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Nikita Kucherov

#86

age31

posRW

shotl

h5'11"

w183lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$9,500,000$9.50M

Year 6 of 8

19/20

24/25

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 34

Profile

Draft Team

Round2

Pick58

Year2011

Agent Daniel Milstein

Birthdate Jun 17, 1993

Birthplace Maykop

Nationality Russia

UFA Year 2020

ELC Year 19

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $77,435,000

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P60 0.00

GF% 0.00

DFF% 0.00

REL DFF% 0.00

CF% 0.00

REL CF% 0.00

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2019-2027 Standard Contract

term8yrs

value$76,000,000$76.00M

cap hit$9,500,000$9.50M

Nikita Kucherov is currently signed to a 8-year contract with a cap hit of $9,500,000 per season. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, when Kucherov is 34 years old.

Signed On Jul 10 2018

Signing Agent Daniel Milstein

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 11.66%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	UFAage 34
AAV	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M	$9,500,000$9.50M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$11,000,000$11.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$8,500,000$8.50M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Total Salary	$12,000,000$12.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$12,000,000$12.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M
Minors Salary	$12,000,000$12.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$12,000,000$12.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M
Clauses		NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out							Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

Yrs 6-8: 10 Team Trade List

Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	1	3	1	4	0
2023-24	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	81	44	100	144	22	1,310	52.90	53.80	6.10	53.90	5.20	0.96	3.07	Playoffs	5	0	7	7	0
2022-23	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	30	83	113	36	1,227	54.60	53.70	2.40	53.50	3.00	0.78	2.49	Playoffs	6	1	5	6	0
2021-22	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	47	25	44	69	22	704	55.60	51.20	0.10	51.00	1.40	1.19	2.98	Playoffs	23	8	19	27	0
2020-21	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	23	8	24	32	0
2019-20	$9,500,000 $9.50M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	68	33	52	85	38	947	66.30	56.10	5.30	54.80	3.80	1.27	3.04	Playoffs	25	7	27	34	0
2018-19	$4,766,667 $4.77M	International	Russia (all)	13	7	10	17	10
2018-19	$4,766,667 $4.77M	EHT	Russia	3	1	0	1	6
2018-19	$4,766,667 $4.77M	WC	Russia	10	6	10	16	4
2018-19	$4,766,667 $4.77M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	41	87	128	62	1,232	59.42	51.24	-3.42	52.88	1.95	1.17	3.36	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	0
2017-18	$4,766,667 $4.77M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	80	39	61	100	42	1,220	57.94	53.21	0.39	54.23	2.37	1.33	2.90	Playoffs	17	7	10	17	0
2016-17	$4,766,667 $4.77M	International	Russia (all)	19	11	10	21	10
2016-17	$4,766,667 $4.77M	EHT	Russia	2	0	0	0	0
2016-17	$4,766,667 $4.77M	WC	Russia	10	7	8	15	8
2016-17	$4,766,667 $4.77M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	74	40	45	85	38	1,098	60.22	55.32	6.92	55.10	6.34	0.98	2.35
2016-17	$4,766,667 $4.77M	WCup	Russia	4	2	1	3	0
2015-16	$711,667 $712K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	77	30	36	66	30	1,068	58.75	55.86	4.79	54.61	2.61	0.90	1.80	Playoffs	17	11	8	19	0
2014-15	$711,667 $712K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	29	36	65	37	995	66.67	59.73	7.72	56.73	3.98	1.45	2.65	Playoffs	26	10	12	22	0
2013-14	$711,667 $712K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	52	9	9	18	14	594	57.58	56.70	7.22	53.89	2.59	0.61	1.41	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0
2013-14	$711,667 $712K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	17	13	11	24	10
2012-13	$742,500 $743K	WJC-20	Russia U20	7	5	3	8	4
2012-13	$742,500 $743K	QMJHL	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	27	26	27	53	12									Playoffs	14	9	15	24	0
2012-13	$742,500 $743K	QMJHL	Québec Remparts	6	3	7	10	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	Jr Super Series	Russian Selects U20	6	4	3	7	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Russia U20	7	2	5	7	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	MHL	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	23	24	19	43	40									Playoffs	7	3	1	4	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	KHL	CSKA Moskva	18	1	4	5	4
2010-11	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Russia U18	4	1	1	2	2
2010-11	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Russia U18	7	11	10	21	6
2010-11	$0 $0K	KHL	CSKA Moskva	9	0	2	2	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	WJAC-19	Russia U18 \|WJAC-19\|	4	2	5	7	2
2010-11	$0 $0K	MHL	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	41	27	31	58	81									Playoffs	10	5	8	13	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	Districts Cup U17	Team Moskva U17	2	0	0	0	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	Russia U17 Finals	CSKA Moskva U17	6	7	2	9	16
2009-10	$0 $0K	MHL	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	53	29	25	54	40									Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	MosJHL	Belye Medvedi Moskva	22	20	18	38	10
2007-08	$0 $0K	Districts Cup U15	Team Moskva U15	5	2	2	4	14
2007-08	$0 $0K	MosJHL	Belye Medvedi Moskva	3	1	0	1	2
2006-07	$0 $0K	Districts Cup U14	Team Moskva U14	5	1	1	2	0
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Contract History

