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Dmitry Orlov

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	San Jose Sharks
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	215	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age	34 (July 23, 1991)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2009, Round 2, Overall 55 (WSH)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 3, 2025	San Jose Sharks	Signed 2 years @ $6.500M AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 1, 2023	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 2 years @ $7.750M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jun 30, 2017	Washington Capitals	Signed 6 years @ $5.100M AAV starting in 2017-18
Sep 21, 2016	Washington Capitals	Signed 1 year @ $2.570M AAV starting in 2016-17
Mar 13, 2014	Washington Capitals	Signed 2 years @ $2.000M AAV starting in 2014-15
Mar 2, 2011	Washington Capitals	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

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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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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.
2015-16	WSH	81	1180:43	0.41	0.76	1.17	0.20	0.21	10.00	4.81	5.19	1.79	1.79
2016-17	WSH	82	1415:37	0.21	0.81	1.02	0.21	-0.00	4.55	4.58	-0.03	2.78	1.39
2017-18	WSH	82	1540:21	0.39	0.55	0.93	0.20	0.19	10.20	5.28	4.93	2.94	2.21
2018-19	WSH	82	1481:29	0.08	0.81	0.89	0.17	-0.09	2.41	4.97	-2.56	1.61	2.42
2019-20	WSH	69	1258:57	0.10	0.76	0.86	0.21	-0.11	2.44	5.29	-2.85	2.42	0.00
2020-21	WSH	51	891:19	0.47	0.67	1.14	0.22	0.25	10.14	4.71	5.43	1.00	2.00
2021-22	WSH	75	1354:48	0.40	0.75	1.15	0.20	0.19	8.57	4.41	4.17	2.05	2.05
2022-23	WSH	43	795:18	0.08	0.68	0.75	0.24	-0.16	1.52	4.82	-3.30	1.18	4.71
2022-23	BOS	23	367:28	0.49	1.31	1.80	0.26	0.23	8.11	4.23	3.88	0.00	8.70
2022-23	BOS, WSH	66	1162:46	0.21	0.88	1.08	0.24	-0.04	3.88	4.60	-0.72	0.76	6.11
2023-24	CAR	82	1257:47	0.24	0.72	0.95	0.27	-0.04	4.35	4.99	-0.64	1.67	6.67
2024-25	CAR	76	1313:39	0.23	0.91	1.14	0.21	0.02	4.85	4.50	0.36	0.00	5.26
2025-26	SJS	24	413:20	0.00	1.16	1.16	0.11	-0.11	0.00	2.93	-2.93	0.00	0.00

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
2015-16	WSH	81	1180:43	42.13	2.90	2.54	38.26	2.34	2.35	55.34	51.92	0.09	0.10	-0.17
2016-17	WSH	82	1415:37	43.40	3.05	2.54	37.85	1.91	2.30	61.54	52.42	0.13	-0.04	1.80
2017-18	WSH	82	1540:21	40.51	2.61	2.54	42.34	2.34	2.59	52.76	49.53	0.14	-0.19	3.22
2018-19	WSH	82	1481:29	40.82	2.55	2.33	43.33	2.84	2.73	47.37	46.00	-0.31	0.01	-3.24
2019-20	WSH	69	1258:57	44.80	2.72	2.84	39.84	2.76	2.53	49.57	52.85	0.34	0.01	3.07
2020-21	WSH	51	891:19	41.94	2.96	2.52	38.44	2.02	2.25	59.46	52.91	0.20	0.07	1.20
2021-22	WSH	75	1354:48	42.65	2.79	2.56	37.56	1.86	2.30	60.00	52.65	0.02	-0.24	2.69
2022-23	WSH	43	795:18	44.66	2.26	2.75	42.93	2.49	2.73	47.62	50.15	0.26	0.23	0.32
2022-23	BOS	23	367:28	47.02	2.78	3.16	38.37	1.47	2.49	65.38	55.89	0.45	-0.22	5.90
2022-23	BOS, WSH	66	1162:46	45.41	2.43	2.88	41.49	2.17	2.66	52.81	52.00	0.31	0.08	2.12
2023-24	CAR	82	1257:47	47.94	2.48	2.65	32.68	2.10	1.99	54.17	57.16	-0.22	-0.23	0.73
2024-25	CAR	76	1313:39	46.36	2.56	2.63	34.12	2.51	2.14	50.45	55.10	-0.27	-0.11	-1.17
2025-26	SJS	24	413:20	32.08	1.89	1.99	45.00	2.90	2.90	39.39	40.67	0.08	0.39	-2.50

