Alexander Nikishin #21

D · Carolina Hurricanes · Age 24 · Shoots L · 6′3″, 218 lb · Draft: 2020, round 3, 69th overall

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

Summary		Pctl
GP	81	82nd
TOI/GP	18:11	41st
G	11	88th
A	22	69th
P	33	77th
P/60	1.34	79th
ixG	7.4	80th
G−ixG	+3.6	93rd
xGF%	55.3	87th
Rel xGF%	−1.8	37th
GS/GP	+0.56	83rd
Pen ±	−5	52nd

Scoring		Pctl
G	11	88th
A1	12	74th
A2	10	64th
P	33	77th
P1	23	83rd
P/60	1.34	79th
5v5 P/60	0.84	51st
PPP	10	85th
SHP	1	79th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	122	81st
iCF	322	85th
iFF	195	81st
ixG	7.4	80th
ixG/60	0.30	83rd
G	11	88th
G−ixG	+3.6	93rd
Sh%	9.0	84th
xSh%	3.8	65th
Blk'd	127	91st
5v5 iCF/60	12.7	89th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1218	58th
CF%	58.4	96th
FF%	56.9	95th
xGF%	55.3	87th
GF%	57.0	85th
xGF/60	3.08	94th
xGA/60	2.49	60th
oiSh%	9.1	40th
oiSv%	91.4	75th
PDO	100.5	60th
Rel CF%	−2.1	30th
Rel xGF%	−1.8	37th
OZS%	67.2	96th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	18:11	41st
EV/GP	15:40	33rd
5v5/GP	15:02	30th
PP/GP	1:27	76th
SH/GP	1:05	32nd
Shifts/GP	22.5	41st
Shift	0:49	48th
OZ	308	93rd
NZ	300	69th
DZ	150	34th
OZS%	67.2	96th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+45.2	85th
GS/GP	+0.56	83rd
GS/60	+1.84	89th
Scoring	+22.2	78th
Shooting	+4.8	80th
On ice	+15.4	90th
Penalties	−0.7	54th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+3.5	52nd

Other		Pctl
Hits	132	91st
Blk	94	56th
Tk	26	75th
Gv	87	28th
PenD	10	60th
PenT	15	46th
Pen ±	−5	52nd
PP min ±	−9.0	54th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2025-26	Regular season	81	11	22	33	7.4	55.3	+0.56	18:11
2025-26	Playoffs	17	0	1	1	0.9	57.7	+0.26	14:50

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.0), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 81 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Jackson Blake	R	484:02	60.4	59.1
Logan Stankoven	C	480:07	61.9	61.8
Taylor Hall	L	461:19	58.7	55.7
Nikolaj Ehlers	L	358:03	56.9	51.3
Sebastian Aho	C	355:54	58.5	53.4
Sean Walker	D	342:45	59.7	55.8
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	331:08	60.8	62.4
Andrei Svechnikov	R	299:26	58.9	56.0

