Dmitry Kulikov
Age 35 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 212 lb · Born Lipetsk, RUS
Drafted 2009, #14 overall by Florida
2025-262025-26: 19 games, 0-0-0, 0.00 points per game Season detail →
Dmitry Kulikov has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 0 points in 19 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample1 point in 4 games for the 4th-placed Florida
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida'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.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
7 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 19 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 90th percentile of defencemen: 9.11 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.34@
CAR29 Sep · 1st 01:51 - 19.00@
SJS1 Oct · 3rd 19:09 - 18.89@CAR29 Sep · 1st 08:27
- 18.68@
ANA4 Oct · 1st 07:56 - 18.54@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 07:57
- 18.46@CAR29 Sep · 1st 05:07
- 18.25@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 13:39
- 18.03@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 02:31
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 75.84@ANA4 Oct · 2nd 01:14
- 61.90@ANA4 Oct · 1st 12:21
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.74@
LAK6 Oct · 18:23 TOI - 2.65@ANA4 Oct · 17:49 TOI
- 2.66@SJS1 Oct · 17:28 TOI
- 1.88@CAR29 Sep · 11:46 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.48 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 Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINL 2-30001−221:03LAKL 1-20001+118:23ANAW 3-2 OT0000017:49SJSW 4-3 OT0110+117:28CAROTL 0-1 OT0000011:460 points in 19 games on a team that finished 25th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Dmitry Kulikov has 19.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida'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 wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
45 attempts across the 17 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 19 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 leadersTop speed 20.34 mph, hardest shot 86.85 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Dmitry Kulikov has 19.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (0 of 19)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINL 2-30001−221:03
MTLOTL 3-4 SO0001015:53
PITL 2-50002021:59
OTTW 6-30001−115:00
NYRL 1-30002+115:59
NYIL 2-50001+120:18MINL 2-30001−221:03
SEAW 5-4 SO0000−120:31
CGYL 1-40001019:22
EDMW 4-00001+216:09
VANL 2-50000+122:28LAKL 1-20001+118:23ANAW 3-2 OT0000017:49SJSW 4-3 OT0110+117:28CAROTL 0-1 OT0000011:46Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$1.18M a season through 2027-28
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 Florida
Eleven seasons · 2009-10 to 2026-2726th 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 playoffsEighteen seasons, with 8 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct