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Ilya Lyubushkin

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Dallas Stars
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	200	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	33
Age	31 (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

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	0.10	-0.10	0.00	3.43	-3.43	13.04
2019-20	ARI	51	695:40	0.00	0.34	0.34	0.13	-0.13	0.00	3.78	-3.78	1.69
2020-21	ARI	42	643:04	0.09	0.09	0.19	0.10	-0.01	2.78	3.08	-0.30	3.92
2021-22	ARI	46	697:18	0.00	0.60	0.60	0.12	-0.12	0.00	4.41	-4.41	0.00
2021-22	TOR	31	462:22	0.13	0.52	0.65	0.09	0.04	5.26	3.82	1.44	4.17
2021-22	ARI, TOR	77	1159:40	0.05	0.57	0.62	0.11	-0.06	1.96	4.19	-2.23	1.39
2022-23	BUF	68	862:33	0.07	0.70	0.77	0.09	-0.02	2.56	3.27	-0.71	2.00
2023-24	ANA	55	739:55	0.00	0.32	0.32	0.14	-0.14	0.00	5.50	-5.50	7.55
2023-24	TOR	19	279:25	0.00	0.86	0.86	0.06	-0.06	0.00	3.62	-3.62	8.33
2023-24	ANA, TOR	74	1019:20	0.00	0.47	0.47	0.12	-0.12	0.00	5.13	-5.13	7.69
2024-25	DAL	80	1173:36	0.05	0.61	0.66	0.12	-0.07	2.04	4.64	-2.60	1.12

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	2.20	43.54	2.69	2.62	38.46	45.63	-0.19	0.11	-3.07
2019-20	ARI	51	695:40	42.18	2.24	2.63	43.73	1.98	2.25	53.06	53.91	0.28	-0.41	6.98
2020-21	ARI	42	643:04	36.48	1.49	1.94	41.71	2.52	2.44	37.21	44.25	-0.49	-0.02	-5.41
2021-22	ARI	46	697:18	34.16	2.07	1.90	39.75	2.67	2.20	43.64	46.28	-0.27	-0.42	1.10
2021-22	TOR	31	462:22	43.21	2.47	2.69	42.04	2.73	2.46	47.50	52.22	-0.35	0.31	-6.27
2021-22	ARI, TOR	77	1159:40	37.77	2.22	2.21	40.67	2.69	2.31	45.26	48.98	-0.30	-0.13	-1.82
2022-23	BUF	68	862:33	38.12	2.16	2.32	42.99	2.57	2.78	45.59	45.48	-0.51	-0.07	-4.32
2023-24	ANA	55	739:55	37.14	1.87	2.20	45.98	3.16	2.82	37.10	43.86	-0.14	0.28	-4.05
2023-24	TOR	19	279:25	41.87	3.01	2.52	41.87	2.36	2.26	56.00	52.64	-0.47	-0.28	-1.37
2023-24	ANA, TOR	74	1019:20	38.44	2.18	2.29	44.85	2.94	2.67	42.53	46.18	-0.22	0.13	-3.47
2024-25	DAL	80	1173:36	37.83	2.35	2.31	43.40	2.30	2.39	50.55	49.14	-0.21	-0.08	-1.30

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%
2021-22	77	22.0	0.1	5.3	5.6	100.4	55.2	54.5	40.9	4.5	42.2	18.3	39.4
2022-23	68	20.7	0.1	8.4	8.7	93.9	62.3	72.7	27.3	0.0	41.8	18.8	39.4
2023-24	74	21.3	0.1	8.4	8.8	98.6	59.6	56.0	24.0	20.0	43.2	18.8	38.1
2024-25	80	21.2	0.1	8.5	8.8	90.9	68.3	69.8	30.2	0.0	40.2	19.4	40.4

