Nikita Kucherov
01/Where he scores from
Kucherov scored 44 regular season goals on 371 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. His densest patch is right circle, 24 ft out: 8/44 · 18% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 4% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 13/44 · 30% of his goals came from here, on 56/371 · 15% of his attempts — 13/56 · 23% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 18/44 · 41% of his goals came from here, on 121/371 · 33% of his attempts — 18/121 · 15% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 12/44 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 170/371 · 46% of his attempts — 12/170 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/44 · 2% of his goals came from here, on 24/371 · 6% of his attempts — 1/24 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Kucherov scored 1 playoff goals on 51 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 3 of his 51 attempts.
Slot. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 9 of his 51 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 1 goals came from here, on 27 of his 51 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 12 of his 51 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 51 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Kucherov scored 124 regular season goals on 1,182 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right circle, 28 ft out: 23/124 · 19% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 2% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 36/124 · 29% of his goals came from here, on 181/1,182 · 15% of his attempts — 36/181 · 20% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 51/124 · 41% of his goals came from here, on 437/1,182 · 37% of his attempts — 51/437 · 12% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 32/124 · 26% of his goals came from here, on 469/1,182 · 40% of his attempts — 32/469 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 5/124 · 4% of his goals came from here, on 95/1,182 · 8% of his attempts — 5/95 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Kucherov scored 1 playoff goals on 83 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 6 of his 83 attempts.
Slot. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 22 of his 83 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 1 goals came from here, on 40 of his 83 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 15 of his 83 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 83 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Kucherov scored 393 regular season goals on 3,878 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2013-14 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right circle, 33 ft out: 64/393 · 16% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 5% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 104/393 · 26% of his goals came from here, on 552/3,878 · 14% of his attempts — 104/552 · 19% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 200/393 · 51% of his goals came from here, on 1,726/3,878 · 45% of his attempts — 200/1,726 · 12% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 75/393 · 19% of his goals came from here, on 1,273/3,878 · 33% of his attempts — 75/1,273 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 14/393 · 4% of his goals came from here, on 327/3,878 · 8% of his attempts — 14/327 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Kucherov scored 53 playoff goals on 694 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2013-14 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right circle, 27 ft out: 9/53 · 17% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 3% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 10/53 · 19% of his goals came from here, on 97/694 · 14% of his attempts — 10/97 · 10% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 28/53 · 53% of his goals came from here, on 298/694 · 43% of his attempts — 28/298 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 14/53 · 26% of his goals came from here, on 241/694 · 35% of his attempts — 14/241 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/53 · 2% of his goals came from here, on 58/694 · 8% of his attempts — 1/58 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2013-14 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 8 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
17 of his 44 goals came in the 3rd period, on 67 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | NYR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:54 |
| Apr 13 | DET | W 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 |
| Apr 11 | @BOS | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:21 |
| Apr 9 | @MTL | L 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:12 |
| Apr 7 | @OTT | L 2-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| Apr 6 | @BUF | L 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:30 |
| Apr 4 | BOS | W 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| Apr 2 | PIT | W 6-3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 20:45 |
| Mar 31 | MTL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 23:10 |
| Mar 26 | SEA | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:51 |
| Mar 24 | MIN | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:26 |
| Mar 23 | @CGY | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:57 |
| Mar 22 | @EDM | W 5-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 19:53 |
| Mar 20 | @VAN | W 6-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 16:10 |
| Mar 18 | @SEA | W 6-2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 19:49 |
| Mar 14 | CAR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 20:00 |
| Mar 12 | DET | W 4-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:33 |
| Mar 10 | CBJ | L 2-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:32 |
| Mar 8 | @BUF | L 7-8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | +1 | 2 | 19:15 |
| Mar 8 | @TOR | W 5-2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 18:36 |
| Mar 6 | @WPG | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:41 |
| Mar 4 | @MIN | L 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:56 |
| Mar 1 | BUF | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:11 |
| Feb 27 | @CAR | L 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:07 |
| Feb 26 | TOR | W 4-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 23:57 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 77 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | TBL | 52 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +6 | 14 | 102 | 8.8 | 15 | 19 | 10:45 |
| 2014-15 | TBL | 82 | 29 | 36 | 65 | +37 | 37 | 191 | 15.2 | 65 | 28 | 14:27 |
| 2015-16 | TBL | 77 | 30 | 36 | 66 | +7 | 30 | 209 | 14.4 | 61 | 28 | 15:55 |
| 2016-17 | TBL | 74 | 40 | 45 | 85 | +18 | 38 | 246 | 16.3 | 30 | 20 | 15:19 |
| 2017-18 | TBL | 80 | 39 | 61 | 100 | +16 | 42 | 279 | 14.0 | 31 | 15 | 16:09 |
| 2018-19 | TBL | 82 | 41 | 87 | 128 | +31 | 62 | 246 | 16.7 | 44 | 31 | 16:35 |
| 2019-20 | TBL | 68 | 33 | 52 | 85 | +22 | 38 | 210 | 15.7 | 37 | 19 | 16:27 |
| 2021-22 | TBL | 47 | 25 | 44 | 69 | -1 | 22 | 156 | 16.0 | 32 | 7 | 18:44 |
| 2022-23 | TBL | 82 | 30 | 83 | 113 | -2 | 36 | 271 | 11.1 | 61 | 28 | 17:37 |
| 2023-24 | TBL | 81 | 44 | 100 | 144 | +2 | 22 | 306 | 14.4 | 45 | 38 | 19:39 |
| 2024-25 | TBL | 78 | 37 | 84 | 121 | +22 | 45 | 265 | 14.0 | 23 | 34 | 20:40 |
| 2025-26 | TBL | 77 | 44 | 86 | 130 | +36 | 50 | 231 | 19.0 | 36 | 29 | 16:51 |
| Career | 880 | 401 | 723 | 1,124 | +194 | 436 | 2,712 | 14.8 | 480 | 296 | 16:42 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | TBL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 2014-15 | TBL | 26 | 10 | 12 | 22 | — | 14 | 57 | 17.5 | 39 | 7 | – |
| 2015-16 | TBL | 17 | 11 | 8 | 19 | — | 8 | 51 | 21.6 | 22 | 7 | – |
| 2017-18 | TBL | 17 | 7 | 10 | 17 | — | 10 | 62 | 11.3 | 14 | 3 | – |
| 2018-19 | TBL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 19 | 9 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 2019-20 | TBL | 25 | 7 | 27 | 34 | — | 22 | 92 | 7.6 | 39 | 7 | – |
| 2020-21 | – | 23 | 8 | 24 | 32 | — | 14 | 62 | 12.9 | 18 | 4 | – |
| 2021-22 | TBL | 23 | 8 | 19 | 27 | — | 14 | 77 | 10.4 | 24 | 3 | – |
| 2022-23 | TBL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | 11 | 21 | 4.8 | 11 | 4 | – |
| 2023-24 | TBL | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | — | 2 | 9 | 0.0 | 13 | 5 | – |
| 2024-25 | TBL | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 7 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | – |
| 2025-26 | TBL | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +2 | 10 | 31 | 3.2 | 5 | 2 | 21:20 |
| Career | 159 | 54 | 123 | 177 | +2 | 126 | 481 | 11.2 | 194 | 45 | 21:20 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Right Wing
- Jersey
- #86
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 173 lb
- Born
- Jun 17, 1993 (age 33)
- Birthplace
- Maykop, RUS
- Drafted
- 2011 · Round 2 · Pick 28 · TBL
- Club
- Tampa Bay Lightning
