Carolina Hurricanes · #21 · Defense

Alexander Nikishin

Age25Ht6'3"Wt218 lbShootsLeftBornOrel, RUS

2025-26 regular season

81GP

11G

22A

33P

18:11TOI

Playoffs: 17 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 1 P

Next game

Thu Oct 29, 11:00 PM · Lenovo Center

Columbus Blue JacketsHome game · 1 day off

CBJ defense (2025-26)16th in goals allowed3.09 goals a game, 28.8 shots against

His games vs CBJ1 G, 1 A in 4 GP0.8 shots a game

Linemates

From beat-writer lineups

No lineup with him in it in the last three weeks. His pair shows here once a beat writer posts one.

Season profile

2025-26 regular season. Rates ranked against 239 defensemen with 20+ games.

GP81

G11

A22

P33

+/-+18

SOG122

S%9.0%

PPP10

Blk94

PIM33

TOI/GP18:11

G/GP86th

0.14

A/GP65th

0.27

P/GP74th

0.41

SOG/GP77th

1.51

HIT/GP85th

1.63

BLK/GP38th

1.16

TOI45th

18:11

PPP/GP84th

0.12

P/6080th

1.34

G/6090th

0.45

SOG/6082nd

5.0

HDC/6074th

0.41

ixG/6081st

0.35

Key rates

Regular season, per 60 minutes where it says so.

Points / 601.34

Shots / 605.0

Attempts / 6013.1

HD chances / 600.41

ixG8.6+2.4 goals vs expected

PP shot share6%44 of 709 attempts

Primary points70%23 of 33

Where his attempts come from

High danger10 att, 0 G5%

Medium danger14 att, 3 G7%

Low danger171 att, 8 G88%

Production by strength

Even22 P, 273 att67%

Power play10 P, 44 att30%

Shorthanded1 P, 5 att3%

Ice time

Season average18:11

Last 10 games19:45+1:34

Last 5 games22:34+4:23

Shifts a game22.5

Ice time by strength is not in the game logs yet, so this is his total minutes.

Prop hit rates

How often he went over, regular season. A line of 1.5 needs 2 blocked shots.

Line

Last 560%3 of 5, avg 1.8

Last 1040%4 of 10, avg 1.3

Last 2040%8 of 20, avg 1.3

Season35%28 of 81, avg 1.2

Home29%12 of 41, avg 1.0

Away40%16 of 40, avg 1.3

vs CBJ25%1 of 4, avg 1.0

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Over 1.5--

Under 1.5--

Blocks prices from the books land here once NHL odds are live.

Game by game

Splits

Regular season. Last column follows the prop picked above.

Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	SOG/GP	HIT/GP	BLK/GP	TOI	Blocks o1.5
All games	81	11	22	33	0.41	1.51	1.63	1.16	18:11	35%28/81
Venue
Home	41	6	12	18	0.44	1.83	1.66	1.05	18:18	29%12/41
Away	40	5	10	15	0.38	1.18	1.60	1.27	18:04	40%16/40
Rest
Back-to-back	15	2	3	5	0.33	1.27	1.13	1.40	18:27	53%8/15
1 day off	48	7	12	19	0.40	1.38	1.75	1.02	17:57	25%12/48
2+ days off	18	2	7	9	0.50	2.06	1.72	1.33	18:37	44%8/18
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	24	1	6	7	0.29	1.29	1.88	1.29	18:09	29%7/24
vs middle 12	33	6	8	14	0.42	1.39	1.70	1.24	18:38	42%14/33
vs bottom 10 D	24	4	8	12	0.50	1.88	1.29	0.92	17:37	29%7/24
Result
In wins	52	8	19	27	0.52	1.62	1.60	1.00	17:49	29%15/52
In losses	29	3	3	6	0.21	1.31	1.69	1.45	18:51	45%13/29

Shot map

2025-26

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Game log

81 games. The blocks column is marked against over 1.5.

