LW · PIT · NHL id 8483808
Andrei Kuzmenko has played 52 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 13 goals and 12 assists (25 points) on 69 shots while averaging 14:55 a night (11:40 at even strength, 2:53 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 65% of his 5v5 minutes with Kevin Fiala and 42% with Brian Dumoulin over the last 10 games, and the Penguins have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Kuzmenko on the ice (21-23 in goals, 58% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against COL he was on L3 with Joel Armia and Scott Laughton and off the power play; demoted to PP2 (from PP1) in the last game. He is shooting 18.8% this season against 20.3% across the 278 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 23 game vs COL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 10:30 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
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 · 173 attempts, 69 on goal, 13 goals
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 173 attempts, 69 on goal, 13 goals, 11.00 expected goals; best chance Andrei Kuzmenko at 0.64 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 52 GP · 25 points vs 28.6 expected
Last 20 games: -7. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 18.8%
- 97.8
- 58.1%
- G vs xG
- 13 / 13.0
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
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 played52
- Goals13227th of 715
- Assists12419th of 715
- Points25345th of 715
- Power-play points13135th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal69447th of 715
- Hits18640th of 715
- Blocked shots14655th of 715
- Plus/minus−4420th of 715
- Penalty minutes16507th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)53.3%120th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)52.3%171st of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)53.6%159th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)53.3%167th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)57.4%50th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)54.5%105th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.90343rd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.033301st of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.18664th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game14:55431st of 715
- Power-play time per game2:53114th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %57.8%194th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.6229th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO978547th of 719
- Goals above expected+0.0332nd of 715
- Luck Meter−29583rd of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.0677th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts10669th of 715
- Hardest shot92.3173rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time45.4%66th of 715
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 · 52 of 52 games through the sequence engine
- −0.052
- Season net
- −0.52xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.90
- Attempts
- 9
- 0.069
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 L1 from L4Dec 15, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 8, 2025 alerts →
- Played 8:04 less than his 5-game averageNov 9, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Apr 15, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Mar 20, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Nov 5, 2024 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 20, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L4Dec 28, 2023 alerts →
How the goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 vs SEA | Cycle | — | 5 | 48.6 | one-timer | |
| Feb 4, 2026 vs SEA | Cycle | — | 0 | 8.0 | — | |
| Jan 27, 2026 @ DET | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 60.4 | one-timer | |
| Jan 20, 2026 vs NYR | Rebound | — | 0 | 23.4 | rebound | |
| Jan 5, 2026 vs MIN | Cycle | carry | 0 | 13.0 | — | |
| Jan 1, 2026 vs TBL | Rebound | — | 0 | 17.3 | rebound | |
| Dec 23, 2025 vs SEA | Point shot | — | 1 | 14.4 | — | |
| Dec 22, 2025 vs CBJ | Point shot | — | 2 | 36.7 | — | |
