GRIT & GF
Ilya Lyubushkin

Dallas Stars, Defence

Ilya Lyubushkin

  • Shot-eater
  • Physical
  • Stingy
Points, 2025–26
9
1 G, 8 A in 53 GP
Individual xG
1.4
1 goals from it
Ice time per game
15:44
33 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
47.4
share of chances while he's on

Ilya Lyubushkin has 1 goal and 8 assists (9 points) in 53 games for the Dallas Stars in 2025–26, with 33 shots on goal and 15:44 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 12.5 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

12.5050100
Rated above 35% of defencemen
Goals above average
−7.5
Wins
−1.25
Physicality67thGF8thIntimidation29thChemistry3thClutch90th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.67, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 34.9% of 281 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Clutch

+1.25 SD · 90th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

  • Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.1890th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.15438th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 772 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. at ANA

    Friday, December 19

    Drought over

    Ilya Lyubushkin scored for the first time in 59 games. That was his first goal of the season. He played 17:50 and had one shot on goal. It finished 8-3 for the Stars.

  2. at FLA

    Saturday, November 1

    Shot blocker

    Ilya Lyubushkin got in front of 7 shots. He has 1 point in 10 games this season. The Stars fell 4-3 to the Panthers in a shootout.

Player card

Percentile among 239 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game15:44
    21
  • Points per 600.65
    25
  • Goals per 600.07
    18
  • Individual xG per 600.10
    4
  • Shots per 602.4
    8

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.06
    7
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.29
    83
  • xGF%47.4%
    33

Physical

  • Hits per 604.9
    78
  • Blocks per 606.5
    96
  • Penalty minutes per 602.9
    14

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Thomas Harley48257:17160–2848.0–13.04–1138%
Lian Bichsel32144:47122–1205.6–4.75–155%
Esa Lindell51112:3663–903.3–2.88–354%
Alexander Petrovic32100:2775–892.8–3.21–447%
Kyle Capobianco1664:4349–672.4–3.13–443%
Vladislav Kolyachonok333:2337–331.9–1.01–066%
Miro Heiskanen4625:0419–280.9–0.80–253%
Nils Lundkvist2423:0424–131.2–0.32–080%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 1 goals from 47 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.100.200.30
01-1804-30

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2653189331.415:44689047.4
2024–258011314513.417:248413749.1
2023–2474088472.317:0717616946.6

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-3014:320110.07310
2026-04-2812:300000.00110
2026-04-1515:390110.02122
2026-04-1316:480010.05010
2026-04-1116:400010.05020
2026-04-0920:080000.00130
2026-04-079:290000.00022
2026-04-0410:530000.00110
2026-04-0213:000000.04010
2026-03-3113:530000.00500
2026-03-2213:040010.09110
2026-03-0610:200010.23220
2026-03-0316:140000.00030
2026-03-0217:260120.03020
2026-02-2814:260020.05020
2026-02-0415:320000.01310
2026-01-237:070000.00020
2026-01-2215:450000.13000
2026-01-2017:560010.04110
2026-01-1814:120010.02010