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Nikita Nikitin
Ice hockey player

Nikita Nikitin

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Place of birth
Omsk
Age
38 years
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Biography

Nikita Aleksandrovich Nikitin (Russian: Никита Александрович Никитин; born 16 June 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenseman that played for the St. Louis Blues, Columbus Blue Jackets and Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently an unrestricted free agent.

Playing career

Nikitin spent his junior career skating in the Avangard Omsk hockey system. He was a regular on Russia’s under-18 and under-20 national squads and spent several seasons skating in the professional Russian Superleague (RSL) with Avangard, establishing himself as a strong Superleague-calibre defenceman.

Nikitin was drafted by the St. Louis Blues with the 136th overall selection in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. On 14 June 2010, he was signed by the Blues to an entry-level NHL contract. He scored his first NHL goal on 6 February 2011 against Dan Ellis of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was traded on 10 November 2011, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for defenceman Kris Russell.

After Columbus agreed to give the Edmonton Oilers permission to negotiate with Nikitin on 20 June 2014, Nikitin and Edmonton agreed to a two-year deal worth an annual average value of $4.5 million, and his rights were traded to Edmonton on 25 June, where he immediately signed the new contract.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2003–04Avangard OmskRSL10000
2004–05Avangard OmskRSL16000460000
2005–06Avangard OmskRSL4112324131236
2006–07Avangard OmskRSL54115161011105539
2007–08Avangard OmskRSL57310134840112
2008–09Avangard OmskKHL53411152891238
2009–10Avangard OmskKHL4349131430000
2010–11St. Louis BluesNHL4118910
2010–11Peoria RivermenAHL223111412
2011–12St. Louis BluesNHL70004
2011–12Columbus Blue JacketsNHL547253214
2012–13Avangard OmskKHL33212148
2012–13Columbus Blue JacketsNHL3836917
2013–14Columbus Blue JacketsNHL66213152050000
2014–15Edmonton OilersNHL42461012
2015–16Bakersfield CondorsAHL30113140
2015–16Edmonton OilersNHL110118
NHL totals2591759768550000
KHL totals12910324250121238

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2006RussiaWJC2nd, silver medalist(s)60006
2012RussiaWC1st, gold medalist(s)100444
Junior totals60006
Senior totals100444

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