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Yan Kuznetsov

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Calgary Flames
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	209	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	25
Age	23 (Mar 9, 2002)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2020, Round 2, Overall 50 (CGY)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 17, 2025	Calgary Flames	Signed 2 years @ $812K AAV starting in 2025-26
Feb 21, 2025	Calgary Flames	Assigned to AHL
Feb 20, 2025	Calgary Flames	Recalled from AHL
Aug 12, 2024	Calgary Flames	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Mar 30, 2021	Calgary Flames	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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.
2023-24	CGY	1	11:58	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.30	-0.30	0.00	3.02	-3.02	0.00	0.00

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
2023-24	CGY	1	11:58	35.10	0.00	1.31	50.14	5.01	2.44	0.00	34.82	-1.69	-0.80	-13.20

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	1	20.7	1.1	9.0	9.0	88.6	73.2	100.0	0.0	0.0	44.3	16.5	39.3
2024-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.

News and Opinions

Calgary Flames Pre-Camp Defense and Goalie Projections at Calgary Hockey Now (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
Breaking down the Calgary Flames agency representation ahead of the 2025–26 season at The Win Column (Wed Aug 20, 2025)
How the Calgary Flames’ defence group could look in 2025–26 at The Win Column (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
FN’s 2025 Flames summer prospect rankings – #19: Yan Kuznetsov at Flames Nation (Sat Aug 9, 2025)
Projecting who the Calgary Flames would protect in a hypothetical expansion draft at The Win Column (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Calgary Flames’ 4 Potential PTO Targets at The Hockey Writers (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
Flames Eye Playoffs in 2025‑26: Young Core and Re-signings Signal Reboot at The Win Column (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
Weekend ‘Waul: Florida Panthers Open Forum at Litter Box Cats (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
The Calgary Flames re-sign three players at The Win Column (Thu Jul 17, 2025)
Flames re-sign RFAs Jeremie Poirier ($775K), Rory Kerins ($775K) and Yan Kuznetsov ($812,500) to new deals at Flames Nation (Thu Jul 17, 2025)
Calgary Flames send three young prospects to the AHL at Flame for Thought (Tue Oct 1, 2024)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	23	$812,500	$812,500	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$125,000	RFA-arb
2026-27	24	$812,500	$812,500	-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,625,000	$1,625,000	$975,000

Signed: July 17, 2025

Team: Calgary Flames

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.85

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $150,000 in 2025-26.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	22		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$100,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$100,000

Signed: Aug 12, 2024

Team: Calgary Flames

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.88

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	18	$900,833	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2021-22	19	$870,000	$894,167	$32,500	$92,500	$800,000	$892,500	$80,000	ELC
2022-23	20	$870,000	$894,167	$32,500	$92,500	$800,000	$892,500	$80,000	ELC
2023-24	21	$870,000	$894,167	$7,500	-	$825,000	$825,000	$80,000	ELC
Total				$72,500	$277,500	$2,425,000	$2,702,500	$240,000

Signed: Mar 30, 2021

Team: Calgary Flames

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.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2015-16	Russia U17	Varyagi im. Morozova U17	1	0	0	0
2016-17	Russia U16	Varyagi im. Morozova U16	5	2	1	3
2017-18	Russia U16	CSKA Moskva U16	10	3	3	6		6
2017-18	Russia U16	Varyagi im. Morozova U16	7	3	2	5		2
2017-18	Russia U18	CSKA Moskva U18	1	0	0	0
2018-19	USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	34	0	4	4		12
2018-19	WHC-17	Russia U17	6	0	1	1		14
2019-20	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	34	2	9	11	-7	16
2019-20	WJAC-19	Russia U18 \|WJAC-19\|	5	0	1	1		2
2020-21	NCAA	Univ. of Connecticut	16	1	5	6	+5	4
2020-21	WJC-20	Russia U20	7	0	0	0	-2	2
2020-21	AHL	Stockton Heat	6	0	0	0		4
2021-22	QMJHL	Saint John Sea Dogs	25	2	11	13	+21	14				4		2	2	+4
2021-22	Memorial Cup	Saint John Sea Dogs	4	1	2	3	+1	4
2021-22	AHL	Stockton Heat	12	0	0	0	-4	13
2022-23	AHL	Calgary Wranglers	63	5	14	19	+3	30				5		2	2	+1
2023-24	NHL	Calgary Flames	1	0	0	0	-1		2	0.0	11:58
2023-24	AHL	Calgary Wranglers	63	5	8	13	-4	27				6	1		1	+1
2024-25	AHL	Calgary Wranglers	72	6	15	21	+21	38				2				-3	2
NHL Career			1	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	11:58