D · SJS · NHL id 8481812
Nikolai Knyzhov has played 10 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2023-24, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 6 shots while averaging 17:39 a night (15:36 at even strength, 0:40 on the power play and 1:10 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sharks have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Knyzhov on the ice (2-8 in goals, 38% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against SEA he was on D3 with Kyle Burroughs and off the power play; dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 4.5% across the 81 games in our data.
Right now
From the Nov 22 game vs SEA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 10 games, 17:26 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 4 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 10 GP in 2023-24: 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
2023-24 · 19 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at SJS: 19 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals, 0.19 expected goals; best chance Nikolai Knyzhov at 0.04 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
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
2022-23 regular season · 11 of 12 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.078
- Season net
- −0.22xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.70
- Attempts
- 2
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D2 from D3Feb 18, 2021 alerts →
- Played 5:50 more than his 5-game averageFeb 18, 2021 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Feb 15, 2021 alerts →
- Played 7:26 more than his 5-game averageFeb 15, 2021 alerts →
Linemates
2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Knyzhov
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
10 games in 2023-24, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22 | @ SEA | L 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 15:34 | 12:12 | — | 3:22 |
| Nov 12 | @ ANA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 14:28 | 12:55 | — | 1:23 |
| Nov 4 | vs PIT | L 2-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 17:00 | 15:28 | 0:06 | 0:40 |
| Oct 27 | @ CAR | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 18:12 | 16:44 | 1:28 | — |
| Oct 26 | @ TBL | L 0-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 15:05 | 13:46 | 0:46 | 0:33 |
| Oct 24 | @ FLA | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 17:58 | 15:25 | 0:52 | 0:34 |
| Oct 21 | @ NSH | L 1-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 19:50 | 16:39 | 0:52 | 2:19 |
| Oct 19 | vs BOS | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21:45 | 19:52 | 1:21 | 0:26 |
| Oct 17 | vs CAR | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:53 | 15:46 | 0:28 | 0:39 |
| Oct 14 | vs COL | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | 19:40 | 17:16 | 0:45 | 1:39 |
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 | 10 | 176:25 | 17:39 | 142 | 197 | 41.9% | 42.6% | 70 | 89 | 3 | 10 | 23% | 5.4 | 10.0 | 33% |
| Even strength | 10 | 156:03 | 15:36 | 130 | 165 | 44.1% | 44.6% | 61 | 72 | 2 | 8 | 20% | 4.8 | 6.5 | 37% |
| 5v5 | 10 | 150:56 | 15:06 | 129 | 160 | 44.6% | 45.2% | 61 | 70 | 2 | 8 | 20% | 4.7 | 6.0 | 38% |
| Power play | 8 | 6:38 | 0:50 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 50% |
| Penalty kill | 9 | 11:35 | 1:17 | 5 | 29 | 14.7% | 19.2% | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0% |
| 4v4 | 7 | 4:38 | 0:40 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% | 20.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.5 | 25% |
| 5v4 | 8 | 6:38 | 0:50 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 50% |
| 4v5 | 8 | 11:02 | 1:23 | 5 | 25 | 16.7% | 22.7% | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.2 | 2.6 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | SJS | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 13 | 17 | 17:39 |
| 2022-23 | SJS | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 8 | 10 | 10.0% | 11 | 16 | 16:09 |
| 2020-21 | SJS | 56 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 39 | 51 | 3.9% | 84 | 54 | 16:44 |
| 2019-20 | SJS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 4 | 10:49 |
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.