Nikita Nesterenko
Age 25 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 206 lb · Born Brooklyn, New York, USA
Drafted 2019, #172 overall by Minnesota
vs Edmonton · 10:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 29 games, 1-8-9, 0.31 points per game Season detail →
Nikita Nesterenko has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 9 points in 29 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 10th-placed Anaheim
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Anaheim'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.
Top speed in the 95th percentile of forwards: 22.74 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
- 22.74@
VGK2 Oct · 2nd 13:05 - 22.66@VGK2 Oct · 1st 15:40
- 22.56vs
FLA4 Oct · 2nd 07:04 - 21.00vsFLA4 Oct · 3rd 12:26
- 20.48@VGK2 Oct · 2nd 01:57
- 19.81@VGK2 Oct · 2nd 08:41
- 19.76@VGK2 Oct · 2nd 02:02
- 19.59@VGK2 Oct · 2nd 04:59
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 41.03@VGK2 Oct · 3rd 17:20
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.82vsFLA4 Oct · 10:24 TOI
- 2.00@VGK2 Oct · 11:49 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.91 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
The last ten games
FLAW 3-2 OT0000010:24VGKL 3-40000011:49Priced at 9.0% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
9 points in 29 games on a team that finished 18th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Nikita Nesterenko has 29.
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 depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Anaheim'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.
1 of 1 goal broke a tie
How the 1 goal and 8 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Anaheim trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
69 attempts across the 27 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 · 29 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 22.47 mph, hardest shot 84.61 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.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Nikita Nesterenko has 29.
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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (5 of 29)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
DALW 3-10001+111:27
BUFL 3-50001−110:47
WSHL 4-70003−312:25
MINL 2-50000014:47
TBLOTL 3-4 OT0001013:24
SJSL 4-50113012:39
CHIL 3-50000−19:48
LAKW 5-4 SO0001014:03
VANL 4-50003011:22VGKW 4-3 OT0000−17:49FLAW 3-2 OT0000010:24VGKL 3-40000011:49Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Priced at 9.0% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
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 Anaheim
Four seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-26181st 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, all with the Ducks
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct