Yan Kuznetsov
Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 209 lb · Born Murmansk, RUS
Drafted 2020, #50 overall by Calgary
2025-262025-26: 57 games, 4-8-12, 0.21 points per game Season detail →
Yan Kuznetsov has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 12 points in 57 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 32nd-placed Calgary
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
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 Calgary'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
13 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 · 57 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 95th percentile of defencemen: 9.24 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
- 20.49@
SEA4 Oct · 1st 17:50 - 20.48@SEA4 Oct · 2nd 15:38
- 20.13@SEA4 Oct · 1st 10:32
- 20.11@SEA4 Oct · 1st 17:44
- 20.08vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 03:36
- 19.76vsSEA1 Oct · 2nd 01:02
- 19.69vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 00:20
- 19.56vsSEA1 Oct · 2nd 02:48
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 87.01vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 02:39
- 80.87@SEA4 Oct · 2nd 18:09
- 80.53@SEA4 Oct · 3rd 12:56
- 77.07@SEA4 Oct · 1st 15:16
- 73.61vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 10:36
- 65.98vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 05:45
- 65.79vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 08:00
- 64.86@SEA4 Oct · 3rd 18:58
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.07@SEA4 Oct · 19:32 TOI
- 2.73vsSEA1 Oct · 18:10 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.90 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 Colorado, a point in zero of one
COLL 1-30002020:31SEAW 6-10003−219:32SEAL 1-60001−118:1012 points in 57 games on a team that finished 29th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). 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 Calgary'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 of the goals come at even strength
How the 4 goals 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 4 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Calgary trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
145 attempts across the 55 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 · 57 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 96th percentile of defencemen: 100.17 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.
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 (11 of 57)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Colorado, a point in zero of one
COLL 1-30002020:31SEAL 1-40002−118:02COLL 1-30002020:31
DALOTL 3-4 OT0001−124:04
ANAW 5-30000+117:20
VGKL 3-60001+216:46
NYIL 2-30112+117:40
NJDW 5-40002+117:09
NYRL 0-40000−117:01
WSHL 3-70110−122:38
CARW 5-40001+121:37SEAW 6-10003−219:32SEAL 1-60001−118:10Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 14.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 20th of 191 defencemen 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 Calgary
Two seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26218th 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.
By opponent
Seattle0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwo seasons, all with the Flames
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct