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Defence · #98

Mikhail Sergachev

Montréal Canadiens Tampa Bay Lightning Utah Mammoth(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
96 kg
Born
Nizhnekamsk, RUS
Draft
2016, round 1, #9 (MTL)

Career · 2016–17 to 2026–27

Games
636
Goals
74
Points
376
TOI per game
21:25
xGF% (5v5)
53.2%
Goals above expected
+9.9
ShowAll teamsMontréal CanadiensTampa Bay LightningUtah Mammoth

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2016–17MTL4000+112:0820.0%00.137.1%
2017–18TBL7993140+1115:221416.4%168.653.7%
2018–19TBL7562632+1217:551284.7%66.854.6%
2019–20TBL70102434+1520:221188.5%105.956.3%
2020–21TBL5642630+521:581083.7%86.851.6%
2021–22TBL7873138+622:281494.7%77.552.9%
2022–23TBL79105464+1323:491566.4%277.254.2%
2023–24TBL3421719−1622:33533.8%72.947.3%
2024–25UTA77153853−825:0713211.4%239.152.6%
2025–26UTA78104959+224:181596.3%268.453.0%
2026–27UTA6167022:05156.7%40.863.4%
Total3 teams63674302376+4121:251,1616.4%13464.153.2%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
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Player card

Model-based

How 2016–17 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

94th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.3388th pct
  • Assists /601.3397th pct
  • ixG /600.2885th pct
  • Shots /605.1183rd pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)53.2%91st pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.5%89th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.162nd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4163rd pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game21:2587th pct
  • PP time share43.5%88th pct
  • PK time share32.6%63rd pct
  • Quality of competition24.6%69th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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

  1. Victor HedmanTBL0.97
  2. Adam FoxNYR0.95
  3. Charlie McAvoyBOS0.95
  4. Kris LetangPIT0.94
  5. Josh MorrisseyWPG0.93
  6. Evan BouchardEDM0.93

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

+9.9 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

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.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

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 speed32.8 km/h46th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph376th pct
  • Hardest shot150.5 km/h94th pct
  • Distance skated18 km83rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time48.2%92nd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen 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.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

38.4 km/h99th pct

▲ +2.3 km/h since 2024–25

323436384021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.0 km/h, 94th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 35.6 km/h, 62nd percentile (79 games)2023–24: 35.1 km/h, 43rd percentile (34 games)2024–25: 36.0 km/h, 72nd percentile (77 games)2025–26: 38.4 km/h, 99th percentile (78 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.881st pct

▲ +1.5 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.3, 45th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 1.5, 53rd percentile (79 games)2023–24: 1.6, 51st percentile (34 games)2024–25: 1.3, 40th percentile (77 games)2025–26: 2.8, 81st percentile (78 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.1 km17th pct

▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.1 km, 18th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 13.0 km, 18th percentile (79 games)2023–24: 13.0 km, 14th percentile (34 games)2024–25: 12.9 km, 6th percentile (77 games)2025–26: 13.1 km, 17th percentile (78 games)

Hardest shot

159.3 km/h91st pct

▲ +7.5 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516016521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 151.5 km/h, 50th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 161.2 km/h, 94th percentile (79 games)2023–24: 159.2 km/h, 87th percentile (34 games)2024–25: 151.8 km/h, 68th percentile (77 games)2025–26: 159.3 km/h, 91st percentile (78 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.8%84th pct

▲ +0.4 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.3%, 60th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 43.1%, 71st percentile (79 games)2023–24: 41.3%, 43rd percentile (34 games)2024–25: 43.5%, 77th percentile (77 games)2025–26: 43.8%, 84th percentile (78 games)