Defense · BUF · 2016-17

Dmitry Kulikov

Age: 35
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 212 lb
Shoots: L
Born: Lipetsk

Games: 47
Goals: 2
Assists: 3
Points: 5
Ice time: 21:54/gm

Rating · 2016-17

23/100

Depth

Stay-At-Home Defenseman

Better than 23% of NHL defencemen.

-0.09wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense912 min11among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense912 min38among all skaters at the position

Power play42 min33among defencemen who run a power play · small sample

Penalty kill76 min49among defencemen who kill penalties · small sample

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2010-11FLA	72	80	+0.99	Where it came from
2011-12FLA	58	38	+0.14	Where it came from
2012-13FLA	34	48	+0.52	Where it came from
2013-14FLA	81	83	+1.21	Where it came from
2014-15FLA	73	50	+0.31	Where it came from
2015-16FLA	74	2	-0.73	Where it came from
2016-17BUF	47	23	-0.09	Where it came from
2017-18WPG	62	52	+0.30	Where it came from
2018-19WPG	57	12	-0.32	Where it came from
2019-20WPG	51	40	+0.21	Where it came from
2020-21TOT	48	34	+0.23	Where it came from
2021-22MIN	80	88	+1.48	Where it came from
2022-23TOT	67	4	-0.70	Where it came from
2023-24FLA	76	56	+0.41	Where it came from
2024-25FLA	70	83	+1.03	Where it came from
2025-26FLA	19	17	-0.11	Where it came from
2026-27FLA	5	—	-0.05	Where it came from
Career17 seasons	974	—	+4.83

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

Regular season · 47 games

Game	Result	TOI	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ TBLApr 9	L 2-4	23:12	1	2	C
@ FLAApr 8	L 0-3	21:52	1	1	C-
vs MTLApr 5	W 2-1	22:43	1	0	C-
vs TORApr 3	L 2-4	27:21	1	1	D+
vs NYIApr 2	L 2-4	20:58	1	1	C+

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL defencemen — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.