Nikita Kucherov Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Kucherov has scored 3 times on Kevin Lankinen this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 13 attempts, 23.1%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Philipp Grubauer has turned him away every time: 16 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Canucks this season.

16 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Philipp Grubauer: 16 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Braden Schneider.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

30.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

20 of 66 attempts, 135th of 137 forwards

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

30.3% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

20 attempts from inside the home plate, 135th of 137 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 31.8 feet.

66 located attempts, 129th of 137 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

21.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

14 long-range attempts, 122nd of 137 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

24.2% of his attempts are the slap shot.

16 attempts, 0 goals

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Kucherov has taken 66 shot attempts this season.

24 on goal, 19 missed, 19 blocked, 32nd of 137 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

28.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

19 of 66 attempts, 100th of 137 forwards

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

57.6% of his attempts come from the right side.

13 left, 15 middle, 38 right

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

59.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

28 of 47 unblocked, 98th of 137 forwards

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the wrist shot: 6.2% of them go in.

1 goals on 16 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 22.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 31.

4 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Kucherov has 4 goals off 2.6 expected: 1.4 more than the chances alone say.

45th of 137 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.0% of his attempts.

2 goals on 20 close attempts, 56th of 137 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 14.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 28 shots, 65th of 137 forwards

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +4 on the season.

73rd in the league

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Kucherov plays 21:20 a night, 12th among forwards.

192 minutes across 9 games

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Kucherov with Carlson, Goncalves, Moser and Point, 34 minutes at 5v5.

67.4% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 0 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Carlson, Guentzel, Hagel and Point: 2 goals in 29 minutes.

4.18 goals an hour, 3.7 expected

Brandon Hagel is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Brandon Hagel has assisted on 2 of his 5 goals, 40.0% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Brandon Hagel is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Brandon Hagel's goals, 36.4% of his own assists.

1 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

63.6% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

7 primary of 11 assists

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