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Evgeny Kuznetsov

#92

age31

posC

shotl

h6'1"

w205lbs

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$7,800,000$7.80M

Buy Out

Standard Contract: Year 7 of 8

17/18

23/24

24/25

Accumulated Cap Hit

$6,916,927$6.92M

100%

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 (Age 33)

Current Agent

Craig Oster

UFA Year 2019

ELC Year 22

Waivers Age 21

Birthdate May 19, 1992

Nationality Russia

Draft

2010 Round 1 Pick 26

Draft Class

Est Career Earnings

$62,200,000

Regular Season

GP43

A11

P17

PPG0.4

PIM24

EV TOI/Game 12.74

G60 0.94

P60 2.35

GF% 47.10

DFF% 51.00

REL DFF% -10.90

CF% 53.60

REL CF% -7.50

Regular Season

GP20

PPG0.35

PIM6

EV TOI/Game 13.00

G60 0.43

P60 1.07

GF% 35.00

DFF% 41.90

REL DFF% -6.80

CF% 43.30

REL CF% -3.70

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2023-24	$7,800,000 $7.80M	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	20	2	5	7	6	255	47.10	51.00	-10.90	53.60	-7.50	0.94	2.35
2023-24	$7,800,000 $7.80M	NHL	Washington Capitals	43	6	11	17	24	559	35.00	41.90	-6.80	43.30	-3.70	0.43	1.07
2022-23	$7,800,000 $7.80M	NHL	Washington Capitals	81	12	43	55	56	1,047	46.30	44.50	-7.40	47.90	-2.60	0.34	1.78
2021-22	$7,800,000 $7.80M	NHL	Washington Capitals	79	24	54	78	44	1,119	55.40	49.80	-1.60	49.80	-0.90	0.70	1.98	Playoffs	6	2	3	5	0
2020-21	$7,800,000 $7.80M	NHL	Washington Capitals	41	9	20	29	18	544	65.40	52.70	2.00	51.20	0.20	0.88	2.10	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2019-20	$7,800,000 $7.80M	NHL	Washington Capitals	63	19	33	52	40	845	51.10	46.40	-6.40	45.40	-8.10	0.92	2.34	Playoffs	8	3	2	5	0
2018-19	$7,800,000 $7.80M	International	Russia (all)	12	4	7	11	8
2018-19	$7,800,000 $7.80M	EHT	Russia	2	2	3	5	2
2018-19	$7,800,000 $7.80M	WC	Russia	10	2	4	6	6
2018-19	$7,800,000 $7.80M	NHL	Washington Capitals	76	21	51	72	50	1,046	57.69	44.85	-3.84	47.33	-2.75	0.46	2.47	Playoffs	7	1	5	6	0
2017-18	$7,800,000 $7.80M	NHL	Washington Capitals	79	27	56	83	48	1,133	55.66	47.45	0.98	48.16	-0.48	0.85	2.38	Playoffs	24	12	20	32	0
2016-17	$3,000,000 $3.00M	International	Russia (all)	12	3	3	6	16
2016-17	$3,000,000 $3.00M	WC	Russia	5	1	2	3	6
2016-17	$3,000,000 $3.00M	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	19	40	59	46	1,144	61.46	51.75	1.18	53.63	0.29	0.79	2.10	Playoffs	13	5	5	10	0
2016-17	$3,000,000 $3.00M	WCup	Russia	4	2	0	2	6
2015-16	$3,000,000 $3.00M	International	Russia (all)	6	1	1	2	0
2015-16	$3,000,000 $3.00M	WC	Russia	6	1	1	2	0
2015-16	$3,000,000 $3.00M	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	20	57	77	32	1,160	58.93	53.43	1.11	53.04	2.00	0.57	2.64	Playoffs	12	1	1	2	0
2014-15	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Washington Capitals	80	11	26	37	24	911	57.38	48.42	-6.15	49.93	-2.84	0.26	1.32	Playoffs	14	5	2	7	0
2013-14	$900,000 $900K	WC	Russia	10	1	1	2	4
2013-14	$900,000 $900K	International	Russia (all)	18	2	3	5	8
2013-14	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Washington Capitals	17	3	6	9	6	202	41.18	36.79	-10.33	42.96	-3.18	0.59	1.78
2013-14	$900,000 $900K	EHT	Russia	6	1	2	3	4
2013-14	$900,000 $900K	KHL	Traktor Chelyabinsk	31	8	13	21	12
2012-13	-	International	Russia (all)	12	3	2	5	10
2012-13	-	WC	Russia	3	1	0	1	2
2012-13	-	EHT	Russia	9	2	2	4	8
2012-13	-	KHL	Traktor Chelyabinsk	51	19	25	44	42									Playoffs	25	5	6	11	0
2011-12	-	International	Russia (all)	21	6	5	11	8
2011-12	-	WC	Russia	10	2	4	6	4
2011-12	-	WJC-20	Russia U20	7	6	7	13	4
2011-12	-	EHT	Russia	9	4	1	5	4
2011-12	-	KHL	Traktor Chelyabinsk	49	19	22	41	30									Playoffs	12	7	2	9	0
2010-11	-	International	Russia (all)	5	4	2	6	2
2010-11	-	EHT	Russia	3	2	1	3	2
2010-11	-	MHL	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	8	10	5	15	4									Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
2010-11	-	WJC-20	Russia U20	7	4	7	11	4
2010-11	-	KHL	Traktor Chelyabinsk	44	17	15	32	30
2009-10	-	WJC-18	Russia U18	7	5	7	12	6
2009-10	-	MHL	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	9	4	12	16	8									Playoffs	2	1	2	3	0
2009-10	-	WJC-20	Russia U20	6	2	0	2	10
2009-10	-	KHL	Traktor Chelyabinsk	35	2	6	8	10									Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2008-09	-	Districts Cup U17	Team Urals U17	5	5	8	13	16
2008-09	-	Russia U17	Traktor Chelyabinsk U17	23	28	26	54	58
2008-09	-	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Russia U18	4	2	2	4	10
2008-09	-	WJAC-19	Russia U18 \|WJAC-19\|	4	2	2	4	18
2008-09	-	WHC-17	Russia U17	5	6	4	10	6
2008-09	-	Russia3	Traktor Chelyabinsk-2	21	5	10	15	38
2008-09	-	WJC-18	Russia U18	7	6	7	13	10
2007-08	-	Districts Cup U16	Team Urals U16	5	3	5	8	10
2007-08	-	Russia3	Traktor Chelyabinsk-2	2	0	0	0	0
2006-07	-	Districts Cup U15	Team Urals U15	0	0	1	1	0
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Mar 29 2024 | Carolina Hurricanes

