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Dmitry Orlov

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	San Jose Sharks
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years ($6.5M CapHit)
Height	5'11"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	215	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age (DOB)	34 (July 23, 1991)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2009, Round 2, Overall 55 (WSH)

News and Opinions

Alex Ovechkin attends Russian Cup Superfinal with Dmitry Orlov and Mikhail Sergachev at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon May 25, 2026)
John Carlson meets up with former Capitals teammate Dmitry Orlov after Ducks-Sharks game at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Apr 2, 2026)
Orlov Offers Winning Wisdom Amidst Sharks’ Losing Streak (+) at San Jose Hockey Now (Thu Mar 26, 2026)
Timothy Liljegren spoke to Dmitry Orlov about Capitals after trade-deadline deal: ‘He had nothing but good things to say’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Mar 10, 2026)
Zucker, Orlov and more power play sleepers to add to your fantasy hockey lineup at ESPN (Tue Jan 13, 2026)
What Can Young Sharks Learn From Orlov? (+) at San Jose Hockey Now (Wed Dec 3, 2025)
Preview/Lines #9: Orlov Emerging As Clear Leader of Sharks’ Blueline at San Jose Hockey Now (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
Preview/Lines #3: Orlov Has No Grudge Against Canes, Why Scratch Graf? at San Jose Hockey Now (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
7 Observations: Golden Knights Get UNBELIEVABLY Lucky, Earn First Win at Vegas Hockey Now (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Mukhamadullin Talks Surgery Recovery, What Stands Out About Orlov at San Jose Hockey Now (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
Pre-Season Preview/Lines #2: Sharks Talk Heritage 2.0 Jerseys, Orlov Shares ‘Funny’ Convo With Ovechkin at San Jose Hockey Now (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
Orlov on Mukhamadullin, When Celebrini Tried To Dangle Him (+) at San Jose Hockey Now (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
Small Orlov Details That Could Make Big Impact on Sharks (+) at San Jose Hockey Now (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Colorado Avalanche, Washington, And Orlov at NHL Rumors (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
Former Hurricanes blue liner opens up about time in Carolina at Cardiac Cane (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
Dmitry Orlov n'était plus heureux avec les Hurricanes at HABSolument Fan (Fri Jul 18, 2025)
What do Leddy, Orlov bring to the Sharks defense? at Fear the Fin (Sat Jul 5, 2025)
3 potential homes for Dmitry Orlov as he heads towards free agency on July 1st at Cardiac Cane (Wed Jun 18, 2025)