Legend

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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
2024-25	Harley, T	DAL	512:46	2.46	2.11	53.85	2.36	2.42	49.46	-0.15	-0.07	-0.87
2024-25	Lindell, E	DAL	216:28	1.94	2.22	46.67	2.45	2.17	53.00	-0.01	-0.29	3.04
2024-25	Heiskanen, M	DAL	206:32	2.91	2.61	52.63	2.57	2.56	50.12	0.03	0.23	-2.14
2024-25	Bichsel, L	DAL	75:37	2.38	2.38	50.00	2.09	2.10	49.90	-0.32	-0.37	0.49
2024-25	Smith, B	DAL	66:50	2.69	2.69	50.00	2.44	2.62	48.25	-0.15	0.24	-3.90
2024-25	Dumba, M	DAL	49:05	1.22	1.22	50.00	0.98	2.36	29.26	-1.47	-0.13	-20.24
2023-24	Mintyukov, P	ANA	537:00	1.90	2.57	42.50	2.15	2.70	44.37	-0.20	0.04	-2.54
2023-24	Rielly, M	TOR	159:39	2.63	3.01	46.67	2.46	2.20	52.73	-0.38	-0.21	-1.36
2023-24	Fowler, C	ANA	98:13	0.61	4.89	11.11	2.14	3.47	38.12	-0.17	0.88	-9.06
2023-24	Brodie, T	TOR	79:08	3.79	2.27	62.50	3.02	2.67	53.04	0.20	0.24	-0.56
2023-24	Gudas, R	ANA	24:28	0.00	0.00	-	3.06	1.87	62.10	0.75	-0.74	15.12
2023-24	Hagg, R	ANA	20:44	0.00	5.79	0.00	1.71	2.13	44.46	-0.21	-0.54	2.77
2022-23	Bryson, J	BUF	290:40	1.86	3.30	36.00	2.04	2.77	42.51	-0.64	0.01	-6.92
2022-23	Power, O	BUF	169:16	1.77	1.42	55.56	2.29	3.23	41.44	-0.45	0.45	-8.16
2022-23	Stillman, R	BUF	117:21	3.07	3.58	46.15	2.72	2.76	49.71	-0.05	-0.16	0.95
2022-23	Clague, K	BUF	82:52	2.17	3.62	37.50	2.17	3.34	39.38	-0.66	0.58	-11.19
2022-23	Dahlin, R	BUF	61:57	4.84	1.94	71.43	3.04	1.94	61.04	0.35	-0.89	12.30
2022-23	Samuelsson, M	BUF	46:14	1.30	1.30	50.00	1.80	2.09	46.24	-0.97	-0.85	-2.29
2022-23	Pilut, L	BUF	37:21	0.00	1.61	0.00	3.46	1.51	69.68	1.12	-1.39	24.99
2022-23	Fitzgerald, C	BUF	23:23	2.57	0.00	100.00	2.62	4.44	37.14	0.01	1.66	-11.33
2022-23	Jokiharju, H	BUF	22:39	2.65	2.65	50.00	1.71	2.01	46.01	-0.97	-0.86	-2.32
2021-22	Chychrun, J	ARI	284:17	1.48	3.38	30.43	1.69	2.00	45.80	-0.36	-0.47	0.39
2021-22	Rielly, M	TOR	282:25	2.76	2.97	48.15	2.98	2.41	55.32	0.06	0.19	-1.53
2021-22	Dineen, C	ARI	94:51	3.16	3.16	50.00	2.28	2.42	48.48	0.10	-0.07	1.83
2021-22	Dermott, T	TOR	62:55	0.00	1.91	0.00	2.55	2.26	53.03	-0.51	0.03	-4.90
2021-22	Timmins, C	ARI	61:45	2.91	2.91	50.00	2.26	2.04	52.60	0.69	-0.16	10.90
2021-22	Moser, J	ARI	56:02	1.07	3.21	25.00	1.59	2.46	39.25	-0.58	-0.27	-5.02
2021-22	Soderstrom, V	ARI	55:45	2.15	1.08	66.67	1.59	1.99	44.50	-0.46	-0.62	0.38
2021-22	Sandin, R	TOR	53:34	3.36	2.24	60.00	1.85	2.09	46.87	-1.09	-0.26	-8.68
2021-22	Stralman, A	ARI	51:03	2.35	0.00	100.00	1.44	2.31	38.40	-0.74	-0.16	-8.42
2021-22	Mayo, D	ARI	37:49	1.59	3.17	33.33	2.12	1.93	52.28	0.04	-0.65	7.72
2021-22	Capobianco, K	ARI	25:39	0.00	0.00	-	1.11	3.89	22.21	-1.22	1.51	-27.24
2021-22	Giordano, M	TOR	24:12	2.48	2.48	50.00	2.33	2.71	46.28	-0.62	0.55	-11.55
2021-22	Gostisbehere, S	ARI	23:38	5.08	0.00	100.00	4.54	1.19	79.21	2.48	-1.33	34.30
2020-21	Ekman-Larsson, O	ARI	420:21	1.28	2.85	31.03	1.80	2.44	42.43	-0.60	-0.11	-6.07
2020-21	Chychrun, J	ARI	90:10	2.00	2.66	42.86	2.54	2.56	49.84	0.30	0.13	1.80
