Dmitry Ovchinnikov was drafted in the fifth round in 2020, at 137th overall. He was not very well-known at that time, and had played almost exclusively in the junior league (MHL). He had two token KHL games. But in the MHL he was a goal-scoring machine on a spectacular line for Sibirske Snaipery Novosibirsk.
That points pace carried on through this season, but he couldn’t get much more than the “dressed but not played” treatment in the KHL.
Last season, as Ovchinnikov just poured on the points, it became apparent that checking in on his rated points pace was in order.