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Nikita Kucherov
Right Wing #86 Lightning $9.500M
Player Information

Nikita Kucherov has 91 points (29 goals, 62 assists) in 51 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 1085 points (386 goals, 699 assists) in 854 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: 32.7 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 Evaluation

The 32-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Lightning controlling 66% 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 18% in the defensive zone.

  • 93

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 1st of 253 Wings
    Defense:Def: 127th of 253 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.21
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.66
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    20.15
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.68
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.99
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    1.43
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.49
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    5.57
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    6.20
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    1.05
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.54
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.53
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.85
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.61
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.62
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1.24
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.74
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    5.03
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.18
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $9.500M
Player Contract Value: $15.000M
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
26.01.2026 Team Logo Mammoth 1 0 2 2 0 18:19 5 0.0% 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Jets 1 1 1 2 2 15:22 2 50.0% 0
01.02.2026 Team Logo Bruins 1 1 3 4 1 28:13 8 12.5% 0
03.02.2026 Team Logo Sabres 1 1 3 4 1 22:23 7 14.3% 0
05.02.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 1 1 1 17:53 3 0.0% 14
Total 5 3 10 13 5 25 12.0% 14
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 51 29 62 91 30 20:18 156 18.6% 36
Season Projection 78 44 95 139 46 20:18 239 18.4% 55
Total 854 386 699 1085 187 2637 14.6% 422
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 Match
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 32.7 yrs 183 cm / 78 kg 1.78 1.27 103 74 $9.500M
78% Nathan MacKinnon Team Logo C 30.5 yrs 183 cm / 90 kg 1.69 1.20 97 78 $12.600M
74% Macklin Celebrini Team Logo C 19.7 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 1.47 1.15 92 78 $0.975M
70% Leon Draisaitl Team Logo C 30.3 yrs 188 cm / 94 kg 1.45 1.23 90 74 $14.000M
70% Connor McDavid Team Logo C 29.1 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 1.66 1.53 100 90 $12.500M
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