2016-2019 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$14,300,001$14.30M

cap hit$4,766,667$4.77M

expiry 2019 RFA age 26

Signed On Oct 11 2016

Signing Agent Daniel Milstein

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 6.53%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$4,766,667$4.77M	$4,766,667$4.77M	$4,766,667$4.77M	RFAage 26
AAV	$4,766,667$4.77M	$4,766,667$4.77M	$4,766,667$4.77M
Base	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$5,550,000$5.55M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$5,550,000$5.55M
Minors Salary	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$5,550,000$5.55M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2012-2016 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,775,000$2.78M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2016 RFA age 23

Signed On Sep 11 2012

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.24%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$742,500$743K	$711,667$712K	$711,667$712K	$711,667$712K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K
Base	-	$600,000$600K	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-	$232,500$233K	$182,500$183K	$132,500$133K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-
Total Salary	-	$692,500$693K	$742,500$743K	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
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Nikita Kucherov Updates

Oct 12 2024

Kucherov notched a hat trick, including a power-play goal, and added a power-play assist in Friday's 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Oct 3 2024

Kucherov scored the Tampa Bay Lightning's only goal Wednesday in a 2-1 preseason OT loss to the Florida Panthers.

Apr 29 2024

Kucherov posted an assist and two hits in Monday's 6-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 5.

Apr 28 2024

Kucherov recorded three assists, one on the power play, in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers in Game 4.

Apr 18 2024

Kucherov scored an even-strength goal and added a power-play assist in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Maple leafs.

Apr 11 2024

Kucherov had two assists in a 3-2 shootout loss to Ottawa on Thursday.

Apr 9 2024

Kucherov notched three assists - one on the power play - in Tuesday's 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Apr 7 2024

Kucherov picked up three assists, two on the power play, in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Apr 4 2024

Kucherov put up a goal and two assists Thursday in a 7-4 won over the Montreal Canadiens.

Apr 4 2024

Kucherov collected three assists in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Mar 31 2024

Kucherov picked up two assists Saturday in a 4-1 victory over the New York Islanders.

Mar 27 2024

Kucherov scored an empty-net goal on two shots in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins.

Mar 23 2024

Kucherov notched an assist and three shots on goal in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

Mar 21 2024

Kucherov registered four assists, five shots on goal and a plus-3 rating in Thursday's 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks.

Mar 19 2024

Kucherov scored an empty-net goal on two shots and added three assists in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.

Jul 10 2018 | Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov

Standard | 8 yrs

$76,000,000

Cap Hit

$9,500,000

Daniel Milstein | Gold Star Sports Management Group

Oct 11 2016 | Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov

Standard | 3 yrs

$14,300,001

Cap Hit

$4,766,667

Daniel Milstein | Gold Star Sports Management Group

Sep 11 2012 | Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov

Entry Level | 3 yrs

$2,775,000

Cap Hit

$925,000

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