| Dec 15, 2025 @ DAL | Rebound | — | 0 | 12.6 | rebound | |
| Dec 6, 2025 vs CHI | Cycle | — | 3 | 3.0 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2025 vs NJD | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 40.0 | one-timer | |
| Oct 18, 2025 vs CAR | Cycle | — | 0 | 25.4 | — | |
| Oct 8, 2025 @ VGK | Odd-man rush | carry | 1* | 76.5 | 3-on-1 | |
| Apr 29, 2025 vs EDM | Deflection | — | 2 | 63.2 | — | |
| Apr 23, 2025 vs EDM | Rebound | — | 5 | 31.3 | rebound | |
| Apr 21, 2025 vs EDM | Deflection | — | 5* | 57.8 | — | |
| Apr 5, 2025 vs EDM | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 67.9 | — | |
| Apr 1, 2025 vs WPG | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 71.7 | 2-on-1 | |
| Mar 30, 2025 vs SJS | Rush | carry | 1 | 72.5 | — | |
| Mar 23, 2025 vs BOS | Dump and chase | dump | 1 | 67.7 | 1-on-0, one-timer | |
| Mar 22, 2025 vs CAR | Rush | loose | 0 | 79.7 | — | |
| Mar 4, 2025 vs CGY | Rush | carry | 0 | 58.8 | — | |
| Feb 22, 2025 vs EDM | Deflection | — | 4* | 33.0 | deflection | |
| Jan 25, 2025 @ MIN | Rush | carry | 0 | 16.4 | — | |
| Jan 25, 2025 @ MIN | Deflection | — | 3 | 33.3 | deflection | |
| Jan 18, 2025 @ WPG | Odd-man rush | pass | 4 | 76.4 | 5-on-3 | |
| Oct 15, 2024 vs CHI | Deflection | — | 0 | 15.0 | — | |
| Apr 14, 2024 vs ARI | Rebound | carry | 0 | 39.3 | 3-on-1, one-timer, rebound | |
| Apr 12, 2024 @ ANA | Rebound | loose | 0 | 23.3 | rebound | |
| Apr 12, 2024 @ ANA | Odd-man rush | carry | 1* | 21.7 | 5-on-3 | |
| Apr 12, 2024 @ ANA | Deflection | — | 2 | 5.7 | — | |
| Apr 2, 2024 vs ANA | Deflection | carry | 3* | 24.4 | 3-on-2 | |
| Apr 2, 2024 vs ANA | Rush | pass | 2 | 49.3 | — | |
| Mar 28, 2024 @ STL | Deflection | — | 0 | 19.5 | — | |
| Mar 28, 2024 @ STL | Forecheck turnover | carry | 0 | 21.7 | — | |
| Mar 4, 2024 vs SEA | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 78.1 | — | |
| Mar 4, 2024 vs SEA | Rebound | — | 0 | 1.5 | rebound | |
| Feb 15, 2024 vs SJS | Deflection | dump | 2* | 19.5 | 4-on-2 | |
| Feb 8, 2024 @ NJD | Rebound | carry | 0 | 34.0 | rebound | |
| Feb 6, 2024 @ BOS | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 83.6 | 3-on-2 |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kuzmenko
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Kuzmenko apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandt Clarke | D | 51 | 236:51 | 39% | 52.5% | 60% (12-8) | 53.7% 355:53 | 56.4% 576:25 |
| Kevin Fiala | LW | 22 | 216:22 | 36% | 56.8% | 60% (9-6) | 58.8% 57:58 | 53.7% 107:27 |
| Alex Turcotte | C | 28 | 213:49 | 35% | 57.0% | 53% (9-8) | 47.0% 118:17 | 53.6% 110:42 |
| Brian Dumoulin | D | 51 | 201:22 | 33% | 52.6% | 25% (2-6) | 53.7% 397:53 | 51.1% 614:10 |
| Joel Edmundson | D | 51 | 195:35 | 32% | 48.5% | 56% (9-7) | 56.0% 403:40 | 52.1% 567:47 |
| Cody Ceci | D | 51 | 186:38 | 31% | 58.8% | 44% (4-5) | 49.8% 399:55 | 49.9% 578:26 |
| Drew Doughty | D | 46 | 172:51 | 28% | 54.5% | 46% (6-7) | 51.6% 359:59 | 54.8% 683:31 |
| Mikey Anderson | D | 50 | 169:42 | 28% | 51.8% | 62% (8-5) | 53.8% 406:42 | 50.3% 686:13 |
| Anze Kopitar | C | 22 | 148:56 | 25% | 50.5% | 67% (6-3) | 55.4% 113:16 | 44.5% 148:13 |
| Adrian Kempe | LW | 23 | 145:00 | 24% | 46.4% | 56% (5-4) | 58.9% 139:40 | 55.2% 182:13 |
| Trevor Moore | C | 14 | 72:21 | 12% | 60.6% | 33% (2-4) | 48.3% 69:35 | 49.0% 100:09 |
| Phillip Danault | LW | 16 | 70:01 | 12% | 54.3% | 0% (0-3) | 48.6% 96:20 | 50.0% 140:21 |
| Alex Laferriere | RW | 20 | 66:20 | 11% | 50.8% | 67% (4-2) | 53.4% 184:57 | 53.1% 195:53 |
| Quinton Byfield | C | 16 | 47:54 | 8% | 54.3% | 50% (2-2) | 54.2% 145:01 | 50.1% 183:26 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 599 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards
teammates' average xGF%
78th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
36th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Plays with stronger-than-usual linemates.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Kuzmenko's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Kuzmenko's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.
