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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)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrew Cogliano ANA · 23 P in 48 GP Bryan Bickell CHI · 23 P in 48 GP Viktor Stalberg CHI · 23 P in 47 GP Matt Stajan CGY · 23 P in 43 GP Martin Hanzal PHX · 23 P in 39 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 7 16 23 -5 22 72 122 0.48 9.7 16:44

Contract

$2.8MCap hit2012-13
$122KCap dollars per point23 points in 48 games
$1.497MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.9 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$656KValueworth 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 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.9Goals above replacement293rd of 605 skaters, 203rd of 397 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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-0.2 47th percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 34th percentilePower play-0.3 23rd percentilePenalty kill+0.8 99th percentilePenalties-0.2 24th 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

40.8Corsi for %503 attempts for, 730 against
-4.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.8Expected goals for %19.7 expected for, 29.7 against
-6.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.3Goals for %31 for, 39 against
101.6PDO11.9% shooting + 89.7% saves
108Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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
Jay McClement · Mikhail Grabovski · Nikolay Kulemin24168:1641.435.65-8
Joffrey Lupul · Nikolay Kulemin · Nazem Kadri1383:1441.341.88-4
Mikhail Grabovski · Leo Komarov · Nikolay Kulemin1572:3436.230.52-4
Clarke MacArthur · Nikolay Kulemin · Nazem Kadri1257:0538.753.54-3

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.3Expected goalsfrom 104 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes11th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt14th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.3Goals 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 this season, 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 27, 2013 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 15:34
Apr 25, 2013 @ FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14:31
Apr 24, 2013 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:12
Apr 20, 2013 @ OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 18:58
Apr 18, 2013 vs NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 14:08
Apr 16, 2013 @ WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 15:38
Apr 15, 2013 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 18:17
Apr 13, 2013 vs MTL W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 15:23
Apr 10, 2013 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 4 16:25
Apr 8, 2013 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19:08
Apr 6, 2013 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 14:51
Apr 4, 2013 vs PHI L 3-5 1 0 1 0 2 2 7 14:55
Mar 30, 2013 @ OTT W 4-0 0 1 1 3 4 0 6 15:49
Mar 28, 2013 vs CAR W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 4 17:03
Mar 26, 2013 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 17:17
Mar 25, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 18:26
Mar 23, 2013 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 18:37
Mar 21, 2013 @ BUF L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 0 6 17:28
Mar 20, 2013 vs TBL W 4-2 1 0 1 3 0 1 5 17:06
Mar 16, 2013 vs WPG L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 18:30
Mar 14, 2013 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:06
Mar 12, 2013 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:42
Mar 9, 2013 vs PIT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 17:55
Mar 7, 2013 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:09
Mar 6, 2013 vs OTT W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 16:51
Mar 4, 2013 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14:06
Feb 28, 2013 @ NYI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 17:38
Feb 27, 2013 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:11
Feb 25, 2013 @ PHI W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 13:15
Feb 23, 2013 @ OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 2 0 3 14:20
Feb 21, 2013 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:33
Feb 19, 2013 @ TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:04
Feb 18, 2013 @ FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:34
Feb 16, 2013 vs OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:42
Feb 14, 2013 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:52
Feb 11, 2013 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 16:08
Feb 9, 2013 @ MTL W 6-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 16:53
Feb 7, 2013 @ WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 18:50
Feb 5, 2013 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:37
Feb 4, 2013 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 4 20:31
Feb 2, 2013 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 20:07
Jan 31, 2013 vs WSH W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 19:18
Jan 29, 2013 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:07
Jan 26, 2013 @ NYR L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 4 16:43
Jan 24, 2013 vs NYI L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 14:18
Jan 23, 2013 @ PIT W 5-2 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 18:32
Jan 21, 2013 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 16:32
Jan 19, 2013 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:35