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Ilya Lyubushkin #46
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Ilya Lyubushkin has 7 points (1 goals, 6 assists) in 30 games for the Dallas Stars this season.

As an undrafted Defenseman, he has 68 points (7 goals, 61 assists) in 463 regular-season games for the Arizona Coyotes, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Buffalo Sabres, the Anaheim Ducks and the Dallas Stars.

He also has 7 points (0 goals, 7 assists) in 28 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagRUS
    Age: 31.8 yrs (06.04.1994)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 93 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: Undrafted
    Awards: -
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The 31-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Stars controlling 37% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Ilya Lyubushkin is off the ice, the Stars control 54% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 14% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 37% in the defensive zone.

  • 73

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 235th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 55th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    30.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.17
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    16.51
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.12
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.36
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.36
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.05
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    1.73
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    1.94
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.88
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.30
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.21
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    6.54
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.85
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.42
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.37
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    5.76
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    4.78
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $3.250M
Player Contract Value: $3.800M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 34.2 yrs (06.04.1994)
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Ilya Lyubushkin
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
21.12.2025 Team Logo Maple Leafs 1 0 1 1 1 15:37 1 0.0% 2
23.12.2025 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 0 0 0 14:30 0 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Sabres 1 0 0 0 0 16:37 1 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 0 0 0 13:30 0 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 0 0 -1 15:26 0 2
Total 5 0 1 1 0 2 0.0% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Arizona Coyotes 41 0 4 4 -9 13:43 27 0.0% 13
2019-20 Arizona Coyotes 51 0 4 4 4 14:10 41 0.0% 18
2020-21 Arizona Coyotes 42 1 1 2 -13 15:41 36 2.8% 10
2021-22 Arizona Coyotes 46 0 9 9 -6 18:07 33 0.0% 26
2021-22 Team Logo Maple Leafs 31 2 4 6 4 16:28 21 9.5% 25
2022-23 Team Logo Sabres 68 2 12 14 -2 15:01 41 4.9% 38
2023-24 Team Logo Ducks 55 0 4 4 -13 17:08 38 0.0% 51
2023-24 Team Logo Maple Leafs 19 0 4 4 2 17:03 9 0.0% 6
2024-25 Team Logo Stars 80 1 13 14 5 17:22 51 2.0% 32
2025-26 Team Logo Stars 30 1 6 7 1 16:31 18 5.6% 25
Season Projection 70 2 14 16 2 16:30 42 4.8% 58
Total 463 7 61 68 -27 315 2.2% 244
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2021-22 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 0 1 1 -1 13:55 3 0.0% 18
2023-24 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 0 3 3 4 16:30 3 0.0% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Stars 14 0 3 3 -7 17:03 12 0.0% 4
Total 28 0 7 7 -4 18 0.0% 24
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Ilya Lyubushkin Team Logo D 31.8 yrs 188 cm / 93 kg 0.23 0.15 55 82 $3.250M
89% Zach Whitecloud Team Logo D 29.1 yrs 188 cm / 95 kg 0.12 0.21 56 81 $2.750M
87% Trevor van Riemsdyk Team Logo D 34.5 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.18 0.21 59 80 $3.000M
86% Jonas Siegenthaler Team Logo D 28.7 yrs 188 cm / 98 kg 0.10 0.17 55 79 $3.400M
86% Ty Emberson Team Logo D 25.6 yrs 183 cm / 87 kg 0.19 0.21 55 82 $1.300M
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