Evgeny Kuznetsov

23.4

#92Center

2023-24 regular season

SOG

8.3% SH

17:33

TOI/GP

C · CAR · NHL id 8475744

Evgeny Kuznetsov has played 63 games for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2023-24, scoring 8 goals and 16 assists (24 points) on 96 shots while averaging 17:33 a night (13:28 at even strength, 2:19 on the power play and 1:17 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Hurricanes have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Kuznetsov on the ice (22-36 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Hurricanes' most recent game against NYR he was on L4 with Stefan Noesen and Jesperi Kotkaniemi and off the power play; lost his PP1 spot in the last game. He is shooting 8.3% this season against 11.4% across the 532 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 16 game vs NYR, detected from shift data

Line

Stefan Noesen Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Lost his PP1 spot in the last gameLast 5: L4/PP1 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP1 · L4

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

12 games shown, 11:54 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed95th9623.4 mph

Bursts 20+ mph71st7297

Hardest shot49th4986.7 mph

Offensive-zone time24th2540.1%

Distance skated71st71190.1 mi

High-danger SOG41st4121

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

2023-24 · 230 attempts, 116 on goal, 12 goals

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

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 63 of 63 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.007
Season net: −0.09xG

Offensive TK/600.66 (9)

Offensive GV/600.88 (12)

Neutral TK/600.22 (3)

Neutral GV/600.22 (3)

Defensive TK/600.73 (10)

Defensive GV/600.95 (13)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.056
Season: −0.42G
: 45.0%747 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 127-158 · NZ 109-134 · DZ 100-119

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.03
Attempts: 14
: 0.016

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

Method Leaders

Season: −1.26G
Per 60: −0.068
Drawn / taken: 8.5 / 15minors

Method Leaders

: 42.0%
: 41.2%
: 41.9%
Transition CF/60: 3.8
Turnovers won/60: 17.4
Turnovers lost/60: 19.7

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

96 shots on goal, 8 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Circle	29%	12%	0
R Net Side	10%	4%	0
Center Point	1%	8%	0
Low Slot	16%	22%	2
High Slot	1%	7%	0
Outside L	1%	5%	0
L Circle	9%	13%	3

Role changes

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

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Moved up to L1 from L4Jan 3, 2024 alerts →
Moved down to L3 from L1Mar 19, 2023 alerts →
Dropped off PP1Mar 15, 2023 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 16, 2023 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 11, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L3Jan 3, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Dec 7, 2022 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Dec 5, 2022 alerts →

How the goals happened

12 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
May 13, 2024 @ NYR	Rebound	carry	0	50.7	4-on-2, rebound
May 11, 2024 vs NYR	Rush	carry	0	66.1	—
Apr 30, 2024 vs NYI	Forecheck turnover	—	0	14.2	—
Apr 20, 2024 vs NYI	Forecheck turnover	—	0	56.5	—
Mar 17, 2024 @ OTT	Cycle	—	5*	59.3	—
Mar 14, 2024 vs FLA	Forecheck turnover	—	2*	63.4	—
Jan 3, 2024 vs NJD	Dump and chase	dump	0	44.3	—
Dec 7, 2023 vs DAL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	14.4	1-on-0
Nov 27, 2023 @ SJS	Forecheck turnover	—	1	6.1	—
Nov 10, 2023 @ NJD	Cycle	—	0	—	—
Nov 10, 2023 @ NJD	Rush	loose	0	35.6	—
Oct 29, 2023 vs SJS	Odd-man rush	carry	1	57.0	2-on-1