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 14	@ NYI	W 2–1	23:40	0	1	0	0.01	45	49	+0.78
Apr 13	@ PHI	L 2–3 OT	23:38	0	0	0	0.02	51	29	−0.57
Apr 11	@ UTA	W 4–1	21:28	0	0	0	0.00	49	59	+0.66
Apr 9	@ CHI	W 7–2	23:22	0	1	0	0.01	67	69	+1.47
Apr 7	vs BOS	W 6–5 OT	20:43	0	1	3	0.05	68	85	+2.54
Apr 5	@ OTT	L 3–6	17:31	0	0	0	0.00	63	49	+0.12
Apr 4	vs NYI	W 4–3	16:43	0	0	2	0.24	76	84	+0.85
Apr 2	vs CBJ	W 5–1	16:18	1	0	1	0.07	52	31	+0.32
Mar 31	@ CBJ	W 5–2	15:56	0	0	1	0.03	50	23	−0.36
Mar 29	vs MTL	L 1–3	18:12	0	0	1	0.03	74	76	+0.67
Mar 28	vs NJD	W 5–2	16:13	0	1	0	0.01	79	93	+3.01
Mar 24	@ MTL	L 2–5	20:49	0	0	3	0.06	70	65	+0.58
Mar 22	@ PIT	W 5–1	16:15	0	1	1	0.01	50	43	+0.55
Mar 20	@ TOR	W 4–3 OT	14:23	1	0	4	0.21	71	56	+0.74
Mar 18	vs PIT	W 6–5 OT	16:20	0	0	3	0.21	53	34	−0.77
Mar 17	@ CBJ	L 1–5	19:18	0	1	1	0.00	48	51	+0.54
Mar 14	@ TBL	W 4–2	14:03	0	0	2	0.02	54	53	+0.16
Mar 12	vs STL	L 1–3	16:59	0	0	1	0.04	57	55	+0.36
Mar 10	vs PIT	W 5–4 OT	19:49	1	1	2	0.36	64	69	+2.72
Mar 7	@ CGY	L 4–5	16:45	1	0	1	0.06	63	63	+0.98
Mar 6	@ EDM	W 6–3	16:11	0	0	3	0.22	69	87	+0.77
Mar 4	@ VAN	W 6–4	15:46	0	0	0	0.01	45	36	−0.30
Mar 2	@ SEA	L 1–2	13:38	0	0	1	0.06	77	56	−0.15
Feb 28	vs DET	W 5–2	16:17	0	0	0	0.00	77	87	+1.59
Feb 26	vs TBL	W 5–4	16:13	0	0	4	0.16	59	47	+0.24
Feb 5	@ NYR	W 2–0	14:16	0	0	2	0.05	76	87	+0.99
Feb 3	vs OTT	W 4–3	15:45	0	0	0	0.01	46	28	−1.03
Feb 1	vs LAK	W 3–2 OT	13:31	1	0	2	0.22	77	64	+1.25
Jan 31	@ WSH	L 3–4 OT	13:14	0	0	1	0.03	37	34	−0.55
Jan 29	vs UTA	W 5–4	16:27	0	0	2	0.04	37	23	−1.13
Jan 24	@ OTT	W 4–1	16:30	0	1	1	0.46	48	14	+0.19
Jan 22	vs CHI	L 3–4 OT	15:47	0	0	1	0.11	61	67	+0.82
Jan 19	vs BUF	W 2–1	17:48	0	0	3	0.14	65	70	+0.66
Jan 17	@ NJD	W 4–1	21:13	0	0	4	0.28	50	59	+0.75
Jan 16	vs FLA	W 9–1	16:50	1	1	3	0.08	68	78	+2.37
Jan 13	@ STL	L 0–3	18:01	0	0	0	0.05	46	19	−0.44
Jan 12	@ DET	L 3–4 OT	15:56	0	1	1	0.06	63	54	+0.74
Jan 10	vs SEA	W 3–2	16:07	0	0	0	0.02	68	68	+0.64
Jan 8	vs ANA	W 5–2	16:04	0	1	3	0.06	68	48	+0.86
Jan 6	vs DAL	W 6–3	15:24	0	0	1	0.02	57	63	+0.32
Jan 4	@ NJD	W 3–1	14:23	0	0	0	0.00	40	48	−0.03
Jan 3	vs COL	L 3–5	15:30	0	0	0	0.04	43	12	−0.84
Jan 1	vs MTL	L 5–7	21:08	1	1	2	0.08	55	53	+1.72
Dec 30	@ PIT	L 1–5	22:39	0	0	0	0.00	40	33	−0.95
Dec 29	vs NYR	W 3–2 OT	24:17	0	1	0	0.02	63	57	+0.91
Dec 27	vs DET	W 5–2	24:59	0	0	2	0.10	74	60	+0.43
Dec 23	vs FLA	L 2–5	16:13	0	0	3	0.18	64	46	+0.08
Dec 20	@ TBL	L 4–6	19:45	0	0	0	0.01	61	55	+0.32
Dec 19	@ FLA	L 3–4 OT	17:40	0	0	1	0.02	46	31	−0.45
Dec 17	@ NSH	W 4–1	16:23	0	1	3	0.21	52	68	+1.50
Dec 14	vs PHI	W 3–2 OT	20:01	0	1	2	0.12	65	75	+1.35
Dec 13	@ PHI	W 4–3 OT	13:26	1	0	1	0.04	76	47	+0.67
Dec 11	@ WSH	W 3–2 OT	16:37	0	1	0	0.11	67	64	+1.18
Dec 9	vs CBJ	W 4–1	16:07	0	0	0	0.13	59	42	−0.08
Dec 7	vs SJS	L 1–4	16:59	0	0	2	0.05	53	41	−0.07
Dec 6	vs NSH	W 6–3	19:07	0	0	2	0.00	50	27	−0.66
Dec 4	vs TOR	L 1–5	25:21	0	0	1	0.06	68	45	−0.46
Nov 30	vs CGY	W 1–0 OT	17:59	0	0	2	0.37	85	85	+1.19
Nov 28	vs WPG	W 5–1	16:38	1	0	5	0.13	56	67	+1.69
Nov 26	vs NYR	L 2–4	16:31	0	0	2	0.09	38	56	+0.30
Nov 23	@ BUF	L 1–4	13:59	0	0	0	0.00	39	35	−0.49
Nov 19	@ MIN	L 3–4 OT	16:00	0	0	0	0.00	63	62	+0.13
Nov 17	@ BOS	W 3–1	19:35	0	0	1	0.17	57	52	+0.12
Nov 15	vs EDM	L 3–4 OT	18:36	0	0	2	0.05	74	60	+0.46
Nov 14	vs VAN	W 4–3 OT	16:09	0	0	3	0.06	80	98	+1.69
Nov 11	vs WSH	L 1–4	20:43	0	0	4	0.31	52	63	+0.95
Nov 9	@ TOR	W 5–4	19:08	0	1	2	0.05	77	51	+0.84
Nov 8	vs BUF	W 6–3	21:39	0	0	1	0.17	65	50	+0.38
Nov 6	vs MIN	W 4–3	24:42	0	1	2	0.06	55	57	+0.96
Nov 4	@ NYR	W 3–0	23:42	0	0	0	0.03	54	73	+0.47
Nov 1	@ BOS	L 1–2	24:41	1	0	4	0.21	67	59	+0.88
Oct 30	vs NYI	W 6–2	20:28	0	1	1	0.17	59	75	+2.24
Oct 28	vs VGK	L 3–6	27:33	0	0	4	0.11	49	36	−0.52
Oct 25	@ DAL	L 2–3	22:29	0	0	1	0.04	56	42	−0.16
Oct 23	@ COL	W 5–4 OT	14:42	0	0	2	0.06	46	53	+0.33
Oct 20	@ VGK	L 1–4	21:08	0	0	1	0.01	47	27	−0.72
Oct 18	@ LAK	W 4–3 OT	20:23	0	0	0	0.00	33	37	−0.48
Oct 16	@ ANA	W 4–1	16:37	1	0	2	0.17	56	68	+1.69
Oct 14	@ SJS	W 5–1	17:14	0	1	3	0.13	73	71	+2.06
Oct 11	vs PHI	W 4–3 OT	16:48	0	1	2	0.19	44	47	+0.51
Oct 9	vs NJD	W 6–3	15:34	0	1	1	0.09	72	73	+2.11