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Andrei Kuzmenko

#62 · Left wing · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Feb 4, 1996 in Yakutsk, RUS (age 30) · 6'0", 186 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Shane Pinto OTT · 37 P in 70 GP Marco Kasper DET · 37 P in 77 GP Noah Cates PHI · 37 P in 78 GP Andre Burakovsky SEA · 37 P in 79 GP Morgan Frost CGY · 37 P in 81 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602022-23: 74 points7422-232023-24: 46 points4623-242024-25: 37 points3724-252025-26: 25 points2525-262026-27: 0 points026-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 VAN 81 39 35 74 9 8 143 13 0.91 $950K
2023-24 VAN 43 8 13 21 -1 6 63 9 0.49 $5.5M
2023-24 CGY 29 14 11 25 -8 6 58 5 0.86
2024-25 CGY 37 4 11 15 -7 12 39 8 0.41 $5.5M
2024-25 PHI 7 2 3 5 -5 0 13 3 0.71
2024-25 LAK 22 5 12 17 6 2 31 8 0.77
2025-26 LAK 52 13 12 25 -4 16 69 18 0.48 $4.3M
2026-27 PIT 2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0.00 $5M
5 seasons Career 273 85 97 182 -11 50 419 65 0.67

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2024-25 LAK 6 3 3 6 -5 4 17 5 1.00
2025-26 LAK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 7 3 3 6 -5 4 17 5 0.86

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 11 26 37 -6 14 83 19 0.56 13.3 15:38

Contract

$5.5MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$149KCap dollars per point37 points in 66 games
$1.6MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.4 goals above replacement
$3.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.1MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Jan 26, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $11M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $5.5M $3.5M $2M $5.5M M-NTC
2024-25 $5.5M $4.5M $1M $5.5M M-NTC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $5M $5M
2025-26 to 2025-26 $4.3M
Jan 26, 2023 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $11M $5.5M
Jul 13, 2022 Vancouver Canucks Entry-level 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.8M $950K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2024-25 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2024-25 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.8Power play+0.6Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on.

0510152022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

41.5Corsi for %68 attempts for, 96 against
-3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.0Expected goals for %2.8 expected for, 5.1 against
-9.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
101.8PDO9.7% shooting + 92.2% saves
14Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Anze Kopitar · Adrian Kempe · Andrei Kuzmenko662:1241.837.93-4
Phillip Danault · Adrian Kempe · Andrei Kuzmenko52:5233.3100.00-0
Anze Kopitar · Alex Laferriere · Andrei Kuzmenko42:47100.0100.00-0
Phillip Danault · Trevor Moore · Andrei Kuzmenko42:1033.33.00-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.6Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
+1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.90 expected goals per 60 minutes73rd
Shot quality 9.1% chance per attempt80th
Finishing +1.4 goals above expected80thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

0123Goals 3Expected 1.6

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 17, 2025 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 16:48
Apr 15, 2025 @ SEA W 6-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:23
Apr 14, 2025 @ EDM W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:24
Apr 12, 2025 vs COL W 5-4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 20:30
Apr 10, 2025 vs ANA W 6-1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 17:01
Apr 7, 2025 vs SEA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:15
Apr 5, 2025 vs EDM W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:32
Apr 3, 2025 @ UTA W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 15:39
Apr 1, 2025 vs WPG W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 16:24
Mar 30, 2025 vs SJS W 8-1 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 18:01
Mar 29, 2025 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 7 1 18:38
Mar 27, 2025 @ COL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:16
Mar 25, 2025 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 17:43
Mar 23, 2025 vs BOS W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:31
Mar 22, 2025 vs CAR W 7-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 13:57
Mar 20, 2025 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:12
Mar 17, 2025 @ MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:51
Mar 15, 2025 vs NSH W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:21
Mar 13, 2025 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:47
Mar 11, 2025 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:54
Mar 9, 2025 @ VGK W 6-5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 15:08
Mar 8, 2025 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:02
Mar 6, 2025 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:07
Mar 4, 2025 vs CGY L 3-6 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 18:38
Mar 1, 2025 @ WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:03
Feb 27, 2025 @ PIT L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 14:39
Feb 25, 2025 vs PIT W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:18
Feb 22, 2025 vs EDM W 6-3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 17:21
Feb 8, 2025 vs PIT W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:53
Jan 28, 2025 vs WSH L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 16:23
Jan 26, 2025 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:39
Jan 25, 2025 @ MIN W 5-4 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 14:25
Jan 23, 2025 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:05
Jan 18, 2025 @ WPG W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:29
Jan 11, 2025 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:43
Jan 7, 2025 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:29
Jan 4, 2025 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 10:50
Dec 29, 2024 @ VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:49
Dec 12, 2024 vs TBL L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:01
Dec 10, 2024 @ NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:21
Dec 8, 2024 @ DAL L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 15:04
Nov 30, 2024 @ PIT L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:19
Nov 29, 2024 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:55
Nov 27, 2024 @ DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:25
Nov 25, 2024 @ OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:44
Nov 23, 2024 vs MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:47
Nov 21, 2024 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:04
Nov 19, 2024 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:53
Nov 15, 2024 vs NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:10
Nov 12, 2024 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:50
Nov 11, 2024 vs LAK W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:58
Nov 9, 2024 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:18
Nov 7, 2024 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:43
Nov 5, 2024 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:52
Nov 3, 2024 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:59
Nov 1, 2024 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:25
Oct 30, 2024 @ UTA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:50
Oct 28, 2024 @ VGK L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:57
Oct 26, 2024 vs WPG L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 17:17
Oct 24, 2024 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:08
Oct 22, 2024 vs PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:58
Oct 19, 2024 @ SEA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:08
Oct 15, 2024 vs CHI W 3-1 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 13:49
Oct 13, 2024 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:58
Oct 12, 2024 vs PHI W 6-3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 17:12
Oct 9, 2024 @ VAN W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:22