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Matvei Korotky
Center · STL · KHL

Matvei Korotky

Age
20
Height
6'2"
Weight
198 lb
Shoots
R
Drafted
2024, round 7, 211th overall
Born
RUS
2026-27
KHL · SKA St. Petersburg
Games
14
Goals
4
Assists
6
Points
10
Prospect score · 2026-27
High end

69th of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

3rd in the STL system · 3rd among its forwards

+0.6WAR a season if he sticks
Outlook
NHL odds68%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by 26
Impact odds27%Better than the typical NHL regular among forwards
Arrival2028-29The season his comps who made it typically became regulars
WAR a season if he sticks+0.0+0.6+1.6Low, middle and high outcomes among his comparables who became regulars

Of the 10 players most like him at the same point in their development, 7 became full-time NHL players.

Development

His scoring, converted to an NHL equivalent, against every player his age and position that season. Zero is the average player his age; the band is where his comparables were at each age.

-2-10+1+21617181920Age2022-23, age 16, 54 GP: -1.13 vs. his age group (0.04 NHL-equivalent points per game)2023-24, age 17, 51 GP: -0.37 vs. his age group (0.10 NHL-equivalent points per game)2024-25, age 18, 57 GP: +0.10 vs. his age group (0.18 NHL-equivalent points per game)2025-26, age 19, 43 GP: +1.54 vs. his age group (0.43 NHL-equivalent points per game)2026-27, age 20, 14 GP: +1.44 vs. his age group (0.49 NHL-equivalent points per game)
HimMiddle half of his comps at that ageAverage player his age
Comparables

Past prospects at the same position and the same stage after their draft, matched on draft slot, age, size and league-adjusted production. What they became is already known. The outcome is judged at 26: 200 NHL games by then makes a regular.

#PlayerMatchNHL GP by 26Career NHL GPOutcomeWAR a season
1Jesper Fast2010 · #157 · at 2057%353703Regular+0.58
2Nikolai Prokhorkin2012 · #121 · at 2049%4343Did not stick—
3Emil Bemstrom2017 · #117 · at 2045%242242Regular+0.20
4Oskar Lindblom2014 · #138 · at 2044%336337Regular+0.84
5Pavel Buchnevich2013 · #75 · at 2044%374680Regular+1.57
6Adam Gaudette2015 · #149 · at 2043%220367Regular+0.02
7Riley Barber2012 · #167 · at 2043%1216Did not stick—
8Gustav Possler2013 · #130 · at 2043%00Did not stick—
9Mark Stone2010 · #178 · at 2042%384775Regular+2.63
10Andreas Johnsson2013 · #202 · at 2041%246259Regular+0.85
Season by season
SeasonGPGAPtsPIM
2026-27VHL · SKA-VMF St. Petersburg11010
2026-27KHL · SKA St. Petersburg1446104
2025-26KHL · SKA St. Petersburg431413278
2024-25VHL · SKA-Neva St. Petersburg20110
2024-25MHL · SKA-1946 St. Petersburg2717143112
2024-25KHL · SKA St. Petersburg305494
2023-24MHL · SKA-1946 St. Petersburg5120183822
2022-23MHL · SKA-1946 St. Petersburg542121416
2021-22Russia U17 · SKA St. Petersburg U173427416822
2020-21Russia U16 · SKA St. Petersburg U163419203918

The prospect score is a percentile of his expected outcome among every prospect in the league: the chance he becomes a regular, times how good his comparables who did became against others at their position. A player who never sticks counts as zero, which is why a long shot with a high ceiling can rank below a safe bet. All Sabres prospects · How the rankings work