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Sergei Plotnikov

#61 · Left wing · Arizona Coyotes

Born Jun 3, 1990 in Komsomolsk, RUS · 6'2", 202 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kevin Porter PIT · 3 P in 41 GP Zac Rinaldo BOS · 3 P in 52 GP Jared Boll CBJ · 3 P in 30 GP Matt Halischuk WPG · 3 P in 30 GP Anton Lander EDM · 3 P in 61 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.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 PIT 32 0 2 2 -3 20 32 65 0.06 $925K
2015-16 ARI 13 0 1 1 0 4 9 42 0.08
1 season Career 45 0 3 3 -3 24 41 107 0.07

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
45 0 3 3 -3 24 41 107 0.07 0.0 9:53

Contract

$925KCap hit2015-16
$308KCap dollars per point3 points in 45 games
$64KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$861KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $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

-0.8Goals above replacement555th of 675 skaters, 375th of 445 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.0Goals 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-2.4 15th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 66th percentilePower play-0.1 50th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 64th percentilePenalties-0.3 25th 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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

52.4Corsi for %390 attempts for, 354 against
+2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Expected goals for %14.4 expected for, 14.8 against
-1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.2Goals for %7 for, 10 against
98.4PDO3.4% shooting + 94.9% saves
76Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Sergei PlotnikovPIT1586:4056.561.02-1
Boyd Gordon · Jordan Martinook · Sergei PlotnikovARI1081:4750.444.91-1
Eric Fehr · Kevin Porter · Sergei PlotnikovPIT535:4346.336.60-3
Matt Cullen · Daniel Sprong · Sergei PlotnikovPIT726:2061.252.31-1

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.7Expected goalsfrom 62 unblocked attempts
-3.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes17th
Shot quality 6.0% chance per attempt12th
Finishing -3.7 goals above expected17thOne 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.

0123Game 20Game 40Expected 3.7Goals 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. 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
Mar 28, 2016 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:11
Mar 26, 2016 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:59
Mar 24, 2016 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:55
Mar 22, 2016 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12:20
Mar 19, 2016 vs TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:11
Mar 17, 2016 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:31
Mar 12, 2016 @ EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:59
Mar 11, 2016 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 13:05
Mar 9, 2016 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:48
Mar 7, 2016 @ COL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 09:02
Mar 5, 2016 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:02
Mar 3, 2016 vs ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 07:33
Feb 29, 2016 @ PIT L 0-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 12:10
Jan 6, 2016 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:12
Jan 5, 2016 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:34
Jan 2, 2016 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 12:17
Dec 31, 2015 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:23
Dec 27, 2015 @ WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:08
Dec 21, 2015 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:13
Dec 19, 2015 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:29
Dec 18, 2015 vs BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 10:26
Dec 16, 2015 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:01
Dec 14, 2015 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 10:55
Dec 11, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:37
Dec 9, 2015 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:14
Dec 6, 2015 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 10:32
Dec 5, 2015 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:08
Dec 1, 2015 @ SJS W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 12:59
Nov 28, 2015 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:43
Nov 27, 2015 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 08:21
Nov 25, 2015 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 14:12
Nov 21, 2015 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:05
Nov 19, 2015 vs COL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:36
Nov 17, 2015 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 09:03
Nov 7, 2015 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:46
Nov 6, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 07:59
Nov 4, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:18
Oct 31, 2015 @ TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 09:40
Oct 24, 2015 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 08:54
Oct 22, 2015 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10:37
Oct 20, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:11
Oct 17, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 08:41
Oct 13, 2015 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 09:27
Oct 10, 2015 @ ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:23
Oct 8, 2015 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:42