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

What Can Young Sharks Learn From Orlov? (+) at San Jose Hockey Now (Wed Dec 3, 2025)
Preview/Lines #9: Orlov Emerging As Clear Leader of Sharks’ Blueline at San Jose Hockey Now (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
Preview/Lines #3: Orlov Has No Grudge Against Canes, Why Scratch Graf? at San Jose Hockey Now (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
7 Observations: Golden Knights Get UNBELIEVABLY Lucky, Earn First Win at Vegas Hockey Now (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Mukhamadullin Talks Surgery Recovery, What Stands Out About Orlov at San Jose Hockey Now (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
Pre-Season Preview/Lines #2: Sharks Talk Heritage 2.0 Jerseys, Orlov Shares ‘Funny’ Convo With Ovechkin at San Jose Hockey Now (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
Orlov on Mukhamadullin, When Celebrini Tried To Dangle Him (+) at San Jose Hockey Now (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
Small Orlov Details That Could Make Big Impact on Sharks (+) at San Jose Hockey Now (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Colorado Avalanche, Washington, And Orlov at NHL Rumors (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
Former Hurricanes blue liner opens up about time in Carolina at Cardiac Cane (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
Dmitry Orlov n'était plus heureux avec les Hurricanes at HABSolument Fan (Fri Jul 18, 2025)
What do Leddy, Orlov bring to the Sharks defense? at Fear the Fin (Sat Jul 5, 2025)
3 potential homes for Dmitry Orlov as he heads towards free agency on July 1st at Cardiac Cane (Wed Jun 18, 2025)

Current Contract

Dmitry Orlov signed a $13,000,000 2-year contract with the San Jose Sharks and General Manager Mike Grier on July 3, 2025 with an AAV of $6,500,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	34	NTC	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$5,400,000	$7,400,000	$7,400,000	UFA
2026-27	35	M-NTC	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	-	$1,500,000	$4,100,000	$5,600,000	$5,600,000	UFA
Total					-	$3,500,000	$9,500,000	$13,000,000	$13,000,000

Signed: July 3, 2025

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Mike Grier

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.81

Clause: Player has a 15 team no trade list in 2026-27.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Dmitry Orlov signed a $15,500,000 2-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Don Waddell on July 1, 2023 with an AAV of $7,750,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 9.28% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	32	$7,750,000	$7,750,000	-	$3,000,000	$4,750,000	$7,750,000	$7,750,000	UFA
2024-25	33	$7,750,000	$7,750,000	-	-	$7,750,000	$7,750,000	$7,750,000	UFA
Total				-	$3,000,000	$12,500,000	$15,500,000	$15,500,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 9.28

Dmitry Orlov signed a $30,600,000 6-year contract with the Washington Capitals and General Manager Brian MacLellan on June 30, 2017 with an AAV of $5,100,000. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.80% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	26		$5,100,000	$5,100,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	RFA-arb
2018-19	27		$5,100,000	$5,100,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	28	M-NTC	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
2020-21	29	M-NTC	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	-	$2,000,000	$2,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
2021-22	30	M-NTC	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	-	$2,000,000	$1,300,000	$3,300,000	$3,300,000	UFA
2022-23	31	M-NTC	$5,100,000	$5,100,000	-	$2,000,000	$1,300,000	$3,300,000	$3,300,000	UFA
Total					-	$12,000,000	$18,600,000	$30,600,000	$30,600,000

Signed: June 30, 2017

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.8

Clause: Starting in 2019-29 player can submit a 5 team no trade list.

Retained Salary: Washington Capitals retained 50.0% of total salary on February 23, 2023

Retained Salary: Minnesota Wild retained 25.0% of total salary on February 23, 2023

Dmitry Orlov signed a $2,570,000 1-year contract with the Washington Capitals and General Manager Brian MacLellan on September 21, 2016 with an AAV of $2,570,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2016-17 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.52% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	25		$2,570,000	$2,570,000	-	-	$2,570,000	$2,570,000	$2,570,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$2,570,000	$2,570,000	$2,570,000

Signed: Sep 21, 2016

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.52

Dmitry Orlov signed a $4,000,000 2-year contract with the Washington Capitals and General Manager George McPhee on March 13, 2014 with an AAV of $2,000,000. This contract will start in 2014-15 and end after the 2015-16 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.90% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	23	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	$100,000	$1,650,000	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	RFA
2015-16	24	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	-	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	$100,000	$3,900,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000

