C · BOS · NHL id 8483567
Georgii Merkulov has played 1 game for the Boston Bruins in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 0 shots while averaging 10:35 a night. At 5v5 he has skated 87% of his 5v5 minutes with Marat Khusnutdinov and 67% with Casey Mittelstadt in his only game so far, and the Bruins have controlled 41% of shot attempts with Merkulov on the ice (0-1 in goals, 100% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against NYR he was on L4 with Casey Mittelstadt and Marat Khusnutdinov and off the power play.
Right now
From the Nov 28 game vs NYR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 10:35 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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
2025-26 · 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at BOS: 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.01 expected goals; best chance Georgii Merkulov at 0.01 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Shooting luck
2025-26 · goals versus shots until the expected-goals model fills in
A shooting percentage well above the player's own baseline usually comes back down; the Puck-Luck Band replaces this view once shot quality (xG) is available.
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played1
- Goals0
- Assists0
- Points0
- Shots on goal0
- Hits0
- Blocked shots0
- Plus/minus−1
- Penalty minutes0
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)40.9%
- Fenwick (FF%)38.9%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)48.0%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /600.000
Usage
- Ice time per game10:35
- Offensive-zone start %100.0%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO857
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot66.0
- Offensive-zone time35.5%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 1 of 1 games through the sequence engine
- +0.000
- Season net
- +0.00xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Merkulov
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Merkulov apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marat Khusnutdinov | C | 1 | 9:10 | 87% | 45.0% | 0% (0-1) | 0.0% 1:25 | 50.0% 2:53 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 1 | 7:06 | 67% | 35.3% | 0% (0-1) | 60.0% 3:29 | 50.0% 7:12 |
| Mason Lohrei | D | 1 | 5:11 | 49% | 35.7% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 5:24 | 36.4% 10:17 |
| Andrew Peeke | D | 1 | 4:08 | 39% | 28.6% | 0% (0-1) | 46.7% 6:27 | 62.5% 14:59 |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | 1 | 3:22 | 32% | 20.0% | 0% (0-1) | 47.1% 7:13 | 56.7% 17:14 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 1 | 3:05 | 29% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 31.3% 7:30 | 52.9% 17:46 |
| Hampus Lindholm | D | 1 | 2:59 | 28% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 41.2% 7:36 | 64.3% 15:27 |
| Jonathan Aspirot | D | 1 | 2:25 | 23% | 57.1% | — (0-0) | 33.3% 8:10 | 7.1% 10:20 |
| Riley Tufte | LW | 1 | 2:07 | 20% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 38.9% 8:28 | 37.5% 9:21 |
| Sean Kuraly | C | 1 | 1:02 | 10% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 42.9% 9:33 | 43.3% 13:40 |
Game log
1 game in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28 | vs NYR | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:35 | 10:35 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 10:35 | 10:35 | 9 | 13 | 40.9% | 38.9% | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Even strength | 1 | 10:35 | 10:35 | 9 | 13 | 40.9% | 38.9% | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 100% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 10:35 | 10:35 | 9 | 13 | 40.9% | 38.9% | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 100% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 2024-25 | BOS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 7 | 0.0% | 2 | 7 | 13:44 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 2 | 4 | 10:35 |
Georgii Merkulov news
- Georgii Merkulov Statsnhl.com
- Georgii Merkulov Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Georgii MerkulovDobberProspects
- 2 Former Bruins Get Fresh Start With AvalancheThe Hockey Writers
- Colorado Avalanche Fans Rave Over Georgii Merkulov SigningSports Illustrated
- Boston Gave Up On Georgii Merkulov. Colorado Is Betting They Were WrongThe Hockey News
- Avalanche Continue Low-Cost Offseason With Latest Georgii Merkulov SigningSports Illustrated
- Georgii Merkulov Developed Too Late For Bruins Yet In Time For AvalancheThe Hockey News
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.