Igor Chernyshov
San Jose Sharks · 2026-27
6'3" · 195 lb · Age 20
+1.0
goals above replacement over 11 games
Goals above replacement over his 11 games, by part.
Difficulty of his minutes (the quality of his opponents and linemates) is not measured: no free public source carries it.
No rank yet: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5; under 30 minutes on the unit.
No rank yet: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5; under 30 minutes on the unit. Chances against are inverted, so a tall bar always reads well.
The league's puck and player tracking, through 11 games. Percentiles are the league's own.
2026-27: +10.5 (range -2.5 to +23.6). 2031-32: +12.4 (range -20.6 to +45.3). No dollar line yet: market value waits on a league contract table.
2026-27 regular season: 11 games, 149 minutes. Sources: NHL.com for the roster, the counting line and NHL Edge tracking; MoneyPuck for expected goals, on-ice chances, zone starts, blocks and penalties; PuckPedia and CapWages for the contract. Updated 2026-11-06. The rating and the forecast are this site's own, from public data, with the method published. All cards →
On the record
Called Shots →Quentin Musty plays at least one NHL regular-season game in 2026-27, after playing zero in 2025-26.
Kiefer Sherwood averages under 1:45 a night on the power play across San Jose's first 20 games of 2026-27.
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.
Igor Chernyshov averages more than 2.00 shots on goal per game across San Jose's first 20 regular-season games of 2026-27.
Ivar Stenberg appears in 11 or more of San Jose's first 13 regular-season games in 2026-27.
Written about him
Chernyshov's starts haven't changed, and San Jose's chances with him have
Chernyshov's offensive-zone start share is unchanged and his power-play time has increased, while San Jose's share of the chances with him has fallen.
San Jose changed its first line on Monday, and the other three with it
San Jose practiced on October 12 with four new forward lines: Chernyshov-Celebrini-Smith, Stenberg-Misa-Sherwood, Marchment-Wennberg-Toffoli and Ostapchuk between Graf and either Dellandrea or Gaudette, with Barclay Goodrow off the ice with an illness and questionable for Tuesday's game against Boston. The defense pairs did not change. Ivar Stenberg, 19, replaced Chernyshov on the first power-play unit; San Jose is 2 for 13 on the power play and 0 for 7 over its last three games. Warsofsky said the club is not playing in the offensive zone enough to create offense. At five-on-five San Jose has scored 7 goals and allowed 13 through five games, with 34.3 percent of MoneyPuck's expected goals, 31st of 32 clubs; last season's full-year share was 47.6 percent. Boston, 4-2-0, has allowed 7 five-on-five goals in six games.
Six Of Igor Chernyshov's Twenty Eight Games Ended With No Shot On Goal
Igor Chernyshov took 81 shot attempts in 28 NHL games last season. Forty six reached the goalie, twenty five missed the net and ten were blocked. Among the 426 forwards who played at least 400 minutes, he ranked 19th in expected goals per unblocked attempt and 189th in shots on goal per sixty, which is a player taking excellent shots and taking very few of them. Six of his twenty eight games ended with no shot on goal at all.
Igor Chernyshov and the only real argument in the forward group
Igor Chernyshov and the only real argument in the forward group