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Career profile Last roster: 2025-26 WPG
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Ilya Samsonov

G · RUS
+ 3 other teams
Status
Retired this year
Career
2020–2026 (6 yrs)
Age
29 (29 in 2026)
Vitals
6'3" · 208 lb
Drafted
2015 Rd 1 (#16) BUF

Career Regular Season

6 seasons (2020–2026)
Games 133
Wins 57
Losses 41
GAA 2.70
SV% .913
Shutouts 3
Playoff GP 7 98th
Playoff Wins 2 95th

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP W L OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2020-21 BUF 14 9 3 1 1.67 .940 0 22 367 790 14
2021-22 BUF 24 13 5 3 2.10 .932 0 46 677 1312 23
2022-23 BUF 12 4 6 0 3.24 .908 1 32 348 592 9
2023-24 BUF 20 14 4 2 2.69 .915 0 54 637 1202 20
2024-25 SJS 37 10 11 3 2.90 .901 2 78 788 1616 22
2025-26 VGK / WPG 26 7 12 3 3.39 .893 0 80 750 1416 21
Career 6 yrs 133 57 41 12 2.70 .913 3 312 3567 6930 109
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP W L OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2020-21 BUF 1 1 0 0 1.00 .957 0 1 23 60 1
2021-22 BUF 4 1 3 0 2.76 .913 0 11 127 239 4
2022-23 BUF 1 0 1 0 4.00 .907 0 4 43 60 1
2023-24 BUF 1 0 0 1 2.95 .893 0 3 28 61 1
Career 4 app. 7 2 4 1 2.71 .914 0 19 221 420 7
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP GS W L OT GAA Sv% SO GA SA A PiM MP
2019-20 WSH 26 22 16 6 2 2.55 .913 1 60 689 0 2 1411
2020-21 WSH 19 18 13 4 1 2.69 .902 2 49 499 1 - 1092
2021-22 WSH 44 39 23 12 5 3.02 .896 3 119 1145 0 - 2361
2022-23 TOR 42 40 27 10 5 2.33 .919 4 96 1184 2 - 2475
2023-24 TOR 40 40 23 7 8 3.13 .890 3 120 1087 1 - 2300
2024-25 VGK 29 29 16 9 4 2.82 .891 2 82 752 1 4 1745
Career NHL 200 188 118 48 25 2.77 .902 15 526 5356 5 6 11387

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Goalies, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2020-21 23 G BUF 77 63 60 80 82 72 75 76 82 77 75 46 46 71
2021-22 24 G BUF 70 61 59 80 75 64 73 70 75 70 75 48 48 67
2022-23 25 G BUF 72 72 69 80 73 68 83 73 74 72 78 56 57 71
2023-24 26 G BUF 82 73 71 82 84 80 95 80 87 82 62 59 60 78
2024-25 27 G SJS 72 72 70 82 74 70 82 71 76 72 65 61 62 71
2025-26 28 G WPG 67 65 64 82 69 64 75 66 70 67 69 62 64 67
Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2020-21 23 G BUF 77 63 60 80 82 72 75 76 82 77 75 46 46 71
2021-22 24 G BUF −7 −2 −1 · −7 −8 −2 −6 −7 −7 · +2 +2 −4
2022-23 25 G BUF +2 +11 +10 · −2 +4 +10 +3 −1 +2 +3 +8 +9 +4
2023-24 26 G BUF +10 +1 +2 +2 +11 +12 +12 +7 +13 +10 −16 +3 +3 +7
2024-25 27 G SJS −10 −1 −1 · −10 −10 −13 −9 −11 −10 +3 +2 +2 −7
2025-26 28 G WPG −5 −7 −6 · −5 −6 −7 −5 −6 −5 +4 +1 +2 −4
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2020-21 BUF $1,475,000 3 yr 1.8% 23 ELC Rookie
2023-24 BUF $1,800,000 1 yr 2.2% 26 RFA
2024-25 SJS $2,750,000 3 yr 3.1% 27 RFA
2024-25
Jun 30 2024
2024-25
to BLACKHAWKS
  • Ilya Samsonov 71
Jul 4 2024
2024-25
to SHARKS
  • Ilya Samsonov 71
2025-26
Aug 2 2025
2025-26
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
to SHARKS
Feb 5 2026
2025-26
to JETS
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
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