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Andrei Kostitsyn

#46 · Left wing · Nashville Predators

Born Feb 3, 1985 in Novopolotsk, BLR · 6'0", 214 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 10th overall in 2003 by MTL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Craig Smith NSH · 36 P in 72 GP Tim Connolly TOR · 36 P in 70 GP Ales Hemsky EDM · 36 P in 69 GP Devin Setoguchi MIN · 36 P in 69 GP Artem Anisimov NYR · 36 P in 79 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

020402005-06: 3 points305-062006-07: 11 points1106-072007-08: 53 points5307-082008-09: 41 points4108-092009-10: 33 points3309-102010-11: 45 points4510-112011-12: 36 points3611-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 MTL 12 2 1 3 1 2 9 8 0.25
2006-07 MTL 22 1 10 11 3 6 38 23 0.50
2007-08 MTL 78 26 27 53 15 29 156 102 0.68
2008-09 MTL 74 23 18 41 -7 50 169 124 0.55
2009-10 MTL 59 15 18 33 1 32 136 102 0.56
2010-11 MTL 81 20 25 45 3 36 196 140 0.56
2011-12 MTL 53 12 12 24 -8 16 93 81 0.45
2011-12 NSH 19 4 8 12 7 10 29 31 0.63
7 seasons Career 398 103 119 222 15 181 826 611 0.56

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 MTL 12 5 3 8 -4 2 25 21 0.67
2008-09 MTL 4 1 0 1 -2 2 9 7 0.25
2009-10 MTL 19 3 5 8 -1 12 29 25 0.42
2010-11 MTL 6 2 0 2 0 6 15 20 0.33
2011-12 NSH 8 3 1 4 3 2 12 17 0.50
5 seasons Playoffs 49 14 9 23 -4 24 90 90 0.47

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 16 20 36 -1 26 122 112 0.50 13.1 15:07

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement447th of 680 skaters, 309th of 445 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+1.4 67th percentileEven-strength defence-3.4 4th percentilePower play-0.2 27th percentilePenalty kill0.0 38th percentilePenalties+0.0 39th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-1-0.500.512010-112011-12Goals 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

48.4Corsi for %845 attempts for, 902 against
-0.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Expected goals for %34.3 expected for, 36.6 against
-1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.0Goals for %44 for, 39 against
101.5PDO9.8% shooting + 91.7% saves
205Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Travis Moen · Andrei Kostitsyn · Lars EllerMTL26197:0045.442.311-9
David Legwand · Andrei Kostitsyn · Patric HornqvistNSH1293:5356.663.16-4
Michael Cammalleri · Tomas Plekanec · Andrei KostitsynMTL1151:5737.129.41-4
Andrei Kostitsyn · David Desharnais · Max PaciorettyMTL1742:2452.963.05-2

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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

16Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.5Expected goalsfrom 166 unblocked attempts
+4.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.63 expected goals per 60 minutes40th
Shot quality 6.9% chance per attempt40th
Finishing +4.5 goals above expected85thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 16Expected 11.5

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 this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2012 @ COL W 6-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 14:36
Apr 5, 2012 vs DAL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 14:55
Apr 3, 2012 vs MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 15:17
Mar 31, 2012 vs CHI L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 16:15
Mar 30, 2012 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 14:19
Mar 27, 2012 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:56
Mar 25, 2012 @ CHI W 6-1 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 14:29
Mar 24, 2012 vs WPG W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 12:59
Mar 22, 2012 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:13
Mar 20, 2012 vs EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:27
Mar 18, 2012 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:55
Mar 17, 2012 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:44
Mar 15, 2012 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 15:51
Mar 12, 2012 @ PHX W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 19:49
Mar 10, 2012 vs DET W 3-2 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 15:33
Mar 8, 2012 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:12
Mar 6, 2012 vs LAK L 4-5 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 16:08
Mar 3, 2012 @ FLA W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 12:50
Feb 28, 2012 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:13
Feb 26, 2012 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:10
Feb 24, 2012 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:45
Feb 21, 2012 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:04
Feb 19, 2012 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:44
Feb 17, 2012 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:17
Feb 15, 2012 vs BOS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 13:00
Feb 13, 2012 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:20
Feb 11, 2012 @ TOR W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:15
Feb 9, 2012 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:08
Feb 7, 2012 vs PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:30
Feb 5, 2012 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 11:23
Feb 4, 2012 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 16:07
Feb 2, 2012 @ NJD L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 12:48
Jan 31, 2012 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:04
Jan 25, 2012 vs DET W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:46
Jan 21, 2012 @ TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 15:38
Jan 20, 2012 @ PIT L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 17:12
Jan 18, 2012 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:31
Jan 15, 2012 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:50
Jan 14, 2012 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 21:06
Jan 12, 2012 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:31
Jan 10, 2012 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 17:28
Jan 7, 2012 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:32
Jan 4, 2012 vs WPG W 7-3 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 15:20
Dec 31, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:34
Dec 29, 2011 @ TBL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:24
Dec 27, 2011 @ OTT W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:09
Dec 22, 2011 @ WPG L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:03
Dec 21, 2011 @ CHI L 1-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 13:03
Dec 19, 2011 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:28
Dec 17, 2011 vs NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:42
Dec 15, 2011 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:28
Dec 13, 2011 vs NYI W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 19:15
Dec 10, 2011 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:41
Dec 8, 2011 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 21:38
Dec 6, 2011 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 17:09
Dec 3, 2011 @ LAK W 2-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 14:56
Dec 1, 2011 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:15
Nov 30, 2011 @ ANA L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 3 17:16
Nov 26, 2011 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14:22
Nov 5, 2011 @ NYR L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 14:04
Nov 4, 2011 @ OTT W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 14:29
Oct 29, 2011 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:38
Oct 27, 2011 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:46
Oct 26, 2011 vs PHI W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 14:00
Oct 24, 2011 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:42
Oct 22, 2011 vs TOR L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 15:16
Oct 20, 2011 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 12:57
Oct 18, 2011 vs BUF L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 18:27
Oct 15, 2011 vs COL L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 18:15
Oct 13, 2011 vs CGY L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 16:46
Oct 9, 2011 @ WPG W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:43
Oct 6, 2011 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 14:44