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	PPP	+/-	PIM	TOI	SHF
TueApr 14B2B	@NYI	W 2-1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	+1	0	23:40	28
MonApr 13	@PHI	L 2-3 SO	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	23:38	28
SatApr 11	@UTA	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	+1	0	21:28	32
ThuApr 9	@CHI	W 7-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+3	2	23:22	28
TueApr 7	BOS	W 6-5 OT	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	+2	0	20:43	26
SunApr 5B2B	@OTT	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	17:31	21
SatApr 4	NYI	W 4-3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	16:43	18
ThuApr 2	CBJ	W 5-1	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	16:18	21
TueMar 31	@CBJ	W 5-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-1	0	15:56	22
SunMar 29B2B	MTL	L 1-3	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	-1	0	18:12	17
SatMar 28	NJD	W 5-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	+1	0	16:13	19
TueMar 24	@MTL	L 2-5	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	20:49	22
SunMar 22	@PIT	W 5-1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	16:15	21
FriMar 20	@TOR	W 4-3 OT	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	14:23	22
WedMar 18B2B	PIT	W 6-5 OT	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	-1	0	16:20	19
TueMar 17	@CBJ	L 1-5	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	19:18	25
SatMar 14	@TBL	W 4-2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	14:03	19
ThuMar 12	STL	L 1-3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16:59	21
TueMar 10	PIT	W 5-4 SO	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	+2	2	19:49	24
SatMar 7B2B	@CGY	L 4-5	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	16:45	20
FriMar 6	@EDM	W 6-3	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	+1	0	16:11	20
WedMar 4	@VAN	W 6-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:46	17
MonMar 2	@SEA	L 1-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	-2	0	13:38	16
SatFeb 28	DET	W 5-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+3	0	16:17	19
ThuFeb 26	TBL	W 5-4	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	16:13	19
ThuFeb 5	@NYR	W 2-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14:16	17
TueFeb 3	OTT	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	15:45	19
SunFeb 1B2B	LAK	W 3-2 OT	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	13:31	18
SatJan 31	@WSH	L 3-4 OT	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	-1	0	13:14	16
ThuJan 29	UTA	W 5-4	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	-2	0	16:27	18
SatJan 24	@OTT	W 4-1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	+1	2	16:30	21
ThuJan 22	CHI	L 3-4 SO	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	5	15:47	16
MonJan 19	BUF	W 2-1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	17:48	22
SatJan 17B2B	@NJD	W 4-1	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	21:13	25
FriJan 16	FLA	W 9-1	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	+2	2	16:50	22
TueJan 13B2B	@STL	L 0-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	18:01	23
MonJan 12	@DET	L 3-4 OT	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	+1	0	15:56	20
SatJan 10	SEA	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	-1	0	16:07	22
ThuJan 8	ANA	W 5-2	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	+1	0	16:04	21
TueJan 6	DAL	W 6-3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	15:24	19
SunJan 4B2B	@NJD	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14:23	17
SatJan 3	COL	L 3-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	15:30	23
ThuJan 1	MTL	L 5-7	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	-1	0	21:08	26
TueDec 30B2B	@PIT	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	-2	0	22:39	23
MonDec 29	NYR	W 3-2 OT	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	2	24:17	28
SatDec 27	DET	W 5-2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	+1	0	24:59	29
TueDec 23	FLA	L 2-5	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	16:13	23
SatDec 20B2B	@TBL	L 4-6	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	+1	0	19:45	22
FriDec 19	@FLA	L 3-4 SO	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	17:40	23
WedDec 17	@NSH	W 4-1	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	+1	0	16:23	21
SunDec 14B2B	PHI	W 3-2 SO	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	20:01	28
SatDec 13	@PHI	W 4-3 SO	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	13:26	18
ThuDec 11	@WSH	W 3-2 SO	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	+1	0	16:37	19
TueDec 9	CBJ	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	16:07	20
SunDec 7B2B	SJS	L 1-4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	-1	0	16:59	20
SatDec 6	NSH	W 6-3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	-2	0	19:07	26
ThuDec 4	TOR	L 1-5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-2	0	25:21	26
SunNov 30	CGY	W 1-0 OT	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	17:59	24
FriNov 28	WPG	W 5-1	1	0	1	5	1	2	0	+1	0	16:38	19
WedNov 26	NYR	L 2-4	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	16:31	24
SunNov 23	@BUF	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	13:59	18
WedNov 19	@MIN	L 3-4 SO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	16:00	20
MonNov 17	@BOS	W 3-1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	2	19:35	25
SatNov 15B2B	EDM	L 3-4 OT	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	+1	0	18:36	22
FriNov 14	VAN	W 4-3 OT	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	16:09	23
TueNov 11	WSH	L 1-4	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	20:43	25
SunNov 9B2B	@TOR	W 5-4	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	+1	0	19:08	25
SatNov 8	BUF	W 6-3	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	+2	0	21:39	28
ThuNov 6	MIN	W 4-3	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	+1	0	24:42	26
TueNov 4	@NYR	W 3-0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	23:42	28
SatNov 1	@BOS	L 1-2	1	0	1	4	6	0	0	-1	0	24:41	28
ThuOct 30	NYI	W 6-2	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	+3	2	20:28	29
TueOct 28	VGK	L 3-6	0	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	0	27:33	33
SatOct 25	@DAL	L 2-3	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	22:29	29
ThuOct 23	@COL	W 5-4 SO	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	+3	2	14:42	23
MonOct 20	@VGK	L 1-4	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	-1	2	21:08	26
SatOct 18	@LAK	W 4-3 OT	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	20:23	25
ThuOct 16	@ANA	W 4-1	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	+1	0	16:37	21
TueOct 14	@SJS	W 5-1	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	+2	2	17:14	23
SatOct 11	PHI	W 4-3 OT	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	16:48	23
ThuOct 9	NJD	W 6-3	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	+3	0	15:34	19
81 GPTotals, averages for TOI and shifts			11	22	33	122	132	94	10	+18	33	18:11	22.5