Right wing · #41
Nikita Soshnikov
- Age
- 32
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- Nizhny Tagil, RUS
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 5 seasons
- Games
- 90
- Goals
- 8
- Points
- 16
- TOI per game
- 11:14
- xGF% (5v5)
- 42.6%
- Goals above expected
- −2.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2015–16 |   TOR | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 15:37 | 33 | 6.1% | 1 | 2.2 | 45.2% |
| 2016–17 | TOR | 56 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +1 | 10:51 | 70 | 7.1% | 1 | 6.5 | 47.4% |
| 2017–18 | TOR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10:26 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.1 | 10.4% |
| 2017–18 |   STL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11:10 | 17 | 5.9% | 0 | 1.1 | 31.6% |
| 2017–18 | All teams | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 11:01 | 17 | 5.9% | 0 | 1.2 | 26.2% |
| 2018–19 | STL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7:10 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 32.5% |
| After a break: 2022–23 |   NYI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 9:56 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 59.4% |
| Total | 3 teams | 90 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 11:14 | 125 | 6.4% | 2 | 10.5 | 42.6% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
18th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.4823rd pct
- Assists /600.4813th pct
- ixG /600.6232nd pct
- Goals above expected−2.536th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)42.6%9th pct
- CF% (5v5)47.4%32nd pct
- Relative xGF%−7.66th pct
- Penalty diff /600.3073rd pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:1422nd pct
- PP time share13.1%41st pct
- Offensive zone starts54.0%46th pct
- Quality of competition23.8%42nd pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Most similar players this season
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−2.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed33.4 km/h7th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph38th pct
- Hardest shot127.2 km/h16th pct
- Distance skated8 km9th pct
- Offensive-zone time46.0%90th pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
33.4 km/h1st pct
2022–23 only
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
6.061st pct
2022–23 only
Distance skated per 60
16.9 km99th pct
2022–23 only
Hardest shot
127.2 km/h3rd pct
2022–23 only
Offensive-zone time
46.0%90th pct
2022–23 only