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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrej Nestrasil CAR · 23 P in 55 GP Mike Fisher NSH · 23 P in 70 GP Colton Sceviour DAL · 23 P in 71 GP Jason Zucker MIN · 23 P in 71 GP Marcus Foligno BUF · 23 P in 75 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 8 15 23 -16 24 127 54 0.38 6.3 14:13

Contract

$2.5MCap hit2015-16
$109KCap dollars per point23 points in 60 games
$1.492MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.7 goals above replacement
$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$878KValueworth 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 668 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+1.7Goals above replacement387th of 675 skaters, 266th of 445 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-0.3 48th percentileEven-strength defence0.0 48th percentilePower play-0.7 11th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 52nd percentilePenalties+0.3 52nd 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

49.3Corsi for %657 attempts for, 677 against
+0.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Expected goals for %27.3 expected for, 27.6 against
+0.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.4Goals for %24 for, 34 against
97.3PDO6.9% shooting + 90.4% saves
181Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Benoit Pouliot · Nail Yakupov · Connor McDavid15127:3151.352.39-7
Mark Letestu · Zack Kassian · Nail Yakupov1590:1443.044.61-5
Lauri Korpikoski · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Nail Yakupov945:4641.340.41-1
Taylor Hall · Nail Yakupov · Leon Draisaitl1444:4950.052.42-4

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.8Expected goalsfrom 159 unblocked attempts
-3.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.83 expected goals per 60 minutes75th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt49th
Finishing -3.8 goals above expected16thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 11.8Goals 8

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, 2016 @ VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 16:09
Apr 6, 2016 vs VAN W 6-2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 09:54
Apr 2, 2016 vs CGY L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 12:22
Mar 28, 2016 vs ANA L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 15:03
Mar 26, 2016 @ LAK L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 15:44
Mar 24, 2016 @ SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:12
Mar 22, 2016 @ ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:15
Mar 20, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:35
Mar 18, 2016 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:14
Mar 16, 2016 vs STL W 6-4 0 2 2 -1 0 0 1 13:49
Mar 14, 2016 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:05
Mar 12, 2016 vs ARI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 10:59
Mar 10, 2016 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:02
Mar 8, 2016 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:55
Mar 6, 2016 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 14:46
Mar 4, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 15:53
Mar 3, 2016 @ PHI W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 5 4 12:06
Mar 1, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:50
Feb 28, 2016 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 10:27
Feb 26, 2016 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:00
Feb 25, 2016 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:03
Feb 23, 2016 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 15:30
Feb 20, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:41
Feb 18, 2016 vs MIN L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 12:02
Feb 16, 2016 vs ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 10:13
Feb 13, 2016 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:02
Feb 11, 2016 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:31
Feb 9, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:17
Feb 7, 2016 @ NYI L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:12
Feb 6, 2016 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:18
Feb 4, 2016 @ OTT W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:46
Feb 2, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:13
Jan 23, 2016 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:24
Jan 21, 2016 @ DAL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:25
Jan 19, 2016 @ TBL L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:45
Jan 18, 2016 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:56
Jan 16, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:25
Jan 14, 2016 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 11:30
Nov 25, 2015 @ CAR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 04:59
Nov 23, 2015 @ WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 14:57
Nov 20, 2015 vs NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 16:04
Nov 18, 2015 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:04
Nov 14, 2015 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:41
Nov 12, 2015 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:25
Nov 11, 2015 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:12
Nov 8, 2015 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:13
Nov 6, 2015 vs PIT L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:27
Nov 3, 2015 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 16:03
Oct 31, 2015 vs CGY L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:18
Oct 29, 2015 vs MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 17:31
Oct 27, 2015 @ MIN L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 21:22
Oct 25, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:42
Oct 23, 2015 vs WSH L 4-7 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 18:29
Oct 21, 2015 vs DET W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 12:45
Oct 18, 2015 @ VAN W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 16:02
Oct 17, 2015 @ CGY W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 15:20
Oct 15, 2015 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:46
Oct 13, 2015 @ DAL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 2 3 1 16:31
Oct 10, 2015 @ NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:48
Oct 8, 2015 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:06