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Right Wing•#86STEADYPPI 99Nikita Kucherov is a 33-year-old right wing for the Tampa Bay Lightning. A 2011 Draft pick (Round 2). Born in Maykop, RUS.
This season, the left-shooting forward has 4 goals and 14 assists for 18 points in 13 games, ranking 15th in the NHL. He averages 1.38 points per game on 20:58 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
#11 NHL
#15 NHL
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 73–132 pts
STEADY — 99th percentile at R, 79% hit rate (76 GP, 2025-26)
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Nikita's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
25
Current: 4
Assists
87
Current: 14
Points
112
Current: 18
Elite production projected. Most likely range is 87-137 points, with upside potential exceeding 162 points in optimal scenarios.
0.8%
Art Ross
Most Points
0.0%
Rocket
Most Goals
1.4%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Nikita was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 13 games, 283 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
55.7 vs 57.3 lg
35th percentile
Quality of teammates
78.7 vs 56.8 lg
99th percentile
Deployment
neutral
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Nikita takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
58
Goals vs expected
4 vs 3.9 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
20%
With-or-without-you
Who Nikita plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden PointC | 118 min | 61.2 | — | — |
| John CarlsonD | 116 min | 61.6 | — | — |
| J.J. MoserD | 104 min | 61.0 | — | — |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Nikita, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
78
Offense
64
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, exceptional playmaking.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
14-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 14-point spread between offensive (78th) and defensive (64th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first winger.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, exceptional playmaking.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
14-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 14-point spread between offensive (78th) and defensive (64th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first winger.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Nikita Kucherov's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | TBL | 13 | 4 | 14 | 18 | +5 | 35 | 11.4% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | TBL | 76 | 44 | 86 | 130 | +43 | 231 | 19.0% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | TBL | 78 | 37 | 84 | 121 | +22 | 265 | 14.0% |
Form
Nikita's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | @ NSH | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 23:41 |
| Oct 29 | vs WPG | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:13 |
| Oct 24 | @ UTA | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:02 |
| Oct 23 | @ COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:43 |
| Oct 20 | @ VGK | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 18:19 |
Similar right wings
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Nikita to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Tampa Bay Lightning this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 23-242023-24 | TBL | 81 | 44 | 100 | 144 | +8 | 306 | 14.4% |
| 22-232022-23 | TBL | 82 | 30 | 83 | 113 | -2 | 271 | 11.1% |
| 21-222021-22 | TBL | 47 | 25 | 44 | 69 | +1 | 156 | 16.0% |
| 19-202019-20 | TBL | 68 | 33 | 52 | 85 | +26 | 210 | 15.7% |
| 18-192018-19 | TBL | 82 | 41 | 87 | 128 | +24 | 246 | 16.7% |
| 17-182017-18 | TBL | 80 | 39 | 61 | 100 | +15 | 279 | 14.0% |
| 16-172016-17 | TBL | 74 | 40 | 45 | 85 | +13 | 246 | 16.3% |
| 15-162015-16 | TBL | 77 | 30 | 36 | 66 | +9 | 209 | 14.3% |
| 14-152014-15 | TBL | 82 | 29 | 36 | 65 | +38 | 191 | 15.2% |
| 13-142013-14 | TBL | 52 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +3 | 102 | 8.8% |
| Career | — | 892 | 405 | 737 | 1142 | +205 | 2747 | 14.7% |
Victor Hedman
D · 5 pts
