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Nikita Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

TBL·FJersey number #86
Latest captured market
Apr 11 · 12:30 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 411 game sample
PTS
129.3
SOG
265.7
G
40.5
A
88.8
PPP
43.9
HIT
41.8
BLK
31.6
PIM
49.2

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 411 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+2.78
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +9.5 goals over 378
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.51
per 100 attempts, projected
+1.9 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 411 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 411 games incl. playoffs
PTS
1.58
G
0.50
A
1.09
SOG
3.25
PPP
0.54
HIT
0.51
BLK
0.38
PIM
0.60

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-267744861301.6923120:04
2024-257837841211.5526521:11
2023-2481441001441.7830621:40
2022-238230831131.3827120:08
2021-22472544691.4715619:59

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2671560.863121:20
2024-2550440.80722:59
2023-2450771.40921:26
2022-2361561.002120:16
2021-2223819271.177720:44

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 11 lineSOG 4/10G 2/10PPP 3/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 3vs MTLPO300001020:16
May 1@ MTLPO600010222:50
Apr 29vs MTLPO800010021:44
Apr 26@ MTLPO302100222:57
Apr 24@ MTLPO101100220:35
Apr 21vs MTLPO510011223:22
Apr 19vs MTLPO502220217:38
Apr 15vs NYR100001020:54
Apr 13vs DET311000016:29
Apr 11@ BOS200001020:21

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 11 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2634.544plus 9.5 goals above expected76378
2024-2527.937plus 9.1 goals above expected78379
2023-2438.044plus 6.0 goals above expected81458
2022-2333.530minus 3.5 goals above expected82396
2021-2218.925plus 6.1 goals above expected46214

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2635 goals, 57 assists, 92 points8 goals, 29 assists, 37 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2024-2529 goals, 47 assists, 76 points8 goals, 37 assists, 45 points0-0-0
2023-2431 goals, 60 assists, 91 points13 goals, 40 assists, 53 points0-0-0
2022-2322 goals, 41 assists, 63 points8 goals, 42 assists, 50 points0-0-0
2021-2216 goals, 23 assists, 39 points9 goals, 21 assists, 30 points0-0-0

Shot locations

378 attempts · 44 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (147)Shot on goal (187)Goal (44)

Markets · Apr 11

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
32%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
20%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
3.5
Proj
3.0
P(over)
35%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.