Career profile Last roster: 2025-26 BOS
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Nikolai Knyzhov

D · RUS
+ 1 other team
Status
Retired this year
Career
2020–2026 (5 yrs)
Age
28 (28 in 2026)
Vitals
6'3" · 200 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Career Regular Season

3 seasons (2020–2024)
Games 92
Goals 1
Assists 23
Points 24
+/- +14
P/GP 0.26
SHT% 2.0
PiM 32

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2020-21 CLB 9 0 1 1 0.11 +4 6 0 0 0 2 0.0% 14
2021-22 CLB 20 1 7 8 0.40 +2 14 0 1 0 11 9.1% 41
2023-24 BOS 63 0 15 15 0.24 +8 12 0 0 0 38 0.0% 32
CAREER 3 yrs 92 1 23 24 0.26 +14 32 0 1 0 -- 2.0% 87
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2019-20 SJS 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 2 0 0 0 - 10:49
2020-21 SJS 56 2 8 10 0.18 -9 39 1 0 0 3.9% 16:44
2022-23 SJS 12 1 0 1 0.08 -13 8 0 0 0 10.0% 16:09
2023-24 SJS 10 0 1 1 0.10 -6 6 0 0 0 0.0% 17:39
Career NHL 81 3 9 12 0.15 -29 55 1 0 0 4.5% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2020-21 22 D CLB 78 76 81 70 76 57 61 46 25 36 40 62 38 44 44 58
2021-22 23 D CLB 80 45 80 70 79 70 76 63 25 51 48 72 25 50 50 65
2023-24 25 D BOS 73 43 81 67 73 69 43 56 25 39 49 82 25 53 53 61
2024-25 26 D BOS 75 72 82 67 72 58 60 52 25 45 41 64 39 55 55 59
2025-26 27 D BOS 72 76 63 65 76 46 44 54 25 46 48 61 46 44 44 56
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2020-21 22 D CLB 78 76 81 70 76 57 61 46 25 36 40 62 38 44 44 58
2021-22 23 D CLB +2 −31 −1 · +3 +13 +15 +17 · +15 +8 +10 −13 +6 +6 +7
2023-24 25 D BOS −7 −2 +1 −3 −6 −1 −33 −7 · −12 +1 +10 · +3 +3 −4
2024-25 26 D BOS +2 +29 +1 · −1 −11 +17 −4 · +6 −8 −18 +14 +2 +2 −2
2025-26 27 D BOS −3 +4 −19 −2 +4 −12 −16 +2 · +1 +7 −3 +7 −11 −11 −3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2020-21 CLB $810,000 1 yr 1.0% 22 RFA Rookie
2021-22 CLB $800,000 1 yr 1.0% 23 RFA Rookie
2023-24 BOS $1,500,000 3 yr 1.8% 25 RFA
No trades on record