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Photo of NHL player Vitali Kravtsov

Vancouver Canucks Logo Vitali Kravtsov

Position Right Wing / Left Wing Current Team Vancouver Canucks
Shoots Left Current Contract 1 year ($775.0K CapHit)
Height 6'3" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 186 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 26
Age (DOB) 26 (Dec 23, 1999) Expiry Status RFA-arb
Drafted 2018, Round 1, Overall 9 (NYR)
Date Team Transaction
Oct 3, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Assigned to AHL
Oct 3, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Cleared Waivers
Oct 2, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Placed on Waivers
Aug 6, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Jun 12, 2022 New York Rangers Signed 1 year @ $875K AAV starting in 2022-23
May 2, 2019 New York Rangers Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

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

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2020-21 NYR 20 -1.39 -0.71 -1.17 -0.92 1.66 -0.07 - -0.71
2022-23 NYR, VAN 44 -1.86 -1.48 -0.98 -1.11 -1.14 -0.07 -0.54 1.88

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2020-21 NYR 20 -0.37 -1.87 -2.17 0.23 -0.32 -1.00 -
2022-23 NYR, VAN 44 -1.02 -1.25 -1.94 -0.62 -0.68 -0.01 -

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

5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.
2020-21 NYR 20 234:57 0.26 0.51 0.77 0.46 -0.20 4.76 8.58 -3.82 3.57 10.71
2022-23 VAN 16 157:18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.63 -0.63 0.00 12.79 -12.79 5.56 5.56
2022-23 NYR 28 298:44 0.60 0.40 1.00 0.62 -0.02 12.00 12.32 -0.32 2.70 2.70
2022-23 NYR, VAN 44 456:02 0.39 0.26 0.66 0.62 -0.23 7.89 12.48 -4.59 3.64 3.64

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
2020-21 NYR 20 234:57 34.99 1.53 1.91 41.63 2.55 2.69 37.50 41.49 -0.24 -0.15 -1.60
2022-23 VAN 16 157:18 30.90 0.38 1.73 41.96 1.53 2.27 20.00 43.24 -0.89 -0.29 -7.31
2022-23 NYR 28 298:44 39.97 2.41 2.53 37.56 1.21 2.25 66.67 52.93 -0.10 -0.37 2.84
2022-23 NYR, VAN 44 456:02 36.84 1.71 2.25 39.08 1.32 2.26 56.52 49.97 -0.37 -0.34 -0.29

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 Lines

Season
Season Teammate Teammate Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
This table is for Basic and Premium subscribers only. To view please login to and/or subscribe to one of our subscription plans. 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2030-31 2031-32 2032-33 2033-34 2034-35

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% 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

Current Contract

Vitali Kravtsov signed a $775,000 1-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Patrik Alvin on August 6, 2025 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 25 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $450,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $775,000 $775,000 $450,000
Signed: Aug 6, 2025
Team: Vancouver Canucks
GM: Patrik Alvin
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.81

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Vitali Kravtsov signed a $875,000 1-year contract with the New York Rangers and General Manager Chris Drury on June 12, 2022 with an AAV of $875,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.06% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 22 $875,000 $875,000 - $75,000 $800,000 $875,000 $875,000 RFA
Total - $75,000 $800,000 $875,000 $875,000
Signed: June 12, 2022
Team: New York Rangers
GM: Chris Drury
Exp. Status: RFA
Cap %: 1.06

Vitali Kravtsov signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the New York Rangers and General Manager Jeff Gorton on May 2, 2019 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.13% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2019-20 19 $925,000 $1,775,000 $850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2020-21 20 $925,000 $1,775,000 $850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2021-22 21 $925,000 $1,775,000 $850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
Total $2,550,000 $277,500 $2,497,500 $2,775,000 $210,000
Signed: May 2, 2019
Team: New York Rangers
GM: Jeff Gorton
Exp. Status: RFA

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
2014-15 Russia U16 Traktor Chelyabinsk U16 34 19 18 37 12
2015-16 Russia U17 Traktor Chelyabinsk U17 32 22 18 40 45
2015-16 Russia U18 Traktor Chelyabinsk U18 4 2 2 4 2
2016-17 VHL Chelmet Chelyabinsk 6 2 2 4 +1
2016-17 KHL Traktor Chelyabinsk 3 0 0 0 6 1 1 +1 4
2016-17 MHL Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk 41 13 23 36 +18 18 5 2 4 6 +4
2017-18 VHL Chelmet Chelyabinsk 9 4 3 7 +4 4
2017-18 KHL Traktor Chelyabinsk 35 4 3 7 +3 6 16 6 5 11 -1 8
2017-18 MHL Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk 1 1 2 3 +1 2 1 3 4
2018-19 WJC-20 Russia U20 7 2 4 6 +4 6
2018-19 KHL Traktor Chelyabinsk 50 8 13 21 -3 6 4 2 2 +1
2019-20 AHL Hartford Wolf Pack 39 6 9 15 -4 4
2019-20 KHL Traktor Chelyabinsk 11 2 1 3 -4 2
2019-20 VHL Chelmet Chelyabinsk 3 0 2 2
2020-21 NHL New York Rangers 20 2 2 4 -6 4 23 8.7 12:24
2020-21 EHT Russia 3 0 0 0
2020-21 KHL Traktor Chelyabinsk 49 16 8 24 +8 12 5 2 2 4 -2
2022-23 NHL New York Rangers 28 3 3 6 +6 6 26 11.5 11:25
2022-23 NHL Vancouver Canucks 16 1 1 2 -3 4 17 5.9 10:50
2023-24 KHL Traktor Chelyabinsk 55 18 16 34 -4 16 14 3 2 5 -1 5
2025-26 AHL Abbotsford Canucks 10 1 3 4 -7
2025-26 KHL Traktor Chelyabinsk 42 14 23 37 +10 6 4 2 1 3 -5
NHL Career 64 6 6 12 -3 14 66 9.1 11:35