Nikita Kucherov

R · #86 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov is a right wing for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Born June 17, 1993 in Maykop, Russia, he stands 5'11", weighs 172 lbs and shoots left. He was drafted in 2011 (round 2, 58th overall) by the Tampa Bay Lightning. In 895 NHL regular-season games he has 406 goals and 740 assists for 1,146 points. This season: 5 goals and 17 assists in 16 games.

NHL regular-season career

Games

895

Goals

406

Assists

740

Points

1,146

NHL playoff career

Games

159

Goals

54

Assists

123

Points

177

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.45

Assists / game

0.83

Points / game

1.28

Shots / game

3.09

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

44

2025–26 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Assists

100

2023–24 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Points

144

2023–24 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Shots

306

2023–24 · Tampa Bay Lightning

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.

1. 2026–27

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

2. 2025–26

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

3. 2024–25

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

4. 2023–24

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

5. 2022–23

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

6. 2021–22

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

7. 2020–21

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

8. 2019–20

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

9. 2018–19

   • RussiaEHT
   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL
   • RussiaWC

10. 2017–18

    • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

11. 2016–17

    • RussiaEHT
    • Tampa Bay LightningNHL
    • RussiaWC
    • RussiaWCup

12. 2015–16

    • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

13. 2014–15

    • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

14. 2013–14

    • SyracuseAHL
    • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

15. 2012–13

    • QuebecQMJHL
    • Rouyn-NorandaQMJHL
    • RussiaWJC-A

16. 2011–12

    • CSKAKHL
    • CSKA Jr.Russia-Jr.
    • RussiaWJC-A

17. 2010–11

    • CSKARus-KHL
    • CSKA Jr.Russia-Jr.
    • RussiaWJ18-A

18. 2009–10

    • CSKA Jr.Russia-Jr.

