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Nikita Kucherov

Right wing · Tampa Bay Lightning · Age 33 · b. June 17, 1993 · Maykop, RUS · Active

Nikita Kucherov finished 2025-26 with 130 points (44 G, 86 A) in 76 games — 1.71 per game. The 2026-27 pace tracker updates here after every game once the puck drops.

Regular season

1124 pts · 879 gp · 1.28 P/GP

Playoffs

177 pts · 159 gp · 1.11 P/GP

Playoff Beasts

87% playoff vs reg P/GP

P/GP trend (last yr)

+0.16 vs 2024-25

Regular Season

NHL · season by season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI/G
2013-14	Tampa Bay Lightning	52	9	9	18	0.35	13:07
2014-15	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	29	36	65	0.79	14:57
2015-16	Tampa Bay Lightning	77	30	36	66	0.86	18:13
2016-17	Tampa Bay Lightning	74	40	45	85	1.15	19:26
2017-18	Tampa Bay Lightning	80	39	61	100	1.25	19:49
2018-19	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	41	87	128	1.56	19:58
2019-20	Tampa Bay Lightning	68	33	52	85	1.25	18:52
2021-22	Tampa Bay Lightning	47	25	44	69	1.47	19:59
2022-23	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	30	83	113	1.38	20:08
2023-24	Tampa Bay Lightning	81	44	100	144	1.78	21:40
2024-25	Tampa Bay Lightning	78	37	84	121	1.55	21:11
2025-26	Tampa Bay Lightning	76	44	86	130	1.71	20:20
Career		879	401	723	1124	1.28	19:07

Stanley Cup Playoffs

NHL · season by season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI/G
2013-14	Tampa Bay Lightning	2	1	0	1	0.50	11:37
2014-15	Tampa Bay Lightning	26	10	12	22	0.85	16:59
2015-16	Tampa Bay Lightning	17	11	8	19	1.12	20:09
2017-18	Tampa Bay Lightning	17	7	10	17	1.00	17:55
2018-19	Tampa Bay Lightning	3	0	2	2	0.67	21:51
2019-20	Tampa Bay Lightning	25	7	27	34	1.36	21:40
2020-21	Tampa Bay Lightning	23	8	24	32	1.39	18:18
2021-22	Tampa Bay Lightning	23	8	19	27	1.17	20:44
2022-23	Tampa Bay Lightning	6	1	5	6	1.00	20:16
2023-24	Tampa Bay Lightning	5	0	7	7	1.40	21:26
2024-25	Tampa Bay Lightning	5	0	4	4	0.80	22:59
2025-26	Tampa Bay Lightning	7	1	5	6	0.86	21:20
Career		159	54	123	177	1.11	19:34

Player Tracking

NHL player-tracking · 2025-26

How fast he skates and how hard he shoots, measured by the league's puck-and-player tracking. Percentiles are league-wide across all skaters; seasons with no tracking are left out, never zeroed.

Top Skating Speed

22.4 mph

61st percentile in the NHL

league avg 22.2 mph

Hardest Shot

92.1 mph

90th percentile in the NHL

league avg 83.6 mph

46% offensive-zone time (92nd pct)9.5 mi skated per 60

Top skating speed by season mph

Top shot velocity by season mph

Ice Time

min:sec per game · by season

Average time on ice per game each season — how much of the coach's trust he has earned. All situations, from the NHL's official game data.

20:20 per game in 2025-26

Ice time per game min:sec

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Every number from the NHL's public API. Career splits are summed from this player's NHL season totals — regular season and Stanley Cup playoffs. The Playoff Beasts rating is career playoff points-per-game ÷ career regular-season points-per-game, ×100 — over 100% means a player raises their game when it counts.