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	Novokuznetsk	6	0	0	0
2007-08	WJ18-A	Russia	6	0	1	1
2008-09	Rus-KHL	Novokuznetsk	16	1	0	1		4
2008-09	WJ18-A	Russia	7	2	2	4		6
2009-10	Rus-KHL	Novokuznetsk	41	4	3	7		49
2009-10	WJC-A	Russia	6	0	4	4		4
2009-10	Russia-Jr.	Novokuznetsk Jr.	7	7	6	13		6				17	9	10	19		26		0.0
2010-11	Rus-KHL	Novokuznetsk	45	2	11	13		43
2010-11	WJC-A	Russia	7	1	8	9	+10	6
2010-11	Russia-Jr.	Novokuznetsk Jr.	1	0	0	0
2010-11	AHL	Hershey	19	2	7	9		12				6		1	1		4
2011-12	NHL	Washington Capitals	60	3	16	19	+1	18	51	5.9	16:52
2011-12	AHL	Hershey	15	4	5	9		12	21	1,905.0
2012-13	NHL	Washington Capitals	5	0	1	1	+5		1	0.0	14:57
2012-13	AHL	Hershey	31	3	14	17	-2	20	52	577.0		4	1	2	3		4	7	1,429.0
2013-14	NHL	Washington Capitals	54	3	8	11	-1	19	59	5.1	19:36
2013-14	AHL	Hershey	11	3	6	9	+1	4	15	2,000.0
2013-14	WC-A	Russia	3	0	1	1	+3	2	1
2014-15	AHL	Hershey	3	0	3	3	-3	4	6	0.0
2015-16	WC-A	Russia	6	0	3	3	+3	2	7
2015-16	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	8	21	29	+8	26	90	8.9	16:02	11		1	1		2	5	0.0	13:18
2016-17	WC	Russia	5	1	0	1	+4
2016-17	WCup	Russia	4	0	0	0	+3	4
2016-17	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	6	27	33	+30	51	125	4.8	19:32	13		3	3	-1	2	21	0.0	21:25
2017-18	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	10	21	31	+10	22	125	8.0	23:08	24	2	6	8	+5	4	48	4.2	24:12
2018-19	WC	Russia	10	2	4	6	+8	2
2018-19	EHT	Russia	2	1	0	1	+2
2018-19	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	3	26	29	+3	33	101	3.0	21:38	7		4	4	-2	4	10	0.0	23:23
2019-20	NHL	Washington Capitals	69	4	23	27	+5	36	105	3.8	22:10	8		3	3	-1	4	11	0.0	24:00
2020-21	WC	Russia	3	0	2	2	+5
2020-21	NHL	Washington Capitals	51	8	14	22	+16	20	83	9.6	19:49	5		3	3	-1	6	12	0.0	23:27
2021-22	NHL	Washington Capitals	76	12	23	35	+25	44	127	9.4	20:58	6		1	1	-4	2	3	0.0	22:02
2022-23	NHL	Washington Capitals	43	3	16	19	+2	10	77	3.9	22:43
2022-23	NHL	Boston Bruins	23	4	13	17	+10	12	47	8.5	22:13	7		8	8	-3	2	11	0.0	23:03
2023-24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	6	20	26	+4	36	129	4.7	17:19	11	2	4	6		14	22	9.1	20:57
2024-25	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	76	6	22	28	+16	24	117	5.1	20:00	15		4	4	+2	10	21	0.0	21:42
2025-26	NHL	San Jose Sharks	82	3	34	37	-28	48	91	3.3	21:12
NHL Career			949	79	285	364	+106	399	1328	5.9	20:03	107	4	37	41	-5	50	164	2.4	21:45

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2015-16	WSH	81	1180:43	1.53	0.59	1.85	2.29	-	0.84	-	-1.70
2016-17	WSH	82	1415:37	0.45	0.51	-0.07	0.11	-	1.47	-	-1.01
2017-18	WSH	82	1540:21	0.35	-0.22	1.01	2.13	-	1.54	-	-0.73
2018-19	WSH	82	1481:29	0.10	0.69	-0.71	-1.20	-	0.42	-	-1.21
2019-20	WSH	69	1258:57	-0.13	0.45	-0.70	-1.22	-	1.30	-	-0.86
2020-21	WSH	51	891:19	0.84	-0.03	1.46	2.45	-	0.02	-	1.00
2021-22	WSH	75	1354:48	0.91	0.33	1.20	1.68	-	1.10	-0.31	1.17
2022-23	BOS, WSH	66	1162:46	0.84	1.27	-0.21	-0.34	-	-0.20	-0.63	0.63
2023-24	CAR	82	1257:47	0.19	0.19	-0.04	-0.50	-	0.58	-0.62	-0.07
2024-25	CAR	76	1313:39	1.08	1.25	0.06	-0.19	-	-0.68	-0.86	0.12
2025-26	SJS	82	1389:29	-0.55	-0.02	-0.84	-0.64	-	-0.70	-0.93	-0.99

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2015-16	WSH	81	1180:43	-0.75	-1.07	-2.34	0.56	0.43	-0.41	-
2016-17	WSH	82	1415:37	0.81	-0.46	-2.04	1.01	0.89	-0.60	-
2017-18	WSH	82	1540:21	1.66	-0.37	-0.04	0.81	0.12	-1.25	-
2018-19	WSH	82	1481:29	1.32	-0.94	-0.66	-0.17	-0.56	-0.39	-
2019-20	WSH	69	1258:57	1.68	-0.45	-1.42	0.90	0.58	-0.76	-
2020-21	WSH	51	891:19	0.78	-0.96	-1.57	0.60	0.70	-0.10	-
2021-22	WSH	75	1354:48	1.00	-0.67	-1.21	1.06	0.27	-1.38	-
2022-23	BOS, WSH	66	1162:46	0.96	-0.15	0.29	0.71	1.01	-0.04	-
2023-24	CAR	82	1257:47	-0.33	-1.03	-1.20	0.52	-0.82	-1.32	-
2024-25	CAR	76	1313:39	0.59	-1.47	0.23	-0.31	-1.08	-0.48	-
2025-26	SJS	82	1389:29	0.48	0.69	-1.20	1.31	1.12	-0.79	-

