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Alexander Nikishin

#21

Carolina Hurricanes

D · 6'3", 218 lb · 25 years old · Shoots left · Orel, RUS

Drafted 2020 · CAR · round 3 · #69 overall

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Last 2 games

Date	Opp	G	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	SEA	0	0	0	–	0	0	17:02
Nov 7	CHI	1	1	2	–	1	+3	20:21

Against their position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 240 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one. He has played too few games to be a reliable comparison.

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Role

Hits / 603.20113th

Blocks / 606.4118th

Takeaways / 600.00221st

Giveaways / 601.605th

Penalty minutes01st

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average defenseman

2025-26 baseline

Goals

D 0.08

Assists

D 0.27

SOG

Shots on goal

D 1.3

Expected goals

D 0.08

Attempts for

D 15.3

Attempts against

D 15.3

TOI

Ice time

D 19:18

Speed

Top, mph

20.1

D 21.2

Hits

D 1.0

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

D -0.6

BLK

Shot blocks

D 1.4

bxG

Block xG margin

D +.02

Poss±

Take minus give

D -0.7

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

D -0.1

FO%

Faceoffs won

D 16.7%

Shot

Hardest, mph

89.0

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Goal11Shot on goal121Missed88Shot blocked153

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Carolina Hurricanes	2	1	1	2	+3	1	100.0	18:42
2025-26	Carolina Hurricanes	81	11	22	33	+18	122	9.0	18:11
Career		83	12	23	35	+21	123	9.8	18:12

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2024-25	KHL	SKA St. Petersburg	61	17	29	46
2023-24	KHL	SKA St. Petersburg	67	17	39	56
2022-23	KHL	SKA St. Petersburg	65	11	44	55
2021-22	KHL	Spartak Moskva	46	8	4	12
2021-22	EHT	Russia	7	0	1	1
2021-22	OG	Russia	6	0	0	0
2020-21	MHL	MHK Spartak Moskva	1	0	0	0
2020-21	KHL	Spartak Moskva	20	1	4	5
2020-21	VHL	Khimik Voskresensk	3	0	3	3
2019-20	KHL	Spartak Moskva	29	0	3	3
2019-20	MHL	MHK Spartak Moskva	6	0	3	3
2019-20	VHL	Khimik Voskresensk	2	0	0	0
2018-19	MHL	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	62	8	17	25
2017-18	Russia U17	CSKA Moskva U17	2	0	3	3
2016-17	Russia U16	CSKA Moskva U16	31	3	12	15