Signed: Mar 13, 2014

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: George McPhee

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.9

Dmitry Orlov signed a $2,070,000 3-year contract with the Washington Capitals and General Manager George McPhee on March 2, 2011 with an AAV of $690,000. This contract will start in 2011-12 and end after the 2013-14 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.07% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2011-12	20	$690,000	$900,000	$260,000	$90,000	$550,000	$640,000	$67,500	ELC
2012-13	21	$690,000	$900,000	$210,000	$90,000	$600,000	$690,000	$67,500	ELC
2013-14	22	$690,000	$900,000	$160,000	$90,000	$650,000	$740,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$630,000	$270,000	$1,800,000	$2,070,000	$202,500

Signed: Mar 2, 2011

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: George McPhee

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
2007-08	Russia	Novokuznetsk	6	0	0	0
2007-08	WJ18-A	Russia	6	0	1	1
2008-09	Rus-KHL	Novokuznetsk	16	1	0	1		4
2008-09	WJ18-A	Russia	7	2	2	4		6
2009-10	Rus-KHL	Novokuznetsk	41	4	3	7		49
2009-10	WJC-A	Russia	6	0	4	4		4
2009-10	Russia-Jr.	Novokuznetsk Jr.	7	7	6	13		6				17	9	10	19		26		0.0
2010-11	Rus-KHL	Novokuznetsk	45	2	11	13		43
2010-11	WJC-A	Russia	7	1	8	9	+10	6
2010-11	Russia-Jr.	Novokuznetsk Jr.	1	0	0	0
2010-11	AHL	Hershey	19	2	7	9		12				6		1	1		4
2011-12	NHL	Washington Capitals	60	3	16	19	+1	18	51	5.9	16:52
2011-12	AHL	Hershey	15	4	5	9		12	21	1,905.0
2012-13	NHL	Washington Capitals	5	0	1	1	+5		1	0.0	14:57
2012-13	AHL	Hershey	31	3	14	17	-2	20	52	577.0		4	1	2	3		4	7	1,429.0
2013-14	NHL	Washington Capitals	54	3	8	11	-1	19	59	5.1	19:36
2013-14	AHL	Hershey	11	3	6	9	+1	4	15	2,000.0
2013-14	WC-A	Russia	3	0	1	1	+3	2	1
2014-15	AHL	Hershey	3	0	3	3	-3	4	6	0.0
2015-16	WC-A	Russia	6	0	3	3	+3	2	7
2015-16	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	8	21	29	+8	26	90	8.9	16:02	11		1	1		2	5	0.0	13:18
2016-17	WC	Russia	5	1	0	1	+4
2016-17	WCup	Russia	4	0	0	0	+3	4
2016-17	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	6	27	33	+30	51	125	4.8	19:32	13		3	3	-1	2	21	0.0	21:25
2017-18	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	10	21	31	+10	22	125	8.0	23:08	24	2	6	8	+5	4	48	4.2	24:12
2018-19	WC	Russia	10	2	4	6	+8	2
2018-19	EHT	Russia	2	1	0	1	+2
2018-19	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	3	26	29	+3	33	101	3.0	21:38	7		4	4	-2	4	10	0.0	23:23
2019-20	NHL	Washington Capitals	69	4	23	27	+5	36	105	3.8	22:10	8		3	3	-1	4	11	0.0	24:00
2020-21	WC	Russia	3	0	2	2	+5
2020-21	NHL	Washington Capitals	51	8	14	22	+16	20	83	9.6	19:49	5		3	3	-1	6	12	0.0	23:27
2021-22	NHL	Washington Capitals	76	12	23	35	+25	44	127	9.4	20:58	6		1	1	-4	2	3	0.0	22:02
2022-23	NHL	Washington Capitals	43	3	16	19	+2	10	77	3.9	22:43
2022-23	NHL	Boston Bruins	23	4	13	17	+10	12	47	8.5	22:13	7		8	8	-3	2	11	0.0	23:03
2023-24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	6	20	26	+4	36	129	4.7	17:19	11	2	4	6		14	22	9.1	20:57
2024-25	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	76	6	22	28	+16	24	117	5.1	20:00	15		4	4	+2	10	21	0.0	21:42
2025-26	NHL	San Jose Sharks	28	0	16	16	-5	18	36	0.0	21:58
NHL Career			895	76	267	343	+129	369	1273	6.0	20:01	107	4	37	41	-5	50	164	2.4	21:45