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Nikita Kucherov
Right Wing #86 Lightning
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Nikita Kucherov has 65 points (22 goals, 43 assists) in 39 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning this season.

Selected in the 2nd round (No. 58) of the 2011 NHL Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning, he has 1059 points (379 goals, 680 assists) in 842 regular-season games for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

He also has 171 points (53 goals, 118 assists) in 152 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagRUS
    Age: 32.6 yrs (17.06.1993)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 78 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 58th in 2011
    Draft Team: Team logoTampa Bay Lightning
    Awards: Art Ross Trophy (3x) Hart Memorial Trophy (1x) Ted Lindsay Award (2x) Stanley Cup (2x)
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 32-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Lightning controlling 65% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Nikita Kucherov is off the ice, the Lightning control 45% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 54% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 17% in the defensive zone.

  • 90

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 1st of 252 Wings
    Defense:Def: 159th of 252 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.19
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.65
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    20.24
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.56
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.79
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    1.40
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.47
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    5.51
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    5.93
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    1.09
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.54
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.76
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.03
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.57
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.62
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1.01
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.78
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    5.07
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.17
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $9.500M
Player Contract Value: $13.800M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 35.0 yrs (17.06.1993)
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Nikita Kucherov
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
31.12.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 1 1 2 1 18:28 3 33.3% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 1 2 3 3 20:51 2 50.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 1 4 5 2 15:37 2 50.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Avalanche 1 0 2 2 1 16:19 0 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Flyers 1 2 2 4 4 14:24 2 100.0% 0
Total 5 5 11 16 11 9 55.6% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2013-14 Team Logo Lightning 52 9 9 18 3 13:07 102 8.8% 14
2014-15 Team Logo Lightning 82 29 36 65 38 14:56 191 15.2% 37
2015-16 Team Logo Lightning 77 30 36 66 9 18:13 209 14.4% 30
2016-17 Team Logo Lightning 74 40 45 85 13 19:25 246 16.3% 38
2017-18 Team Logo Lightning 80 39 61 100 15 19:49 279 14.0% 42
2018-19 Team Logo Lightning 82 41 87 128 24 19:58 246 16.7% 62
2019-20 Team Logo Lightning 68 33 52 85 26 18:52 210 15.7% 38
2021-22 Team Logo Lightning 47 25 44 69 1 19:58 156 16.0% 22
2022-23 Team Logo Lightning 82 30 83 113 -2 20:07 271 11.1% 36
2023-24 Team Logo Lightning 81 44 100 144 8 21:40 306 14.4% 22
2024-25 Team Logo Lightning 78 37 84 121 22 21:10 265 14.0% 45
2025-26 Team Logo Lightning 39 22 43 65 23 20:04 114 19.3% 18
Season Projection 78 44 86 130 46 20:05 228 19.3% 36
Total 842 379 680 1059 180 2595 14.6% 404
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2013-14 Team Logo Lightning 2 1 0 1 0 11:37 3 33.3% 0
2014-15 Team Logo Lightning 26 10 12 22 7 16:58 57 17.5% 14
2015-16 Team Logo Lightning 17 11 8 19 13 20:08 51 21.6% 8
2017-18 Team Logo Lightning 17 7 10 17 -6 17:55 61 11.5% 10
2018-19 Team Logo Lightning 3 0 2 2 -4 21:51 9 0.0% 19
2019-20 Team Logo Lightning 25 7 27 34 15 21:40 92 7.6% 22
2020-21 Team Logo Lightning 23 8 24 32 6 18:18 62 12.9% 14
2021-22 Team Logo Lightning 23 8 19 27 7 20:43 77 10.4% 14
2022-23 Team Logo Lightning 6 1 5 6 0 20:16 21 4.8% 11
2023-24 Team Logo Lightning 5 0 7 7 -1 21:25 9 0.0% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Lightning 5 0 4 4 0 22:58 7 0.0% 2
Total 152 53 118 171 37 449 11.8% 116
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Nikita Kucherov Team Logo RW 32.6 yrs 183 cm / 78 kg 1.67 1.26 101 70 $9.500M
79% Macklin Celebrini Team Logo C 19.6 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 1.59 1.17 93 77 $0.975M
72% Nathan MacKinnon Team Logo C 30.4 yrs 183 cm / 91 kg 1.77 1.20 102 82 $12.600M
72% Leon Draisaitl Team Logo C 30.2 yrs 188 cm / 95 kg 1.40 1.22 88 71 $14.000M
71% Connor McDavid Team Logo C 29 yrs 185 cm / 88 kg 1.73 1.53 101 82 $12.500M
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