Alexei Zhitnik
Player profile and career history
D · #77
Alexei Zhitnik was a defenceman. Born October 10, 1972 in Kiev, Ukraine, he stood 5'11", weighed 225 lbs and shot left. He was drafted in 1991 (round 4, 81st overall) by the Los Angeles Kings. In 1,085 NHL regular-season games he had 96 goals and 375 assists for 471 points.
NHL regular-season career
- Games
- 1,085
- Goals
- 96
- Assists
- 375
- Points
- 471
All supplied career statistics
- Assists
- 375
- Game Winning Goals
- 13
- Games Played
- 1085
- Goals
- 96
- Ot Goals
- 2
- Pim
- 1268
- Plus Minus
- -53
- Points
- 471
- Power Play Goals
- 47
- Power Play Points
- 229
- Shooting Pctg
- 0.0438
- Shorthanded Goals
- 5
- Shorthanded Points
- 17
- Shots
- 2188
NHL playoff career
- Games
- 98
- Goals
- 9
- Assists
- 30
- Points
- 39
All supplied career statistics
- Assists
- 30
- Game Winning Goals
- 3
- Games Played
- 98
- Goals
- 9
- Ot Goals
- 0
- Pim
- 168
- Plus Minus
- -33
- Points
- 39
- Power Play Goals
- 6
- Power Play Points
- 24
- Shooting Pctg
- 0.0502
- Shorthanded Goals
- 0
- Shorthanded Points
- 1
- Shots
- 179
NHL career scoring rates
- Goals / game
- 0.09
- Assists / game
- 0.35
- Points / game
- 0.43
- Shots / game
- 2.02
Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.
NHL season record highs
Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.
- Goals
- 15 1997–98 · Buffalo Sabres
- Assists
- 40 1993–94 · Los Angeles Kings
- Points
- 52 1993–94 · Los Angeles Kings
- Shots
- 227 1993–94 · Los Angeles Kings
Teams & leagues through the years
Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.
2009–10
- Dynamo MoscowRus-KHL
2008–09
- Dynamo MoscowRus-KHL
2007–08
2006–07
2005–06
2004–05
- KazanRussia
2003–04
2002–03
2001–02
2000–01
1999–00
Buffalo SabresNHL- RussiaWC-A
1998–99
1997–98
- Buffalo SabresNHL
- RussiaOlympics
1996–97
- Buffalo SabresNHL
- RussiaW-Cup
1995–96
- Buffalo SabresNHL
- RussiaWC-A
1994–95
1993–94
Los Angeles KingsNHL- RussiaWC-A
1992–93
1991–92
- CskaCIS
- Soviet UnionCan-Cup
- RussiaOlympics
- CSKA MoskvaSoviet
- RussiaWC-A
- RussiaWJC-A
1990–91
- KievFr-Tour
- KievUSSR
- Kiev 2USSR-3
- Soviet UnionWJC-A
1989–90
- Soviet UnionEJC-A
- KievUSSR
1988–89
- Sokol Kiev-2Soviet2
New York Islanders
Philadelphia FlyersCoverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.
Season-by-season history
All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.
Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.
| Season | League | Team | Type | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/− | Shots | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | GWG | OTG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Rus-KHL | Dynamo Moscow | Regular | 56 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2008–09 | Rus-KHL | Dynamo Moscow | Regular | 56 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2008–09 | Rus-KHL | Dynamo Moscow | Playoffs | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2007–08 | NHL |  Atlanta Thrashers | Regular | 65 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 58 | -8 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | All stats
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| 2006–07 | NHL | Atlanta Thrashers | Regular | 18 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | All stats
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| 2006–07 | NHL |  New York Islanders | Regular | 30 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 13 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 2006–07 | NHL |  Philadelphia Flyers | Regular | 31 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 38 | -16 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2006–07 | NHL | Atlanta Thrashers | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2005–06 | NHL | New York Islanders | Regular | 59 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 88 | 4 | 99 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2004–05 | Russia | Kazan | Regular | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2004–05 | Russia | Kazan | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2003–04 | NHL |  Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 68 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 102 | -13 | 134 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2002–03 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 70 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 85 | -5 | 138 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 2001–02 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 82 | 1 | 33 | 34 | 80 | -1 | 150 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2000–01 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 78 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 75 | -3 | 149 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 2000–01 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Playoffs | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1999–00 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 74 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 95 | -6 | 139 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1999–00 | WC-A | Russia | Regular | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 11 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | All stats
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| 1999–00 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1998–99 | NHL |  Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 81 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 96 | -6 | 185 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | All stats
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| 1998–99 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Playoffs | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 52 | -6 | 58 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | All stats
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| 1997–98 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 78 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 102 | 19 | 191 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | All stats
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| 1997–98 | Olympics | Russia | Regular | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1997–98 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Playoffs | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1996–97 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 80 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 95 | 10 | 170 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1996–97 | W-Cup | Russia | Regular | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1996–97 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Playoffs | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | -9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1995–96 | NHL |  Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 80 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 58 | -25 | 193 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1995–96 | WC-A | Russia | Regular | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1994–95 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 34 | -3 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1994–95 | NHL |  Los Angeles Kings | Regular | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 27 | -3 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1994–95 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Playoffs | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1993–94 | NHL | Los Angeles Kings | Regular | 81 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 101 | -11 | 227 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 1993–94 | WC-A | Russia | Regular | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1992–93 | NHL | Los Angeles Kings | Regular | 78 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 80 | -3 | 136 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | All stats
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| 1992–93 | NHL | Los Angeles Kings | Playoffs | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -4 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 1991–92 | CIS | Cska | Regular | 44 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1991–92 | Can-Cup | Soviet Union | Regular | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1991–92 | Olympics | Russia | Regular | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1991–92 | WC-A | Russia | Regular | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1991–92 | WJC-A | Russia | Regular | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1991–92 | Soviet | CSKA Moskva | Playoffs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1990–91 | Fr-Tour | Kiev | Regular | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1990–91 | USSR | Kiev | Regular | 46 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1990–91 | USSR-3 | Kiev 2 | Regular | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1990–91 | WJC-A | Soviet Union | Regular | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1989–90 | EJC-A | Soviet Union | Regular | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1989–90 | USSR | Kiev | Regular | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1988–89 | Soviet2 | Sokol Kiev-2 | Regular | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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NHL game-by-game archive
This season’s game-log import is queued. The background archive fills gradually.
NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.
Recent NHL games
| Date | Opponent | Goals | Assists | Points | Time on ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-03-05 | CAR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 2008-03-02 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:25 |
| 2008-03-01 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 2008-02-28 | NYI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 2008-02-26 | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 |
Career refresh is delayed. The last imported record is retained.
Profile updated Oct 13, 2:50 pm EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.