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Evgeny Kuznetsov

#92 · Centre · Carolina Hurricanes

Born May 19, 1992 in Chelyabinsk, RUS · 6'2", 207 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 26th overall in 2010 by WSH (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Calle Jarnkrok NSH · 9 P in 12 GP Pierre-Marc Bouchard NYI · 9 P in 28 GP Trevor Smith TOR · 9 P in 28 GP Jayson Megna PIT · 9 P in 36 GP Radek Dvorak CAR · 9 P in 60 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.

0204060802013-14: 9 points913-142014-15: 37 points3714-152015-16: 77 points7715-162016-17: 59 points5916-172017-18: 83 points8317-182018-19: 72 points7218-192019-20: 52 points5219-202020-21: 29 points2920-212021-22: 78 points7821-222022-23: 55 points5522-232023-24: 24 points2423-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 WSH 17 3 6 9 -2 6 22 7 0.53
2014-15 WSH 80 11 26 37 10 24 127 43 0.46 $900K
2015-16 WSH 82 20 57 77 27 32 193 73 0.94 $3M
2016-17 WSH 82 19 40 59 18 46 170 57 0.72 $3M
2017-18 WSH 79 27 56 83 3 48 187 50 1.05 $7.8M
2018-19 WSH 76 21 51 72 7 50 193 46 0.95 $7.8M
2019-20 WSH 63 19 33 52 -2 40 129 35 0.83 $7.8M
2020-21 WSH 41 9 20 29 7 18 78 21 0.71 $7.8M
2021-22 WSH 79 24 54 78 7 44 208 42 0.99 $7.8M
2022-23 WSH 81 12 43 55 -26 56 172 43 0.68 $7.8M
2023-24 WSH 43 6 11 17 -11 24 69 10 0.40 $7.8M
2023-24 CAR 20 2 5 7 0 6 27 18 0.35
11 seasons Career 743 173 402 575 38 394 1575 445 0.77

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 WSH 14 5 2 7 4 8 42 13 0.50
2015-16 WSH 12 1 1 2 -4 8 39 19 0.17
2016-17 WSH 13 5 5 10 -1 8 43 23 0.77
2017-18 WSH 24 12 20 32 12 16 89 22 1.33
2018-19 WSH 7 1 5 6 -1 2 18 2 0.86
2019-20 WSH 5 2 2 4 -3 0 15 3 0.80
2020-21 WSH 3 0 0 0 -1 0 8 2 0.00
2021-22 WSH 6 2 3 5 -3 2 16 2 0.83
2023-24 CAR 10 4 2 6 1 4 20 8 0.60
9 seasons Playoffs 94 32 40 72 4 48 290 94 0.77

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 3 6 9 -2 6 22 7 0.53 13.6 13:28

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2024-25 $7.8M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $7.8M
2018-19 to 2024-25 $7.8M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $7.8M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $3M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $900K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence-0.5Power play-0.2Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-10-5051015202013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-24Goals 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

42.3Corsi for %141 attempts for, 192 against
-3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.0Expected goals for %5.7 expected for, 8.2 against
-6.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.2Goals for %7 for, 10 against
101.7PDO10.4% shooting + 91.2% saves
29Attempts 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
Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom · Evgeny Kuznetsov957:1544.948.62-4
Jay Beagle · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson535:0045.355.22-0
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov412:3353.353.31-1
Troy Brouwer · Jay Beagle · Evgeny Kuznetsov59:2627.316.40-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.1Expected goalsfrom 29 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes26th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt44th
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected66thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Goals 3Expected 2.1

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 13, 2014 vs TBL L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:12
Apr 11, 2014 vs CHI W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 13:35
Apr 10, 2014 @ CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:15
Apr 8, 2014 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 12:43
Apr 5, 2014 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:46
Apr 4, 2014 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:01
Apr 1, 2014 vs DAL L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:24
Mar 30, 2014 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:53
Mar 29, 2014 vs BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:45
Mar 25, 2014 vs LAK L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 17:58
Mar 22, 2014 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:26
Mar 20, 2014 @ LAK L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:32
Mar 18, 2014 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:33
Mar 16, 2014 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:48
Mar 14, 2014 vs VAN W 4-3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 09:58
Mar 11, 2014 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:52
Mar 10, 2014 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:22