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Vladimir Tarasenko

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Minnesota Wild
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'1"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	219	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	34
Age	33 (Dec 13, 1991)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2010, Round 1, Overall 16 (STL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 29, 2025	Minnesota Wild	Activated from IR
Nov 20, 2025	Minnesota Wild	Placed on IR
Jun 30, 2025	Minnesota Wild	Acquired from Detroit Red Wings
Jun 30, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Traded to Minnesota Wild
Jul 3, 2024	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 2 years @ $4.750M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 27, 2023	Ottawa Senators	Signed 1 year @ $5.000M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 7, 2015	St. Louis Blues	Signed 8 years @ $7.500M AAV starting in 2015-16
Jul 2, 2012	St. Louis Blues	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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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	STL	80	1105:47	1.19	1.14	2.33	1.05	0.14	10.68	9.39	1.29	3.00	4.87
2016-17	STL	82	1139:31	1.21	1.05	2.26	0.95	0.26	11.68	9.19	2.49	3.35	2.97
2017-18	STL	80	1141:51	1.21	0.95	2.15	0.99	0.22	11.27	9.24	2.04	4.83	2.41
2018-19	STL	76	1075:14	1.06	1.00	2.06	1.03	0.03	10.38	10.08	0.30	3.75	5.00
2019-20	STL	10	126:25	0.47	1.90	2.37	0.75	-0.27	5.56	8.74	-3.18	4.00	8.00
2020-21	STL	24	329:03	0.36	1.09	1.46	0.60	-0.24	4.76	7.86	-3.10	5.56	3.70
2021-22	STL	75	962:42	1.56	1.68	3.24	1.00	0.55	16.34	10.52	5.82	3.48	2.99
2022-23	STL	38	511:03	0.59	1.17	1.76	0.70	-0.12	8.06	9.64	-1.58	1.25	2.50
2022-23	NYR	31	418:02	0.86	1.15	2.01	0.86	0.01	12.77	12.69	0.08	4.29	8.57
2022-23	NYR, STL	69	929:05	0.71	1.16	1.87	0.77	-0.06	10.09	10.96	-0.86	2.67	5.33
2023-24	FLA	19	221:38	1.08	1.90	2.98	0.56	0.52	19.05	9.82	9.23	0.00	5.88
2023-24	OTT	57	736:40	1.06	1.22	2.28	0.56	0.50	17.81	9.42	8.39	9.35	9.35
2023-24	FLA, OTT	76	958:18	1.06	1.38	2.44	0.56	0.50	18.09	9.51	8.58	7.09	8.51
2024-25	DET	80	993:40	0.42	0.72	1.15	0.59	-0.16	7.29	10.11	-2.82	3.45	2.76
2025-26	MIN	21	232:45	0.26	0.52	0.77	0.57	-0.32	5.00	11.12	-6.12	3.33	16.67

