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Columbus Blue Jackets

Dean Kukan

22.5

#46Defenseman

2021-22 regular season
41
GP
3
G
8
A
11
P
41
SOG
7.3% SH
16:18
TOI/GP

D · CBJ · NHL id 8478567

Dean Kukan has played 41 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2021-22, scoring 3 goals and 8 assists (11 points) on 41 shots while averaging 16:18 a night (15:07 at even strength, 0:23 on the power play and 0:41 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blue Jackets have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Kukan on the ice (33-32 in goals, 43% offensive-zone starts). In the Blue Jackets' most recent game against PIT he was on D2 with Jake Bean and on PP2; added to PP2 in the last game. He is shooting 7.3% this season against 3.7% across the 155 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 29 game vs PIT, detected from shift data

Pair
D2
Jake Bean
Power play
PP2
Emil BemstromEgor ChinakhovKent JohnsonCole Sillinger
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Added to PP2 in the last gameLast 5: D1 · D2 · D2 · D2/PP2 · D2/PP2

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 11 games, 16:40 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine3332▲21▲1222▲20m8m17m25mMar 19Mar 25Mar 29Apr 2Apr 5Apr 9Apr 16Apr 19Apr 24Apr 28
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
11 games shown, 16:40 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed84th8522.5 mph
Bursts 20+ mph67th6832
Hardest shot32nd3389.5 mph
Offensive-zone time15th1539.4%
Distance skated42nd4396.2 mi
High-danger SOG55th564
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2021-22 · 76 attempts, 41 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at CBJ: 76 attempts, 41 on goal, 3 goals, 1.89 expected goals; best chance Dean Kukan at 0.15 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123+1.1goals above expected0.8σOct 14Apr 29
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 40 of 41 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.019
Season net
−0.19xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.20
Attempts
2
0.000

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.53G
Per 60
−0.048
Drawn / taken
5 / 8minors

MethodLeaders
42.4%
40.5%
41.9%
Transition CF/60
3.7
Turnovers won/60
13.1
Turnovers lost/60
15.2

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
41 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot7%23%0
Center Point20%9%1
L Point15%6%0
R Circle5%11%1
Outside R0%4%0
High Slot5%9%0
R Net Side0%4%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kukan

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

41 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 29@ PITL 3-5000-20213—16:3215:201:100:02
Apr 28vs TBLW 5-2011+21002—17:4013:001:471:58
Apr 26@ TBLL 1-4000-20040—16:4416:27—0:17
Apr 24vs EDMW 5-2000+11043—15:4815:370:020:09
Apr 2@ BOSL 2-5000-22040—21:4820:07—1:14
Mar 31@ NYIL 2-5000-10030—20:5119:39—0:46
Mar 29vs NYIL 3-400001000—17:0315:05—1:48
Mar 26@ MINOTL 2-301100021—21:3119:590:420:38
Mar 25@ WPGOTL 3-400002000—13:2013:20——
Mar 22@ PITL 1-5000-10010—12:5512:10—0:45
Mar 19vs STLW 5-4000+20000—11:2211:22——
Mar 17vs WSHL 2-7000-11020—12:0611:24—0:42
Mar 16@ OTTW 4-1000+10010—12:3412:34——
Mar 13vs VGKW 6-4022+10020—12:2911:38—0:51
Mar 11vs MINW 3-200003001—12:5112:160:35—
Mar 10@ NYIL 0-6000-22201—15:1214:120:020:58
Mar 7vs TORL 4-5000-12003—18:4918:49——
Mar 5vs BOSOTL 4-5000+20221—21:4720:550:37—
Mar 4vs LAKOTL 3-4000-22010—19:2618:31—0:55
Mar 1vs NJDW 4-3000+21011—19:0815:081:331:40

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations41667:5816:1856765146.6%45.9%324394343947%27.039.340%
Even strength41619:3315:0753960547.1%46.5%305368333449%25.135.342%
5v541607:3614:4953359147.4%46.8%301359333251%24.934.543%
Power play1515:401:0316288.9%92.3%9100—1.00.0100%
Penalty kill2527:531:0783717.8%18.4%722040%0.53.30%
4v41110:320:5751131.3%33.3%4600—0.20.525%
5v41515:401:0316288.9%92.3%9100—1.00.0100%
4v52527:281:0683717.8%18.4%722040%0.53.30%
5v6, opponent net empty62:360:262528.6%20.0%131150%0.30.6—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22CBJ413811-216417.3%433916:18
2020-21CBJ35145-310293.4%363814:11
2019-20CBJ33145-912512.0%242815:58
2018-19PlayoffsCBJ10101-22137.7%9615:10
2018-19CBJ25055+66160.0%162113:28
2017-18CBJ11044+22120.0%21012:22

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.