2020-21	Oesterle, J	ARI	47:16	3.81	2.54	60.00	1.31	2.47	34.61	-0.91	-0.13	-11.34
2020-21	Hjalmarsson, N	ARI	31:55	0.00	0.00	-	2.50	1.16	68.28	0.19	-1.17	18.62
2020-21	Goligoski, A	ARI	20:07	2.98	2.98	50.00	1.55	2.63	37.15	-0.71	0.12	-10.29
2019-20	Oesterle, J	ARI	313:00	1.15	1.73	40.00	2.51	1.98	55.82	0.05	-0.75	8.50
2019-20	Ekman-Larsson, O	ARI	169:38	3.89	2.12	64.71	3.05	2.42	55.78	0.63	-0.09	6.59
2019-20	Ness, A	ARI	83:55	2.14	2.86	42.86	2.54	2.52	50.21	0.37	-0.27	6.48
2019-20	Capobianco, K	ARI	46:27	2.58	2.58	50.00	2.07	2.52	45.01	-0.25	0.51	-8.40
2019-20	Chychrun, J	ARI	37:08	4.85	0.00	100.00	4.26	1.46	74.43	1.82	-1.02	24.86
2019-20	Goligoski, A	ARI	24:01	2.50	5.00	33.33	1.70	3.10	35.41	-0.82	0.49	-13.79
2018-19	Oesterle, J	ARI	146:59	2.45	3.67	40.00	1.87	2.74	40.55	-0.38	0.18	-6.22
2018-19	Chychrun, J	ARI	141:05	1.28	1.70	42.86	2.06	1.89	52.24	-0.18	-0.62	5.01
2018-19	Connauton, K	ARI	79:46	3.01	2.26	57.14	2.32	3.34	40.94	-0.27	1.11	-12.73
2018-19	Goligoski, A	ARI	70:23	1.70	3.41	33.33	3.56	2.64	57.44	1.22	0.07	9.69
2018-19	Ekman-Larsson, O	ARI	57:56	0.00	4.14	0.00	2.34	3.07	43.29	-0.01	0.45	-4.10

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.

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Current Contract

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: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.69

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

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: -

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

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: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.66

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: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.23

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: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.07

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: -

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	VHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl-2	42	1	4	5	+6	26				5	1		1		4
2012-13	MHL	Loko Yaroslavl	4	0	0	0	+3
2012-13	Jr Super Series	Russian Selects U20										3				-4	14
2013-14	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	32	1	1	2		18				18				-1	47
2013-14	WJC-20	Russia U20	7	0	4	4	+4	6
2013-14	MHL	Loko Yaroslavl	11	1	1	2	+10	36
2014-15	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	60	1	6	7	+4	30				6				-3	8
2015-16	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	55	4	7	11	+15	68				5				-2
2015-16	EHT	Russia	5	0	0	0	-4	4
2016-17	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	60	3	4	7	+4	69				15		1	1		26
2016-17	EHT	Russia	8	0	1	1	+3	2
2017-18	KHL	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	50	3	6	9	+14	73				9	1		1		4
2017-18	EHT	Russia	5	0	0	0	+2
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
NHL Career			433	6	55	61	-28	219	297	2.0	16:06	28		7	7	-4	24	18	0.0	16:08