RW · LAK · NHL id 8477957
Nikita Scherbak has played 8 games for the Los Angeles Kings in 2018-19, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 12 shots while averaging 10:11 a night (10:03 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Kings have controlled 56% of shot attempts with Scherbak on the ice (2-6 in goals, 69% offensive-zone starts). In the Kings' most recent game against TBL he was on L3 with Tyler Toffoli and Adrian Kempe and off the power play; moved up to L1 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 8.3% this season against 9.8% across the 34 games in our data.
Right now
From the Jan 3 game vs TBL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 8 games, 10:08 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2018-19 · 17 attempts, 12 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at LAK: 17 attempts, 12 on goal, 1 goal, 1.59 expected goals; best chance Nikita Scherbak at 0.39 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2017-18 regular season · 26 of 26 games through the sequence engine
- +0.015
- Season net
- +0.08xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.79
- Attempts
- 4
- 0.038
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Scherbak
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
8 games in 2018-19, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3 | vs TBL | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 13:15 | 12:40 | 0:35 | — |
| Dec 23 | @ VGK | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6:55 | 6:55 | — | — |
| Dec 18 | vs WPG | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3:39 | 3:39 | — | — |
| Dec 15 | @ PIT | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8:33 | 8:33 | — | — |
| Dec 13 | @ CBJ | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:26 | 10:26 | — | — |
| Dec 11 | @ BUF | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9:42 | 9:42 | — | — |
| Dec 10 | @ DET | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15:23 | 14:58 | — | — |
| Dec 8 | vs VGK | W 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:32 | 13:32 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 8 | 81:25 | 10:11 | 92 | 71 | 56.4% | 58.3% | 62 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 25% | 5.2 | 3.6 | 73% |
| Even strength | 8 | 80:25 | 10:03 | 90 | 71 | 55.9% | 57.6% | 61 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 25% | 5.0 | 3.6 | 69% |
| 5v5 | 8 | 79:49 | 9:59 | 89 | 70 | 56.0% | 57.7% | 60 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 25% | 5.0 | 3.5 | 69% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:35 | 0:35 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | LAK | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 12 | 8.3% | 9 | 1 | 10:11 |
| 2017-18 | MTL | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 | 39 | 10.3% | 18 | 15 | 13:23 |
Nikita Scherbak news
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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.