Game log
53 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23PO | vs COL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:30 | 8:24 | 2:06 | — |
| Feb 25 | vs VGK | L 4-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:35 | 12:19 | — | — |
| Feb 5 | @ VGK | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8:23 | 4:28 | 3:55 | — |
| Feb 4 | vs SEA | L 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:57 | 14:23 | 3:34 | — |
| Feb 1 | @ CAR | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:05 | 12:27 | 1:38 | — |
| Jan 31 | @ PHI | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:09 | 9:55 | 2:14 | — |
| Jan 29 | @ BUF | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:39 | 14:06 | 1:33 | — |
| Jan 27 | @ DET | W 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:46 | 11:49 | 2:57 | — |
| Jan 24 | @ STL | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 14:12 | 11:27 | 2:45 | — |
| Jan 20 | vs NYR | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:19 | 12:16 | 4:03 | — |
| Jan 17 | @ ANA | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:20 | 7:00 | 7:20 | — |
| Jan 16 | vs ANA | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:26 | 13:33 | 3:53 | — |
| Jan 14 | vs VGK | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:44 | 16:18 | 1:13 | — |
| Jan 12 | vs DAL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18:00 | 14:57 | 1:40 | — |
| Jan 10 | @ EDM | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:35 | 15:31 | 1:04 | — |
| Jan 9 | @ WPG | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19:49 | 15:11 | 4:38 | — |
| Jan 7 | vs SJS | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21:46 | 17:39 | 4:04 | — |
| Jan 5 | vs MIN | W 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:33 | 12:32 | 1:01 | — |
| Jan 3 | vs MIN | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:59 | 12:53 | 1:00 | — |
| Jan 1 | vs TBL | L 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 16:47 | 14:25 | 2:08 | — |
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 | 52 | 775:37 | 14:55 | 906 | 590 | 60.6% | 59.5% | 413 | 258 | 43 | 28 | 61% | 47.6 | 31.6 | 71% |
| Even strength | 52 | 606:19 | 11:40 | 615 | 539 | 53.3% | 52.1% | 275 | 235 | 21 | 23 | 48% | 27.1 | 23.8 | 58% |
| 5v5 | 52 | 598:55 | 11:31 | 610 | 534 | 53.3% | 52.3% | 273 | 232 | 21 | 23 | 48% | 26.8 | 23.3 | 58% |
| Power play | 51 | 149:44 | 2:56 | 250 | 34 | 88.0% | 86.1% | 123 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 100% | 18.6 | 2.2 | 97% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 7 | 5:41 | 0:49 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | 33.3% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 51 | 143:04 | 2:48 | 225 | 34 | 86.9% | 84.6% | 108 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 100% | 15.7 | 2.2 | 97% |
| 5v3 | 7 | 4:14 | 0:36 | 17 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 2.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 19 | 12:37 | 0:40 | 26 | 11 | 70.3% | 65.2% | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 43% | 1.4 | 5.0 | 100% |
| 4v3 | 3 | 2:26 | 0:49 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.8 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v4, own net empty | 5 | 5:48 | 1:10 | 15 | 2 | 88.2% | 87.5% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 | 0.4 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Playoffs | LAK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 2025-26 | LAK | 52 | 13 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 16 | 69 | 18.8% | 18 | 14 | 14:55 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | LAK | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 4 | 17 | 17.6% | 5 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 2024-25 | LAK, PHI, CGY | 66 | 11 | 26 | 37 | -6 | 14 | 83 | 13.3% | 19 | 22 | 15:38 |
| 2023-24 | CGY, VAN | 72 | 22 | 24 | 46 | -9 | 12 | 121 | 18.2% | 14 | 17 | 14:53 |
| 2022-23 | VAN | 81 | 39 | 35 | 74 | +9 | 8 | 143 | 27.3% | 13 | 18 | 16:15 |
Andrei Kuzmenko news
- Andrei Kuzmenko News: Added to NHL rosterRotoWire
- Andrei Kuzmenko News: Rejoins team for practice FridayRotoWire
- Kuzmenko back with Penguins after leave of absenceTSN
- Video: Penguins' Andrei Kuzmenko discusses father's death in Russian bear attacknytimes.com
- Penguins' Andrei Kuzmenko: Rejoins team for practice FridayCBS Sports
- Andrei Kuzmenko returns to the Penguins and speaks about his father's deathYahoo Sports
- Penguins' Andrei Kuzmenko: Added to NHL rosterCBS Sports
- Andrei Kuzmenko Rejoins Team, Addresses Media With StatementYahoo Sports
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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.