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2025-26 stats Shown until 2026-27 has enough games. Updates automatically. See 2026-27 projections →
Center•#13PPI 31Nikita Nesterenko is a 25-year-old center for the Anaheim Ducks. A 2019 Draft pick (Round 6). Born in Brooklyn, USA.
This season, the left-shooting forward has 1 goals and 8 assists for 9 points in 29 games. He averages 0.31 points per game on 12:15 of ice time.
2025-26 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 8, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 5–29 pts
2025-26 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2025-26 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
5v5
What happened while Nikita was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2025-26.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 29 games, 435 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
55.1 vs 54.8 lg
53th percentile
Quality of teammates
58.5 vs 53.2 lg
70th 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
44
Goals vs expected
1 vs 3.3 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
35%
2025-26
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
40
Offense
50
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Balanced contributor without a standout specialty this season.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
10-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 10-point spread between offensive (40th) and defensive (50th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown center.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Balanced contributor without a standout specialty this season.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
10-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 10-point spread between offensive (40th) and defensive (50th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown center.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Nikita Nesterenko's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-262025-26 | ANA | 29 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 31 | 3.2% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | ANA | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 20 | 20.0% | |||
| 23-242023-24 | ANA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13 | vs DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:27 |
| Jan 10 | @ BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:47 |
| Jan 5 | @ WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 12:25 |
| Jan 2 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 |
| Dec 31 | vs TBL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 |
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Anaheim Ducks 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.
| 22-232022-23 | ANA | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 23 | 4.3% |
| Career | — | 61 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 81 | 8.6% |
Alex Killorn
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