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Vasily Ponomarev

Position Center / Left Wing Current Team Pittsburgh Penguins
Shoots Left Current Contract
Height 5'10" Expires
Weight (lbs) 180 Expiry Age (Jun 30)
Age 23 (Mar 13, 2002) Expiry Status
Drafted 2020, Round 2, Overall 53 (CAR)
Date Team Transaction
Apr 18, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Apr 10, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins Recalled from AHL
Nov 23, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Nov 14, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins Recalled from AHL
Oct 31, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Oct 31, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins Activated from SOIR.
Oct 6, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins Placed on SOIR
Oct 13, 2020 Carolina Hurricanes 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 Rush %SA Reb.
2023-24 CAR 2 19:11 3.13 3.13 6.26 0.21 2.91 100.00 6.83 93.17 0.00 0.00
2024-25 PIT 7 63:06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31 -0.31 0.00 4.02 -4.02 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
2023-24 CAR 2 19:11 62.55 6.26 4.63 34.40 3.13 2.47 66.67 65.21 1.63 1.03 -2.33
2024-25 PIT 7 63:06 29.48 0.00 1.21 36.13 1.90 2.30 0.00 34.47 -1.13 -0.40 -12.01

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 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 2 20.8 0.6 10.5 10.5 79.6 69.7 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.4
2024-25 7 20.9 0.7 9.9 10.1 88.0 71.4 50.0 33.3 16.7 0.4 0.2 0.4
2025-26 - - - - - - - - - - - -

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
2024-25 PIT 0.00 0.00 - 1.52 2.10 41.95 -0.73 -0.59 -3.51

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

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Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2020-21 18 $818,333 $853,333 - $85,000 - $85,000 - ELC
2021-22 19 $815,000 $850,000 - $85,000 - $85,000 - ELC
2022-23 20 $795,000 $830,000 $65,000 $85,000 $750,000 $835,000 $80,000 ELC
2023-24 21 $795,000 $830,000 $20,000 - $775,000 $775,000 $80,000 ELC
2024-25 22 $795,000 $830,000 $20,000 - $775,000 $775,000 $80,000 ELC
Total $105,000 $255,000 $2,300,000 $2,555,000 $240,000
Signed: Oct 13, 2020
Team: Carolina Hurricanes
GM: Don Waddell
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

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
2015-16 WSI U14 Germany Selects U14 5 9 8 17
2016-17 Russia U18 Orbita Zelenograd U18 7 9 13 22 6
2016-17 WSI U15 Moskva Selects U15 5 3 4 7 4
2017-18 Russia U16 Krylia Sovetov Moskva U16 17 12 12 24 6
2017-18 Russia U18 Krylia Sovetov Moskva U18 8 5 5 10
2018-19 MHL MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva 37 9 20 29 +4 12
2018-19 WHC-17 Russia U17 6 4 4 8 2
2018-19 EYOF Russia U17 3 1 1 2 +1
2019-20 QMJHL Shawinigan Cataractes 57 18 31 49 -9 15
2019-20 WJAC-19 Russia U18 |WJAC-19| 6 1 3 4
2019-20 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Russia U18 5 2 4 6 +10 2
2020-21 WJC-20 Russia U20 7 3 0 3 -3
2020-21 QMJHL Shawinigan Cataractes 33 10 28 38 +9 16 5 3 1 4 +1 2
2021-22 KHL Spartak Moskva 14 1 1 2 +2
2021-22 EHT Russia 2 0 0 0 -1
2021-22 AHL Chicago Wolves 11 3 7 10 +5 4 18 1 5 6 +7 4
2021-22 VHL Khimik Voskresensk 21 7 6 13 +2 8 6 1 1 2 +3 2
2021-22 MHL MHK Spartak Moskva 4 2 7 9 +10 4 3 1 2 3
2022-23 AHL Chicago Wolves 64 24 22 46 -11 32
2023-24 AHL Chicago Wolves 39 8 21 29 -15 14
2023-24 AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4 1 0 1 -3 2
2023-24 AHL Tucson Roadrunners 2 0 0 0 -2
2023-24 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 2 1 1 2 +1 1 100.0 9:41
2024-25 NHL Pittsburgh Penguins 7 0 0 0 -1 2 8 0.0 10:02
2024-25 AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 55 15 26 41 +7 44 2 -2
2025-26 KHL Avangard Omsk 14 5 3 8 +3 4
NHL Career 9 1 1 2 0 2 9 11.1 9:57