Andrei Kuzmenko
Age 30 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 186 lb · Born Yakutsk, RUS
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 52 games, 13-12-25, 0.48 points per game Season detail →
Andrei Kuzmenko has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 25 points in 52 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 13th-placed Pittsburgh
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Pittsburgh's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
4 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 52 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 61st percentile of forwards: 79.72 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.21vs
WPG5 Oct · 3rd 02:19
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 79.72vs
MTL3 Oct · 1st 03:35 - 62.69vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 17:58
- 61.24vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 15:28
- 42.75vsMTL3 Oct · 3rd 12:48
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.97vsWPG5 Oct · 12:17 TOI
- 1.72vsMTL3 Oct · 11:43 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.85 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Washington, a point in zero of one
WSHL 1-30002−114:41WPGL 2-30001+112:17MTLW 6-5 OT0002−211:4325 points in 52 games
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Pittsburgh's power play went through him.
Special teams
The power play drives the goal total
How the 13 goals and 12 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 13 goals broke a tie; 5 came with Pittsburgh trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
175 attempts across the 51 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 52 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 87th percentile of forwards: 92.35 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (20 of 52)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Washington, a point in zero of one
WSHL 1-30002−114:41
VGKL 4-60220+113:35VGKL 1-40001−18:23
SEAL 2-42024017:57
CAROTL 2-3 OT0000−114:05
PHIW 3-2 OT0001012:09
BUFL 1-40001015:39
DETW 3-11011014:46
STLW 5-4 SO0002−114:12
NYRW 4-31014+216:19
ANAOTL 1-2 OT0110014:20WPGL 2-30001+112:17MTLW 6-5 OT0002−211:43Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 5.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 330th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Pittsburgh
441st in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFour seasons, with 4 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct