Nikita Nesterenko

#13Center6'2"205 lb

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2025-26 regular season

SOG

3.2% SH

12:15

TOI/GP

C · ANA · NHL id 8481754

Nikita Nesterenko has played 29 games for the Anaheim Ducks in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 8 assists (9 points) on 31 shots while averaging 12:15 a night (11:09 at even strength, 0:05 on the power play and 0:50 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 36% of his 5v5 minutes with Pavel Mintyukov and 34% with Ryan Poehling over the last 10 games, and the Ducks have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Nesterenko on the ice (10-12 in goals, 42% offensive-zone starts). He is shooting 3.2% this season against 8.6% across the 61 games in our data.

Right now

From the Jan 13 game vs DAL, detected from shift data

No unit data for the most recent game yet. Lines appear once the game's shift data is processed.

Dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last gameLast 5: L3 · L1 · L3 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · 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

6 games shown, 12:23 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed62nd6222.5 mph

Bursts 20+ mph43rd4449

Hardest shot48th4884.6 mph

Offensive-zone time18th1939.9%

Distance skated29th2958.4 mi

High-danger SOG29th2912

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

2025-26 · 69 attempts, 31 on goal, 1 goal

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).

Luck

2025-26 · 29 GP · 9 points vs 9.4 expected

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Luck meter-29

Last 20 games: -43. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−2.2 G

On-ice SH%−2.3 G

On-ice SV%+1.9 G

IPP+0.9 G

Points vs expected−0.4 P

: 3.2%
: 99.4
: 75.0%
G vs xG: 1 / 3.2

• Role rose over the last 10 games (2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
• Shot diet worsened: 0.056 xG per attempt lately vs 0.087 before.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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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 played29
Goals1634th of 715
Assists8513th of 715
Points9577th of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal31641st of 715
Hits53374th of 715
Blocked shots8695th of 715
Plus/minus−2368th of 715
Penalty minutes8640th of 715
Faceoffs won11305th of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)49.0%380th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)51.0%244th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)54.9%106th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)54.5%115th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)47.3%495th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)45.5%592nd of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.37575th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.054445th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.36122nd of 719
Faceoff win %39.3%
Draw Equity /100−0.166

Usage

Ice time per game12:15580th of 715
Power-play time per game0:05524th of 715
Power-play share7.1%520th of 713
Ice-time share20.1%585th of 715
Offensive-zone start %41.7%548th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /600.00267th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO994406th of 719
Goals above expected−2.2568th of 715
Luck Meter−29595th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.5285th of 715
20+ mph bursts49413th of 715
Hardest shot84.6521st of 715
Offensive-zone time39.9%557th 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 · 28 of 29 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.040
Season net: −0.22xG

Offensive TK/600.19 (1)

Offensive GV/600.37 (2)

Neutral TK/600.00 (0)

Neutral GV/601.31 (7)

Defensive TK/600.00 (0)

Defensive GV/600.75 (4)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.166
Season: −0.05G
: 39.3%28 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 5-6 · NZ 5-4 · DZ 1-7

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.37
Attempts: 2
: 0.002

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

Method Leaders

Season: +0.00G
Per 60: +0.000
Drawn / taken: 4 / 4minors

Method Leaders

: 54.5%
: 47.3%
: 54.9%
Transition CF/60: 4.3
Turnovers won/60: 24.6
Turnovers lost/60: 20.5

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

31 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
Low Slot	32%	23%
Center Point	0%	9%
L Circle	6%	13%
L Point	0%	5%
High Slot	3%	7%
L Net Side	6%	3%
Crease	0%	3%

Role changes

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

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Moved up to L1 from L4Apr 13, 2025 alerts →
Played 7:14 more than his 5-game averageApr 13, 2025 alerts →

How his goals happened

6 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
Nov 4, 2025 vs FLA	Rebound	carry	0	48.2	4-on-2, rebound
Mar 26, 2025 vs BOS	Rush	loose	0	5.3	—
Mar 18, 2025 @ DAL	Deflection	—	5*	33.3	deflection
Mar 16, 2025 @ STL	Deflection	—	2	11.2	—
Jan 9, 2025 @ STL	Deflection	—	2*	54.5	deflection
Apr 7, 2024 vs STL	Forecheck turnover	—	2	34.1	—

