	32	51	2.0	17:23	14		3	3	-7	4	12	0.0	17:03
2025-26	NHL	Dallas Stars	53	1	8	9	+1	40	33	3.0	15:44	2		1	1			1	0.0	13:31
NHL Career			486	7	63	70	-27	259	330	2.1	16:03	30		8	8	-4	24	19	0.0	15:57