Pavel Dorofeyev

{{Family name hatnote|Igorevich|Dorofeyev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}{{Short description|Russian ice hockey player (born 2000)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Pavel Dorofeyev

| image = Pavel Dorofeyev - October 2024.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Dorofeyev with the Vegas Golden Knights in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|10|26}}

| birth_place = Nizhny Tagil, Russia

| death_date =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 163

| position = Winger

| shoots = Left

| league = NHL

| team = Vegas Golden Knights

| former_teams = Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Traktor Chelyabinsk

| ntl_team =

| draft = 79th overall

| draft_year = 2019

| draft_team = Vegas Golden Knights

| career_start = 2018

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Pavel Igorevich Dorofeyev ({{langx|ru|Павел Игоревич Дорофеев}}; born 26 October 2000) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).{{cite web| url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/398168/pavel-dorofeyev | title = Pavel Dorofeyev player profile | publisher = eliteprospects.com | date = 4 March 2019 | access-date = 4 March 2019 }} Dorofeyev was selected in the third round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, 79th overall, by the Golden Knights.

Playing career

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Dorofeyev played as a youth in his native Russia within the junior ranks of Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Following his second season in the KHL with Metallurg in 2019–20, Dorofeyev was traded by the club along with three other prospects to Traktor Chelyabinsk in exchange for Vladislav Semin on 11 June 2020.{{cite web| url = https://hctraktor.org/media/news/?id=24939 | title = Traktor acquire four prospects | publisher = Traktor Chelyabinsk | date = 11 June 2020 | access-date = 11 June 2020 | language = Russian}}

He began the 2020–21 season, with Chelaybinsk affiliate, Chelmet Chelyabinsk of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL), posting 8 goals and 17 points through 36 regular season games. He made his lone KHL appearance with Traktor Chelyabinsk in a 4–2 victory over Kunlun Red Star on 7 October 2020.{{cite web| url = https://en.khl.ru/game/1045/872472/protocol/ | title = Traktor 4, Red Star 2 | publisher = Kontinental Hockey League | date = 7 October 2020 | access-date = February 1, 2021 | language = Russian}}

With the pandemic delayed North American season approaching, Dorofeyev ended his contract with Traktor Chelyabinsk and was signed to three-year, entry-level contract with the Vegas Golden Knights on 25 January 2021.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/vegas-golden-knights-sign-forward-pavel-dorofeyev-to-entry-level-contract/c-320698342 | title = VGK sign forward Pavel Dorofeyev to entry-level contract | publisher = Vegas Golden Knights | date = 25 January 2021 | access-date = 25 January 2021}} He was then assigned to join the Golden Knights' new AHL affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, in their training camp.{{cite web| url = https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/1353817456960135172 | title = Golden Knights sign Dorofeyev, assign to Silver Knights | publisher = Twitter | date = 26 January 2021 | access-date = 1 February 2021}}

Dorofeyev made his NHL debut with Vegas in their 2021–22 season opening game, a 4–3 victory over the Seattle Kraken.{{cite web|last=Gotz|first=Ben|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/goldenknights/golden-knights-prospect-makes-nhl-debut-against-kraken-2458302/|title=Golden Knights prospect makes NHL debut against Kraken|publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=October 12, 2021|access-date=April 2, 2022|url-access=subscription}} After spending most of the {{nhly|2021}} and {{nhly|2022}} seasons with Henderson, Dorofeyev was again recalled to Vegas' roster in March 2023;{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/golden-knights-pavel-dorofeyev-earns-promotion/#:~:text=Dorofeyev%20was%20recalled%20from%20AHL,28. |title=Golden Knights' Pavel Dorofeyev: Earns promotion |work=CBS Sports |date=6 March 2023 |access-date=14 March 2023}} he then recorded his first NHL point and first NHL goal on 12 March 2023, with an assist on a William Karlsson first-period goal later followed by a go-ahead deflection goal off his helmet in the third period.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/web/news/vegas-golden-knights-st-louis-blues-game-recap/c-341897046 |title=Patera stops 30 in NHL debut, Golden Knights recover to defeat Blues |website=nhl.com |date=12 March 2023 |access-date=14 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/401459648 |title=Dorofeyev's 1st NHL goal helps Golden Knights top Blues 5-3 |website=ESPN.com |date=12 March 2023 |access-date=14 March 2023}}

After recording seven goals and nine points in 18 games played during the 2022–23 season, and with his three-year entry-level contract expiring, Dorofeyev signed a one-year extension with Vegas on July 19, 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/vegas-golden-knights-sign-forward-pavel-dorofeyev-to-one-year-contract/c-345385466 |title=Vegas Golden Knights Sign Forward Pavel Dorofeyev to One-Year Contract |website=NHL.com |date=July 19, 2023 |access-date=July 19, 2023}} After a career-high 47 games in the 2023–24 season, Dorofeyev signed a further two-year extension with Vegas on July 2, 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/ilya-samsonov-signs-1-year-contract-with-vegas-golden-knights |title=Samsonov signs 1-year, $1.8 million contract with Golden Knights |website=NHL.com |date=July 1, 2024 |access-date=July 2, 2024}}

Dorofeyev scored his first career hat trick on January 14, 2025, recording a natural hat trick across the second and third periods of a 5–3 Golden Knights loss to the Nashville Predators.{{cite web |last=Stanley |first=Robby |title=Predators hold off Golden Knights despite Dorofeyev’s 1st hat trick |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-nashville-predators-game-recap-january-14 |website=NHL.com |access-date=January 15, 2025 |date=January 15, 2025}} Just two months later, on March 20, he scored his second hat trick, contributing three goals in a 5–1 Golden Knights victory over the Boston Bruins, and in the process recording the first 30-goal season of his career.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/nhl/pavel-dorofeyevs-hat-trick-helps-golden-knights-blast-bruins-2025-03-21/ |title=Pavel Dorofeyev's hat trick helps Golden Knights blast Bruins |agency=Reuters |author=Field Level Media |date=March 21, 2025 |access-date=March 21, 2025}}