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Pavel Dorofeyev has 29 points (16 goals, 13 assists) in 40 games for the Vegas Golden Knights this season.

Selected in the 3rd round (No. 79) of the 2019 NHL Draft by the Vegas Golden Knights, he has 114 points (71 goals, 43 assists) in 189 regular-season games for the Vegas Golden Knights.

He also has 2 points (1 goals, 1 assists) in 9 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagRUS
    Age: 25.2 yrs (26.10.2000)
    Height / Weight: 185 cm / 87 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 79th in 2019
    Draft Team: Team logoVegas Golden Knights
    Awards: -
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The 25-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Golden Knights controlling 65% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Pavel Dorofeyev is off the ice, the Golden Knights control 49% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 53% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 22% in the defensive zone.

  • 83

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 22nd of 250 Wings
    Defense:Def: 52nd of 250 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    40.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.16
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    17.63
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.36
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.77
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.34
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.39
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    4.50
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.83
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.51
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.53
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    3.44
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    10.49
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.44
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.38
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.43
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.53
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.43
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.38
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.22
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $1.835M
Player Contract Value: $10.000M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 RFA
Age at the end: 26.7 yrs (26.10.2000)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Avalanche 1 0 0 0 1 20:21 2 0.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Wild 1 0 1 1 -1 15:52 3 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Predators 1 0 2 2 1 18:36 3 0.0% 0
02.01.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 1 0 1 0 17:11 2 50.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 0 0 -1 17:15 0 0
Total 5 1 3 4 0 10 10.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2021-22 Team Logo Golden Knights 2 0 0 0 -1 6:30 1 0.0% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Golden Knights 18 7 2 9 5 14:13 40 17.5% 6
2023-24 Team Logo Golden Knights 47 13 11 24 8 13:16 97 13.4% 12
2024-25 Team Logo Golden Knights 82 35 17 52 2 16:31 254 13.8% 30
2025-26 Team Logo Golden Knights 40 16 13 29 -8 17:37 109 14.7% 10
Season Projection 82 33 27 60 -16 17:37 223 14.8% 20
Total 189 71 43 114 6 501 14.2% 60
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2023-24 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 0 0 0 7:10 0 0
2024-25 Team Logo Golden Knights 8 1 1 2 -7 17:25 27 3.7% 2
Total 9 1 1 2 -7 27 3.7% 2
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Pavel Dorofeyev Team Logo RW 25.2 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.72 0.60 86 78 $1.835M
89% Jared McCann Team Logo LW 29.6 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.75 0.60 85 75 $5.000M
84% Josh Doan Team Logo RW 23.9 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.68 0.54 85 75 $0.925M
82% Kyle Palmieri Team Logo C 34.9 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.72 0.59 80 78 $4.750M
82% Jake DeBrusk Team Logo LW 29.2 yrs 185 cm / 89 kg 0.50 0.57 80 78 $5.500M
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