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Defence · #28 · Rookie

Nikita Okhotiuk

New Jersey Devils San Jose Sharks Calgary Flames(traded during the season)
Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Chelyabinsk, RUS
Draft
2019, round 2, #61 (NJD)

Career · 2021–22 to 2023–24

Games
67
Goals
3
Points
12
TOI per game
15:14
xGF% (5v5)
41.9%
Goals above expected
0.0
ShowAll teamsNew Jersey DevilsSan Jose SharksCalgary Flames

Season by season

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

2021–22NJD5112−215:05520.0%00.243.0%
2022–23NJD10101+111:44616.7%00.250.3%
2023–24SJS43178−2216:27482.1%02.539.6%
2023–24CGY9011−213:2140.0%00.249.2%
2023–24All teams52189−2415:55521.9%02.640.8%
Total3 teams673912−2515:14634.8%03.041.9%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.5102030405060
12m14m16m18m20m102030405060Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2021–22 to 2023–24 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

9th 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1847th pct
  • Assists /600.5328th pct
  • ixG /600.1846th pct
  • Shots /603.7144th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)41.9%5th pct
  • CF% (5v5)44.1%8th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.427th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)3.026th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:1422nd pct
  • PP time share2.1%39th pct
  • PK time share13.5%28th pct
  • Quality of competition24.1%46th 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. Robert Hagg0.90
  2. Kyle BurroughsSJS0.88
  3. Jarred TinordiCHI0.88
  4. Nicolas Meloche0.87
  5. Tyler Tucker0.84
  6. Joshua BrownARI0.84

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.

0.0 goals above expected

0123102030405060Game

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

−100+10+20+30

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 speed35.4 km/h64th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph3061st pct
  • Hardest shot157.0 km/h85th pct
  • Distance skated188 km42nd pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.0%15th 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

35.4 km/h57th pct

▲ +3.4 km/h since 2022–23

303234363821–2222–2323–242021–22: 33.3 km/h, 8th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 32.0 km/h, 0th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 35.4 km/h, 57th percentile (52 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.270th pct

▲ +2.2 since 2022–23

012321–2222–2323–242021–22: 0.8, 25th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 2.2, 70th percentile (52 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.6 km52nd pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2022–23

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–2323–242021–22: 13.6 km, 47th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.2 km, 29th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 13.6 km, 52nd percentile (52 games)

Hardest shot

157.0 km/h81st pct

▲ +18.5 km/h since 2022–23

13514014515015516021–2222–2323–242021–22: 149.7 km/h, 42nd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 138.5 km/h, 5th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 157.0 km/h, 81st percentile (52 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.0%16th pct

▼ −0.3 points since 2022–23

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–242021–22: 38.2%, 4th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 39.3%, 17th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 39.0%, 16th percentile (52 games)