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Igor Chernyshov

Igor Chernyshov
Pine card · 2026-27

-0.6

Pine Net Rating v0.1: goals above replacement over 8 games. 95 of 200 five-on-five minutes; his rank prints at 200.

Position
L
Number
#92
Shoots
R
Age
20
Size
6'3", 195 lb
Ice time
13:55 a game
Games
8
Status
Under contract (ELC)
Pieces here
60

2026-27 regular season: 8 games, 111 minutes.

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.
-30-20-10+0+10+20+30+40+50+14+11+12+12+12+122025-262027-282028-292029-302030-312031-32-30-20-10+0+10+20+30+40+50+14+11+12+12+12+122025-262028-292031-32

2027-28: +11.2 (range -7.5 to +29.9). 2031-32: +12.4 (range -20.6 to +45.3). No dollar line yet: market value waits on a league contract table.

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
Goalsall situations
rank withheld: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5
2n/a
Assistsall situations
rank withheld: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5
2n/a
Pointsall situations
rank withheld: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5
4n/a
Expected goalsall situations
rank withheld: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5
0.9n/a
Individual defense
Blocked shotsall situations
rank withheld: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5
4n/a
Penalties drawn minus takenall situations
rank withheld: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5
-1n/a
On the ice, offense
Chances for, per 605-on-5
rank withheld: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5
2.10n/a
Chance share, on ice minus off5-on-5
rank withheld: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5
-1.0n/a
Power play chances for, per 60power play, 14 min
rank withheld: under 30 minutes on the unit
5.61n/a
On the ice, defense
Chances against, per 605-on-5
rank withheld: under 200 minutes at 5-on-5
3.14n/a
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); no paid source was taken on, a 2026-09-12 call.
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 2026-10-19. 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.

Written about him

Chernyshov's starts haven't changed, and San Jose's chances with him have
Player deep dive

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.

Dom CahillOct 15, 20265 min read
San Jose changed its first line on Monday, and the other three with it
Lines

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.

Grant LombardOct 13, 20264 min read
Six Of Igor Chernyshov's Twenty Eight Games Ended With No Shot On Goal
Season preview

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.

Dom CahillSep 9, 20265 min read
Igor Chernyshov and the only real argument in the forward group
Sharks film room

Igor Chernyshov and the only real argument in the forward group

Igor Chernyshov and the only real argument in the forward group

Grab Some PineJun 9, 20264 min read

Also appears in

San Jose's first regulation win was even at five-on-five until it led by two

Oct 23, 2026

Montreal won at five-on-five. San Jose scored twice on three power-play shots

Oct 21, 2026

San Jose won five-on-five by its widest margin yet, and lost on the kill

Oct 20, 2026

San Jose has held its own for three games. One line has not.

Oct 18, 2026

San Jose has led by two in the third four times and won none in regulation

Oct 18, 2026

San Jose edged Boston on five-on-five chances and still lost 6-3

Oct 14, 2026

Celebrini came back from two missed games with last season's legs

Oct 13, 2026

San Jose's five-on-five goals have caught up with its expected goals

Oct 11, 2026

St. Louis outscored San Jose's power play and lost in overtime anyway

Oct 9, 2026

Wennberg and Trouba get the other team's top line at SAP Center

Oct 8, 2026

San Jose has every point available and no regulation win

Oct 4, 2026

The Kings missed the net with their best chances. San Jose is 2-0.

