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Carolina Isn't Selling Nikishin. It's Selling Kotkaniemi.

A market this hot is not supposed to stay this quiet. Five weeks after Darren Dreger counted six interested teams, nobody has traded for Alexander Nikishin. The reported price isn't the problem. The player Carolina wants to send with him is.

Hurricanes by the numbers

Final 2025-26 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams

53-22-7Record
113Points
2ndNHL rank
3.55GF / GP
2.88GA / GP
24.9PP%
80.5PK%
50.1FO%

Possession · 5-on-5

Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2025-26, 1312 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams

59.8CF%1st of 32 · Share of shot attempts
58.9FF%1st of 32 · Unblocked attempts
98.4PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
59.9OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end

Skaters

Hurricanes skaters, 2025-26 · by points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S	TOI/GP
Sebastian Aho	C	79	27	53	80	+11	27	195	19:37
Nikolaj Ehlers	L	82	26	45	71	+8	29	207	16:36
Andrei Svechnikov	R	79	31	39	70	+1	29	203	16:59
Seth Jarvis	R	71	32	34	66	+6	21	224	18:53
Jackson Blake	R	81	22	31	53	+4	12	174	16:30
Shayne Gostisbehere	D	55	13	37	50	+11	18	116	19:14
Taylor Hall	L	80	18	30	48	+6	7	137	14:32
Logan Stankoven	C	81	21	23	44	+12	9	166	15:27
K'Andre Miller	D	72	8	29	37	+7	3	123	22:24
Jordan Staal	C	75	20	16	36	+5	4	107	16:11
Alexander Nikishin	D	81	11	22	33	+18	10	122	18:11
Sean Walker	D	81	9	22	31	+6	1	179	21:49
Jordan Martinook	L	77	12	17	29	+6	0	109	14:50
Mark Jankowski	L	68	11	10	21	+7	2	63	11:09
Eric Robinson	L	67	12	6	18	+7	0	84	11:26
William Carrier	L	70	7	11	18	+5	0	80	10:45
Jalen Chatfield	D	72	2	15	17	+15	0	100	20:08
Joel Nystrom	D	38	1	9	10	+6	0	43	15:11
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	42	2	7	9	+3	0	42	11:21
Mike Reilly	D	42	1	8	9	+11	0	63	14:58
Jaccob Slavin	D	39	1	7	8	+8	0	63	21:19
Bradly Nadeau	L	12	3	0	3	+1	1	12	12:58
Noah Philp	C	17	2	1	3	-7	0	14	9:57
Charles Alexis Legault	D	12	1	1	2	+5	0	12	14:18
Nicolas Deslauriers	L	31	0	2	2	-3	0	18	8:33
Felix Unger Sorum	R	1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	14:35
Justin Robidas	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	10:41
Domenick Fensore	D	1	0	0	0	-2	0	2	19:22
Josiah Slavin	L	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	15:01
Ronan Seeley	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:12
Skyler Brind'Amour	C	4	0	0	0	-2	0	2	15:01

Goalies

Hurricanes goalies, 2025-26
Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Brandon Bussi	39	39	31	6	2	.895	2.47	2
Frederik Andersen	35	35	16	14	5	.874	3.05	0
Pyotr Kochetkov	9	8	6	2	0	.899	2.33	1

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Hurricanes on NHL EDGE

Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams

23.6mphTop skating speed22nd of 32league avg 23.8
78Shots over 90 mph7th of 32league avg not published
1787Bursts over 20 mph11th of 32league avg 1762
3764.2miDistance skated9th of 32league avg 3727.0
99.4mphTop shot speed15th of 32league avg 99.7
2637Shots on goal2nd of 32league avg 2282
11.0%Shooting %18th of 32league avg 11.1
45.5%Offensive-zone time1st of 32league avg 41.1
36.1%Defensive-zone time1st of 32league avg 41.1