Nikita Kucherov #86

R · Tampa Bay Lightning · Age 32 · Shoots L · 5′11″, 172 lb · Draft: 2011, round 2, 58th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	76	61st
TOI/GP	20:20	94th
G	44	98th
A	86	99th
P	130	99th
P/60	5.05	99th
ixG	34.0	97th
G−ixG	+10.0	98th
xGF%	56.6	92nd
Rel xGF%	+3.8	83rd
GS/GP	+1.74	99th
Pen ±	+7	81st

Scoring		Pctl
G	44	98th
A1	51	99th
A2	35	99th
P	130	99th
P1	95	99th
P/60	5.05	99th
5v5 P/60	3.72	99th
PPP	37	99th
SHP	1	73rd
ENG	7	99th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	231	96th
iCF	533	97th
iFF	378	96th
ixG	34.0	97th
ixG/60	1.32	95th
G	44	98th
G−ixG	+10.0	98th
Sh%	19.0	93rd
xSh%	9.0	59th
Blk'd	155	99th
5v5 iCF/60	18.9	97th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1114	89th
CF%	56.2	93rd
FF%	55.9	93rd
xGF%	56.6	92nd
GF%	64.2	97th
xGF/60	3.53	99th
xGA/60	2.71	29th
oiSh%	14.1	99th
oiSv%	90.5	52nd
PDO	104.6	96th
Rel CF%	+4.8	93rd
Rel xGF%	+3.8	83rd
OZS%	75.2	93rd

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	20:20	94th
EV/GP	16:04	94th
5v5/GP	14:40	93rd
PP/GP	4:15	99th
SH/GP	0:01	23rd
Shifts/GP	21.5	75th
Shift	0:57	96th
OZ	358	92nd
NZ	198	39th
DZ	118	34th
OZS%	75.2	93rd

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+132.5	99th
GS/GP	+1.74	99th
GS/60	+5.14	99th
Scoring	+88.0	99th
Shooting	+22.1	97th
On ice	+22.6	98th
Penalties	+0.5	60th
Faceoffs	0.0	60th
Other	−0.6	1st

Other		Pctl
Hits	36	25th
Blk	29	41st
Tk	21	67th
Gv	124	2nd
PenD	27	94th
PenT	20	15th
Pen ±	+7	81st
PP min ±	+6.6	60th
FOW	0	2nd
FOL	2	95th
FO%	0.0	2nd

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	3	7	10	3.0	65.7	+1.59	21:43
2025-26	Regular season	76	44	86	130	34.0	56.6	+1.74	20:20
2025-26	Playoffs	7	1	5	6	2.5	57.2	+0.98	21:20

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±2.6), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 76 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Darren Raddysh	D	767:59	61.4	59.6
Brayden Point	C	746:42	53.0	56.1
Jake Guentzel	C	702:33	53.5	53.6
Brandon Hagel	L	674:57	60.3	60.7
J.J. Moser	D	549:24	58.2	54.8
Anthony Cirelli	C	484:09	59.7	57.8
Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	352:58	55.0	59.1
Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	255:01	56.9	52.3

