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Nikolay Kulemin

#86 · Left wing · New York Islanders

Born Jul 14, 1986 in Magnitogorsk, RUS · 6'1", 228 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 44th overall in 2006 by TOR (round 2)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dustin Brown LAK · 57 P in 82 GP R.J. Umberger CBJ · 57 P in 82 GP Tuomo Ruutu CAR · 57 P in 82 GP Patrice Bergeron BOS · 57 P in 80 GP Tomas Plekanec MTL · 57 P in 77 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.

020402008-09: 31 points3108-092009-10: 36 points3609-102010-11: 57 points5710-112011-12: 28 points2811-122012-13: 23 points2312-132013-14: 20 points2013-142014-15: 31 points3114-152015-16: 22 points2215-162016-17: 23 points2316-172017-18: 3 points317-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 TOR 73 15 16 31 -8 18 129 73 0.42
2009-10 TOR 78 16 20 36 0 16 145 136 0.46
2010-11 TOR 82 30 27 57 7 26 173 101 0.70
2011-12 TOR 70 7 21 28 2 6 107 97 0.40
2012-13 TOR 48 7 16 23 -5 22 72 122 0.48 $2.8M
2013-14 TOR 70 9 11 20 -4 24 81 153 0.29 $2.8M
2014-15 NYI 82 15 16 31 7 21 115 129 0.38 $4.188M
2015-16 NYI 81 9 13 22 13 22 92 107 0.27 $4.188M
2016-17 NYI 72 12 11 23 3 18 74 78 0.32 $4.188M
2017-18 NYI 13 1 2 3 0 0 7 16 0.23 $4.188M
10 seasons Career 669 121 153 274 15 173 995 1012 0.41

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 TOR 7 0 1 1 -9 0 9 29 0.14
2014-15 NYI 7 1 1 2 0 2 5 22 0.29
2015-16 NYI 11 1 3 4 -5 2 20 22 0.36
3 seasons Playoffs 25 2 5 7 -14 4 34 73 0.28

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 30 27 57 7 26 173 101 0.70 17.3 17:19

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2017-18 $4.188M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2.8M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+10.5Goals above replacement57th of 672 skaters, 48th of 439 forwards
+1.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+6.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+4.1 87th percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 76th percentilePower play-0.6 10th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 76th percentilePenalties+1.4 81st 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.

0510152010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

51.8Corsi for %1118 attempts for, 1041 against
+5.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Expected goals for %42.6 expected for, 40.0 against
+7.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.1Goals for %54 for, 39 against
102.6PDO10.0% shooting + 92.6% saves
237Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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 lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Clarke MacArthur · Mikhail Grabovski · Nikolay Kulemin74785:0753.953.043-23
Mikhail Grabovski · Phil Kessel · Nikolay Kulemin1058:2150.457.56-3
Phil Kessel · Nikolay Kulemin · Tyler Bozak537:1544.742.00-2
Joey Crabb · Mikhail Grabovski · Nikolay Kulemin1019:5550.051.31-0

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. 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.

30Goalsnot counting empty-netters
20.2Expected goalsfrom 240 unblocked attempts
+9.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.85 expected goals per 60 minutes71st
Shot quality 8.4% chance per attempt81st
Finishing +9.8 goals above expected98thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0102030Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 30Expected 20.2

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 9, 2011 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:39
Apr 6, 2011 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 18:20
Apr 5, 2011 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 17:36
Apr 2, 2011 @ OTT W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:15
Mar 31, 2011 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:16
Mar 29, 2011 vs BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:59
Mar 26, 2011 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 18:47
Mar 24, 2011 @ COL W 4-3 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 17:18
Mar 22, 2011 @ MIN W 3-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 16:35
Mar 19, 2011 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:26
Mar 17, 2011 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 16:16
Mar 16, 2011 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:40
Mar 14, 2011 vs TBL L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 15:44
Mar 12, 2011 vs BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 20:01
Mar 10, 2011 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:24
Mar 8, 2011 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 19:06
Mar 5, 2011 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:38
Mar 3, 2011 @ PHI W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 17:18
Mar 2, 2011 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 17:08
Feb 27, 2011 @ ATL L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:15
Feb 26, 2011 vs PIT L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:32
Feb 24, 2011 @ MTL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:14
Feb 22, 2011 vs NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:28
Feb 19, 2011 vs OTT L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:56
Feb 16, 2011 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:40
Feb 15, 2011 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 17:05
Feb 12, 2011 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:57
Feb 10, 2011 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 18:53
Feb 8, 2011 @ NYI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:45
Feb 7, 2011 vs ATL W 5-4 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 17:00
Feb 5, 2011 @ BUF L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 14:59
Feb 3, 2011 vs CAR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:02
Feb 1, 2011 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 18:29
Jan 25, 2011 @ TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:44
Jan 24, 2011 @ CAR L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 05:48
Jan 22, 2011 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:31
Jan 20, 2011 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 16:57
Jan 19, 2011 @ NYR L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:26
Jan 15, 2011 vs CGY L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 4 4 1 18:51
Jan 13, 2011 @ PHX L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 18:49
Jan 11, 2011 @ SJS W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 18:20
Jan 10, 2011 @ LAK W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 17:14
Jan 7, 2011 @ ATL W 9-3 2 2 4 2 0 5 2 15:48
Jan 6, 2011 vs STL W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:58
Jan 3, 2011 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:21
Jan 1, 2011 @ OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 15:15
Dec 30, 2010 vs CBJ L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 18:46
Dec 28, 2010 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:38
Dec 26, 2010 @ NJD W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:19
Dec 20, 2010 vs ATL L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 3 2 17:50
Dec 18, 2010 @ VAN L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 2 1 3 17:47
Dec 16, 2010 @ CGY L 2-5 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 13:49
Dec 14, 2010 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:42
Dec 11, 2010 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:20
Dec 9, 2010 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:19
Dec 8, 2010 @ PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 18:22
Dec 6, 2010 @ WSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 19:01
Dec 4, 2010 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:51
Dec 2, 2010 vs EDM L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 18:07
Nov 30, 2010 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 1 6 6 1 15:55
Nov 27, 2010 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:54
Nov 26, 2010 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 22:39
Nov 22, 2010 vs DAL W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 5 2 16:07
Nov 20, 2010 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 18:03
Nov 18, 2010 vs NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 16:02
Nov 16, 2010 vs NSH W 5-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 16:11
Nov 13, 2010 vs VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:02
Nov 10, 2010 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 17:36
Nov 9, 2010 @ TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:18
Nov 6, 2010 vs BUF L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 17:42
Nov 3, 2010 @ WSH L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:21
Nov 2, 2010 vs OTT L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 16:18
Oct 30, 2010 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:17
Oct 28, 2010 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:01
Oct 26, 2010 vs FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 19:34
Oct 23, 2010 @ PHI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 15:09
Oct 21, 2010 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:50
Oct 18, 2010 vs NYI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:34
Oct 15, 2010 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:56
Oct 13, 2010 @ PIT W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:03
Oct 9, 2010 vs OTT W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 3 13:32
Oct 7, 2010 vs MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:57