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	STL	80	1105:47	45.63	2.88	2.90	40.32	2.12	2.48	57.61	53.85	0.58	0.22	3.29
2016-17	STL	82	1139:31	42.76	2.74	2.64	37.81	1.84	2.33	59.77	53.14	0.45	0.15	3.05
2017-18	STL	80	1141:51	48.55	3.15	2.89	39.51	1.79	2.28	63.83	55.96	0.62	-0.02	6.20
2018-19	STL	76	1075:14	46.65	2.79	3.06	39.73	2.40	2.43	53.76	55.71	0.61	0.12	4.28
2019-20	STL	10	126:25	40.82	2.85	2.53	33.70	2.37	2.08	54.55	54.82	0.40	-0.47	9.32
2020-21	STL	24	329:03	37.74	1.64	2.12	41.94	2.37	2.55	40.91	45.39	0.03	0.10	-0.63
2021-22	STL	75	962:42	41.01	3.93	2.88	48.18	3.18	3.09	55.26	48.21	0.38	0.37	0.28
2022-23	STL	38	511:03	40.74	2.82	2.58	49.08	3.40	3.21	45.28	44.57	0.17	0.41	-1.66
2022-23	NYR	31	418:02	35.74	2.87	2.35	44.92	2.30	2.87	55.56	44.96	-0.27	0.21	-4.62
2022-23	NYR, STL	69	929:05	38.49	2.84	2.48	47.21	2.91	3.06	49.44	44.73	-0.03	0.32	-3.03
2023-24	FLA	19	221:38	41.96	3.52	2.30	40.61	2.98	2.50	54.17	47.94	-0.04	0.27	-3.32
2023-24	OTT	57	736:40	45.94	3.42	2.73	45.86	2.77	2.84	55.26	48.99	0.36	0.46	-0.97
2023-24	FLA, OTT	76	958:18	45.02	3.44	2.63	44.64	2.82	2.76	55.00	48.78	0.27	0.42	-1.50
2024-25	DET	80	993:40	36.95	2.11	2.04	44.98	2.29	2.52	47.95	44.75	-0.24	0.19	-4.62
2025-26	MIN	21	232:45	38.93	1.29	2.26	45.89	1.29	2.79	50.00	44.74	-0.03	0.09	-1.15

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
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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

Wild's Vladimir Tarasenko To Miss Second Straight Game With Lower-Body Injury at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Nov 16, 2025)
Can A Healthy Wild Team Get More Out Of Vladimir Tarasenko? at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
What Should the Wild Do To Optimize Their Second Line? at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Wild’s Training Camp Is More Than Just Preseason Practice at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 29, 2025)
Vladimir Tarasenko Could Be the Wild's Patrick Laine Mulligan at Hockey Wilderness (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
The Wild Need To Establish A Role For Liam Ohgren at Hockey Wilderness (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
What Are the Wild Trying To Unlock In Tarasenko's Game? at Hockey Wilderness (Wed Jul 9, 2025)
Can Kirill Kaprizov Become A Free-Agent Draw In Minnesota? at Hockey Wilderness (Wed Jul 9, 2025)
Red Wings fans can laugh off Vladimir Tarasenko’s strange exit comment at Octopus Thrower (Sat Jul 5, 2025)
The Tarasenko Trade Is Sneaky Clever at Hockey Wilderness (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Is James van Riemsdyk really an upgrade over Vladimir Tarasenko? at Octopus Thrower (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
Red Wings revealed exactly what they thought of Vladimir Tarasenko at Octopus Thrower (Mon Jun 30, 2025)

Current Contract

Vladimir Tarasenko signed a $9,500,000 2-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Steve Yzerman on July 3, 2024 with an AAV of $4,750,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 5.40% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	32	NTC	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	-	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	UFA
2025-26	33	M-NTC	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	-	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000

Signed: July 3, 2024

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.4

Clause: Full no trade clause in 2024-25 reverts to a 10 team no trade in 2025-26.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Vladimir Tarasenko signed a $5,000,000 1-year contract with the Ottawa Senators and General Manager Pierre Dorion on July 27, 2023 with an AAV of $5,000,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 5.99% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	31	NTC	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000

Signed: July 27, 2023

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Pierre Dorion

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.99

Retained Salary: Ottawa Senators retained 50.0% of total salary on March 6, 2024

Vladimir Tarasenko signed an $60,000,000 8-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong on July 7, 2015 with an AAV of $7,500,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 10.50% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	23		$7,500,000	$7,500,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	RFA
2016-17	24		$7,500,000	$7,500,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	25		$7,500,000	$7,500,000	-	-	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	RFA-arb
2018-19	26		$7,500,000	$7,500,000	-	-	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	27	NTC	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	-	-	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	UFA
2020-21	28	NTC	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	-	-	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
2021-22	29	NTC	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	-	-	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	UFA
2022-23	30	NTC	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	-	-	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$60,000,000	$60,000,000	$60,000,000

Signed: July 7, 2015

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 10.5

Retained Salary: St. Louis Blues retained 50.0% of total salary on February 9, 2023

