Nikita Zaitsev

Age 28 Oct 29, 1991

Moscow RUS

Defense shoots right

6'2" 188 cm

188 lbs 85 kg

ELC Signing Age 24

Waivers Signing Age 25

UFA Year 2019

Agent Daniel Milstein

Cap Hit: $4,500,000
5.5% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $4,330,645
Year 3 of 7 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2024 | 32 yrs old
Career Earnings: $14,425,000

Transaction History

Jan 14, 2020	Activated	Ottawa Senators activated D Nikita Zaitsev from injured reserve.
Jan 1, 2020	Activated	Ottawa Senators activated D Nikita Zaitsev from injured reserve.
Jul 1, 2019	Trade	TRADE ANALYSIS The Ottawa Senators acquired Nikita Zaitsev, Connor Brown and Michael Carcone from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Cody Ceci, Ben Harpur, Aaron Luchuk, and 2020 third round pick (0) Leave a Comment
Jan 31, 2018	Activated	Toronto Maple Leafs activated D Nikita Zaitsev from injured reserve.
Dec 17, 2017	Injured	Toronto Maple Leafs placed D Nikita Zaitsev on IR.
May 2, 2017		Toronto Maple Leafs signed D Nikita Zaitsev to a seven-year, $31.5 million contract extension.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2019-2020 Regular Season Stats

Nikita Zaitsev	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	P60
Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa Senators	58	1	11	12	-8	22	1,055	39.30	45.90	-6.90	44.70	-6.60	0.51
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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
	2008-2009	Russia U18	WJC-18	7	1	4	5	14
	2008-2009	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	Russia2	8	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	2008-2009	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva-2	Russia4	23	6	12	18	24
	2009-2010	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	40	0	1	1	6
	2009-2010	Russia U20	WJC-20	6	0	0	0	4
	2009-2010	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	MHL	4	0	1	1	2
	2010-2011	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	39	0	2	2	12									Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
	2010-2011	Russia U20	WJC-20	6	0	0	0	0
	2010-2011	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	MHL	4	1	2	3	0
	2010-2011	Zauralie Kurgan	VHL	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	4	0	2	2	0
	2011-2012	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	53	1	3	4	28
	2011-2012	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	MHL	4	4	0	4	0
	2011-2012	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	MHL	1	0	0	0	10
	2011-2012	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	MHL	1	0	0	0	10
	2012-2013	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	49	7	11	18	41									Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0
	2012-2013	Russia	EHT	2	0	0	0	0
	2012-2013	Russia	WC	3	1	0	1	0
	2012-2013	Russia (all)	International	5	1	0	1	0
	2013-2014	CSKA Moskva	KHL	33	4	8	12	18									Playoffs	4	1	1	2	0
	2013-2014	Russia	EHT	6	0	0	0	2
	2013-2014	CSKA Moskva	Spengler Cup	2	1	2	3	0
	2013-2014	Russia (all)	International	11	0	0	0	2
	2014-2015	CSKA Moskva	KHL	57	12	20	32	31									Playoffs	16	1	7	8	0
	2014-2015	Russia	EHT	3	0	0	0	0
	2014-2015	Russia (all)	International	3	0	0	0	0
	2015-2016	CSKA Moskva	KHL	46	8	18	26	20									Playoffs	20	4	9	13	0
	2015-2016	Russia	EHT	8	0	0	0	4
	2015-2016	Russia	WC	10	1	3	4	2
	2015-2016	Russia (all)	International	18	1	3	4	6
	2016-2017	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	82	4	32	36	38	1,426	44.53	48.75	-2.65	49.96	-1.60	0.08	0.84	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
	2016-2017	Russia	WCup	4	0	2	2	2
	2016-2017	Russia (all)	International	7	0	2	2	2
	2017-2018	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	60	5	8	13	31	1,099	52.08	48.81	-2.40	48.21	-3.76	0.27	0.66	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	0
	2017-2018	Russia	WC	8	0	8	8	0
	2017-2018	Russia (all)	International	8	0	8	8	0
	2018-2019	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	81	3	11	14	18	1,376	48.60	51.13	0.30	49.79	-2.91	0.13	0.57	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0
	2018-2019	Russia	WC	10	2	2	4	0
	2018-2019	Russia	EHT	2	0	0	0	2
	2018-2019	Russia (all)	International	12	2	2	4	2
	2019-2020	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	0	0	0	0	0
	2019-2020	Ottawa Senators	NHL	58	1	11	12	22	1,055	39.30	45.90	-6.90	44.70	-6.60		0.51
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date May 2, 2017
Signing Status RFA
Agent Daniel Milstein

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Potential Lockout Year

Standard Contract | 7 Years $31,500,000 5.52% of cap space

	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Cap Hit	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
AAV	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$0	$0	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
Total Salary	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000
Minors Salary	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000
Clauses			M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year
			Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date May 2, 2016

Entry Level Contract | 1 Years $1,775,000 1.27% of cap space

	2016-2017
Cap Hit	$925,000	RFA
AAV	$1,775,000
Performance Bonuses	$850,000
Base Salary	$832,500
Signing Bonuses	$92,500
Total Salary	$925,000
Minors Salary	$70,000
Clauses
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