Dmitry Kulikov 
Age 31 Oct 29, 1990
Lipetsk RUS
Defense shoots left
6'1" 185 cm
204 lbs 93 kg
ELC Signing Age 18
Waivers Signing Age 18
UFA Year 2017
Agent Michael Brogdan
Transaction History
| May 12, 2022 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov notched an assist, three hits, two PIM and a minus-2 rating in Thursday's 5-1 loss to the Blues in Game 6. | |
| Apr 24, 2022 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov scored a goal on three shots, went plus-3, added two hits and blocked two shots in Sunday's 5-4 overtime win over the Predators. | |
| Apr 17, 2022 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov scored a goal and blocked two shots in Sunday's 5-4 overtime win over the Sharks. | |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov logged an assist and two blocked shots in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Flyers. | |
| Feb 20, 2022 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov recorded an assist, two PIM and a plus-3 rating in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Oilers. | |
| Jan 21, 2022 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov contributed an assist in a 5-1 win over the Blackhawks on Friday. | |
| Dec 16, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov managed an assist, four blocked shots and two PIM in Thursday's 3-2 shootout loss to the Sabres. | |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov scored a goal on three shots and added two PIM in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Wild. | |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov scored a goal in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Devils. | |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov produced an assist in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Coyotes. | |
| Nov 11, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov produced an assist and five hits in Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Golden Knights. | |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov scored a goal in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Coyotes. | |
| Nov 7, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov produced an assist and went plus-2 in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Islanders. | |
| Oct 30, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov will return to the lineup Saturday versus the Avalanche, Dane Mizutani of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. | |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov (lower body) will not play Thursday versus the Kraken, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports. | |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision for Thursday's game in Seattle, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports. | |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov produced an assist and three blocked shots in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Canucks. | |
| Oct 17, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov recorded an assist, two shots on goal, a pair of blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Kings. | |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Minnesota Wild | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov signed a two-year, $4.5 million contract with the Wild on Wednesday. | |
| May 12, 2021 | Edmonton Oilers | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov recorded an assist and two hits in Wednesday's 4-3 overtime win over the Canadiens. | |
| May 10, 2021 | Edmonton Oilers | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov (lower body) was plus-2 with two shots on goal in Monday's 4-3 overtime win over Montreal. | |
| May 10, 2021 | Edmonton Oilers | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov (lower body) will be in Monday's lineup against Montreal, per (NHL).com. | |
| May 8, 2021 | Edmonton Oilers | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov (lower body) won't play Saturday against Vancouver. | |
| May 3, 2021 | Edmonton Oilers | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov picked up an assist, three blocked shots, two hits and a pair of shots on goal in Monday's 5-3 win over the Canucks. | |
| Apr 21, 2021 | Edmonton Oilers | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov will be eligible to make his Oilers debut Monday against Winnipeg after clearing the (NHL)'s COVID-19 protocols, Mark Spector of Sportsnet.ca reports. | |
| Apr 12, 2021 | Trade | TRADE ANALYSIS The Edmonton Oilers acquired Dmitry Kulikov from the New Jersey Devils for 2022 Conditional fourth round pick (0) Leave a Comment |
| Apr 11, 2021 | Trade | New Jersey Devils | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov will be held out of Sunday's game against the Penguins as a precaution ahead of Monday's trade deadline, Amanda Stein of the Devils' official site reports. |
| Mar 26, 2021 | New Jersey Devils | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov had three shots, a blocked shot and a minus-1 rating in Thursday's 4-3 loss to the Capitals. | |
| Feb 18, 2021 | New Jersey Devils | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov (not injury related) had a shot, a blocked shot, two hits and a plus-2 rating over 16:35 of ice time in Thursday's 3-2 win over Boston. | |
| Feb 18, 2021 | New Jersey Devils | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov (not injury related) has been added to the Devils' active roster and is expected to return to the lineup for Thursday's game against the Bruins, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports. | |
| Feb 17, 2021 | New Jersey Devils | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov was removed from the (NHL)'s COVID-19 protocols list Wednesday, Sam Carchidi of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. | |
| Feb 17, 2021 | New Jersey Devils | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov joined the team for Wednesday's practice session and will be removed from the COVID-19 list, Chris Ryan of The Newark Star-Ledger reports. | |
| Feb 15, 2021 | New Jersey Devils | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov (COVID-19 protocol) won't play in Tuesday's game versus the Rangers, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports. | |
| Feb 5, 2021 | New Jersey Devils | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov has been added to the (NHL)'s COVID-19 protocols list, The Athletic's Corey Masisak reports. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 | New Jersey Devils | Dmitry Kulikov | Kulikov dished out an assist in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Flyers. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 | Activated | Winnipeg Jets | activated D Dmitry Kulikov from injured reserve. |
| Oct 10, 2019 | Activated | Winnipeg Jets | activated D Dmitry Kulikov from injured reserve. |
| Oct 26, 2017 | Activated | Winnipeg Jets | activated D Dmitry Kulikov from injured reserve. |
| Jul 1, 2017 | Winnipeg Jets | signed D Dmitry Kulikov to a three-year, $12.99 million contract. | |
| Jan 24, 2017 | Activated | Buffalo Sabres | activated D Dmitry Kulikov from injured reserve. |
| Jun 25, 2016 | Trade | Buffalo Sabres | Buffalo Sabres acquired D Dmitry Kulikov and a 2016 second-round draft (Rasmus Asplund) pick from the Florida Panthers for D Martin Pysyk, a 2016 second-round draft pick (Adam Mascherin) and a 2016 third-round draft pick (Linus Nassen). |
| Feb 23, 2015 | Florida Panthers | announced D Dmitry Kulikov has served his suspension. | |
| Feb 16, 2015 | Suspended | Florida Panthers | (NHL) suspended D Dmitry Kulikov four games for clipping. |
