The Stanley Cap | Nikita Kucherov Salary Cap Info, Contracts, Statistics, Analaytics and more

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Nikita Kucherov

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	180	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	34
Age	31 (June 17, 1993)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2011, Round 2, Overall 58 (TBL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 10, 2018	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 8 years @ $9.500M AAV starting in 2019-20
Oct 11, 2016	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed 3 years @ $4.767M AAV starting in 2016-17
Sep 11, 2012	Tampa Bay Lightning	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2013-14	TBL	52	9	9	18	+3	14	102	8.8	13:07	2	1		1			3	33.3	11:37
2014-15	TBL	82	29	36	65	+38	37	191	15.2	14:57	26	10	12	22	+7	14	57	17.5	16:59
2015-16	TBL	77	30	36	66	+9	30	209	14.4	18:13	17	11	8	19	+13	8	51	21.6	20:09
2016-17	TBL	74	40	45	85	+13	38	246	16.3	19:26
2017-18	TBL	80	39	61	100	+15	42	279	14.0	19:49	17	7	10	17	-6	10	61	11.5	17:55
2018-19	TBL	82	41	87	128	+24	62	246	16.7	19:58	3		2	2	-4	19	9	0.0	21:51
2019-20	TBL	68	33	52	85	+26	38	210	15.7	18:52	25	7	27	34	+15	22	92	7.6	21:40
2021-22	TBL	47	25	44	69	+1	22	156	16.0	19:59	23	8	19	27	+7	14	77	10.4	20:44
2022-23	TBL	82	30	83	113	-2	36	271	11.1	20:08	6	1	5	6		11	21	4.8	20:16
2023-24	TBL	81	44	100	144	+8	22	306	14.4	21:40	5		7	7	-1	2	9	0.0	21:26
2024-25	TBL	78	37	84	121	+22	45	265	14.0	21:11	3		4	4	+3	2	4	0.0	21:56
Career		803	357	637	994	+157	386	2481	14.4	19:00	150	53	118	171	+40	116	446	11.9	19:25

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	TBL	77	1042:20	0.86	0.92	1.78	0.74	0.12	11.54	9.87	1.67	7.10	8.74
2016-17	TBL	74	1080:15	1.00	1.33	2.33	0.81	0.19	12.95	10.52	2.43	7.73	5.67
2017-18	TBL	80	1215:37	1.33	1.53	2.86	0.84	0.49	15.17	9.57	5.60	5.24	4.49
2018-19	TBL	82	1210:28	1.14	2.13	3.27	0.71	0.43	14.11	8.77	5.34	3.40	3.40
2019-20	TBL	68	936:55	1.22	1.73	2.95	0.82	0.40	13.29	8.93	4.35	4.04	4.55
2021-22	TBL	47	695:33	1.21	1.81	3.02	0.77	0.44	13.86	8.82	5.04	1.49	2.99
2022-23	TBL	82	1225:29	0.73	1.76	2.50	0.78	-0.04	9.74	10.31	-0.57	2.98	4.68
2023-24	TBL	81	1300:08	0.97	2.08	3.05	0.81	0.15	10.66	8.96	1.70	4.75	4.41
2024-25	TBL	78	1251:38	1.15	1.77	2.92	0.78	0.38	13.48	9.09	4.40	1.93	5.02

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	TBL	77	1042:20	44.21	2.65	2.71	39.20	1.90	2.27	58.23	54.43	0.37	0.08	2.76
2016-17	TBL	74	1080:15	45.32	3.05	2.83	38.32	2.11	2.38	59.14	54.31	0.62	0.01	6.05
2017-18	TBL	80	1215:37	49.85	3.55	2.98	44.77	2.62	2.67	57.60	52.69	0.41	0.35	0.21
2018-19	TBL	82	1210:28	49.32	3.92	2.99	44.21	2.68	2.71	59.40	52.48	0.45	0.36	0.50
2019-20	TBL	68	936:55	47.77	3.65	2.88	40.54	2.11	2.25	63.33	56.14	0.56	0.05	4.79
2021-22	TBL	47	695:33	45.98	4.31	3.07	44.77	3.45	2.92	55.56	51.27	0.57	0.53	0.08
2022-23	TBL	82	1225:29	48.86	3.53	3.29	42.64	2.89	2.81	54.96	53.92	0.76	0.35	3.14
2023-24	TBL	81	1300:08	48.23	3.69	3.05	42.09	3.46	2.59	51.61	54.10	0.93	0.38	5.14
2024-25	TBL	78	1251:38	47.70	3.93	2.91	43.53	2.30	2.54	63.08	53.41	0.69	0.32	3.42

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	47	23.1	0.2	9.5	9.7	94.7	56.0	16.5	56.2	27.3	38.9	18.4	42.7
2022-23	82	22.0	0.4	9.5	9.8	94.0	54.3	14.5	61.7	23.8	39.0	18.7	42.3
2023-24	81	23.2	0.6	9.8	10.1	92.2	48.6	22.1	48.5	29.4	38.0	19.0	43.0
2024-25	78	22.8	0.4	9.6	10.0	96.3	62.0	18.1	49.4	32.5	38.4	19.1	42.5

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	26		$9,500,000	$9,500,000	-	$11,000,000	$1,000,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	27	NMC	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	-	$5,000,000	$4,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	UFA
2021-22	28	NMC	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	-	$8,500,000	$3,500,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	UFA
2022-23	29	NMC	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	-	$5,000,000	$4,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	UFA
2023-24	30	NMC	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2024-25	31	M-NTC	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	-	$4,000,000	$5,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	UFA
2025-26	32	M-NTC	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	-	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2026-27	33	M-NTC	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	-	$3,000,000	$4,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$44,500,000	$31,500,000	$76,000,000	$76,000,000

Signed: July 10, 2018

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 11.66

Clause: In 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27 player submits a list of 10 teams he will accept a trade to.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	23	$4,766,667	$4,766,667	-	-	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	RFA
2017-18	24	$4,766,667	$4,766,667	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	RFA-arb
2018-19	25	$4,766,667	$4,766,667	-	-	$5,550,000	$5,550,000	$5,550,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$14,300,000	$14,300,000	$14,300,000

Signed: Oct 11, 2016

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 6.53

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	19	$742,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2013-14	20	$711,667	$894,167	$232,500	$92,500	$600,000	$692,500	$70,000	ELC
2014-15	21	$711,667	$894,167	$182,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2015-16	22	$711,667	$894,167	$132,500	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$547,500	$277,500	$1,950,000	$2,227,500	$210,000

Signed: Sep 11, 2012

Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15