Coverage 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
2026–27	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	16	5	17	22	6	6	50	2	8	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 17 Avg Toi 21:16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 1 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 16 Goals 5 Ot Goals 1 Pim 6 Plus Minus 6 Points 22 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 8 Shooting Pctg 0.1 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 50
2025–26	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	76	44	86	130	50	43	231	8	37	1	1	8	2	All stats Assists 86 Avg Toi 20:20 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 8 Games Played 76 Goals 44 Ot Goals 2 Pim 50 Plus Minus 43 Points 130 Power Play Goals 8 Power Play Points 37 Shooting Pctg 0.1905 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 231
2025–26	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	7	1	5	6	10	2	31	0	4	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 21:20 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus 2 Points 6 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0323 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 31
2024–25	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	78	37	84	121	45	22	265	8	46	0	0	9	1	All stats Assists 84 Avg Toi 21:11 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 9 Games Played 78 Goals 37 Ot Goals 1 Pim 45 Plus Minus 22 Points 121 Power Play Goals 8 Power Play Points 46 Shooting Pctg 0.1396 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 265
2024–25	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	5	0	4	4	2	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 22:59 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 7
2023–24	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	81	44	100	144	22	8	306	13	53	0	0	6	1	All stats Assists 100 Avg Toi 21:40 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 6 Games Played 81 Goals 44 Ot Goals 1 Pim 22 Plus Minus 8 Points 144 Power Play Goals 13 Power Play Points 53 Shooting Pctg 0.1438 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 306
2023–24	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	5	0	7	7	2	-1	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 7 Avg Toi 21:26 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -1 Points 7 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 9
2022–23	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	82	30	83	113	36	-2	271	8	50	0	0	4	0	All stats Assists 83 Avg Toi 20:08 Faceoff Winning Pctg 1 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 82 Goals 30 Ot Goals 0 Pim 36 Plus Minus -2 Points 113 Power Play Goals 8 Power Play Points 50 Shooting Pctg 0.1107 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 271
2022–23	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	6	1	5	6	11	0	21	1	4	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 20:16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 11 Plus Minus 0 Points 6 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0476 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 21
2021–22	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	47	25	44	69	22	1	156	9	30	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 44 Avg Toi 19:59 Faceoff Winning Pctg 1 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 47 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus 1 Points 69 Power Play Goals 9 Power Play Points 30 Shooting Pctg 0.16 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 156
2021–22	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	23	8	19	27	14	7	77	6	11	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 19 Avg Toi 20:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 23 Goals 8 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 7 Points 27 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 11 Shooting Pctg 0.104 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 77
2020–21	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	23	8	24	32	14	6	62	4	19	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 24 Avg Toi 18:18 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 23 Goals 8 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 6 Points 32 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 19 Shooting Pctg 0.129 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 62
2019–20	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	68	33	52	85	38	26	210	4	25	0	0	6	3	All stats Assists 52 Avg Toi 18:52 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 6 Games Played 68 Goals 33 Ot Goals 3 Pim 38 Plus Minus 26 Points 85 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 25 Shooting Pctg 0.157 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 210
2019–20	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	25	7	27	34	22	15	92	0	12	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 27 Avg Toi 21:40 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 25 Goals 7 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus 15 Points 34 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 12 Shooting Pctg 0.076 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 92
2018–19	EHT	Russia	Regular	3	1	0	1	6	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Pim 6 Plus Minus -1 Points 1
2018–19	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	82	41	87	128	62	24	246	15	48	0	0	8	0	All stats Assists 87 Avg Toi 19:58 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 8 Games Played 82 Goals 41 Ot Goals 0 Pim 62 Plus Minus 24 Points 128 Power Play Goals 15 Power Play Points 48 Shooting Pctg 0.1667 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 246
2018–19	WC	Russia	Regular	10	6	10	16	4	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 10 Games Played 10 Goals 6 Pim 4 Plus Minus 11 Points 16
2018–19	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	19	-4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 21:51 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 19 Plus Minus -4 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 9
2017–18	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	80	39	61	100	42	15	279	8	36	0	0	7	0	All stats Assists 61 Avg Toi 19:49 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.6 Game Winning Goals 7 Games Played 80 Goals 39 Ot Goals 0 Pim 42 Plus Minus 15 Points 100 Power Play Goals 8 Power Play Points 36 Shooting Pctg 0.1398 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 279
2017–18	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	17	7	10	17	10	-6	61	2	9	0	0	3	0	All stats Assists 10 Avg Toi 17:55 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 17 Goals 7 Ot Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus -6 Points 17 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 9 Shooting Pctg 0.1148 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 61
2016–17	EHT	Russia	Regular	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 0
2016–17	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	74	40	45	85	38	13	246	17	32	0	0	7	1	All stats Assists 45 Avg Toi 19:26 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 7 Games Played 74 Goals 40 Ot Goals 1 Pim 38 Plus Minus 13 Points 85 Power Play Goals 17 Power Play Points 32 Shooting Pctg 0.1626 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 246
2016–17	WC	Russia	Regular	10	7	8	15	8	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 10 Goals 7 Pim 8 Plus Minus 7 Points 15
2016–17	WCup	Russia	Regular	4	2	1	3	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 4 Goals 2 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 3
2015–16	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	77	30	36	66	30	9	209	9	25	0	0	4	1	All stats Assists 36 Avg Toi 18:13 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 77 Goals 30 Ot Goals 1 Pim 30 Plus Minus 9 Points 66 Power Play Goals 9 Power Play Points 25 Shooting Pctg 0.1435 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 209
2015–16	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	17	11	8	19	8	13	51	3	4	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 8 Avg Toi 20:09 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 17 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 13 Points 19 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.2157 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 51
2014–15	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	82	29	36	65	37	38	191	2	15	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 36 Avg Toi 14:57 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 82 Goals 29 Ot Goals 0 Pim 37 Plus Minus 38 Points 65 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 15 Shooting Pctg 0.1518 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 191
2014–15	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	26	10	12	22	14	7	57	3	8	0	0	3	2	All stats Assists 12 Avg Toi 16:59 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 26 Goals 10 Ot Goals 2 Pim 14 Plus Minus 7 Points 22 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 8 Shooting Pctg 0.1754 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 57
2013–14	AHL	Syracuse	Regular	17	13	11	24	10	1	50	6	—	0	—	2	—	All stats Assists 11 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 17 Goals 13 Pim 10 Plus Minus 1 Points 24 Power Play Goals 6 Shooting Pctg 26 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 50
2013–14	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	52	9	9	18	14	3	102	3	4	0	0	3	0	All stats Assists 9 Avg Toi 13:07 Faceoff Winning Pctg 1 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 52 Goals 9 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 3 Points 18 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0882 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 102
2013–14	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 11:37 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 2 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.3333 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 3
2012–13	QMJHL	Quebec	Regular	6	3	7	10	2	-1	20	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 7 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 3 Pim 2 Plus Minus -1 Points 10 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 15 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 20
2012–13	QMJHL	Rouyn-Noranda	Regular	27	26	27	53	12	18	106	3	—	1	—	4	—	All stats Assists 27 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 27 Goals 26 Pim 12 Plus Minus 18 Points 53 Power Play Goals 3 Shooting Pctg 24.53 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shots 106
2012–13	WJC-A	Russia	Regular	7	5	3	8	4	4	—	1	—	0	—	2	—	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 7 Goals 5 Pim 4 Plus Minus 4 Points 8 Power Play Goals 1 Shorthanded Goals 0
2012–13	QMJHL	Rouyn-Noranda	Playoffs	14	9	15	24	10	8	48	1	—	0	—	2	—	All stats Assists 15 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 14 Goals 9 Pim 10 Plus Minus 8 Points 24 Power Play Goals 1 Shooting Pctg 18.75 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 48
2011–12	KHL	CSKA	Regular	18	1	4	5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 18 Goals 1 Pim 4 Points 5
2011–12	Russia-Jr.	CSKA Jr.	Regular	23	24	19	43	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 19 Games Played 23 Goals 24 Pim 40 Points 43
2011–12	WJC-A	Russia	Regular	7	2	5	7	2	4	—	0	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 5 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 7 Goals 2 Pim 2 Plus Minus 4 Points 7 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0
2011–12	Russia-Jr.	CSKA Jr.	Playoffs	7	3	1	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Pim 0 Points 4
2010–11	Rus-KHL	CSKA	Regular	8	0	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 8 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 2
2010–11	Russia-Jr.	CSKA Jr.	Regular	41	27	31	58	81	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 31 Games Played 41 Goals 27 Pim 81 Points 58
2010–11	WJ18-A	Russia	Regular	7	11	10	21	6	10	—	5	—	1	—	4	—	All stats Assists 10 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 7 Goals 11 Pim 6 Plus Minus 10 Points 21 Power Play Goals 5 Shorthanded Goals 1
2010–11	Russia-Jr.	CSKA Jr.	Playoffs	10	5	8	13	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 10 Goals 5 Pim 16 Points 13
2009–10	Russia-Jr.	CSKA Jr.	Regular	53	29	25	54	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 25 Games Played 53 Goals 29 Pim 40 Points 54
2009–10	Russia-Jr.	CSKA Jr.	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 2

NHL game-by-game archive

16 imported games.

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