See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

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	WSH	81	1180:43	0.41	0.76	1.17	0.19	0.22	10.00	4.66	5.34	1.79	1.79
2016-17	WSH	82	1415:37	0.21	0.81	1.02	0.20	0.01	4.55	4.39	0.16	2.78	1.39
2017-18	WSH	82	1540:21	0.39	0.55	0.93	0.17	0.22	10.20	4.57	5.63	2.94	2.21
2018-19	WSH	82	1481:29	0.08	0.81	0.89	0.18	-0.10	2.41	5.24	-2.83	1.61	2.42
2019-20	WSH	69	1258:57	0.10	0.76	0.86	0.21	-0.11	2.44	5.25	-2.81	2.42	0.00
2020-21	WSH	51	891:19	0.47	0.67	1.14	0.20	0.27	10.14	4.38	5.77	1.00	2.00
2021-22	WSH	75	1354:48	0.40	0.75	1.15	0.21	0.19	8.57	4.55	4.02	2.05	2.05
2022-23	WSH	43	795:18	0.08	0.68	0.75	0.27	-0.19	1.52	5.32	-3.81	1.18	4.71
2022-23	BOS	23	367:28	0.49	1.31	1.80	0.25	0.24	8.11	4.20	3.90	0.00	8.70
2022-23	BOS, WSH	66	1162:46	0.21	0.88	1.08	0.26	-0.06	3.88	4.92	-1.04	0.76	6.11
2023-24	CAR	82	1257:47	0.24	0.72	0.95	0.29	-0.05	4.35	5.22	-0.88	1.67	6.67
2024-25	CAR	76	1313:39	0.23	0.91	1.14	0.25	-0.02	4.85	5.35	-0.50	0.00	5.26
2025-26	SJS	82	1389:29	0.09	0.65	0.73	0.14	-0.05	2.90	4.56	-1.66	0.00	2.68

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	WSH	81	1180:43	42.13	2.90	2.40	38.26	2.34	2.19	55.34	52.26	0.16	0.11	0.43
2016-17	WSH	82	1415:37	43.40	3.05	2.40	37.85	1.91	2.18	61.54	52.45	0.15	0.01	1.50
2017-18	WSH	82	1540:21	40.51	2.61	2.46	42.34	2.34	2.44	52.76	50.22	0.21	-0.16	3.89
2018-19	WSH	82	1481:29	40.82	2.55	2.30	43.33	2.84	2.66	47.37	46.36	-0.31	-0.03	-2.88
2019-20	WSH	69	1258:57	44.80	2.72	2.89	39.84	2.76	2.43	49.57	54.34	0.35	-0.14	4.65
2020-21	WSH	51	891:19	41.94	2.96	2.52	38.44	2.02	2.15	59.46	53.98	0.23	0.04	1.84
2021-22	WSH	75	1354:48	42.65	2.79	2.53	37.56	1.86	2.22	60.00	53.23	0.02	-0.27	3.12
2022-23	WSH	43	795:18	44.66	2.26	2.88	42.93	2.49	2.78	47.62	50.81	0.27	0.22	0.42
2022-23	BOS	23	367:28	47.02	2.78	3.10	38.37	1.47	2.39	65.38	56.50	0.31	-0.26	5.14
2022-23	BOS, WSH	66	1162:46	45.41	2.43	2.95	41.49	2.17	2.66	52.81	52.57	0.27	0.06	1.84
2023-24	CAR	82	1257:47	47.94	2.48	2.80	32.68	2.10	2.05	54.17	57.77	-0.15	-0.24	1.41
2024-25	CAR	76	1313:39	46.36	2.56	2.74	34.12	2.51	2.22	50.45	55.19	-0.28	-0.10	-1.35
2025-26	SJS	82	1389:29	38.69	2.29	2.74	40.25	3.11	2.72	42.40	50.19	0.48	0.10	3.84

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating			Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	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.

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Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

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