Oct 4, 2026

San Jose's last exhibition reused five units, but not the pair beside Orlov

Oct 1, 2026

Stenberg scored three, and Celebrini's line had the puck

Sep 25, 2026

Ivar Stenberg played every situation San Jose had in his first NHL exhibition

Sep 23, 2026

San Jose extended Warsofsky before the season that was supposed to judge him

Sep 17, 2026

Ivar Stenberg And His Brother Scored One Goal And Two Assists Each In Their First Season Against Swedish Men

Sep 12, 2026

Edmonton Spent Six Seasons Taking Ice Time Away From Darnell Nurse

Sep 10, 2026

Collin Graf Scored More Shorthanded Than He Did On The Power Play

Sep 8, 2026

Tyler Toffoli Lost Eleven Goals Last Season And Not One Of Them Came Off The Power Play

Sep 6, 2026

San Jose Drew Its Rookie Line At One Hundred Games And Then Crossed It Once

Sep 2, 2026

Almost Half Of Dmitry Orlov's Points Came On A Power Play He Is Projected To Lose

Sep 2, 2026

If Quentin Musty Makes The Sharks Out Of Camp, It Will Be For A Skill He Has Not Shown

Aug 27, 2026

Only Macklin Celebrini Scored Faster Than Adam Gaudette Last Season

Aug 25, 2026

San Jose Has Four Preseason Games And Nineteen Men Who Can Play Two Of Them

Aug 21, 2026

Every Sharks Point Total Is Reasonable Until You Add Them Up

Aug 14, 2026

San Jose Called Up Its Forwards In A Different Order Than The Barracuda Scored Them

Aug 12, 2026

Everybody Signed The Same Lease. The Rent Ran From $7.2 Million To $18.8 Million.

Aug 5, 2026

Mike Grier Bought The House

Jul 24, 2026

Nobody Has A Seat For Collin Graf

Jul 22, 2026

Grier pays the minimum tab and guards the window: my July 1 forecast

Jun 30, 2026

Sharks top 20 Calder-eligible prospects: Pohlkamp belongs near the top, and two dark horses lurk

Jun 27, 2026

Re-judging the Eklund trade: the data says they sold a rising player at the bottom of his luck

Jun 25, 2026

The forecast, redone: Stenberg is an NHL player, and it changes the picture

Jun 24, 2026

The war chest, the bill it's saved for, and the one bet that's free: three questions, one answer

Jun 16, 2026

The power-play blueprint: the chances were already there, the finish wasn't (the easy 5 points)

Jun 14, 2026

Will Smith, away from Celebrini: the one stat that decides the Star Forward slot

Jun 14, 2026

The Grier report card: four years graded, one pattern found, and what it predicts for June 27

Jun 12, 2026

The Toffoli decision: when hold flips to sell, decided nine months before it's urgent

Jun 12, 2026

The Warsofsky file: elite developer, suspect allocator, and the year-three test already written

Jun 12, 2026

Pricing the Celebrini extension: the number, the deadline nobody is talking about, and what every dollar costs the core

Jun 11, 2026

The 2026-27 scorecard, written in June (v2): the goalposts are now in concrete

Jun 11, 2026

The five-year cap math: can they keep everyone? (The Florida-or-Chicago question, answered)

Jun 11, 2026

The Misa verdict: the 2C is earned, not hoped, except for one thing at the dot

Jun 11, 2026

The draft-day playbook: decide everything now, react to nothing later

Jun 11, 2026

The trade chessboard: what every chip is worth, and what the plan actually costs

Jun 10, 2026

Are the 2026-27 Sharks actually a playoff team? The number, and the honest yes/no

Jun 9, 2026

The contention clock: when the window actually opens, and the gap list to get there

Jun 9, 2026

The honest value board: who actually drove value in 2025-26

Jun 9, 2026

Bystedt and Musty: the NHL comps, and why two good prospects can't get in the lineup

Jun 8, 2026

The 2026-27 forward group: four lines to compete now and grow into a contender

Jun 7, 2026

The 2026-27 blue line, built: draft the right shot, rent the right shots, free the kids

Jun 6, 2026

The PP1 you can actually ice next year, and where it finishes

Jun 3, 2026

Two good problems named Bystedt and Musty

Jun 3, 2026

The Toffoli–Misa–Graf Line: Sixty-Seven Minutes, Sixty Percent, Zero Goals Against

May 14, 2026

Collin Graf, 2025-26: The Qualifying Offer Was the Easiest Decision of the Summer

May 12, 2026