Vladislav Andreyevich Gavrikov (russian: Владислав Андреевич Гавриков; born 21 November 1995) is a Russian professional

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currently playing for the

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of the

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(NHL). He was drafted 159th overall by the

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in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Gavrikov made his

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(KHL) debut with

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (russian: ХК Локомотив, en, Locomotive HC), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team, based in the city of Yaroslavl, playing in the top level Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) ...

during the 2014–15 season. With his development steadily progressing during his four senior years with Lokomotiv, his KHL rights were traded to powerhouse club SKA Saint Petersburg following the 2016–17 season. With the

hopeful of signing the Russian, he was earlier offered a contract and invited by the Blue Jackets to a tour of Columbus, Ohio. Despite his arrival on 27 June 2017, Gavrikov told the Blue Jackets that he had agreed to a two-year contract to remain in Russia with SKA. In the 2018–19 season, Gavrikov scored a career-high 20 points in 60 games with SKA. Following a second consecutive conference final defeat to

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, Gavrikov was released from his expiring contract to sign a two-year, entry-level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on 13 April 2019. Gavrikov scored his first career NHL goal on 15 November 2019. The goal was scored on goaltender Jake Allen and the

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. Gavrikov finished his rookie regular season with 18 points in 69 games. Gavrikov would score his first career NHL playoff goal during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the

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. He would finish the playoffs with 3 points in 10 games. On 5 November 2020, Gavrikov signed a three-year, $8.4 million contract extension with the Blue Jackets. On 1 March 2023, he was traded to the

along with Joonas Korpisalo for goaltender

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and two draft picks. He scored his first goal as a King on 6 March, 2023 against the

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. On 7 June 2023, Gavrikov opted to forgo free agency and was signed a two-year contract extension to remain with the Kings with an AAV of $5,875,000.

International play

Gavrikov has represented Russia in international play at the World Under-17 Challenge, World Under-18 Championships, World Junior Championships, Senior World Championships and Olympic Games. He was a member of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

, where he won the gold medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1995 births Living people Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks Columbus Blue Jackets players Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Los Angeles Kings players Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic ice hockey players for Russia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Russian ice hockey defencemen SKA Saint Petersburg players Ice hockey people from Yaroslavl {{Russia-icehockey-defenceman-stub