| Jul 18, 2014 | Florida Panthers | signed D Dmitry Kulikov to a three-year, $13 million contract extension. | |
| Mar 3, 2013 | Injured | Florida Panthers | placed D Dmitry Kulikov on IR. |
2021-2022 Regular Season Stats
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Dmitry Kulikov |
GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | TOI | GF% | DFF% | Rel DFF% | CF% | Rel CF% | G60 | P60 |
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| Minnesota Wild
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80 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 39 | 1,242 | 60.80 | 54.20 | 0.90 | 50.10 | -1.40 | 0.24 | 0.87 |
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Career Stats
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | TOI | GF% | DFF% | Rel DFF% | CF% | Rel CF% | G60 | P60 | Playoffs | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | ||
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| 2004-2005 | Team Moskva U15 | Districts Cup U15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005-2006 | Russia U16 (all) | International-Jr | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005-2006 | Rus Moskva | MosJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005-2006 | Team Moskva U16 | Districts Cup U16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | Russia U18 | WJC-18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | Russia U17 | EYOF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | Rus Moskva | MosJHL | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | Team Moskva U17 | Districts Cup U17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007-2008 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl-2 | Russia3 | 32 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007-2008 | Russia U18 | WJC-18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007-2008 | Russia U18 |WJAC-19| | WJAC-19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007-2008 | Russia U18 | Hlinka Gretzky Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Draft Yr | 2008-2009 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | QMJHL | 57 | 12 | 50 | 62 | 46 | Playoffs | 19 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Draft Yr | 2008-2009 | Russia U20 | WJC-20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Draft Yr | 2008-2009 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | M-Cup | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Playoffs | 19 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Draft Yr | 2008-2009 | Russian Selects U20 | CHL Challenge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2009-2010 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 68 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 954 | 51.61 | 46.18 | 1.28 | 44.84 | 0.60 | 0.13 | 0.38 | ||||||||
| 2009-2010 | Russia | WC | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009-2010 | Russia | EHT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009-2010 | Russia (all) | International | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010-2011 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 72 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 45 | 1,130 | 48.89 | 53.28 | 2.17 | 50.62 | 0.78 | 0.21 | 1.01 | ||||||||
| 2010-2011 | Russia | WC | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010-2011 | Russia (all) | International | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2012 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 58 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 36 | 981 | 47.95 | 47.54 | 0.98 | 47.85 | -1.58 | 0.12 | 0.98 | Playoffs | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012-2013 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012-2013 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 34 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 570 | 44.19 | 45.79 | 3.82 | 47.46 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 0.32 | ||||||||
| 2013-2014 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 81 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 66 | 1,341 | 39.50 | 48.31 | -1.23 | 49.25 | 0.50 | 0.18 | 0.49 | ||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 73 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 48 | 1,175 | 51.72 | 50.77 | -2.09 | 50.66 | -1.22 | 0.10 | 0.77 | ||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Russia | WC | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Russia | EHT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Russia (all) | International | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015-2016 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 74 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 51 | 1,211 | 50.57 | 47.66 | -3.43 | 47.90 | -3.86 | 0.05 | 0.55 | Playoffs | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2016-2017 | Russia | WCup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016-2017 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 47 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 872 | 32.00 | 43.72 | -8.11 | 44.61 | -4.21 | 0.07 | 0.14 | ||||||||
| 2016-2017 | Russia (all) | International | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017-2018 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 62 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 876 | 50.00 | 50.07 | -3.60 | 51.73 | -1.27 | 0.21 | 0.75 | Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018-2019 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 57 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 819 | 51.56 | 47.02 | -0.50 | 46.24 | -1.96 | 0.00 | 0.44 | Playoffs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019-2020 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 51 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 925 | 46.20 | 45.40 | 1.70 | 51.00 | 2.20 | 0.13 | 0.58 | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020-2021 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 622 | 43.50 | 54.90 | 5.50 | 54.20 | 2.90 | 0.19 | |||||||||
| 2020-2021 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 163 | 58.30 | 56.10 | 6.40 | 51.80 | 4.30 | 0.74 | Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021-2022 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 80 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 39 | 1,242 | 60.80 | 54.20 | 0.90 | 50.10 | -1.40 | 0.24 | 0.87 | Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
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Active Contract
Standard Contract | 2 Years $4,500,000 2.73% of cap space
| 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Hit | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | UFA |
| AAV | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | |
| Performance Bonuses | $0 | $0 | |
| Base Salary | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | |
| Signing Bonuses | $0 | $0 | |
| Total Salary | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | |
| Minors Salary | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | |
| Clauses | M-NTC | M-NTC | |
| UFA Year | |||
| Buy It Out | |||
| *Modified No Trade – 8 team no trade list | |||
Contract History
Standard Contract | 3 Years $12,999,999 5.78% of cap space
Signing Team 
Signing Date July 18, 2014
Signing Status RFA
Signing Date July 18, 2014
Signing Status RFA
Standard Contract | 3 Years $13,000,000 6.28% of cap space
Signing Team
Signing Date January 18, 2013
Signing Status RFA
Signing Date January 18, 2013
Signing Status RFA
Standard Contract | 2 Years $5,000,000 4.17% of cap space
Signing Team
Signing Date September 29, 2009
Signing Date September 29, 2009
Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $3,975,000 1.58% of cap space