Vladimir Tarasenko signed a $2,700,000 3-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong on July 2, 2012 with an AAV of $900,000. This contract will start in 2012-13 and end after the 2014-15 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.50% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	20	$900,000	$1,750,000	$850,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2013-14	21	$900,000	$1,750,000	$850,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2014-15	22	$900,000	$1,750,000	$850,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$2,550,000	$270,000	$2,430,000	$2,700,000	$202,500

Signed: July 2, 2012

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

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-3	Novosibirsk 2	17	6	4	10		2
2008-09	Rus-KHL	Novosibirsk	38	7	3	10		2
2008-09	WJ18-A	Russia	7	8	7	15		6
2009-10	Rus-KHL	Novosibirsk	42	13	11	24		18
2009-10	Russia-Jr.	Novosibirsk Jr.	1	1	0	1
2010-11	WJC-A	Russia	7	4	7	11	+8
2010-11	WC-A	Russia	6	1	0	1	-3
2010-11	Russia-Jr.	Novosibirsk Jr.	3	2	2	4		2
2010-11	Rus-KHL	Novosibirsk	42	9	10	19		8				3
2011-12	KHL	Novosibirsk	39	18	20	38		15
2011-12	KHL	St. Petersburg	15	5	4	9						15	10	6	16		6
2012-13	KHL	St. Petersburg	31	14	18	32		8
2012-13	NHL	St. Louis Blues	38	8	11	19	+1	10	75	10.7	13:25	1							0.0	5:51
2013-14	Olympics	Russia	5	0	1	1	-1		4
2013-14	NHL	St. Louis Blues	64	21	22	43	+20	16	136	15.4	15:10	6	4		4	+1		22	18.2	18:58
2014-15	WC-A	Russia	9	4	3	7	-1	2	24
2014-15	NHL	St. Louis Blues	77	37	36	73	+27	31	264	14.0	17:37	6	6	1	7	-4		14	42.9	17:23
2015-16	NHL	St. Louis Blues	80	40	34	74	+7	37	292	13.7	18:38	20	9	6	15	-5	2	62	14.5	18:01
2016-17	WCup	Russia	4	2	0	2	+1	2
2016-17	NHL	St. Louis Blues	82	39	36	75	-1	12	286	13.6	18:28	11	3	3	6	+2		44	6.8	20:50
2017-18	NHL	St. Louis Blues	80	33	33	66	+15	17	306	10.8	19:03
2018-19	NHL	St. Louis Blues	76	33	35	68	+8	22	275	12.0	18:24	26	11	6	17	-5	4	90	12.2	18:19
2019-20	NHL	St. Louis Blues	10	3	7	10	-2		26	11.5	16:11	4				-1		10	0.0	17:38
2020-21	WC	Russia	3	0	2	2	+1	2
2020-21	NHL	St. Louis Blues	24	4	10	14	-7		65	6.2	17:25	4	2		2	-8		7	28.6	16:59
2021-22	NHL	St. Louis Blues	75	34	48	82	+7	32	230	14.8	16:55	12	6	3	9	-2		32	18.8	16:59
2022-23	NHL	St. Louis Blues	38	10	19	29	-18	8	103	9.7	17:31
2022-23	NHL	New York Rangers	31	8	13	21	+4		66	12.1	15:55	7	3	1	4	-1	2	19	15.8	15:13
2023-24	NHL	Ottawa Senators	57	17	24	41	+13	12	116	14.7	16:03
2023-24	NHL	Florida Panthers	19	6	8	14			39	15.4	14:48	24	5	4	9	+4	2	47	10.6	13:22
2024-25	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	80	11	22	33	-13	6	133	8.3	14:47
2025-26	NHL	Minnesota Wild	22	2	8	10	-6		38	5.3	14:58
NHL Career			853	306	366	672	+55	203	2450	12.5	16:59	121	49	24	73	-19	10	347	14.1	17:01