Left wing · WSH · NHL

Ilya Protas

Age: 20
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 230 lb
Shoots: L
Drafted: 2024, round 3, 75th overall
Born: BLR

2026-27: NHL · Washington Capitals
Games: 7
Goals: 0
Assists: 4
Points: 4

Prospect score · 2026-27

97/100

Blue chip

9th of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

2nd in the WSH system · 1st among its forwards

+1.4WAR a season if he sticks

Outlook

NHL odds98%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by 26

Impact odds63%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

+0.2+1.4+2.1Low, middle and high outcomes among his comparables who became regulars

Of the 10 players most like him at the same point in their development, 5 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.

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.

#	Player	Match	NHL GP by 26	Career NHL GP	Outcome	WAR a season
1	Kristian Vesalainen2017 · #24 · at 20	31%	70	70	Did not stick	—
2	Bogdan Yakimov2013 · #83 · at 20	28%	1	1	Did not stick	—
3	Maxime Comtois2017 · #50 · at 20	28%	211	211	Regular	+0.33
4	Roope Hintz2015 · #49 · at 20	27%	392	528	Regular	+2.04
5	Tage Thompson2016 · #26 · at 20	27%	448	537	Regular	+1.43
6	Pavel Buchnevich2013 · #75 · at 20	26%	374	680	Regular	+1.57
7	Jordan Caron2009 · #25 · at 20	26%	157	157	Did not stick	—
8	Evgeny Svechnikov2015 · #19 · at 20	26%	172	172	Did not stick	—
9	Dmitrij Jaskin2011 · #41 · at 20	26%	303	315	Regular	+0.06
10	Otto Koivula2016 · #120 · at 20	25%	28	28	Did not stick	—

Season by season

Season	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2026-27NHL · Washington Capitals	7	0	4	4	0
2025-26NHL · Washington Capitals	4	1	3	4	2
2025-26AHL · Hershey Bears	69	29	37	66	40
2024-25OHL · Windsor Spitfires	61	50	74	124	34
2023-24USHL · Des Moines Buccaneers	61	14	37	51	14
2022-23Belarus Vysshaya · Team Belarus U17	39	24	19	43	37

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