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Vladislav Namestnikov
Winnipeg Jets Center
Seventy-one per cent of his shot attempts from inside 20 feet at a median of 14 — the most net-front profile in this chapter.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | TBL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 9:28 |
| 2014-15 | TBL | 43 | 9 | 7 | 16 | +1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 19.6 | 12:00 |
| 2015-16 | TBL | 80 | 14 | 21 | 35 | +17 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 13.2 | 14:07 |
| 2016-17 | TBL | 74 | 10 | 18 | 28 | -4 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 8.8 | 14:47 |
| 2017-18 | TBL/NYR | 81 | 22 | 26 | 48 | +6 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 14.2 | 17:05 |
| 2018-19 | NYR | 78 | 11 | 20 | 31 | -7 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 119 | 9.2 | 15:48 |
| 2019-20 | NYR/OTT/COL | 65 | 17 | 14 | 31 | -5 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 98 | 17.3 | 15:03 |
| 2020-21 | DET | 53 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 9.2 | 16:11 |
| 2021-22 | DET/DAL | 75 | 16 | 14 | 30 | +2 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 17.6 | 14:39 |
| 2022-23 | TBL/WPG | 77 | 8 | 17 | 25 | +5 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 7.4 | 12:38 |
| 2023-24 | WPG | 78 | 11 | 26 | 37 | +17 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 11.6 | 14:28 |
| 2024-25 | WPG | 78 | 11 | 27 | 38 | +20 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 11.7 | 15:05 |
| 2025-26 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 786 | 137 | 199 | 336 | +46 | 406 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1117 | 12.3 | 14:46 |
This Season So Far
The 2025-26 season has not started. The empty row above is his, and both it and this paragraph fill in on their own from the morning after he first plays: what he has done, what it is worth against his own last season, and the run he is on when the two disagree.
Last Season
11 goals and 27 assists in 78 games — 38 points at 15:05 a night, plus-20, with 2 power-play goals on 94 shots, converting at 11.7 per cent, and 38 penalty minutes.
52.0 per cent of the expected goals at five-on-five, the 71st percentile. His ice went 28-38 against an expectation of 37.89-35.04 — ten goals of scoring missing and three conceded above expectation.
The Finesse Game
94 attempts at a median of 14 feet with 71 per cent from inside 20 and 7 per cent from beyond 40 — the most net-front shot profile of anybody in this chapter. He takes almost nothing from distance.
27 assists in 78 games is a good rate for a third-line centre. He makes the correct first pass out of his own end and he can distribute on a power play, which is why he has lasted twelve seasons in eight organisations.
The Physical Game
6-0 and 181 and he is not a physical player. He goes to the front of the net without being able to hold it against a heavy defenceman.
38 penalty minutes in 78 games is a moderate rate. He kills penalties, he is defensively reliable, and he can be put out with a lead.
The Intangibles
Twenty-seventh overall in 2011 by Tampa Bay and 786 games and 336 points across eight organisations, three separate stints of it here.
He is 32. He has been traded or signed as a free agent nine times and has played 78 or more games in each of his three Winnipeg seasons.
The numbers underneath
On the ice
Five-on-five, 2024-25 · 972 minutes
- Expected goals
- 52%
- 71st pct
- Shot attempts
- 51.7%
- 71st pct
share of the chances while he was out there
share of the attempts while he was out there
Goals while he was on the ice: 28 for, 38 against. Expected: 37.9 and 35.0.
The eye and the numbers
HindsightThe two rank him within 16 points of one another. It was written for a back edition, with the seasons that followed already known. Neither the agreement nor the gap says anything about the eye, and this report is excluded from the club-level comparison for the same reason.
Both bars are percentiles among the 637 skaters in this edition with a report and enough ice time. The report bar ranks the mean of the grades above — 73 on their own scale — against every other report's mean. The numbers bar ranks his share of expected goals. A gap is a disagreement about where he belongs, not two scales talking past each other.
Usual linemates
2024-25 · 972 minutes at five-on-five
Share of his five-on-five ice time spent alongside each player, measured from shift charts. Special teams are excluded: a power-play unit is not a line.
Why the numbers land there
Five-on-five, 2024-25
- The club
- WPG took 51.8% of the expected goals as a club. His own share is 52.0% — 0.2 above the club he did it on.
- The role
- Third line, 972 minutes at five-on-five — 57th percentile in ice time.
With and without
| Teammate | Together | Him apart | Mate apart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Perfetti | 52.8% | 47.4% | 51.1% |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 50.8% | 54.3% | 58.9% |
| Josh Morrissey | 54.3% | 50.7% | 53.7% |
52.8% together, 47.4% for him apart and 51.1% for Perfetti apart. He was worse away from Perfetti, who was no better away from him — he needed that pairing more than Perfetti did.
Expected-goal share while both were on the ice, and for each man in the minutes he played without the other. Apart is the pair subtracted from his own totals. It does not settle who was carrying whom — apart from each other, both were still playing with somebody — but it does say whether the share travelled when the pairing broke up.
Where he shoots from
goal on goal missed
135 unblocked shots in 2024-25, 10 of them goals. His median goal came from 8 feet. 72% of his shots came from inside twenty feet.