Nikita Kucherov

#86 · Right wing · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jun 17, 1993 in Maykop, RUS (age 33) · 5'11", 172 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 58th overall in 2011 by TBL (round 2)

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2020-21, 2019-20

×3 Art Ross Trophy Top Point Scorer 2024-25, 2023-24, 2018-19

×2 Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 2025-26, 2018-19

×2 Ted Lindsay Award Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the NHLPA 2024-25, 2018-19

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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.

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	TBL	52	9	9	18	3	14	102	15	0.35	$712K
2014-15	TBL	82	29	36	65	38	37	191	65	0.79	$712K
2015-16	TBL	77	30	36	66	9	30	209	61	0.86	$712K
2016-17	TBL	74	40	45	85	13	38	246	30	1.15	$4.767M
2017-18	TBL	80	39	61	100	15	42	279	31	1.25	$4.767M
2018-19	TBL	82	41	87	128	24	62	246	44	1.56	$4.767M
2019-20	TBL	68	33	52	85	26	38	210	37	1.25	$9.5M
2021-22	TBL	47	25	44	69	1	22	156	32	1.47	$9.5M
2022-23	TBL	82	30	83	113	-2	36	271	61	1.38	$9.5M
2023-24	TBL	81	44	100	144	8	22	306	45	1.78	$9.5M
2024-25	TBL	78	37	84	121	22	45	265	23	1.55	$9.5M
2025-26	TBL	77	44	86	130	43	50	231	36	1.69	$9.5M
2026-27	TBL	5	1	7	8	4	0	7	0	1.60	$9.5M
13 seasons	Career	885	402	730	1132	204	436	2719	480	1.28

Playoffs

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	P/GP
2013-14	TBL	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0.50
2014-15	TBL	26	10	12	22	7	14	57	39	0.85
2015-16	TBL	17	11	8	19	13	8	51	22	1.12
2017-18	TBL	17	7	10	17	-6	10	61	14	1.00
2018-19	TBL	3	0	2	2	-4	19	9	3	0.67
2019-20	TBL	22	6	26	32	17	18	82	37	1.45
2020-21	TBL	23	8	24	32	6	14	62	18	1.39
2021-22	TBL	23	8	19	27	7	14	77	24	1.17
2022-23	TBL	6	1	5	6	0	11	21	11	1.00
2023-24	TBL	5	0	7	7	-1	2	9	13	1.40
2024-25	TBL	5	0	4	4	0	2	7	5	0.80
2025-26	TBL	7	1	5	6	2	10	31	5	0.86
12 seasons	Playoffs	156	53	122	175	41	122	470	192	1.12

2020-21 season totals

This player has no games in this season.

Contract

$9.5MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA

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.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 10, 2018, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $76M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2026-27, with 6 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season	Cap hit	Base salary	Signing bonus	Paid in all	Clause
2019-20	$9.5M	$1M	$11M	$12M
2020-21	$9.5M	$4M	$5M	$9M	NMC
2021-22	$9.5M	$3.5M	$8.5M	$12M	NMC
2022-23	$9.5M	$4M	$5M	$9M	NMC
2023-24	$9.5M	$5M	$5M	$10M	NMC
2024-25	$9.5M	$5M	$4M	$9M	M-NTC
2025-26	$9.5M	$5M	$3M	$8M	M-NTC
2026-27	$9.5M	$4M	$3M	$7M	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 10, 2018	Tampa Bay Lightning	Extension	2019-20 to 2026-27	8	$76M	$9.5M
Oct 11, 2016	Tampa Bay Lightning	New contract	2016-17 to 2018-19	3	$14.3M	$4.767M
Sep 11, 2012	Tampa Bay Lightning	Entry-level	2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2012-13, slid	3	$2.775M	$712K

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 2020-21 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.