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Ilya Mikheyev

Ilya Mikheyev

31-Year-Old Right WingRW
Chicago Blackhawks
2025 Stats
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8
A
4
PP Pts
0
+/-
-5
PIM
10
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Mikheyev didn't generate much production to begin 2024-25, going nine games without a point to begin the season. Through the end of December, he had just 12 points in 36 games, but he turned things around in the second half and ended up with 20 goals and 34 points in a career-high 80 contests by the end of the season. Mikheyev's game is skilled and subtle, including a substantial penalty-killing role with very little power-play usage. Combined with a lack of overt physicality, his offerings aren't the most fantasy-friendly among players in the deep-league fringe range. Still, he can offer some offense and a decent shot total, so he's at least worth keeping an eye on as a streamer if the Blackhawks' offense takes a step forward in 2025-26. Read Past Outlooks
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Right Wing
Shoots Left
Height 6'2"
DOB 10/10/1994
Born Omsk, Russia
Signed a four-year, $19 million contract with the Canucks in July of 2022.
Tallies twice Thursday
RWChicago Blackhawks
January 1, 2026
Mikheyev scored two goals on three shots in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Stars.
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Mikheyev has a pair of two-goal games over his last four outings, sandwiched around an absence from the team while welcoming his child into the world. The 31-year-old winger is picking up the pace for a depleted offense. He's now at eight goals, 12 points, 64 shots on net and a minus-5 rating over 36 appearances this season. The defensive winger doesn't get power-play time, but he is in the top six at even strength.
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2025–26 Time On Ice Stats
  • Average Time On Ice:
    17:38
  • Average Power Play TOI:
    0:02
  • Average Short-Handed TOI:
    2:58
 
Ice Time
Power Play
Short-Handed
2023–24
14:16
0:53
0:47
2024–25
15:41
0:11
1:59
2025–26
17:38
0:02
2:58
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Mikheyev was able to play in 78 regular-season contests in 2023-24, earning 11 goals and 20 assists with 147 shots on net for the Canucks. That would be his second and final year with the team, as Vancouver dumped his salary off to Chicago in a trade just before the draft. Regardless of how much he's played, Mikheyev appears to peak as a 30-35-point winger who adds little in physicality. There's room for a scoring-only winger in deep fantasy formats, but the Blackhawks were aggressive in adding to their forward group this offseason, so it's unlikely Mikheyev will get more than middle-six usage and a chance at power-play time in 2024-25. Factor in the injury risk, and there are better options to fill out the bottom of your roster on draft day.
Mikheyev's 2022-23 was cut short by ACL surgery midway through the season, and there's no telling if he'll be ready for training camp. When he was in the lineup, the winger recorded 28 points in 46 contests, putting him well on his way to a career year before the operation. If he can prove he's healthy this year, he'll have some genuine appeal as a sleeper given his 60 points over his last 99 contests. He'll spend most of 2023-24 at 29 years old and should be good for a middle-six role with some power-play time, though he'll add virtually nothing in physicality, so he'll need to show up on offense.
On the hunt for a bigger role following three steady seasons in Toronto, Mikheyev joined the Canucks this past July on a four-year, $19 million contract. Mikheyev missed the early portion of the year with a thumb injury before returning in mid-December and playing in all 53 games the rest of the way. He finished with a career-high 21 goals, 32 points, and plus-16 rating. Mikheyev is an excellent penalty killer and good source of secondary scoring at even strength, but he's never offered much production with the man advantage and that seems unlikely to change with his new club. He's only an option in the deepest of fantasy formats.
Mikheyev endured a bit of a sophomore slump in 2020-21, recording just seven goals and 10 assists in 54 contests. The Russian winger was limited to third-line duties for the most part, but he's poised for a bounce-back season in a top-six role now that Zach Hyman is in Edmonton. Mikheyev should play alongside either Auston Matthews (wrist) or John Tavares (concussion), both of whom are expected to be ready to start the year. With a plum assignment in store, Mikheyev should push for 15-20 goals, 45-50 points and at least second-unit power-play duties. The 26-year-old could be a sleeper in fantasy drafts this fall -- don't get caught napping.
Soup's breakout in 2019-20 was cut short by a skate blade right before New Year's. He tallied eight goals and 15 assists in just 39 games and quickly became a fan favorite. And his game was trending up when that gruesome wrist injury happened. Mikheyev inked a two-year deal in October for under market value that will likely see him in the Leafs' top six through 2021-22. He won't get power-play time, but he'll deliver value in large, deep formats.
Mikheyev is a 6-foot-2, 190-pound winger from the KHL who was coveted by many teams this past spring. He chose the Leafs after putting up 23 goals and 22 assists in 62 regular-season games with Avengard Omsk and another 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in the playoffs. Mikheyev knows how to finish and coach Mike Babcock thinks the winger will have a big role with the Leafs. The soon-to-be 25-year-old plays a responsible two-way game, and while he doesn't bang, he protects the puck well with his size. Plus, he can kill penalties. Coming to the NHL will be an adjustment, but Mikheyev should have every opportunity to become a solid, third-line player in 2019-20.
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Back at practice
RWChicago Blackhawks
December 29, 2025
Mikheyev (personal) participated in Monday's practice, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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Unavailable Sunday
RWChicago Blackhawks
Personal
December 28, 2025
Mikheyev (personal) won't play against Pittsburgh on Sunday, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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Won't play Saturday
RWChicago Blackhawks
Personal
December 27, 2025
Mikheyev (personal) is expected to miss Saturday's game in Dallas, per Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Tickles twine twice in loss
RWChicago Blackhawks
December 21, 2025
Mikheyev scored two goals in Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Senators.
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Draws shorthanded helper
RWChicago Blackhawks
December 17, 2025
Mikheyev notched a shorthanded assist and four shots on goal in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Maple Leafs.
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Heading to Chicago?
RWVancouver Canucks
June 26, 2024
Mikheyev is expected to be traded to the Blackhawks this week, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.
ANALYSIS
The Canucks are looking to trim salary, presumably to make a splash in free agency when the market opens July 1. Mikheyev has two years left on a deal carrying a $4.75 million cap hit, and the Blackhawks have plenty of space and could use some NHL-level talent to fill out their roster.
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