Pavel Buchnevich
St. Louis Blues · LW · #89- HT
- 6'1"
- WT
- 196 lb
- Age
- 31
- Shoots
- L
- From
- Cherepovets, RUS
- Draft
- 2013 NYR · R3 #75
Alpha sub-scores
what drives the rating · percentile vs position groupLeague profile
vs. forwards with 20+ GPHockeyAlpha advanced
event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzedWinger toolkit
vs. wingers with 20+ GPOn-ice impact
shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 14h TOIUsage profile
assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher jobMicro-metrics
Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com
The Blueprint
Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1122 EV minGeneral Offense
Playmaking Sequences
Offense Types
Zone Entries
DZ Retrievals / Exits
Forechecking
Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed.
Contract & market
Contract value?
beta · cap data: CapWages$8.00M
cap hit
$6.30M
Alpha-market value
D
Paying a premium (−$1.7M)
Top comparables?
nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit| Player | Alpha | Archetype | Production | Cap hit | Market | Value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pavel Buchnevich | 76 | Middle-Six Engine | 48 P · 81 GP | $8.00M | $6.30M | D−$1.7M | this player |
 Valeri Nichushkin | 79 | Middle-Six Engine | 49 P · 72 GP | $6.13M | $7.28M | B+$1.2M | 86% |
 Alexis Lafrenière | 77 | Middle-Six Engine | 57 P · 82 GP | $7.45M | $6.62M | D−$0.8M | 85% |
 Matthew Knies | 81 | Middle-Six Engine | 66 P · 79 GP | $7.75M | $7.95M | C+$0.2M | 85% |
 Connor McMichael | 74 | Middle-Six Engine | 46 P · 78 GP | $2.10M | $5.68M | A+$3.6M | 84% |
Chemistry
Top connection: Jordan Kyrou · 10 goals together
Finishes from
assisters on Pavel’s goals
From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.
Recent form · last 10 games
vs TOR
1P
0G 1A
vs TOR 03-28
0G 1A · 2 shots · 15:38 TOI
@ SJS
1P
1G 0A
@ SJS 03-30
1G 0A · 3 shots · 17:49 TOI
@ LAK
0P
0G 0A
@ LAK 04-01
0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:37 TOI
@ COL
0P
0G 0A
@ COL 04-05
0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:10 TOI
vs COL
0P
0G 0A
vs COL 04-07
0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:53 TOI
vs WPG
0P
0G 0A
vs WPG 04-09
0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:59 TOI
@ CHI
1P
0G 1A
@ CHI 04-11
0G 1A · 2 shots · 15:29 TOI
vs MIN
1P
1G 0A
vs MIN 04-13
1G 0A · 1 shots · 17:07 TOI
vs PIT
1P
1G 0A
vs PIT 04-14
1G 0A · 2 shots · 15:51 TOI
@ UTA
1P
1G 0A
@ UTA 04-16
1G 0A · 2 shots · 14:42 TOI
Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left
The Territory
attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end
The office: the inner slot - 8 of 20 goals live there
Playmaking gravity: 26 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s
Defensive floor: 51 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone
NHL career · regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | New York Rangers | 41 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 6 |
| 2017-18 | New York Rangers | 74 | 14 | 29 | 43 | -3 |
| 2018-19 | New York Rangers | 64 | 21 | 17 | 38 | -10 |
| 2019-20 | New York Rangers | 68 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | New York Rangers | 54 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 12 |
| 2021-22 | St. Louis Blues | 73 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 29 |
| 2022-23 | St. Louis Blues | 63 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | St. Louis Blues | 80 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | St. Louis Blues | 76 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 10 |
| 2025-26 | St. Louis Blues | 81 | 20 | 28 | 48 | -10 |
| Career | 2 teams | 674 | 202 | 304 | 506 | 53 |