Defence · #86

Nikita Nikitin

St. Louis Blues

Columbus Blue Jackets

Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)

Age: 40
Shoots: Left
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 98 kg
Born: Omsk, RUS
Draft: 2004, round 5, #136 (STL)

Career · 2010–11 to 2015–16

Games: 259
Goals: 17
Points: 76
TOI per game: 19:21
xGF% (5v5): 50.0%
Goals above expected: +0.6

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On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.


On ice	3946:14	49.5%	49.6%	50.0%	50.3%	2.07	2.07	148	156	995.2
Team with player off ice	8283:28	49.7%	49.7%	49.0%	49.2%	2.14	2.23	333	346	1,000.7
Relative (on − off)	–	-0.2%	–	1.0%	–	–	–	–	–	–

On-ice figures exclude 1 game with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Model-based

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition

24.5%

Opponents' xGF%: 49.8%

Quality of teammates

22.7%

Teammates' xGF%: 48.6%

Offensive zone starts

45.1%

57.1% of shifts start on the fly

Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

Close and late

Model-based

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

On-ice xGF% at 5v5

50.0%

52.1%