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 15	vs NYR	L 2–4	20:54	0	0	1	0.31	69	73	+0.93
Apr 13	vs DET	W 4–3 OT	16:29	1	1	3	0.68	50	33	+1.13
Apr 11	@ BOS	W 2–1	20:21	0	0	2	0.21	49	46	+0.01
Apr 9	@ MTL	L 1–2	23:12	0	1	1	0.23	39	38	+0.30
Apr 7	@ OTT	L 2–6	19:41	0	1	3	0.03	79	62	+0.90
Apr 6	@ BUF	L 2–4	23:30	1	0	3	0.41	66	69	+1.85
Apr 4	vs BOS	W 3–1	16:58	1	0	3	0.87	27	14	+0.52
Apr 2	vs PIT	W 6–3	20:45	1	2	4	0.54	51	50	+2.49
Mar 31	vs MTL	L 1–4	23:10	0	0	6	0.60	56	35	−0.40
Mar 26	vs SEA	L 3–4 OT	18:51	0	1	1	0.06	77	75	+1.21
Mar 24	vs MIN	W 6–3	19:26	0	1	3	0.37	59	51	+0.98
Mar 22	@ CGY	L 3–4 OT	20:57	0	1	3	0.38	62	57	+1.48
Mar 21	@ EDM	W 5–2	19:53	2	2	7	0.76	69	73	+4.52
Mar 19	@ VAN	W 6–2	16:10	1	2	3	0.22	61	71	+3.57
Mar 17	@ SEA	W 6–2	19:49	3	2	7	1.52	51	67	+5.42
Mar 14	vs CAR	L 2–4	20:00	0	0	5	0.70	36	56	+0.77
Mar 12	vs DET	W 4–1	18:33	0	2	3	0.18	61	74	+2.35
Mar 10	vs CBJ	L 2–5	20:32	0	1	1	0.17	42	12	+0.03
Mar 8	@ BUF	L 7–8	19:15	2	1	5	0.47	52	58	+3.18
Mar 7	@ TOR	W 5–2	18:36	0	4	1	0.17	48	73	+3.72
Mar 5	@ WPG	L 1–4	20:41	0	0	1	0.05	47	46	−0.31
Mar 3	@ MIN	L 1–5	22:56	1	0	1	0.38	63	58	+1.14
Feb 28	vs BUF	L 2–6	20:11	0	0	4	0.17	66	44	−0.31
Feb 26	@ CAR	L 4–5	25:07	1	0	2	0.28	47	49	+0.90
Feb 25	vs TOR	W 4–2	23:57	1	2	2	0.25	69	73	+3.94
Feb 5	vs FLA	W 6–1	17:54	0	1	3	0.15	38	32	+0.32
Feb 3	vs BUF	W 4–3 OT	22:24	1	3	7	0.60	66	71	+3.60
Feb 1	vs BOS	W 6–5 OT	28:13	1	3	8	0.89	55	55	+3.60
Jan 29	vs WPG	W 4–1	15:22	1	1	2	1.06	44	41	+1.98
Jan 26	vs UTA	W 2–0	18:20	0	2	5	0.44	44	53	+1.86
Jan 24	@ CBJ	L 5–8	22:43	1	3	3	0.32	65	67	+3.77
Jan 23	@ CHI	W 2–1 OT	23:48	1	0	1	0.46	78	85	+2.67
Jan 20	vs SJS	W 4–1	18:00	0	3	0	0.05	63	60	+2.13
Jan 18	@ DAL	W 4–1	16:48	0	1	0	0.73	64	51	+1.42
Jan 16	@ STL	L 2–3 OT	23:37	1	1	3	0.34	80	71	+2.57
Jan 13	@ PIT	W 2–1 OT	26:22	0	0	4	0.31	70	64	+0.14
Jan 12	@ PHI	W 5–1	18:40	1	1	6	1.40	61	85	+3.04
Jan 10	@ PHI	W 7–2	14:24	2	2	2	0.33	50	65	+4.16
Jan 6	vs COL	W 4–2	16:20	0	2	0	0.15	39	44	+1.25
Jan 3	@ SJS	W 7–3	15:37	1	4	2	0.48	73	86	+4.46
Jan 1	@ LAK	W 5–3	20:51	1	2	2	1.19	59	63	+3.41
Dec 31	@ ANA	W 4–3 OT	18:29	1	1	3	0.38	34	46	+1.54
Dec 28	vs MTL	W 5–4 OT	19:48	2	0	3	1.72	29	43	+2.25
Dec 27	@ FLA	W 4–2	18:29	2	0	3	0.92	67	83	+2.95
Dec 22	vs STL	W 4–1	16:36	0	2	1	0.09	40	22	+0.76
Dec 20	vs CAR	W 6–4	19:25	0	1	2	0.13	68	78	+1.58
Dec 15	vs FLA	L 2–5	18:40	0	0	3	0.33	70	42	−0.03
Dec 13	@ NYI	L 2–3 OT	25:37	0	2	4	0.44	63	55	+2.24
Dec 11	@ NJD	W 8–4	16:12	0	4	4	0.24	65	66	+3.60
Dec 9	@ MTL	W 6–1	17:43	1	1	2	0.16	60	60	+2.19
Dec 8	@ TOR	L 0–2	24:38	0	0	2	0.07	62	62	+0.37
Dec 4	vs PIT	L 3–4	25:28	1	1	10	0.95	50	60	+2.35
Dec 2	@ NYI	L 1–2	26:35	0	0	1	0.17	62	63	+0.36
Nov 29	@ NYR	W 4–1	21:40	0	3	3	0.74	73	93	+4.53
Nov 28	@ DET	W 6–3	19:40	0	2	4	0.39	67	54	+1.76
Nov 26	vs CGY	W 5–1	17:28	1	1	3	0.46	50	56	+2.01
Nov 24	vs PHI	W 3–0	21:49	0	3	0	0.14	44	50	+2.16
Nov 22	@ WSH	W 5–3	5:18	1	2	2	0.43	36	42	+2.20
Nov 20	vs EDM	W 2–1 OT	23:37	0	1	6	0.37	49	49	+0.64
Nov 18	vs NJD	W 5–1	22:07	1	1	4	0.27	53	38	+0.75
Nov 16	vs VAN	L 2–6	18:16	1	0	1	0.09	68	52	+0.74
Nov 15	@ FLA	W 3–1	22:31	0	1	6	0.35	50	60	+1.40
Nov 12	vs NYR	L 3–7	23:56	0	0	2	0.14	61	55	+0.09
Nov 8	vs WSH	W 3–2	22:34	0	0	2	0.09	50	50	+0.34
Nov 6	@ VGK	W 6–3	20:20	2	1	5	0.68	33	34	+1.98
Nov 4	@ COL	L 2–3	19:36	1	0	3	0.31	61	40	+0.97
Nov 2	@ UTA	W 4–2	20:19	0	0	1	0.16	65	54	+0.14
Oct 30	vs DAL	W 2–1 OT	21:42	0	0	5	0.43	65	70	+0.94
Oct 28	@ NSH	W 5–2	19:57	1	1	4	1.01	52	71	+2.51
Oct 26	vs VGK	W 2–1 OT	22:07	1	0	2	0.30	68	79	+1.30
Oct 25	vs ANA	W 4–3	20:54	0	2	6	0.88	52	72	+3.00
Oct 23	vs CHI	L 2–3	22:44	0	2	3	0.59	62	57	+1.99
Oct 14	@ WSH	L 2–3 OT	21:05	0	1	2	0.34	51	58	+0.92
Oct 13	@ BOS	W 4–3	19:24	0	0	1	0.45	59	84	+1.16
Oct 11	vs NJD	L 3–5	20:32	0	0	1	0.26	38	36	−0.46
Oct 9	vs OTT	L 4–5	20:55	2	0	4	0.63	26	27	+0.56