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Nikolay Goldobin

#77 · Right wing · Vancouver Canucks

Born Oct 7, 1995 in Moscow, RUS · 5'11", 196 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 27th overall in 2014 by SJS (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.

Andrew Agozzino COL · 2 P in 9 GP Michael Chaput CBJ · 2 P in 8 GP Blake Pietila NJD · 2 P in 7 GP Chris Kelly BOS · 2 P in 11 GP Dustin Jeffrey ARI · 2 P in 7 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.

010202015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 3 points316-172017-18: 14 points1417-182018-19: 27 points2718-192019-20: 0 points019-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 SJS 9 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 0.22
2016-17 SJS 2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0.00 $863K
2016-17 VAN 12 3 0 3 1 0 10 0 0.25
2017-18 VAN 38 8 6 14 -14 6 50 12 0.37 $863K
2018-19 VAN 63 7 20 27 -10 18 105 15 0.43 $863K
2019-20 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 $900K
5 seasons Career 125 19 27 46 -23 24 176 29 0.37

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
9 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 0.22 14.3 11:11

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2019-20 $900K
2016-17 to 2018-19 $863K

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

+0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.5

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.

-1.5-1-0.500.512015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20Goals 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

42.2Corsi for %73 attempts for, 100 against
-7.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Expected goals for %3.4 expected for, 3.5 against
-0.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %3 for, 2 against
104.6PDO8.3% shooting + 96.3% saves
16Attempts 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
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Nikolay Goldobin527:5254.556.32-1
Tommy Wingels · Chris Tierney · Nikolay Goldobin420:2139.154.40-1
Patrick Marleau · Joel Ward · Nikolay Goldobin218:3122.220.90-0
Tommy Wingels · Tomas Hertl · Nikolay Goldobin313:2732.129.80-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt28th
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected58thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.9

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
Nov 22, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:52
Nov 21, 2015 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:02
Nov 14, 2015 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:32
Nov 13, 2015 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:14
Nov 7, 2015 vs ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:37
Nov 5, 2015 vs FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:24
Oct 19, 2015 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:49
Oct 17, 2015 @ NYI L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:18
Oct 16, 2015 @ NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:52