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Nail Yakupov

#64 · Right wing · Colorado Avalanche

Born Oct 6, 1993 in Nizhnekamsk, RUS · 5'11", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 2012 by EDM (round 1)

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

Joe Pavelski SJS · 31 P in 48 GP Jonathan Huberdeau FLA · 31 P in 48 GP Jordan Staal CAR · 31 P in 48 GP Patrick Marleau SJS · 31 P in 48 GP Tyler Ennis BUF · 31 P in 47 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.

01020302012-13: 31 points3112-132013-14: 24 points2413-142014-15: 33 points3314-152015-16: 23 points2315-162016-17: 9 points916-172017-18: 16 points1617-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 EDM 48 17 14 31 -4 24 81 41 0.65 $925K
2013-14 EDM 63 11 13 24 -33 36 122 64 0.38 $925K
2014-15 EDM 81 14 19 33 -35 18 191 97 0.41
2015-16 EDM 60 8 15 23 -16 24 127 54 0.38 $2.5M
2016-17 STL 40 3 6 9 -3 14 35 32 0.23 $2.5M
2017-18 COL 58 9 7 16 2 26 94 60 0.28 $875K
6 seasons Career 350 62 74 136 -89 142 650 348 0.39

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 17 14 31 -4 24 81 41 0.65 21.0 14:34

Contract

$925KCap hit2012-13
$30KCap dollars per point31 points in 48 games
$947KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$445KValueworth 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
2017-18 to 2017-18 $875K
2015-16 to 2016-17 $2.5M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $925K

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

Rating

+1.0Goals above replacement365th of 605 skaters, 251st of 397 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals 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+0.7 65th percentileEven-strength defence-1.8 8th percentilePower play+0.5 85th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 48th percentilePenalties-0.4 17th 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.

012342012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

42.5Corsi for %420 attempts for, 569 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.4Expected goals for %17.9 expected for, 26.5 against
-4.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.1Goals for %24 for, 23 against
103.3PDO11.0% shooting + 92.3% saves
106Attempts 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
Ales Hemsky · Sam Gagner · Nail Yakupov17121:4647.741.73-5
Sam Gagner · Magnus Paajarvi · Nail Yakupov22106:5941.150.55-5
Shawn Horcoff · Ryan Jones · Nail Yakupov759:5243.653.83-0
Ryan Smyth · Eric Belanger · Nail Yakupov727:1041.729.21-1

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.

16Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.0Expected goalsfrom 112 unblocked attempts
+8.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.69 expected goals per 60 minutes49th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt40th
Finishing +8.0 goals above expected98thOne 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.

051015Game 20Game 40Goals 16Expected 8.0

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 27, 2013 vs VAN W 7-2 3 0 3 2 0 6 0 18:47
Apr 26, 2013 @ MIN W 6-1 2 0 2 3 0 4 0 17:08
Apr 24, 2013 vs CHI L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:37
Apr 22, 2013 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:00
Apr 21, 2013 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:05
Apr 19, 2013 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:53
Apr 16, 2013 vs MIN L 3-5 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 18:17
Apr 13, 2013 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:37
Apr 10, 2013 vs PHX L 1-3 1 0 1 1 4 4 1 15:55
Apr 8, 2013 @ ANA L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:17
Apr 6, 2013 @ LAK L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 15:01
Apr 4, 2013 @ VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:14
Apr 3, 2013 @ CGY W 8-2 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 15:29
Apr 1, 2013 vs CGY W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:25
Mar 30, 2013 vs VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:48
Mar 28, 2013 vs CBJ W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 14:25
Mar 26, 2013 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:07
Mar 25, 2013 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:39
Mar 23, 2013 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:40
Mar 20, 2013 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 14:54
Mar 17, 2013 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:36
Mar 15, 2013 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:23
Mar 12, 2013 @ COL W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:36
Mar 10, 2013 @ CHI W 6-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 11:40
Mar 8, 2013 @ NSH L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:06
Mar 7, 2013 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:28
Mar 5, 2013 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 11:07
Mar 3, 2013 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:32
Mar 1, 2013 @ STL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:01
Feb 28, 2013 @ DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:21
Feb 25, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 09:05
Feb 23, 2013 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 11:46
Feb 21, 2013 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:56
Feb 19, 2013 vs LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:40
Feb 16, 2013 vs COL W 6-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 15:34
Feb 12, 2013 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 14:21
Feb 10, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:41
Feb 9, 2013 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:48
Feb 6, 2013 vs DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 16:44
Feb 4, 2013 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 4 0 1 15:08
Feb 2, 2013 @ COL L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 13:38
Jan 31, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:34
Jan 30, 2013 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 14:48
Jan 28, 2013 vs COL W 4-1 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 13:22
Jan 26, 2013 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:07
Jan 24, 2013 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 12:54
Jan 22, 2013 vs SJS L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 16:24
Jan 20, 2013 @ VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:20