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Defence · #21 · Rookie

Alexander Nikishin

Carolina Hurricanes
Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
99 kg
Born
Orel, RUS
Draft
2020, round 3, #69 (CAR)

2025–26

Games
81
Goals
11
Points
33
TOI per game
18:11
xGF% (5v5)
55.2%
Goals above expected
+3.1

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 ice1217:5258.5%59.3%55.2%55.4%3.042.4757431,004.5
Team with player off ice2728:4260.5%61.3%57.6%57.9%3.102.28126115973.6
Relative (on − off)–-2.0%–-2.4%––––––

Usage

Model-based

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

Quality of competition
23.3%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.3%
Quality of teammates
22.5%
Teammates' xGF%: 56.9%
Offensive zone starts
67.2%
58.4% 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.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsStaalAhoStankovenJarvisEhlersCarrierSvechnikovMartinookRobinsonBlakeHallKotkaniemiGostisbehereChatfieldMillerWalkerSlavinJankowskiReillyLegaultNystromNadeauNikishin

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
55.2%
55.7%