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov snapped a four-game pointless streak with an assist in Thursday's 4-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

Mar 18 2024 | Carolina Hurricanes

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov recorded a goal and an assist in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Ottawa Senators.

Mar 15 2024 | Carolina Hurricanes

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov scored his seventh goal of the season in Thursday's 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers.

Mar 8 2024 | Carolina Hurricanes

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov (personal) will make his Hurricanes debut Saturday against the New Jersey Devils, per Cory Lavalette of the North State Journal.

Mar 8 2024 | Carolina Hurricanes

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov was traded to Carolina from Washington in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick Friday, Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic reports. The Capitals will retain 50 percent of Kuznetzov's $7.8 million annual salary.

Mar 8 2024

$3,900,000

$-3,900,000

The Carolina Hurricanes acquired Evgeny Kuznetsov from the Washington Capitals for 2025 3rd round pick

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Mar 2 2024 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov (personal) was put on waivers Saturday, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

Mar 2 2024 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov (personal) was cleared to practice Saturday by the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program.

Feb 5 2024 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov (personal) entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Monday.

Feb 5 2024 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov (personal) did not take part in Monday's practice, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports.

Jan 28 2024 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov notched two assists, one on the power play, in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Dallas Stars.

Jan 4 2024 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov picked up a goal and an assist in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Dec 16 2023 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov (illness) will return to the lineup Saturday versus Nashville, according to Robby Stanley of NHL.com.

Dec 14 2023 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov (illness) won't play Thursday versus the Philadelphia Flyers.

Dec 8 2023 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov scored a goal on two shots in Thursday's 5-4 shootout loss to Dallas.

Dec 6 2023 | Washington Capitals

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov is expected to draw into the Washington Capitals' lineup Thursday versus Dallas after being a healthy scratch Monday against the Arizona Coyotes, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports.

Jul 2 2017 | Carolina Hurricanes

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Standard | 8 yrs

$62,400,000

Cap Hit

$7,800,000

Craig Oster | Newport Sports Management Inc.

Jul 6 2015 | Carolina Hurricanes

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Standard | 2 yrs

$6,000,000

Cap Hit

$3,000,000

Maxim Moliver | Moliver Sports Management

Mar 8 2014 | Carolina Hurricanes

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Entry Level | 2 yrs

$5,650,000

Cap Hit

$2,825,000

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Evgeny Kuznetsov

2017-2025 Standard Contract

term8yrs

value$62,400,000$62.40M

cap hit$7,800,000$7.80M

expires

2025

UFA

33yrs

Signed By

Signed On Jul 2 2017

Signing Agent Craig Oster

Signing Status

RFA

25yrs old

Notes

Contract signed by Maxin Moliver, now represent by Newport

* Retained Salary Mar 8, 2024

50% of contract was retained by Washington Capitals in trade to Carolina Hurricanes

Trade Details

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Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	Buy Out 2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	UFA 33yrs
AAV	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M	$7,800,000$7.80M
Base	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$3,400,000$3.40M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Total Salary	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,400,000$8.40M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M
Minors Salary	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$8,400,000$8.40M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M
Clauses	-	-	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year

Evgeny Kuznetsov

2015-2017 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$6,000,000$6.00M

cap hit$3,000,000$3.00M

expires

2017

RFA

25yrs

Signed By

Signed On Jul 6 2015

Signing Agent Maxim Moliver

Signing Status

RFA

23yrs old

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	RFA 25yrs
AAV	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Base	$2,200,000$2.20M	$3,400,000$3.40M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$400,000$400K	-
Total Salary	$2,600,000$2.60M	$3,400,000$3.40M
Minors Salary	$2,600,000$2.60M	$3,400,000$3.40M
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

Evgeny Kuznetsov

2013-2015 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$5,650,000$5.65M

cap hit$2,825,000$2.83M

expires

2015

RFA

23yrs

Signed By

Signed On Mar 8 2014

Signing Status 22yrs old

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2013-14	2014-15	2015
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	RFA 23yrs
AAV	$2,825,000$2.83M	$2,825,000$2.83M
Base	$810,000$810K	$810,000$810K
Performance Bonuses	$1,000,000$1.00M	$2,850,000$2.85M
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

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