Nikita Kucherov
- Position
- Right wing
- Age
- 33Jun 17, 1993
- Height
- 5'11"180 cm
- Weight
- 172 lbs78 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Maykop, RUS
- Nationality
- RUS
- Draft
- 2011 · Round 2 · 58th overall · TBL
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning right wing, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Maykop, RUS · Draft: 2011 · Round 2, pick 28 (#58 overall) · TBL · 13 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 895
- G
- 406
- A
- 740
- PTS
- 1146
- +/-
- 206
Playoffs
- GP
- 159
- G
- 54
- A
- 123
- PTS
- 177
- +/-
- 39
Last 5 games
Awards
- Stanley Cup · 2× 2020-21, 2019-20
- Art Ross Trophy · 3× 2024-25, 2023-24, 2018-19
- Hart Memorial Trophy · 2× 2025-26, 2018-19
- Ted Lindsay Award · 2× 2024-25, 2018-19
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits3#591 of 659
- Hits per game0.19#615 of 659
- Hits per 600.52#628 of 659
- Blocked shots5#477 of 659
- Takeaways9#18 of 659
- Giveaways30#646 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)5.78#41 of 659
- Expected goals per 601.02#81 of 659
- Goals above expected-1.78#614 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.081#223 of 659
- High-danger shots8#276 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)54.7%#119 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-1.0%#379 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)55.1%#117 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.039#129 of 659
- Offensive zone starts57.8%#155 of 659
- Time on ice per game21:16#64 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 15 tracked games this season · updated Nov 6
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 43.1%45.1%Beats 82%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%41.2%Beats 53%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.3%36.9%Beats 83%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph23.0 mphBeats 92%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2031Beats 79%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 12Beats 78%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph65.8 mphBeats 97%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.4 mph87.4 mphBeats 83%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 1 shots
- Behind the net: 1 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 1 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 3 shots
- Low slot: 2 shots
- Left circle: 1 shots
- Right circle: 12 shots
- High slot: 1 shots
- Outside left: 2 shots
- Outside right: 9 shots
- Left point: 2 shots
- Centre point: 5 shots
- Right point: 1 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 82Beats 24%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 714Beats 90%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%14.3%Beats 58%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 28More than 98%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
100.0%
Won–Lost
1–0
1 taken
League rank
—
Unranked — under 100 FO
By zone
- Offensive zone— · 0/0
- Neutral zone— · 0/0
- Defensive zone100.0% · 1/1
By situation
- Even strength100.0% · 1/1
- Power play— · 0/0
- Shorthanded— · 0/0
Game LogLast 10 games
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