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Nikita Nesterenko

Anaheim Ducks
Position C
Age 25
Height 6'2"
Weight 203LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Brooklyn, NY, USA
Born Sep 9, 2001

Key Insights

2025-26
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Nesterenko has been shuffled through 15 different five-man units and none of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

3 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Nesterenko this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
It stops working when he is paired with Olen Zellweger
Olen Zellweger

The pairing with Zellweger is the one that costs him: 36.9% of the expected goals together, 52.8% apart.

117 minutes together, 205 minutes apart
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Olen Zellweger

Zellweger does better away from him: 51.6% of the expected goals apart against 36.9% together.

117 minutes together, 994 minutes apart
Jacob Trouba is the partner who brings the best out of him
Jacob Trouba

Nesterenko is at his best beside Trouba: 49.4% of the expected goals together against 44.7% apart.

119 minutes together, 203 minutes apart
He and Ryan Poehling are the pair that scares the other team
Ryan Poehling

The pairing that generates most is Nesterenko and Poehling: 4.03 expected goals an hour.

131 minutes together at 5v5

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 9, 2001
Birth Place Brooklyn, NY, USA
Height 6'2"
Weight 203 LBS
Shoots/Catches L