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kuznetsov

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

73 games in 2023-24, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 16PO	vs NYR	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	69%	11:55	11:11	—	—
May 13PO	@ NYR	W 4-1	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	20%	12:37	9:01	3:36	—
May 11PO	vs NYR	W 4-3	1	0	1	-1	3	0	2	0	33%	8:38	7:55	0:43	—
May 9PO	vs NYR	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20%	12:04	8:54	3:10	—
May 5PO	@ NYR	L 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0%	13:02	8:53	4:09	—
Apr 30PO	vs NYI	W 6-3	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	75%	10:46	9:42	1:04	—
Apr 27PO	@ NYI	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13%	12:08	9:54	2:14	—
Apr 25PO	@ NYI	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38%	9:16	8:57	0:01	—
Apr 22PO	vs NYI	W 5-3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	1	71%	12:25	9:48	2:19	—
Apr 20PO	vs NYI	W 3-1	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	58%	12:07	10:21	1:46	—
Apr 16	@ CBJ	L 3-6	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	38%	17:40	15:15	2:25	—
Apr 14	@ CHI	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17%	11:27	10:00	1:27	—
Apr 12	@ STL	W 5-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	57%	11:22	10:01	1:21	—
Apr 9	@ BOS	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	44%	13:32	12:22	1:09	0:01
Apr 7	vs CBJ	W 3-0	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	56%	15:16	12:40	2:29	0:07
Apr 5	vs WSH	W 4-2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	60%	13:47	11:38	1:59	—
Apr 4	vs BOS	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	15:13	13:50	1:23	—
Mar 30	@ MTL	W 3-0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	31%	13:48	13:04	0:36	—
Mar 28	vs DET	W 4-0	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	38%	14:46	14:00	0:46	—
Mar 26	@ PIT	L 1-4	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	27%	15:08	13:05	1:28	0:05

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	63	1105:47	17:33	1079	1100	49.5%	48.7%	526	552	42	53	44%	54.1	58.5	67%
Even strength	63	848:42	13:28	776	879	46.9%	45.8%	372	447	24	38	39%	31.7	43.2	67%
5v5	63	819:09	13:00	747	858	46.5%	45.4%	354	433	22	36	38%	29.6	41.1	67%
Power play	62	146:06	2:21	243	41	85.6%	82.4%	122	26	11	1	92%	17.0	2.5	97%
Penalty kill	51	80:58	1:35	12	139	7.9%	10.6%	10	64	0	12	0%	0.6	8.4	0%
4v4	18	15:07	0:50	20	10	66.7%	68.0%	13	6	2	1	67%	1.1	0.7	67%
3v3 (OT)	12	14:26	1:12	9	11	45.0%	38.9%	5	8	0	1	0%	1.0	1.3	50%
5v4	62	141:50	2:17	229	39	85.4%	82.1%	113	24	9	1	90%	14.8	2.5	97%
4v5	51	80:50	1:35	12	138	8.0%	10.7%	10	63	0	12	0%	0.6	8.4	0%
5v3	4	3:02	0:46	12	1	92.3%	91.7%	8	1	2	0	100%	2.0	0.0	100%
6v5, own net empty	20	13:56	0:42	31	9	77.5%	75.8%	13	1	3	1	75%	1.8	2.6	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	15	11:52	0:47	6	26	18.8%	18.2%	3	10	3	1	75%	2.2	1.3	0%
6v4, own net empty	3	2:28	0:49	11	0	100.0%	100.0%	6	0	1	0	100%	0.7	0.0	—

Career by season

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2023-24Playoffs	CAR	10	4	2	6	+1	4	20	20.0%	8	1	11:30
2023-24	CAR, WSH	63	8	16	24	-11	30	96	8.3%	28	18	17:33
2022-23	WSH	81	12	43	55	-26	56	172	7.0%	43	29	18:04
2021-22Playoffs	WSH	6	2	3	5	-3	2	16	12.5%	2	2	19:05
2021-22	WSH	79	24	54	78	+7	44	208	11.5%	42	25	20:17
2020-21Playoffs	WSH	3	0	0	0	-1	0	8	0.0%	2	2	21:04
2020-21	WSH	41	9	20	29	+7	18	78	11.5%	21	18	16:34
2019-20	WSH	63	19	33	52	-2	40	129	14.7%	35	16	17:51
2018-19Playoffs	WSH	7	1	5	6	-1	2	18	5.6%	2	3	19:57
2018-19	WSH	76	21	51	72	+7	50	193	10.9%	46	20	18:47
2017-18Playoffs	WSH	24	12	20	32	+12	16	89	13.5%	22	7	20:33
2017-18	WSH	79	27	56	83	+3	48	187	14.4%	50	26	18:49