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Alexander Nikishin

Alexander Nikishin

CAR·DJersey number #21
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 8:30 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 102 game sample
PTS
28.4
SOG
112.1
G
9.1
A
19.3
PPP
8.2
HIT
135.4
BLK
85.1
PIM
31.2

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 102 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
+1.42
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +3.2 goals over 195
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.26
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.5 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 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 102 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 · 102 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.34
G
0.11
A
0.23
SOG
1.36
PPP
0.10
HIT
1.66
BLK
1.04
PIM
0.38

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26811122330.4112218:11

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26170110.061314:50
2024-2540110.25315:59

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 2/10G 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Jun 14@ VGKPO000010011:40
Jun 11vs VGKPO000010014:01
Jun 9@ VGKPO000022010:13
Jun 6@ VGKPO300050019:16
Jun 4vs VGKPO100010016:18
Jun 2vs VGKPO100010012:48
May 29vs MTLPO101000212:14
May 27@ MTLPO000050012:41
May 25@ MTLPO300000016:45
May 23vs MTLPO100012013:36

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 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
2025-267.811plus 3.2 goals above expected73195

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
2025-266 goals, 16 assists, 22 points4 goals, 6 assists, 10 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point

Shot locations

195 attempts · 11 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (73)Shot on goal (111)Goal (11)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
8%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
9%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.5
P(over)
41%
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.