* 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 Nesterenko

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Nesterenko apart	CF% mate apart
Ryan Poehling	C	16	127:31	40%	48.8%	43% (3-4)	46.3% 62:28	50.0% 46:48
Jacob Trouba	D	28	118:36	37%	50.6%	43% (3-4)	48.4% 192:20	50.7% 386:10
Olen Zellweger	D	28	115:51	36%	46.6%	50% (4-4)	50.5% 199:29	56.1% 339:27
Jackson LaCombe	D	29	96:40	30%	54.9%	38% (3-5)	46.8% 224:49	53.1% 386:27
Pavel Mintyukov	D	26	95:23	30%	47.9%	50% (2-2)	50.1% 199:17	51.4% 293:36
Alex Killorn	C	15	91:49	29%	47.3%	50% (2-2)	47.3% 89:07	55.4% 85:50
Drew Helleson	D	24	90:38	28%	53.2%	50% (3-3)	48.8% 181:58	51.5% 292:25
Troy Terry	C	9	81:32	25%	52.6%	70% (7-3)	49.3% 36:13	57.3% 36:29
Ian Moore	D	20	80:35	25%	44.4%	50% (3-3)	50.5% 144:50	56.8% 196:02
Ross Johnston	LW	12	76:53	24%	47.7%	20% (1-4)	42.1% 29:50	54.8% 24:36
Mikael Granlund	C	8	62:27	19%	51.9%	57% (4-3)	50.8% 40:48	57.1% 32:50
Radko Gudas	D	14	50:06	16%	47.7%	50% (2-2)	50.4% 90:38	57.4% 166:26
Jansen Harkins	C	8	38:06	12%	58.8%	25% (1-3)	42.2% 32:21	40.6% 34:25
Tim Washe	C	2	16:29	5%	45.5%	0% (0-1)	77.8% 4:09	11.1% 4:04

Game log

29 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Jan 13	vs DAL	W 3-1	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	2	100%	11:27	10:05	—	0:21
Jan 10	@ BUF	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	100%	10:47	10:33	—	0:14
Jan 5	@ WSH	L 4-7	0	0	0	-3	3	0	2	0	—	12:25	12:17	—	—
Jan 2	vs MIN	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	—	14:47	14:37	—	0:10
Dec 31	vs TBL	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	—	13:24	12:55	—	0:29
Dec 29	vs SJS	L 4-5	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	—	12:39	12:39	—	—
Nov 30	@ CHI	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	—	9:48	9:45	—	—
Nov 28	vs LAK	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	14:03	13:58	—	—
Nov 26	vs VAN	L 4-5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	—	11:22	9:15	0:11	1:42
Nov 22	vs VGK	W 4-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	—	7:49	6:09	—	1:34
Nov 20	vs OTT	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	—	11:53	10:07	0:04	1:39
Nov 19	vs BOS	W 4-3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	50%	8:00	7:47	—	0:13
Nov 17	vs UTA	W 3-2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	—	9:35	8:55	—	0:40
Nov 15	@ MIN	L 0-2	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0%	12:04	8:03	—	4:01
Nov 13	@ DET	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	33%	10:11	9:32	—	0:39
Nov 11	@ COL	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	—	12:37	11:18	—	1:06
Nov 9	vs WPG	W 4-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	—	11:18	9:43	—	1:35
Nov 8	@ VGK	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	—	14:18	13:29	—	0:49
Nov 6	@ DAL	W 7-5	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	—	11:30	10:06	—	0:19
Nov 4	vs FLA	W 7-3	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	33%	16:35	12:24	0:42	2:38

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	29	355:27	12:15	317	363	46.6%	48.5%	141	166	12	17	41%	15.4	15.5	39%
Even strength	29	323:11	11:09	308	322	48.9%	50.9%	133	147	10	12	45%	13.9	11.5	41%
5v5	29	321:29	11:05	308	320	49.0%	51.0%	133	147	10	12	45%	13.9	11.5	42%
Power play	6	2:14	0:22	1	0	100.0%	100.0%	1	0	0	0	—	0.1	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	21	24:22	1:10	3	33	8.3%	10.7%	3	14	0	3	0%	0.0	2.8	0%
5v4	6	2:14	0:22	1	0	100.0%	100.0%	1	0	0	0	—	0.1	0.0	100%
4v5	21	24:22	1:10	3	33	8.3%	10.7%	3	14	0	3	0%	0.0	2.8	0%
5v6, opponent net empty	9	4:18	0:29	2	7	22.2%	28.6%	2	4	2	1	67%	1.0	0.7	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
2025-26	ANA	29	1	8	9	-2	8	31	3.2%	53	8	12:15
2024-25	ANA	20	4	2	6	-4	2	20	20.0%	46	7	10:19
2023-24	ANA	3	1	0	1	0	0	7	14.3%	7	0	11:31
2022-23	ANA	9	1	0	1	-3	0	23	4.3%	6	1	13:17