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Igor Chernyshov

Igor Chernyshov
Pine card · 2025-26

+13.5

Pine Net Rating v0.1: goals above replacement per 82 games (+4.6 over his 28). 85% among 469 forwards, 1st line.

Position
L
Number
#92
Shoots
R
Age
20
Size
6'2", 195 lb
Ice time
15:03 a game
Games
28
Status
Under contract (ELC)
Pieces here
43

2025-26 regular season: 28 games, 422 minutes.

Net rating, split
Offense plus defense, in goals per 82 games, against a replacement-level player at his position. Built from public components; the method names every constant. Team sums track goal differential at r = 0.632 across 32 clubs.
Netall situations
+13.585%
Offenseall situations
+19.591%
Defenseall situations
-6.017%
Projected net rating
Per 82 games. Solid: rated seasons on file (1). Dotted: the forecast along the league aging curve for his position; the band is the 10th to 90th percentile of outcomes, and it widens because each year adds its own uncertainty. Baseline +9.6 from 1 recent season, shrunk 50% of the way toward the league forward mean.
-20-10+0+10+20+30+40+50+14+10+11+12+12+122025-262026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31-20-10+0+10+20+30+40+50+14+10+11+12+12+122025-262027-282029-302030-31

2026-27: +10.5 (range -2.5 to +23.6). 2030-31: +12.3 (range -17.5 to +42.1).

Value v0.1
Market value
$7.7M
Cap hit
$934K
Surplus
+$6.766M
Positive value
96%

Market value is what the league pays a forward at his rating percentile this season, from 386 contracts; in 2026-27 dollars against a $104M ceiling. Positive value is the share of 2,000 simulated futures over his 2 remaining years in which that value meets his cap hit.

The number on each bar is his percentile among league forwards with 200 or more minutes at 5-on-5 (special teams: 30 or more minutes on the unit); each block prints the size of that group. Higher is better on every bar; chances against are inverted so 90% always reads well.

Individual offense
percentile among 469 forwards
Goalsall situations
938%
Assistsall situations
1031%
Pointsall situations
1935%
Expected goalsall situations
8.129%
Individual defense
percentile among 469 forwards
Blocked shotsall situations
139%
Penalties drawn minus takenall situations
038%
On the ice, offense
percentile among 313 to 469 forwards
Chances for, per 605-on-5
2.9992%
Chance share, on ice minus off5-on-5
+2.371%
Power play chances for, per 60power play, 31 min
10.1696%
On the ice, defense
percentile among 469 forwards
Chances against, per 605-on-5
2.8012%
Penalty kill chances against, per 60penalty kill, 0 min
rank withheld: under 30 minutes on the unit
0.00n/a
Difficulty not measured. Quality of competition and teammates has no free public source this pipe can reach (Natural Stat Trick blocks scripts); Court chose no paid source on 2026-09-12.
Contract $934K cap hit · 2 years left · RFA July 2028. PuckPedia and CapWages, via the cap sheet.

Sources: NHL.com for the roster, bio and counting line; MoneyPuck for expected goals, on-ice chances, blocks and penalties; PuckPedia and CapWages for the contract. Updated 2026-09-13. The rating, the forecast and the value line are this site's own, from public data, with the method published.

On the record

Called Shots →
OpenAug 27, 2026

Quentin Musty plays at least one NHL regular-season game in 2026-27, after playing zero in 2025-26.

OpenSep 1, 2026

Kiefer Sherwood averages under 1:45 a night on the power play across San Jose's first 20 games of 2026-27.

OpenSep 8, 2026

Collin Graf is not among San Jose's top eight forwards in total power-play time on ice across the club's first 20 regular-season games of 2026-27.

OpenSep 9, 2026

Igor Chernyshov averages more than 2.00 shots on goal per game across San Jose's first 20 regular-season games of 2026-27.

OpenSep 12, 2026

Ivar Stenberg appears in 11 or more of San Jose's first 13 regular-season games in 2026-27.

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